A Behind-the-Scenes Analysis of Social Media Content Trends
December 28, 2014
Jodi Harris
Even just a casual glance at sharing data can reveal social media patterns and potential worth examining in more detail. Use CMI’s review of its top-performing Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn posts to help inform your own evaluation.
9 Ways to Use Content Marketing as a Recruiting Tool
December 16, 2014
Tracy Gold
Does your content marketing strategy ignore the very people who could help grow your company? Help your HR department and incorporate prospective employees into your content marketing with these nine recruiting tool tips.
5 Prescriptions For A Healthy Customer Data Plan
December 12, 2014
Robert Rose
We know how valuable targeting and measuring the relevance of our content is, but too often our actions don’t reflect that. Here are five manageable prescriptions to take to make your customer data – and, in turn, your content – healthy, wealthy, and wise.
How to Know What Content Drives Traffic
December 2, 2014
Skip Besthoff
Most content fails to generate significant web traffic. And many content marketers fail in knowing what pieces of content perform well and which don’t. It requires precise analytics, but it’s not too difficult. Get started today.
Why Your Content Is Sabotaging Your Lead Generation
November 30, 2014
Mike Nierengarten
Lead-generation campaigns typically fail when brands use content originally intended for another purpose instead of providing new content that their targeted audience actually wants. Discover how to create successful lead-gen content.
6 Ways to Measure Webinar ROI
November 25, 2014
Shelby Britton
Content marketers must change the narrative regarding their webinar programs’ effectiveness by tracking and reporting relevant KPIs. Learn how these six categories, from participation to the closed deal, can help measure webinar ROI.
8 Metrics to Conquer a Content Marketer's Fear of Measurement
November 23, 2014
Pawan Deshpande
With so many metrics for content marketing and even more tools to measure them, how do you know what to do? This framework covers eight types of metrics. It’s broken down by channel, so you can get specific examples of each metric.
This Week in Content Marketing: Failed 2014 Content Marketing Predictions
November 15, 2014
Joe Pulizzi
In this one-year anniversary episode, Joe and Robert grade themselves on their 2014 predictions. Plus, Facebook offers an interesting deal for publishers, a rant and rave on Alex from Target and blog comments, and much more.
This Week in Content Marketing: Is There a Crisis in Content Marketing?
November 8, 2014
Joe Pulizzi
Joe and Robert debunk a possible “crisis” in content marketing, discuss the ongoing agency saga, share news on Publicis’ purchase of Sapient, and more. Rant and rave: more confusion over native advertising and a CNET magazine.
A Single Version of Truth: One Key to Content Marketing Measurement Success
October 17, 2014
Michele Linn
Do you know the big question that marketers want to be able answer? It’s how can a company measure the effectiveness of its content marketing. In the second episode of our B2B research roundtable series, marketing leaders talk about challenges of measurement, and offer one key solution for you to co...
A Quick and Easy Content Marketing ROI Tip Sheet
October 12, 2014
Hana Abaza
Content marketing measurement can be an embarrassment of riches: So much data is available, that it can be easy to get overwhelmed when deciding what to focus on. So which metrics matter more than others? Here's a roundup of metrics all content marketers should keep an eye on if they want to know whether...
3 Tactics to Optimize Your Website Content With Social Intelligence
October 6, 2014
Rebecca Watson
Social signals that can help you optimize your website content efforts are out there — but are you paying enough attention to them? Find out how to use the latest social sharing tool features to track key consumer behaviors and improve user retention and acquisition.
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