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Stop the Insanity. Fire Your PR Firm in 2014.

Marketing Craftmanship

Its source notwithstanding, the axiom applies perfectly to the great number of companies that retain PR firms, year after year, to generate publicity that will have little or no impact on tangible business outcomes. Fire your PR firm in 2014. Counting Media Clips is a Zero Sum Game.

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How Print Publications Impact B2B Content Marketing Development

KoMarketing Associates

Even print-based advertorials, where the intent should clearly be understood as promotion, were considered of higher quality (at least by those surveyed), than all but one of the four forms of digital publication choices offered. Here are a few ideas to consider: Connect with PR-Based Media Relations Initiatives.

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What is a MAT Release?

Brandpoint

MAT release, matte release, syndicated content, advertorial — however you spell or say it, this PR tool is meeting the needs of the shifting landscape of America’s newspapers and media outlets. PR pros will be able to spend less time researching and pitching multiple journalists and editors.

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How to Use Paid Placements to Streamline Your PR Efforts

Brandpoint

Getting your message out there in the media, attracting new customers, bolstering your brand (or rebranding it), connecting with people, increasing sales — it’s the holy grail for marketers and PR pros. Within a larger PR campaign, paid media is a great way to increase awareness and ultimately encourage sales. Paid media is easy.

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Blogger outreach is earned media PR, isn’t it?

Biznology

Long-story-short is that my long-tail strategy for blogger outreach, influenced heavily by the Cluetrain Manifesto , digs much deeper than just the top-50 or even to top-600 bloggers; in fact, my strategy doesn’t care anything at all about Klout , Compete, Google PR, or even page views or age of site.

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19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

Webbiquity

It provides b2b marketers, trade industry journalists, analysts and other subscribers with a single subscription point for all of the best thought leadership content in b2b marketing and PR. Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). June 8, 2010. Slideshow) , February 19, 2010.

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Brand Journalism Trend Heats Up in UK

B2B Memes

Because these new types of publishers want to avoid “clunky advertorial, laden with overt brand value and PR messages,” they will be hiring experienced journalists to build an audience of loyal customers. Companies that have a story to tell and the money to get it told.&#.

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