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The limits of content marketing

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As you’ve no doubt guessed, I’m a huge fan of content marketing. But unless you’re a content marketing “fanboy” who’s blind to reality, you have to recognize the practice’s limitations. Those limitations were real even before content marketing’s ubiquity created a whole new set of problems.

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The Wikipedia test for content marketing

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Good content marketing educates the customer. To see the difference between “marketing fluff” and clear expository copywriting, compare a marketing web page to Wikipedia. The post The Wikipedia test for content marketing appeared first on Biznology. What problems does it solve? Like this post?

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Measuring Content Marketing Effectiveness

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The post Measuring Content Marketing Effectiveness appeared first on Biznology.

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Does a soft sell conflict with content marketing analytics?

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I was recently leading a client workshop where I get a question that I had never heard before, “Why are you emphasizing such an aggressive use of analytics if content marketing should be a soft sell?”. When I counsel clients on content marketing, I don’t take an idea-led, “come up with some catchy headlines” sort of approach.

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Influencers: the key to content marketing

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The post Influencers: the key to content marketing appeared first on Biznology. As I know in my own case, writing is hard work. It’s hard enough doing my day job, let alone maintain a blog for years at a time. Like this post? Sign up for our emails here.

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Your content marketing must sell solutions, not stuff

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The post Your content marketing must sell solutions, not stuff appeared first on Biznology. They’ll buy the stuff, just like in the old days, but only after you’ve proven it’s the solution they’re looking for. Like this post? Sign up for our emails here.

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Biznology’s best info on content marketing

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On the subject of content marketing, Biznology has definitely kept the content flowing. I’m excited to share my best content marketing articles with you. Why big data and content marketing go together. Your big marketing budget is not as big an advantage anymore. Like this post?