Creating Content at Conferences

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The Advantis team recently returned from yet another successful content creation and development project and we’d like to share some key learnings. A long-time client invited us again to join them at Autodesk University 2012 to secure media coverage, to create content for social media and to feed … [Read more...]

Are you “BranchingOut”?

LinkedIn vs. BranchOut

A social network within a social network? You may have heard the growing chatter about BranchOut—with 25 million users, it’s the biggest professional network on Facebook and leaves some people asking the question: “Is LinkedIn in trouble?” How do job seekers use BranchOut? BranchOut is a … [Read more...]

6 Questions to Ask Before Jumping into an e-Book

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This guest post is by Barb Sawyers, who helps experts pull ideas out of their heads and onto the page through her book, Write Like You Talk—Only Better. If you're thinking about diving into the fast-growing medium of ebooks, here are six questions to ask before you take the plunge: 1. What is … [Read more...]

Blogger Relations – A Lesson in Transparency

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The New York Times recently ran an article about a blogger initiative that backfired. “Bloggers Don’t Follow the Script, to ConAgra’s Chagrin”, by Andrew Adam Newman, describes how a PR firm invited select food bloggers to an intimate evening to enjoy a meal prepared by a TV celebrity chef. … [Read more...]

Be original and get noticed!

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“Content creation”, “custom content”, “self publishing”, “branded content”…it goes by many names, but simply refers to the process of developing and sharing original content for the purpose of engaging and influencing your target market. … [Read more...]

Keys for killer B2B content

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Case studies, corporate videos, byline articles, seminars and more. These are examples of informational content that PR and marketing professionals have been producing for decades as part of the classic marketing mix. In recent years, interest has grown in B2B content marketing, mostly fuelled by … [Read more...]