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5 Keys to Effective B2B Content

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If content marketers hope to pick up the mantle of the writers and editors behind these endangered magazines, they will need to study the best and brightest of them (or better yet, hire them). Though there are probably more to be mined, I’ve found five key principles behind the best of the articles I read. Show your passion.

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Blogging Strategies: Post in Haste, Promote at Leisure

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Thanks to a Twitter lead from @TomPick , I came across an article by Devin Sugameli offering “ 5 Tips for More ReTweets.&# A 2008 study looked at the best times and days to publish content. The best times to post were between 1 pm–3 pm (after lunch) or 5 pm–7 pm PST (after work). She continued: Photo by MotleyPixel.

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Journalists as Buzzword Killers

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As Sherk acknowledges, he is building upon a list David Meerman Scott compiled last year of “ top gobbledygook phrases used in 2008.”. Here are the top 12 offenders: leader. innovative. award winning. Now as Gordon notes, such words are bad enough when they appear in press releases.

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Does Danger Lurk in the Language of Social Media?

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Replying to a journalism student who had written to ask how he had built his personal brand, Weingarten offered a scathing but eloquently funny response: “The best way to build a brand is to take a three-foot length of malleable iron and get one end red-hot. I don’t think so. Related posts: Be Yourself.

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Beats vs. Obsessions: More Lessons for B2B from Quartz

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The idea is best understood by reading Quartz news editor Gideon Lichfield’s slightly nerdy but persuasive rationale for abandoning the beat. Our journalists have to be, to some extent, all-rounders, who aren’t afraid to get outside their usual expertise and track the topic they’re following wherever it leads.”.

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Beats vs. Obsessions: More Lessons for B2B from Quartz

B2B Memes

The idea is best understood by reading Quartz news editor Gideon Lichfield’s slightly nerdy but persuasive rationale for abandoning the beat. Our journalists have to be, to some extent, all-rounders, who aren’t afraid to get outside their usual expertise and track the topic they’re following wherever it leads.”.

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“Content Is Power”: Q & A with Mark W. Schaefer

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Will new media lead to brighter or bleaker career options? I couldn’t have known it at the time, but my journalism education was the best possible preparation for new-media marketing. I often speak at universities and journalism schools and I am struck that almost everywhere, enrollment is up! Where are these folks getting jobs?

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