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Opinionated Content Marketing: Why You Should It?

Marketing Insider Group

In today’s “cancel culture,” many businesses and other organizations are thinking it might be best to avoid opinionated content marketing. They believe that taking a stand that might offend some people will drive potential customers away. Our goal is to solve problems for our target customers. So go for it!

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Writing About Ideas: Sharing Opinions Nurtures Brand-Consumer Relationships

ClearVoice

For example, one of my content marketing brand clients publishes a health-focused magazine. Customer stories. These articles are celebrated for their sound reasoning, moral purpose and ability to influence public opinion. Do share the opinionated nature of the content. Behind the scenes is a pharmacy delivery service.

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Power Opinions - BANT is BUNK … Revisited

ViewPoint

I summarized Ardath’s thoughts, and mine, in a blog published on July 11, 2013. Next, I reached out to my Power Opinions team (PowerViews alumni) to find out what they thought about BANT. This has traditionally been a sales team responsibility, and in my opinion should remain so.". BANT has always been BUNK for salespeople. "The

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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity

With social proof, prospective customers get an in-depth look at a product or service without wading through direct marketing or sales-focused copy. When researching a product, customers are likely to purchase one that has positive reviews posted across the Internet. Affiliate sales support independent publishing. Similarity.

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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

” Maybe you were never burned by using the first number you found, only to discover it’s from a blog post that points to an article published three years ago, which in turn links to a white paper from 2012, which referenced the original statistic in a 1998 university study. You’ll find these firms quoted often in the press.

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How to Use Content Marketing for Customer Retention

Marketing Insider Group

You probably already know how powerful customer retention can be for your business. However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical to focus on delivering value over making a sale or focusing too much on cost. With content marketing.

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The 6-Step Guide to Creating a Thought Leadership Content Program

Contently

Thought leaders inspire or move others to action with new ideas, uncommon opinions, predictions, or industry commentary. Content marketing is the broad strategy for moving customers through a sales funnel from top to bottom using different kinds of information at the top, middle, and bottom to achieve different goals.