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Why brand mentions are the future of backlinks

Search Engine Land

“Stop building links; build your brand.” In this article, I’ll explain why brand mentions are the new backlinks. Back to the brand future Nearly 10 years ago, Rand Fishkin was talking about brand mentions. Also, a decade ago, the PR world went wild talking about the patent. But we’re not in 2014 any longer.

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Build a Great Brand: Align What You Think, Do, and Say

Content Marketing Institute

Content is one of the best tools you have for earning trust, building your brand, generating site traffic and qualified leads, and everything in between,” writes John, co-founder and president of Calendar. Content is one of best tools for earning trust, brand building, & generating traffic & leads. johnhall Click To Tweet.

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The Real Time Marketing Myth – How To Win The Superbowl

Marketing Insider Group

Ever since Oreo’s famous “dunk in the dark” tweet moment, brands have been dancing to the tune of so-called “real-time marketing.” ” Brand attempts at Real time marketing have faired so poorly that there’s even a Tumblr blog called “ Real Time Marketing Sucks.”

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How to roll out a successful rebrand on social media

Sprout Social

The importance of thoughtful and original branding can’t be overstated. You shouldn’t be saddled with a brand identity that doesn’t make sense, right? Food for thought: 70% of marketers say that consistent branding is the most important element of building a community and retaining customers. The short answer?

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How 10 Brands Use Reddit for Marketing

Hubspot Marketing

Did you know that the most downvoted comment on Reddit was from a brand? Based on the responses of Redditors, it seemed they weren't falling for EA's community management approach: But, this struggle isn't uncommon for brands on Reddit. And surprisingly, that comment came from the major video game company EA. Why is this so shocking?

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Top Marketing Predictions For 2015

Marketing Insider Group

Maybe the coming year is the year when brands start to “market like the year we are in” as Gary Vaynercheck has eloquently said. I thought branded content hubs would start to proliferate as paid budgets shifted to owned media. For 2014 , my marketing predictions were all about content, data and culture.

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31 Influencers to Follow in 2017

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

hsNgcPdJnV #brand #storytelling pic.twitter.com/RyEzarE2jd. Lee Odden is the CEO at TopRank Marketing while also finding time to be an author, speaker, consultant on B2B content and influencer marketing, social media, PR, and SEO. Matt Heinz (@HeinzMarketing) October 24, 2014. PureMatter (@purematter) January 5, 2017.