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50+ Blogs, Newsletters, Podcasts, and Video Channels Favored by Marketers

You’re busy enough doing marketing. You don’t have time to search for content that can help. So here are over 50 favorite blogs, newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube channels recommended by your content and marketing peers.
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Look Inside Your Brand’s Community for People To Help Lead It

Having a thriving online community requires a lot of work by your brand. But what if you could get help? Learn how Intuit’s TurboTax, Women in Tech SEO, and CMI incentivize, hire, and support members as leaders.
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Why and How To Add Mentorship to Your Content Career Plan

Professional interest in mentoring is on the rise, for good reason. Mentorship holds short- and long-term benefits for both mentor and mentee, as these stories from content marketers in both roles show.
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Crickets? Rethink Your Livestream Strategy

Few may watch your livestreams, but that doesn’t mean only a few can benefit from that content. Discover how to expand its reach across your marketing strategy.
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Crack the LinkedIn Social Media Marketing Code With This Real-World Advice

LinkedIn surpassed 1 billion users, throwing growth forecasts in a tailspin. Marketers are the benefactors if you know how to crack the code. Your peers share how they succeeded on the most popular B2B social platform.
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Big Brand Content Examples That Shine, Charm, and (Sadly) Bore

Get three hot takes in emoji form about content from Toyota, KitchenAid, and United Airlines. Then, delve deeper into what worked and what didn’t.
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How Content Helped ServiceNow Grow From Startup to Global Brand

Six years after Richard Murphy created a thought leadership strategy for ServiceNow, the brand has grown to over $8 billion in revenue. Here’s how the 2023 Content Marketer of the Year and his team helped the brand achieve that.
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How This FORTUNE Brand Studio Exec Built a Content Business on Brainstorming, Budget Constraints, and White Glove Service

Megan Gilbert joined as editorial director to launch FORTUNE Brand Studio. Four years later, she's the vice president and has helped grow it to $16 million in revenue. Learn how she leads the agency and why she's a Content Marketer of the Year finalist.
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The Career-Guiding Question McKinsey’s Publishing Lead Always Asks

Raju Narisetti wasn’t sure how he’d fare as the global publishing leader at McKinsey & Company because he had never done B2B publishing. Almost four years later, he’s still there and earned a 2023 Content Marketer of the Year finalist nod.
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5 Writing Tricks That Treat Audiences to Better Data-Based Stories

If the thought of numbers sends you running into the night, try these tricks to become the writing wizard of numerals. No addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or other calculation required.
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Master Content Proofreading and Editing With These Tips

Wearing two hats at the same time is an odd and uncomfortable look. Yet, content marketers do it all the time when they edit and proofread at the same time. Here’s how to make each a distinct – and more valuable – experience.
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The Ecopreneurs: A Win-Win-Win-Win for Salesforce, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Entrepreneurs, and Audiences

Salesforce and FORTUNE Brand Studio partnered to create The Ecopreneurs, an 11-episode series for Salesforce+ whose impact went far beyond the streaming platform. Here’s how this Project of the Year finalist turned long-form storytelling into big results.