As December debuts with colder and snowier weather, we’re wishing for snow days, warming up with a print magazine, and answering questions about writing.
These are the three things we noticed this week.
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December 11, 2020
We Want a Snow Day, a Mailbox Delivery and More [The Weekly Wrap]
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December 4, 2020
Cyber Monday Emails Show Why Brands Need a New Content Play [The Weekly Wrap]
This week, we cheer a new opportunity for a fired paint-shop employee/TikTok star (and the clever brand that hired him). We question whether consumers are ready for marketing text messages. And we diagnose what was wrong with most brands’ messaging for Cyber Monday.
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November 27, 2020
A Small Saturday, a Horoscope Personalization, and a Community Request [The Weekly Wrap]
This week, the Cleveland Clinic shows how to ask your community to help, American Express teaches how to turn something small into something much bigger, and Zillow shows how someone else’s horoscope can catch people’s eye.
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November 20, 2020
Turkey and Green Beans Gone Viral (and a Virtual Visit to a Museum) [The Weekly Wrap]
It’s turkey and green bean casserole time in the United States. We talk turkey hotline (phone and AI versions), eat our veggies (a good-for-you lesson), and take a break from food with an enticing stay-at-home museum experience.
These are the three things noticed this week.
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November 13, 2020
Personalized Palettes, a Content Exercise, and The Witches Lesson
Invite your audience members to take a fun, interactive quiz that delivers engaging results for them and your brand (a la Sherwin-Williams). Decide how to walk, run, jog, or sprint (thanks to Ubiquity Labs’ content marketing framework). And think through all the facets of your content before you publish (unlike Warner Bros.).
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November 6, 2020
3 Ideas to Blow Out Your Content Competitors [The Weekly Wrap]
Three things to learn from this week’s examples: Suspenseful storytelling isn’t limited to Halloween. Consider how social media can help your SEO. And, you can teach your audience how to do what you do – and still stay in business.
Here are those three things we noticed this week.
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October 30, 2020
Benchmarks and Outliers, Endings and Beginnings [The Weekly Wrap]
This week, we look at benchmarks and outliers from Animalz research. We spot the end for someone’s LinkedIn Live (and perhaps a beginning for yours). And we share construction technology’s modern voice (and a podcast).
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October 23, 2020
Fun, Fright, and Better Event Video Fill October [The Weekly Wrap]
October brings the World Series, Halloween, and this year, more virtual events.
That’s why we’re talking Major League Baseball, M&Ms, and video tips this week.
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October 16, 2020
People Want PDFs; Why The NY Times Didn’t Fail; and a Backstage Pass [The Weekly Wrap]
This week, we’re wrapping up Content Marketing World – a big shoutout to all who joined us for this knowledgeable, fun week. (And if you missed it, you can catch up over the next six months.)
We’re also talking white papers, how content saved The New York Times, and a new stack as content production ramps up.
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October 9, 2020
Stream a Stream, Polish Your Thumbnails, and Don’t Talk ‘Us’ [The Weekly Wrap]
This week, content marketers are talking live streams (not livestreams), research on the best practices of YouTube thumbnails, and a challenge to one of the most standard website pages.
Here are the three things we noticed this week, ending Oct. 9, 2020.
