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. This trend is not isolated to news outlets alone.

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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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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As B2B marketers continue to discover the value of creating and delivering content, new research indicates that they are beginning to see measurable success in this area. In the last year, most B2B marketers (71%) believe that content marketing has become “more important” over the past 12 months.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Content marketing can be a highly effective way to build brand awareness. With every piece of branded content an individual sees, they become more familiar with your brand. Content can help to build your brand in several different ways. The more content you publish, the more exposure you give your brand.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There is no question that conventional wisdom — and an overall trend for the last few years — has leaned towards less ‘content gates’ in GTM programs – i.e., offering more content un-gated. How did we get so burned out on content gates? These trends are breathing new life into content gates.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2021

Let’s get real about B2B content marketing. The truth is, your content doesn’t have to boring or stuffy. In this post, we’ll review why B2B content marketing sucks and how to improve it so that it delivers a true ROI (return on investment). Bad content isn’t going to propel a company forward. Most of it sucks.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 4, 2022

As B2B marketers look for more impactful ways to resonate with their customers and prospects, new research indicates that content may be the key to making a lasting impression. About 19% claimed they consume between five and seven pieces of content, and 11% said they consume more than seven pieces.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 2, 2023

Sometimes creating content for your audience can feel like throwing spaghetti at a wall– hoping something will stick. Put down the spaghetti and grab your zero-party hat, because it’s time to get serious about your content marketing strategy. Image Source: Giphy Our secret weapon for success is to include zero-party data.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

While some invest a tremendous amount of money in traditional advertising channels, many use the power of content instead. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. They will consume content, but only if it’s valuable to them. Quick Takeaways.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 6, 2021

With content marketing. Fuel the momentum needed to retain your customers by offering your followers relevant and engaging content at every stage of the buyer’s journey. You can continue to build brand loyalty by engaging with your audience, personalizing your content, telling real stories, and listening to customer feedback.

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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

MARCH 16, 2023

The Content Marketer Sorting Hat — Which house are you? That’s why when we think about brands who embody the Gryffindor spirit, we think of serious content marketing trailblazers — ones whose daring content has made them well known by just about everyone. Let’s look at a few Gryffindor-esque content examples.

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Biznology

MARCH 31, 2022

B2B marketers would be looking for more money to create video content even if the pandemic had not given such a big boost to the kinds of online engagement where video content shines. Of course, creating video content was never the point; video can work its magic if and only if it’s shared. Innovative video content sharing.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As the volume of online content grows daily, it can be difficult to make sure your voice is heard over the noise. Thought leadership content marketing is one of the most effective ways of establishing your name and company as an authority in your industry. But what exactly is thought leadership content marketing ?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2021

What if I told you the answer was quality content? Content is king today and will still be on the throne tomorrow. In 2020, 70% of marketers were already actively investing in content marketing ( HubSpot ). 79% of B2B content marketers say their organization has a content marketing strategy ( Content Marketing Institute).

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the 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. Quick Takeaways.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 21, 2022

As B2B marketers continue to produce a wide array of content, new research indicates that the consumption of B2B content has steadily risen over the past year. Among the most requested types of B2B content were eBooks (43.28%), guides (8.84%), and cheat sheets (8.74%). hours to consume the B2B content they requested last year.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2020

I’m a big believer in making the content you publish the hub around which your content marketing strategy revolves. However, to rock content marketing in today’s omni-channel world, social media plays a key supporting role. Quick Takeaways: Your content marketing strategy needs more than a perfectly optimized website.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If your brand is earning tons of web traffic but seems lean on conversions, you might need more action words in your content marketing. Action words turn consumers from simple readers of your content into engaged potential customers. If you’re publishing content, you probably already are, but maybe not optimally.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2021

Videos are easy to digest, can help people understand your business better, and will bring life and motion to your content and messaging. Video can be entertaining and educational while helping you connect with your audience on a deeper level than other types of content marketing. Create Your Video Content. Quick Takeaways.

