Animalz blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Our in-house innovation lead, Tim Metz, explores new ideas and technologies for our customers and content. In this article, he shows how content teams can use AI tools in their research process. What you need to know to make the most of this guide What follows are advanced AI research tactics.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Yes, the hub and spoke content model is alive and well. It’s only one of the most effective ways to keep your content organized and ensure a positive content experience. In a world where information is abundant and attention spans are short, guiding your readers through a well-structured content journey is crucial.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 11, 2024

Video content is like the air we breathe – it’s everywhere, and there’s no escaping it. It’s time to embrace the chaos and create video content that leaves a lasting impression. It’s time to embrace the chaos and create video content that leaves a lasting impression. Each video is more than just a play button.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 24, 2023

No matter what tools you have, you probably do a lot of your marketing research on good old Google. Advanced tips don’t just help you research. You can also discover linking opportunities and exclude unnecessary information. You’ll learn if you need to improve your content if websites in unrelated fields appear.

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Content Standard

APRIL 16, 2024

At the same time, Edelman’s latest Trust Barometer research cites search engines as the source consumers most trust for news and information—outstripping trust in traditional, owned, and social media channels. Ownable IP: Per the latest guidance from the U.S.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It sets great content apart from the average and helps you stand out from competitors. This post explores how combining the art of storytelling with hard data can create the most compelling content. To hold your audience’s attention: Storytelling is a great way to add interest and keep readers engaged with your content.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

B2B content marketing is an indispensable strategy for businesses looking to establish their brand, engage their target audience, and drive conversions. What is B2B content marketing? B2B content marketing is the creation and distribution of content, in all its forms, related to your business and relevant to customers.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 28, 2023

A well-rounded content marketing strategy will rely on several different types of content to achieve its goals. Understanding how each different content format works, which audience segments it appeals to, and how it fits into your overall sales and marketing funnel is key to success.

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We recently gathered 10 intent data experts and power users and collected their tips and insights in The Content + Data Connection: 10 Top Marketing Executives Explore the Rewards of Integrating Intent Data into Content Strategies. Informing Content Based on Interest. Second-party data is someone else’s first-party data.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Among those who are using AI, the top tactics are content personalization, email retargeting and subject line optimization. In the early 2000s, thought leaders emerged in the email marketing community to preach the gospel of relevant content, one-to-one email campaigns and lifecycle messaging. That’s exciting.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 11, 2023

Have you ever wondered if your paid content is actually doing its job? What you consider valuable content might be seen as worthless by your customers when they’re trying to make a purchase. Gated content filled with handy how-to guides and relevant research can be the fastest route for your clients to make up their minds.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

There’s something interesting you should know about B2B companies and their content strategies. They’re focusing on what each part of their business needs, tailoring their content to these specific areas. They’re all over digital content and online channels. Most of them are doing it at a basic, functional level.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Then, you should work with your marketing team on adding more journalistic content to your mix. Buyers are turning away from salesy ads and overtly promotional media and gravitating toward content that is educational and informative. You’ll attract better clients with journalistic content.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It’s no surprise, then, that you need to make sure your content ranks high in Google and reaches the people most likely to take an action with your brand. That’s where doing keyword research, and choosing the right SEO keyword, comes in. Are searchers even looking for long form content on this topic? It’s an art and a science.

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Hinge Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

To help firms like yours make sense of these changes, the Hinge Research Institute has released an all-new fourth edition of Inside the Buyer’s Brain: Consulting. Another measure of buyers’ perceptions is relevance. Relevancy is going to fluctuate depending on client needs, market conditions, and a firm’s offerings.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Few companies have too much product content. It is a top tactic.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A 2020 Demand Gen Benchmark Study found that 51% of marketers are using data to inform their campaigns. This type of content analysis isn’t easy. Let’s explore some fundamentals that will set you up for success and equip you to learn how to use insights and analysis to create content that reaches buyers. Let me explain.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

It’s a wake-up call for content marketers and publishers everywhere. The way people engage with these platforms is changing, and it’s reshaping how they interact with content outside of these social bubbles, particularly in driving traffic to external sites. While social media continues to grow in user numbers (with over 4.80

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Martech

MARCH 22, 2024

AI tools and large language models (LLMs) are changing the content marketing process, impacting how we conceive, produce and distribute content. Below, I delve into the content marketing lifecycle to show how content teams are incorporating generative AI at different stages.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Potential customers search and access content when they wish in their own timeframe. Today people and buying groups do their own research on-line and often don’t want to interact with a sales person until they are educated and have narrowed down alternatives. Relevant Content. Action #3: Content Management.

