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Budgeting for Content—How Much Do You Need?

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Most companies realize that their best opportunity for growth is to commit to content marketing. What would a publisher do? and “What media are best to deliver our content so that we build subscribers, followers, prospects, and keep them coming back for more (or at least not unsubscribing to our emails)?” Lots of it.

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The Ugly Truth About Beautiful Content

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You’re not Coca-Cola; no one expects you to hire the world’s best creative minds or to spend billions on marketing. Like any product or service a company offers, content must be the result of deliberate organizational focus, infrastructure, research, and planning. What is the best, most digestible format for each piece of content?

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The fastest route to success requires lateral thinking.

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For most companies, it likely started with marketing automation software, a website makeover, Search Engine Optimization, Pay-per-click advertising, and Customer Relationship Management software. Today, I think so many companies are trying to muscle their way to more productivity with content rather than reimagining how they use it.

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Selling With Content: What’s Repeatable and What’s Not?

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For me, that looks like marketing generating enough qualified leads so that most of my time is spent having productive sales conversations. Unfortunately, it rarely looks like that, but that's always the goal when we establish demand generation systems--keeping sales people busy doing what they do best--consulting and closing.

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5 easy steps to building ongoing thought-leadership content

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The development of ongoing, thought-leadership content has become the necessary element for a marketing program that increases visibility and produces leads, but it’s not enough simply to publish a blog or white paper anymore. All of these questions will help you determine the topics and mediums that will best resonate with your audience.

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5 easy steps to building ongoing thought-leadership content

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The development of ongoing, thought-leadership content has become the necessary element for a marketing program that increases visibility and produces leads , but it’s not enough simply to publish a blog or white paper anymore. All of these questions will help you determine the topics and mediums that will best resonate with your audience.

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Feeding Sales Is a Process, Not a Project.

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Not that there’s anything wrong with projects and project managers —they’re still a necessary function and the best marketers are always the ones who can get stuff done. Prior to 2005, B2B sales people were the gate keepers of information about the companies’ products and services. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.