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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

If you work at a SaaS company, you might hit the content jackpot by turning customer usage data into an annual report that attracts media coverage and leads, for example, Zuora’s Subscription Economy Index or Marketing Insider Group’s blog post frequency research. It’s a beautiful thing when our employer is the data source.

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How Content Marketing Builds Trust

Marketing Insider Group

Going beyond the temptation that many brand blogs fall prey to of simply drawing attention to their own products, Into The Gloss is a successful online lifestyle magazine in its own right. Commit to Transparency and Publish Honest Content. Social media scheduling company Buffer is one brand that’s really gone all-in on transparency.

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B2B Marketing’s Editor-in-Chief on Making Community the Secret to Success

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You’ll walk away with insight into how to bring the right people with the right energy to lead and grow your community. Radically Transparent is a podcast geared towards the modern-day B2B marketer. It’ll take you less than a minute and it’ll help us spread the word about Radically Transparent. Meet Joel Harrison.

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Justin Levy on How to Grow Reach without Driving Down Engagement

Oktopost

Justin currently leads social and influencer marketing for Demandbase. Magazine, and the Boston Globe and is the author of the second edition and co-author of the third edition Facebook Marketing. Radically Transparent is a podcast geared towards the modern-day B2B marketer. Catch all episodes here. Meet Justin Levy.

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Is It Time for Us to Be Transparent About the Marketing in Content Marketing?

Content Standard

While these tactics were transparent about the fact that they were marketing, audiences found them to be overly forceful, and they led many consumers to view marketers and advertisers as deceptive and untrustworthy , concerned primarily with driving profits rather than providing a beneficial customer experience.

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Consumers May Not Trust Online Reviews Older Than 3 Months: Navigating the Reliability Conundrum

Navigate the Channel

Their skepticism can be influenced by various factors and understanding these can shed light on their motivations and behaviors—and lead to better communication with customers and prospects. The cousins of cynicism, skepticism and suspicion, also lead some individuals to question the credibility of anonymous online reviewers.

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Introducing Contently’s Freelance Advisory Board

Contently

They’ll break down parts of Contently’s process to see how we can improve, covering key items such as as rate transparency, increasing working opportunities, and how clients respond to pitches. Her work has been published in Forbes, Business Insider, The Week Magazine, Yahoo News, and more. Jennifer Billock. Evan MacDonald.