Contently

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Audio stories are different from any other medium for this very reason. So how do podcasts fit into your content marketing strategy? From building brand awareness to driving traffic and boosting engagement, content marketing podcasts can be a game-changer for your business.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

About 86% of respondents said that video has generated leads as well, while 81% claim that it has directly increased sales, as a component of content marketing initiatives. While there are still some marketers who aren’t leveraging video, 79% of people in this group say they expect to begin doing so at some point this year.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 15, 2024

They could be seasoned marketers, tech gurus, finance wizards, or manufacturing mavens who share their knowledge through: Blogs Videos Podcasts Social media So, when we talk about B2B creators, we’re talking about influential figures who are shaping the future of how businesses learn, connect, and make decisions. It’s simple.

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BenchmarkONE

APRIL 1, 2020

Comedians are compelling because they are storytellers. And if a good comedian can hold a crowd rapt for an hour or more with nothing but a microphone and some words, you should be able to do the same for your customers — with storytelling. Why You Need Storytelling. One last note about storytelling. Final Thoughts.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2023

By weaving together compelling visuals and concise storytelling, explainer videos are the perfect medium to grab your audience’s attention and immerse them in the world of your solution. To create impactful testimonial videos, focus on authenticity and storytelling.

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Content Marketing Institute

AUGUST 2, 2018

Marketers didn’t invent the technology to build bots, mobile apps, games, and productivity tools, but they can make them entertaining, delightful, and helpful to entice their audiences to use them. And marketing tech tools once available to enterprise-level brands with big budgets are now viable for small and medium-sized businesses too.

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Content Standard

MARCH 12, 2024

In fact, we’re expected to experiment with formats, platforms, and storytelling techniques, to more quickly adapt to audience preferences. While media has been increasingly obliged to pander to advertisers and gate information, modern marketing channels thrive on content diversity and creative activations.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

During the last year or two, we’ve seen new technologies, a backlash of sorts in social media, and influencer marketing maturing from its early days as a viable and powerful marketing channel in its own right. What do I see as the biggest content marketing trends for 2022 and beyond? My 2022 Marketing Predictions.

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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Content marketing is always evolving, so what's next? Simon Cox offers his views on how the water industry can embrace new trends in content marketing. Fortunately for us at Hydro International, we have been looking into combining our ‘hard’ sell of technical products alongside the more ‘soft’ storytelling marketing.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve been tempted to and have poured a ton of dollars into paid before, and we’re a content-led organization that has used content to grow our organic traffic 35X (and counting over the past five years). Outline the value of Google’s E-E-A-T algorithm and why showcasing expertise is vital for content success.

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Exo B2B

JUNE 26, 2023

You’ve probably heard a lot about B2B content marketing. In your small or medium-sized business, you’re probably wondering how. According to the Content Marketing Institute’s 13th annual study (2023), 71% of B2B content marketers say B2B content marketing is more important than it was last year.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 24, 2021

In 2021, content marketing continues to dominate for one simple reason: Your audience doesn’t want the alternative. They hate popups and disruptive ads with irrelevant marketing messages and no personalization selling things and services they neither want nor need. marketing Click To Tweet.

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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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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. For more stories like this, subscribe to the Content Standard newsletter.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2015

Great storytelling starts with a narrative bigger than yourself. But getting buy-in for an approach to building an audience that’s unconventional isn’t easy for B2B marketers – especially if you work for an industrial company. I think that’s an issue that a lot of marketers wrestle with.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Vaynerchuk and his 250-person team have recently shifted their focus to micro-content on social media platforms, as well Vine videos , to spread their clients’ branding messages. In a 2013 interview with Forbes.com, Vaynerchuk stressed the importance of distributing content on social media sites. Focus On Storytelling.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Actually, that whisper is more of a shout, and it’s “Echo”-ing across the digital landscape, as voice-response technology is rapidly emerging as the most disruptive force to hit the industry since the internet became a visual medium. Read: Is Voice Search the Future of Content Marketing? Call-and-answer storytelling.

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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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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 16, 2018

“Marketers’ commitment to digital video—especially original digital video—has been skyrocketing over the past few years,” said Anna Bager, executive vice president of Industry Initiatives at IAB. However, previous research suggests that it has been difficult for them to measure ROI.