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nDash

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ideas are the driving force behind many content writers. But your pitch will need more than just an idea, and that’s where good research comes in. Getting Started with Research. What kind of content do they need? While researching a brand, make sure your idea meets the brand’s needs. Research databases.

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Top Rank Marketing

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Just about everyone knows what SEO is these days, and nearly every professional brand has at least a basic content strategy in place to rank for relevant keywords and attract organic attention. Unfortunately, it’s an impossibly competitive term because it’s relevant to every tech solution.” Both technically true!

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Tiecas

APRIL 14, 2024

Is industrial content creation your biggest challenge in manufacturing content marketing? You are not alone, 62% of manufacturing content marketers struggle with the same problem. Example: Upcoming regulations can significantly impact product recommendations or content focused on future-proofing industrial processes.

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Excelsior Research

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Why Keyword Research is necessary for your website rank? To understand how keyword will scale your website ranking, you need to know how keyword research will play a vital role in your digital presence. Why Keyword Research is necessary for your website rank? The activity that will help your website rank is Keyword Research.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight. What is social media market research? Social media market research is also: Affordable.

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Hinge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What role does relevancy play in the selection process? About the Research. At the Hinge Research Institute , we’ve studied more than 40,000 buyers and sellers–giving us unparalleled insight into the professional services industry. Our research found that the perception of a highly visible firm fell from 23.1%

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BuzzSumo

JUNE 2, 2019

Evergreen content consistently drives traffic, shares and backlinks to your website. It is a key part of any content strategy. In this post we look at: The definition of evergreen content. The benefits of evergreen content. How to find examples of evergreen content. Tips for creating evergreen content.

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Content Standard

APRIL 2, 2019

Audience personas, segmentation, and journeys are common pillars of content marketing —informing all elements of the content strategy, targeting techniques, and distribution methods. Original research for content marketing takes the guesswork out of audience development. Relevance is content marketing currency.

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

How is this relevant to marketers? These speakers were able to use original research as part of their B2B content strategy, which appealed to the left cerebral hemisphere of my brain, associated with logic and reason. Relationships Between Research and Growth. This makes intuitive sense.

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Top Rank Marketing

MARCH 25, 2024

The information B2B buyers seek out in making decisions, and the ways they search for it, remain very different from the standard B2C purchase. Crafting a B2B SEO content strategy that fully accounts for the unique intricacies of this buyer journey holds the key to long-term digital growth.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2023

It’s not only about putting out content that demonstrates your expertise in one particular topic area, but also about increasing market awareness of a core problem or opportunity. You should thoughtfully curate a content plan and strategy that will resonate with your audience. How does industry research fuel category leadership?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

To succeed at driving business value and stay relevant, marketers need to upskill and cross-skill. They say a picture speaks a thousand words—and research proves it. Based on that information, marketers should be able to define content and channel strategy to optimize return on investment. Leave your thoughts in comments.

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Top Rank Marketing

APRIL 8, 2024

If you’re wondering how to move the needle on your website’s performance in search, conducting an SEO content audit is an essential first step. There’s a reason why, according to research from Semrush , 61% of marketers conduct content audits two or more times per year. What is the purpose of a content audit?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 17, 2022

Based on Sprout’s own research, supporting sales strategy (65%) is the number one use of social data by brands. For brands and agencies alike, the platform claims to monitor over one billion sources for relevant mentions and comments. The platform tracks interactions, engagements and content performance.

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Excelsior Research

JANUARY 9, 2022

Making Job Ads More Relevant. Making Job Ads More Relevant. Be different : Try not to go by the usual road of collecting information and just uploading. You need to proofread your content. Put your content through grammar and spellcheck. You might even demotivate candidates by your content. January 10, 2022.

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Hinge Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The Hinge Research Institute has released a special consulting industry version of its breakthrough study of professional services buyers and the firms that they hire. Using phone interviews and online surveys, we researched 362 buyers and 369 sellers of consulting services. Why This Study is Needed. Sampled Both Buyers and Sellers.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 13, 2024

User feedback and content audits are a match made in heaven. Leveraging user feedback gives you crucial insights and actionable guidance for your content audits to ensure your adjustments lead to meaningful results. That’s just one of the many ways user feedback can work hand in hand to bolster your content audits and upgrades.

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