Contently

AUGUST 11, 2022

Companies need to keep growing to succeed, and content is one of the most effective ways to do that. Here’s how investing in content can help you overcome today’s biggest challenges and position your company to succeed long term. How content marketing leads to meaningful ROI.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

That’s partially why I love the annual speaker drinks on the opening night of Content Marketing World. But mostly, it’s because I get unfiltered access to what the smartest minds in content marketing are thinking about right now. Content marketing is being absorbed by marketing.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 9, 2024

By sharing insights, expertise, and valuable information through podcast content, brands can position themselves as authorities in their field, enhancing their credibility and influence with their audience base. Content repurposing. Marketers must carefully assess the potential benefits against the costs.

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ClearVoice

MAY 14, 2024

Their bring their vision to life through content frameworks that outline how they’ll create, publish, manage, and distribute content. Only 73% of marketers have a content marketing strategy in palace. But, only 40% of them have it well documented. The writer’s role is often not limited to writing.

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Contently

MARCH 30, 2020

In the face of that uncertainty, companies are tightening their belts. A number of people have reached out to me asking for advice on how to protect their budget and make the case for content. Given how the coronavirus has changed our jobs as marketers , there’s a good chance you should too.

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Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This changing tide is why many healthcare and pharmaceutical companies are rethinking their content strategies. In 2019, 81 percent of companies are aiming for better brand awareness, per Content Marketing Institute. Think of this list as medicine for marketers searching for inspiration. Ranked No.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 30, 2021

Each of these companies is a trailblazer and a storyteller. They know how to keep their focus on the customer and follow sound product marketing principles for success. Product marketing is where sales, marketing, and product development overlap. Then they can drive demand for the product to boost company revenue.

Marketing Strategy 363

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Kate Santore took the stage at Content Marketing World to share Coca-Cola’s storytelling ethos – and in the process inspired marketers to ask, “What if?”. Read on for the Chief Content Officer magazine interview with the senior integrated marketing content manager at The Coca-Cola Company.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

If you wanna be the best marketer with the greatest content marketing strategy in town, you should get a load of this. Start with the basics and work your way to content superstardom. What’s this content marketing strategy thing all about? Content is one of life’s essentials. Sounds great.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 29, 2024

Create content. Distribute. Yup, that’s the traditional content marketing process in a nutshell. While this process remains relevant to this day, evolving customer expectations warrant an approach that extends beyond the four walls of conventional content marketing. Develop a strategy. Optimize for SEO.

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Act-On

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Like the unhappy families of Anna Karenina , no two B2B marketing teams are exactly alike. Every company has its own history, values, strategies, and quirks that impact how marketing happens on a day-to-day basis. And the hallmark of a good marketing department is simply that it works. This is just a big-picture overview.

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Biznology

JUNE 13, 2017

It’s About Narrative, It’s About Storytelling. So, while I need to call what I am doing social media marketing and micro-influencer marketing , what I am really doing is public relations and public affairs — and it’s always been this way. It’s about the narrative, it’s about storytelling.

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Social Media Storytelling Social Marketing Work Management 179

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

During the last year or two, we’ve seen new technologies, a backlash of sorts in social media, and influencer marketing maturing from its early days as a viable and powerful marketing channel in its own right. What do I see as the biggest content marketing trends for 2022 and beyond? My 2022 Marketing Predictions.

Marketing AI 359

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Content Standard

APRIL 26, 2019

So how can you know the best social media distribution channels for your content when the platforms are in constant flux? For starters, stop thinking about distribution and start thinking about communication. Take heed, dear marketer, as this year could get rough if you’re not flexible and informed.

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Contently

MAY 13, 2019

Are there any new ways to drive content marketing ROI we should be thinking about? In March, I took on a new role as Contently’s head of marketing. So, I worked with my team to ramp up our content marketing machine and push out lead-gen campaigns that would appeal to our target audience.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve been tempted to and have poured a ton of dollars into paid before, and we’re a content-led organization that has used content to grow our organic traffic 35X (and counting over the past five years). Outline the value of Google’s E-E-A-T algorithm and why showcasing expertise is vital for content success.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Trade Press Services

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For many years, “creating enough content” was cited by marketers responding to the Content Marketing Institute’s annual State of Marketing survey as their top challenge. In 2024, however, the top challenge for marketers has changed. B2B buyers want personalized, relevant content.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

What are your go-to content marketing metrics ? That’s one of the toughest questions for marketers to answer, and one I heard repeatedly at both Content Marketing World and Cannes this summer. Ann : I think it’s a good idea if it’s used in a larger media mix and distribution plan of content.

Content Marketing 166

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Contently

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the digital era, more and more companies are relying on data analytics software for their content analytics. Here is an inside look at five influential tech success stories from our flipbook of 47 Content Marketing Case Studies That’ll Inspire You to encourage your brand to make meaningful changes in the new year. .