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Scoop.it

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Content curation is one of the most effective ways to keep your audience engaged without overwhelming yourself. It’s a process of exploring relevant content from reliable sources and sharing it with your audience to generate more traction. Content curation saves you the time and hassle of creating content from scratch.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Let’s be frank—there is a saturation of content marketing. Almost every brand is producing content, and competition to rank is fierce. However, it’s not all bad news because a lot of content out there is surface level—it’s generic and has no new angle or point of view. What Is 10x Content? 10x Content Origins.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 12, 2021

While content personalization isn’t easy, there are lots of opportunities to delight your customers with it. To provide content marketers with some guidance, we’ve gathered some great personalization strategies you’ll want to try. Content personalization is a way to build trust and loyalty with customers. Quick Takeaways.

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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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Contently

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As content marketers, the wealth of information driven by human language can help us understand our audience and impact our decisions. Integrating NLP Into Your Content Marketing Efforts As a content marketer, you may think of NLP as a term you would hear from your engineering friends.

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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. Storytelling content based on data Storytelling and data are a great mix. There are several ways to make your content interactive.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It’s been said, ad nauseam, that content is king. And, in our hyper-connected world where everyone is fighting for attention, good content is what drives good experiences. . Businesses use content marketing strategies to generate brand awareness, educate prospects and customers and establish credibility.

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RebelMouse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized content creation by helping individuals and businesses meet readers' demands to create high-quality and related content recommendations. Related content is information relevant to specific topics or user interests.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 4, 2023

However, ephemeral content is often overlooked in favor of long-form and feed content to achieve these goals. If leveraged properly, ephemeral content can help you beat the algorithm and keep your brand top of mind. What is ephemeral content? Stories can be a great way to drive leads and customers.

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Contently

MAY 4, 2023

Matching subject matter experts with ghostwriters is supposed to be the golden ticket to content success. Sometimes, simply turning on the recorder (with permission) while they’re speaking in a meeting can reveal a host of exciting content topics. They’re busy — and content isn’t on their list of KPIs.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Video is now the main way people consume content online. Much of that video content is pure entertainment , but consumers are itching for branded videos. In response, brands are investing more in video marketing content than ever to meet such strong engagement and potential ROI.

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Oktopost

MAY 23, 2023

But anyone who has been involved in content creation for more than 5 minutes will no doubt be a little cautious around the copy-paste routine. Content is king, but only if it’s original – only if it finds a way to offer some unique, never-seen-before vantage point on a subject that interests the widest audience possible, right?

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Animalz blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Creating content briefs. Repurposing content from one format to another. Risk of mediocrity and pumping out a ton of content that doesn’t help the bottom line. When faced with a technology that could reduce the marginal cost of content creation to almost zero (a webspammer’s dream), Google made the decision to deter its use.

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Valasys

JULY 31, 2023

Introduction In the era of information overload, businesses need to deliver timely and relevant content to their audiences to stay ahead in the market. Content Automation tools play a pivotal role in streamlining the content workflow, enabling organizations to produce and distribute content at scale without compromising on quality.

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ClearVoice

AUGUST 14, 2023

Launched by John Deere in 1895, The Furrow, also known as the “Journal for the American Farmer,” is one of the earliest examples of content marketing. The Furrow is still going strong, and so is content marketing. When done right, content marketing can help companies achieve several business goals. But there’s a problem.

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Exo B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

I recently published on LinkedIn, part of the results of CMI’s annual content marketing study, “B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Outlook for 2024” This publication focused on LinkedIn’s dominance as the social network of choice for the vast majority of those who publish B2B content on social networks.

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Scoop.it

JULY 20, 2023

These days, it’s not enough to just publish a ton of content aimed generally at your target audience. Modern consumers, particularly among the Millennial and Gen Z generations, want content tailored to their specific needs, interests, and desires. What is Tailored Curation?

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