Contently

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And content that generates emotion and helps them overcome a challenge is key to converting them into buyers. As your prospects move through the buyer’s journey, good storytelling helps ensure your brand is top of mind, especially when it’s time to make a purchasing decision. Ready to take your content to the next level?

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Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In an age where the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the attention of so many of us in the B2B marketing industry, the essence of authentic human connection in storytelling is more important than ever. “81% of marketers think content writers jobs are at risk because of AI.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Storytelling has long been used to activate a reader’s imagination through an interactive narrative. Brand storytelling in particular uses this narrative to share company values while connecting customers to a company. What Is Brand Storytelling? Get a Demo Examples of Brand Storytelling 1. Keep reading! schools.

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Contently

MARCH 24, 2020

After a few more anthropology and psych classes, I realized all of academia was in a giant contest to see who could write the most confusing sentence possible. Over the past few weeks, I covered the first two elements of great storytelling: relatability and novelty. Why you should write at an elementary school level.

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ClearVoice

MAY 31, 2022

As a content marketer, you know the importance of persuasive writing. After all, if you can’t get your audience to take action — like reading your content or making a purchase — what’s the point of your work? . But this is a concept you use every day in content marketing. Seems obvious, right?

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You can prove – through brand storytelling – that what you offer consumers works. You can incorporate case studies in content marketing in a myriad of ways. What are Case Studies in Content Marketing? Present the problem or challenge the client is facing. What Role Can a Case Study Play in Content Marketing?

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Contently

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

” The question came from a strategy colleague when I was helping a brand staff its new content studio. We had just presented a list of different types of writers the company needed to hire, including copywriters, bloggers, editors, and social media creators. For content, I crave authority. web, email, blog, video).

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Contently

JULY 10, 2019

“Modern” digital PR was developed in order to start a more active, valuable and ongoing conversation between brands and the public , and to do that, you need compelling content. Cue data storytelling. The Rise of Data Storytelling. The Impact of Data Storytelling.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 19, 2015

But here’s the key question: How do companies get started with storytelling? Everyone Is a Storyteller. The first and probably most important step is recognizing that every company can be a storyteller, and every company has good stories to tell. The answer: a five-step process that any company can embrace. Take the Leap.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

That is why 80% of CEOs are unhappy with the job marketing is doing. So what is marketing going to do now? The Content Marketing Imperative. This was the title of a presentation I was giving about 10 years ago. I probably delivered a version of this presentation 100 times, in 20 different places.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Ten years ago this week, I created my first content marketing campaign. I was running an upstart news site, and a company asked us to write a series of articles to promote the launch of their new platform for crowd-sourced inventions. Naturally, the conversation about content marketing has evolved rapidly as well.

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Vidyard

OCTOBER 27, 2019

While the content is broadly entertaining, their target audience of event managers recognize the specialized terms and scenarios presented, and thereby quickly understand exactly how Cvent can help them with specific day-to-day activities. The lesson: Weave your target market’s everyday scenarios into your videos. Contents 1.

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Contently

MARCH 30, 2020

Given how the coronavirus has changed our jobs as marketers , there’s a good chance you should too. The compounding returns of content. The biggest mistake people make with content marketing ROI is taking a short-term view. The vast majority of advertising and marketing is fleeting.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

They explained that the woman had spent the past four years writing songs. Storytelling Is More Than a Buzzword. ” Today, one of the biggest corporate buzzwords is “storytelling.” ” Funny thing is, storytelling has been the buzzword off and on since the advent of advertising. One by one, the signs ?ipped.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 14, 2014

How can you get and keep a roomful of people engaged with your presentation? Visually optimize the content you deliver? Jane Porter passes along five valuable tips from master storyteller Kevin Allison. The Science Behind Storytelling — and Why It Matters by The Official SlideShare Blog. Effectively use humor?

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Content marketing had a big year in 2021. From prolific brand content campaigns to emerging content technologies, we’ll walk you through everything that happened in the industry in 2021 so you can glean insights and step into the new year with confidence. 4 amazing 2021 content marketing campaigns.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 23, 2020

When we write about people, and the human emotions, empathy and insight they possess, we can quickly make even the most mundane (or complex) product relatable among target audience members. How can writing about people enhance your content? When do writers write about people? The secret winning element is… people.

