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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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How to Fail at Social Media

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An interesting post on Why So Many Companies Suck at Social Media brings in some good insights and compares the now famous Old Spice youtube campaign with copycats like Cisco and Brigham Young University. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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Social Media's Next Victim?

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And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video. A recent article ( When digital marketing strategies go wrong ) from Revolution Magazine, a UK publication, reviews some of the most interesting social media mishaps.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

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Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.”

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The Fun Theory: How to Change Behavior

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Volkswagen launched what became quickly a viral campaign with emails being forwarded, youtube videos with over 1 million hits and comments from all corners of the web. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License.

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The Enemy of Productivity

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Stress vs. Productivity from www.hrmreport.com If your office is anything like mine, your colleagues send you Youtube videos, web links, and other stuff that although very entertaining doesn’t help you get your projects done on time. Have you ever tried simply not checking email ? United States License. United States License.

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Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

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How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.