Stories By Michele Linn
10 Most Common Content Marketing Questions: Real-World Insights for Enterprise Marketers
Questions. At CMI, we field a lot of them: what is content marketing, how do we find success, how do we generate leads, etc. We pull together the answers in our e-book, 10 Most Common Content Marketing Questions. Here’s a glimpse.
Marketers: 14 Opportunities to Make Your Content Efforts More Scalable [New Research]
Though most marketers say their brand views content as an asset, only a minority have the people and processes in place, according to new research on content management and strategy from the Content Marketing Institute.
7 Things You Need to Have a Productive (and Happy) Content Marketing Team
Individual tricks are useful, but what does your team need to make sure they are working in the best possible way? Read on for a mix of tools and ideas to help your team focus on creation, not process.
17 No-Cost Ways Writers Can Extend Reach of Their Editorial
Writers spend most of their time writing, but they and the entire team need to make sure there is ample time to promote – to extend the reach of their content. CMI takes you behind the scenes to share how we do it.
5 Editorial Experiments You May Want to Try
In the early days, we experimented with content. As we learned what worked, we focused on that. But that doesn’t mean we should stop trying new things. This summer, we’re conducting five experiments and inviting you along for the ride.
7 Ways to Stop Flailing with Your Content Marketing in 2017
To grow as marketers – and to move the business forward with content – we can benefit from thinking beyond the usual platitudes and ideas. Consider these seven ways to stop flailing.
Your Editorial Calendar is Not Your Content Marketing Strategy
This author wants to yell from the rooftops: An editorial calendar is not a content marketing strategy! It’s not an issue of semantics. It’s an issue that leads to a much bigger issue – less effective content marketing.
23 Quotes to Inspire Your Content Marketing and the Difference You Can Make
Are you feeling in a rut with your marketing? Or are you looking to be energized? Turn to these 23 quotes – from inside and outside our industry – for an injection of inspiration. Think differently, do less, and find space to create.
What Do Fast Company’s Innovative Companies Do Differently? 5 Examples for Marketers
Fast Company released its Most Innovative Companies issue and CMI devoured it to find great content marketing practices. Learn about five inspiring companies with innovative ideas that you should consider for your content marketing.
Where Should You Spend Time on Your Website? 5 Data-Driven Opportunities
Don’t let your site analytics overwhelm you. Learn how to create a system for identifying which pages deserve the bulk of your attention and what actions to take on these pages using a few key reports from Google Analytics.
How to Give Your Best Blog Posts New Life (Even When Your URLs Don’t Cooperate)
What if your best blog posts could do even better? After a site audit and review of Google Analytics, we created a system for republishing the best – from updating the original to creating a variation on a theme. Here are the steps.
4 Google Analytics Reports Every Content Marketer Should Use
While you can use the data from Google Analytics in infinite ways, you need to understand the four most helpful reports for your content marketing – traffic, navigation summary, traffic from organic search, and conversions.