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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.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here, we'll take a look at the various kinds of business proposals and go over how to write one. Make sure it includes three main points: A statement of the organization's problem Proposed solution Pricing information Before writing your business proposal, it's crucial you understand the company. Know exactly what you need?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2015

I hear it all the time: “you can talk all you want about thought leadership and content marketing , but we’re here to sell stuff.” Well I know there is more value to effective storytelling over hard selling and cold calling. What does this mean for marketers and businesses? I was intrigued. Not so much.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2020

With 675 million monthly users and 30 million companies active on the platform, it lends itself well to promoting business services, networking, building an audience, and content marketing. Just like any other social network, you need to have a good strategy in place to succeed with LinkedIn marketing. Content marketing.

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Vidyard

OCTOBER 27, 2019

A really great story can communicate the entire character of a brand in less than three minutes, and video storytelling can be especially persuasive. Whether it’s in a cute animation or a documentary-style video, brands are presenting powerful themes we can all rally behind and share. Contents 1. Video Storytelling Tips 3.1

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 13, 2019

Top-performing B2B content marketers put the information needs of their audiences ahead of the company’s sales and promotional message. That’s one of the key findings from the ninth annual report from the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs: B2B Content Marketing 2019: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2015

Earlier this I had the pleasure to kick off the 2015 NewsCred Content Marketing Summit with a presentation on the Future of Storytelling. I opened my talk with a video montage that took us back to the beginning of storytelling (watch the video below at 0:50 mark). Future Of Content Marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 2, 2013

It can strike at any time, whether you’ve just fired off your most impressive work to-date and you’re ready to tackle the next assignment or you’ve been struggling to find the words for your last few pieces of writing. If that’s the case, think of the blog post or article you’re writing as just a list of questions to start.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

But, having the ability to write catchy titles is not going to help you grow the responsive audience you need. Although arousing curiosity has proven to be (somewhat) effective, remember that “curiosity killed the cat” and if you’re not careful it just might kill your content too. Creating Compelling Content. Group Help.

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Content Standard

MARCH 22, 2018

And those people who’d been building the businesses realized what they were all along: They were storytellers. And the modern phenomenon of the corporate chief storyteller was born. But what is a chief storyteller exactly? A LinkedIn search for the job title “storyteller” reveals almost 10,000 hits.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2018

If you’re looking for a holiday gift book to advance the recipient’s content marketing skills, I have good news. During 2018, authors and publishers created some of the most helpful and sophisticated content marketing books. Drivers of content marketing. Messages are filtered for relevance in real time.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 12, 2017

When I first started out in marketing, I was attracted to content marketing because there seemed to be something noble about it. The way content marketers talked about social media storytelling made it sound whimsical and impassioned. Storytelling is a practice nearly as old as mankind itself.

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Contently

MARCH 18, 2020

Before I joined Contently, I started as a freelance writer, as did our head of marketing Joe Lazauskas. We know firsthand how difficult it can be to write for a living, especially if you have to prove yourself over and over through pitching. We cover all things content marketing, which is broad by design.

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Content Standard

JUNE 24, 2016

. “The future of marketing is going to be owned by those who embrace story, not just in their content marketing, but also in the way they weave story into their vision, mission, and values,” Murray said. ” Davis asked, “How can we know the storyteller from the story?”

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ClearVoice

MARCH 8, 2022

When I first took on this assignment to find — and write about — influential women in the content creation/content marketing world, my first thought was: “Eh, piece of cake.” Just do a little research, target the names that pop up frequently, and present them through clever write-ups. I hope you do, too.

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Content Standard

JUNE 23, 2016

At Forward 2016 , Skyword’s annual storytelling conference, brands from across the country came together yesterday to celebrate the fusion of marketing and storytelling. Gerace noted that story is not content; much of the written content today is listicles, a series of “and thens.”

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 8, 2019

Data and content: often these two seem to butt heads, mostly because at their core, they are very different. Data without content makes the data not actionable and storytelling in content marketing without data makes it directionless. What pieces of content do they read the longest or most of?

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Content Standard

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

For all of the work that content marketers put into ideating, creating, and perfectly producing content that connects with visitors, the idea of an immediate format that’s comparatively raw in presentation, doesn’t seem to fit. Prioritize consistent and authentic presentation over high production.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2020

Explainer videos follow a fairly straightforward structure: start by focusing on the viewers’ pain-point, then provide a step-by-step solution to their problem (and communicate your brand’s value proposition) using storytelling. Storytelling is a big one.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2012

I took several creating writing courses back in junior high and high school. But my love of writing and storytelling eventually drew me into marketing and PR, where I could bring true customer stories to life and help people understand the transformative potential of technology. While being attacked by a shark.

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