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Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise?

Writing on the Web

I asked Laura Carlson to share with you here some important perspectives on content marketing. It doesn’t matter what you call your information (white paper/eBook, microsite/landing page), what matters is using information wisely to get found, get known and get clients. Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise?

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Introducing Contently Live

Contently

Contently Live: Built for and by content marketers. The same thing holds true for content marketing, which is why we launched The Content Strategist in the first place. We knew that if we wanted to build the best content marketing company out there, we’d have to be great content marketers ourselves.

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Why Content Strategists Must Understand UX

Content4Demand

Content strategists and content creators are seeing their worlds evolve. Their craft is no longer confined to writing the perfect story for E-books, white papers and checklists. I certainly don’t expect all the content strategists and writers to drop everything and start studying the fundamentals of web design.

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30 Remarkable Content Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity

Content marketing has become ubiquitous, with 93% of B2B marketers now using it. And it continues to expand: 82% of marketers plan to increase their budgets for content marketing in 2014. In addition, nearly half of marketers say they are unable to measure the value of their content marketing efforts. Image Credit: Robert Rose.

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The Best Content Marketing of May: Brands, Take Note

Contently

The brand magazine has played a really interesting role in the content marketing boom we’ve seen over the last half decade. Because they look great, and the content is (usually) good. Headlined by Airbnb’s new venture, here’s a look at some of May’s best content marketing. Airbnb: Airbnbmag.

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B2B Content Marketing Trends in the Software Industry: CMI Survey Recap

KoMarketing Associates

Last month, Content Marketing Institute (CMI) released its report , “B2B Software Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America,” sponsored by the International Data Group (IDG). We hope you will use these highlights to help shape your content marketing strategies in 2013 and beyond. Videos (87%).

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More Than A Thousand Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling

Marketing Insider Group

Images play an increasingly important role in today’s content marketing approach. According to research from Nielsen , there are 27 million pieces of content shared each day. Last week, you heard me announce right here that I was joining NewsCred , the leading content marketing platform. Information Overload.