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DivvyHQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Instead, we’re offering up our list of the all-time most pertinent movies for content marketers. In one way or another, each of these flicks gets to the essence of what content marketing is about and why it matters. Must-See Movies for Content Marketers. We’ll leave that to the Oscars and the grouches.

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Bluetext

MARCH 26, 2021

You’ve been researching for hours and finally come across the perfect blog post – one about why brand storytelling is critical in cybersecurity (hint: you’re reading it). Sit back, enjoy a warm cup of coffee, and keep reading to learn more about the importance of brand storytelling through some of our favorite examples in cybersecurity.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Interactive storytelling unlocks almost endless possibilities when it comes to design. However, just as with user experience , the best practices around design for interactive are somewhat unique to the medium. After some CMS or coding magic, your content goes live. x 11 page or blog post template. The Bottom Line.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Interactive storytelling unlocks almost endless possibilities when it comes to design. However, just as with user experience , the best practices around design for interactive are somewhat unique to the medium. After some CMS or coding magic, your content goes live. x 11 page or blog post template. The Bottom Line.

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is where content marketing comes into play. Content Marketing allows brands to speak to you while coming across as authentic, empathetic, and dedicated to connecting with you. According to Content Marketing Institute , content marketing receives 3 times the leads per dollar spent when compared to paid search.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Enter, 20-year marketing veteran Lisa Mattson. This post shares some ideas from her Content Marketing World talk, How Jordan Winery Crushed Content Marketing With a Video-Centered Strategy – ideas that you can steal to reinvigorate your brand. Besides, video is a natural medium for telling stories about people.

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Kapost

APRIL 15, 2016

Storytelling takes multiple shapes and forms. So why are so many marketers still equating content marketing with writing? That’s why content marketers need to start prioritizing alternative communication mediums. Here’s where to focus when building video into your content marketing strategy: 1.

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PureB2B

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Storytelling. Storytelling in sales and marketing is nothing new, but the need to put it at the heart of your efforts has never been more apparent. So, if Hollywood, those masters of storytelling can’t always get it right, what does that mean for we mere mortals? Don’t worry; we’re all better storytellers than we think.

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PureB2B

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Storytelling. Storytelling in sales and marketing is nothing new, but the need to put it at the heart of your efforts has never been more apparent. So, if Hollywood, those masters of storytelling can’t always get it right, what does that mean for we mere mortals? Don’t worry; we’re all better storytellers than we think.

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Content Standard

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Is content marketing a bubble on the verge of bursting? A recent study by TrackMaven finds that the volume of content marketing increased by 78 percent in 2013 and 2014, while engagement decreased by 60 percent. The Medium Is the Message. the medium. Now apply that to content marketing.

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Content Standard

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Is content marketing a bubble on the verge of bursting? A recent study by TrackMaven finds that the volume of content marketing increased by 78 percent in 2013 and 2014, while engagement decreased by 60 percent. The Medium Is the Message. the medium. Now apply that to content marketing.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 17, 2019

Content marketing costs 62 percent less than outbound marketing and generates three times as many leads per dollar spent. Organizers in the nonprofit and education sectors, especially those who are conscious of every donated dollar they spend, should embrace the high ROI of content marketing.

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Content Standard

APRIL 9, 2018

Before content marketing, before the rise of web-based media, before the growth of brand storytelling. There are inherent differences between what short-form content marketing and long-form brand storytelling seek to accomplish. Work With Professionals in the Medium. there was product placement.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Your content market strategy for 2015 needs to increase market traffic, respond faster and certainly be more aware of the trending and growing mobile device dynasty of consumers. Mobile marketing strategy is going to be one of the keys to your success. 95% of B2B marketers use content marketing – so why shouldn’t you?

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Source: Medium ). 35:42): Holiday cards and house ads: The role of publishers’ content studios is ever-expanding. billion in 2016, it should come as little surprise that publishers in this sector are experimenting with new ways to meet the feverish demand for audio content. This Old Marketing example of the week. (57:30):

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Navigate the Channel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Video has become the preferred medium for communication, information sharing, and entertainment in the digital age. Here’s why video content dominance is a game-changer in the world of digital marketing: The Power of Visual Storytelling Humans are inherently visual creatures.

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Vidyard

JANUARY 19, 2017

It turns out, Vidyard has played a big role: Through video, they reach more and more people through the powerful medium, since it’s more engaging than other formats like text. I quickly discovered that Stephanie and I shared a passion: storytelling. Stephanie told me she’s always considered herself a storyteller.

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