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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

As content marketers, we are always on the hunt for interesting data to grab reader attention and support our claims. The journalistic protocol is to cite an original, authoritative source that is transparent about its methodology (like the description on page 41 in CMI’s annual B2C Content Marketing Report.)

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20 Super-Awesome Infographics to Inspire Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Why wouldn’t you want to use infographics in your content marketing? The best infographics of 2015 are some of content marketing’s finest examples of visually engaging content. Since 90% of the information we take into our brains is visual , it makes sense that these are among the best content types to deploy.

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The 2014 Content Marketing Imperative

Marketing Insider Group

78% of CMOs think content is the future of marketing ( Demand Metric ). 60-70% of B2B marketing content goes unused ( Sirius Decisions ). Only 10-20% of a company’s website content drives 90% of its Web traffic, and only 0.5% of a website’s content drives more than 50% of its traffic. Late stage content is still needed.

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Best B2B Lead Posts in 2014: Lead generation, lead nurturing and content marketing

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Read on to find out what B2B Lead Roundtable Blog posts were shared the most as well as the three topics B2B marketers valued most in 2014. Lead generation was a huge topic for 2014 and for good reason. Topic #3 — Words, words, words: The almighty power of content. Build a customer-centric content strategy.

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Content Marketing Is The Top Marketing Priority of 2014

Marketing Insider Group

According to the report , Content Marketing is the top priority for 36% of marketers in 2014. This is followed by social media, which was chosen by 36%, personalization (32%) and conversion optimization (31%) as key areas of focus for marketing in 2014. This was followed by Mobile (18%), and Content Marketing (15%).

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Follow Up – My 2014 Content Marketing Predictions

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Back in January, I participated as a panelist in a webinar from the Content Marketing Institute, 2014 Content Marketing Trends (access their archive to find and download a transcript here ) also featuring Robert Rose, Chief Strategist for the Content Marketing Institute and Mark Bornstein, Sr.

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5 Lessons Content Marketers Can Take Away from the 2014 World Cup

KoMarketing Associates

As the 2014 World Cup is officially underway, the attention of the sports world (and even those outside the sports world) has turned to Brazil, where 32 of the top teams in the world will be competing to take home the famed gold trophy. Make It through Qualifying. Credit: www.cbssports.com. Be Well-Prepared. Credit: AP Photo/Andre Penner.