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10 Content Marketing Tricks That Will Help Your Brand Stand Out

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The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. The next time you write marketing copy: Use “you” instead of “we”. Segment your target markets. Use keywords.

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Monday Roundup: Moving Forward

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The New Rules Of Content Marketing. Michael Brenner analyzes a recent white paper by Brendan Dell on content marketing. Why: Sté Kerwer of Dukeo outlines some common mistakes that bloggers make that can keep them from growing. Now it’s your turn! How do you keep your business moving forward?

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Extend the Life of Your Event with Post-Event Planning

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Content: Turn insight and tips shared into white papers, tip sheets, blog posts, or webinar topics. She is a frequent host on Cision’s weekly webinar series , has spoken at marketing conferences, and helped plan Cision’s Behind the Story series. She can be found on Twitter at @lisaml15.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

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The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%). Marketing efforts are being automated, increasing the volume of messages and content being pushed out. Anything is Easy if You Try Hard Enough. “It Creative Commons CC0.

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18 PR Standbys That Will Never Die

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Lukas Treu : White papers. Debra Bethard-Caplick : Marketing claiming that PR is a tool/subset/specialization of marketing. Scott Kaminski : Media advisories, holding statements and people complaining about media advisories and holding statements. Scott Kaminski (yes, again): Advertorials.

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Do Giving Contests Work? Yes, Say Razoo & Case Foundation

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There’s an interesting white paper out today, issued jointly by the Case Foundation and Razoo Foundation, and authored by Geoff Livingston (disclosure: he’s a friend), titled How Giving Contests can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities.

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How to Develop Meaningful PR Measurement

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Most CMOs don’t even measure ROI for their marketing budgets , and marketers have a lot more resources compared to PR practitioners. Even well-established agencies publish jargon-y white papers about metrics that qualify the quality and reach of a media placement rather than the impact to support the corporate goals.

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