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Contently

APRIL 20, 2021

But this isn’t another example of a financial services company co-opting a good cause to sell you things. Means and Matters just won two Webby Awards for a very good reason: because the incredible content on the site is backed up by the values and actions of Bank of the West. “It wasn’t differentiated.

Storytelling 97

Storytelling Paid Social Agency Content Differentiation 97

Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

“ If you're serious about your content marketing strategy, you have to realize you're writing for an ever-changing audience , says Jaime Bailey, Vice President of Marketing at VHT. That means content that is not only well sourced, but displays a deep technical understanding on a specific topic.

Trends 166

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ClearVoice

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The modern audience reacts differently to legal content. Millennials and Gen Z favor engaging, storytelling-driven content over traditional legal pieces that simply overload information. This is a trend legal companies shouldn’t miss. Storytelling content based on data Storytelling and data are a great mix.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A common mantra at Content Marketing World, the aggressively orange extravaganza held in Cleveland every September, is that marketers need to think more like journalists. But for the past year, I’ve been a journalist trying to think more like a marketer. Content marketing remains obsessed with audience building.

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Contently

JANUARY 3, 2017

Last month, before people went away on vacation and struggled to explain their jobs to their extended families, the editorial team asked everyone at Contently to think about the future of content marketing. Will fake news change the way publishers pursue marketing? Kristen Poli, content strategy associate.

Marketing AI 144

Marketing AI Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Enterprise Management 144

Contently

APRIL 9, 2018

“Content marketing is a marathon.” ” In the content marketing community, this phrase is our version of “there’s no place like home.” Great content marketing can absolutely deliver compounding returns over time , building loyal audiences likely to buy more from a brand. “You

Content Marketing 167

Content Marketing CMO Planning Paid Search Agency 167

Martech Advisor

JANUARY 24, 2020

Content marketing is a vast discipline under digital marketing that consists of strategizing, writing, storytelling, distributing content, analyzing results, and a little bit of search engine optimization (SEO) and design. Content Marketing Course - HubSpot.

Course 87

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Contently

APRIL 9, 2018

“Content marketing is a marathon.” ” In the content marketing community, this phrase is our version of “there’s no place like home.” Great content marketing can absolutely deliver compounding returns over time , building loyal audiences likely to buy more from a brand. “You

Content Marketing 167

Content Marketing CMO Planning Paid Search Agency 167

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Ritika Puri helps content marketers tell better stories. highlight to tweet) She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Storyhackers, where they help build out content strategy and programs for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to growth-stage startups. She is also the Resident Storyteller for the Lean Startup Conference.

Content Marketing 155

Content Marketing Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Startups 155

Content Marketing Institute

MAY 22, 2018

To the uninitiated, a content marketing initiative can seem like an old-school, Dungeons and Dragons-style quest. Every creative asset you produce needs to be supported by strategic decisions – from crafting ideas into a cohesive message to selecting the content types and distribution formats that let your ideas work their magic.

Content Marketing 99

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Ken Kaplan, Editor-in-Chief of The Forecast, focuses on topics of interest to IT influencers, company investors, tech decision-makers and people forging a career in IT. The Forecast creates and grows a measurable audience using organic search engine optimization, social distribution, newsletters, paid (native) media and free subscriptions.

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Contently

JUNE 5, 2017

The brand magazine has played a really interesting role in the content marketing boom we’ve seen over the last half decade. Because they look great, and the content is (usually) good. Headlined by Airbnb’s new venture, here’s a look at some of May’s best content marketing. Airbnb: Airbnbmag.

Marketing AI 123

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ClearVoice

APRIL 3, 2024

In the content marketing world, you’ll likely find yourself having to build a business case to justify spending those precious marketing dollars on content when the ROI isn’t as immediate as traditional paid advertising. They might not even be marketing people at all! Organic vs. paid distribution.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Now, he runs VaynerMedia, a company that produces content and marketing campaigns for big brands. Vaynerchuk and his 250-person team have recently shifted their focus to micro-content on social media platforms, as well Vine videos , to spread their clients’ branding messages. Focus On Storytelling.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Author: Ellen Gomes The fast-moving world of content marketing is filled with an abundance of opinions trends, and insights. To help you along, we’ve compiled a list of 20 of the top content marketers in both B2B and B2C. B2B Content Masterminds. His top advice : Be insanely honest in your content marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 6, 2015

55% of B2B marketers say it is unclear what effective content marketing looks like at their organizations. Is your company one of them? Content marketing effectiveness emerged as the key theme for this year’s study. They document their content marketing strategy.

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Content Standard

JULY 28, 2016

The Darwinian nature of capitalism offers significant advantages to those already at the top of the food chain: access to capital, brand recognition and trust, established distribution channels, bulk purchasing power, and defined, efficient processes. They will waste development resources building technology their customers do not want.

Storytelling 40

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2023

In my last company, the webinar we did on “top ten considerations for 2023” with a fantastic internal SME and Craig Focardi , Banking Analyst and Principal at Celent , was a total home run over the fence (a spectacular penalty kick to win the world cup for the rest of the world). and it never gets old!

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