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How To Take Your Content Idea From Generic to Original

So many marketers compete to attract the same audience within the same topic while drawing upon the same information or facts. How do you avoid that? Always start with two.
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How To Raise Your Brand’s Voice on Issues That Matter [Examples]

A Sprout Social study found 70% of consumers believe it’s important for brands to take a stand on social and political issues. Here are the questions to ask before you do, and some tips and examples to inspire.
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How To Create Blockbuster B2B Stories That Sell [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Is it possible to include product details in stories without boring or alienating your audience? Robert Rose says yes, but you’ll need some imagination (and, possibly, a bathing suit). Dive in for advice on how to start.
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5 Lessons on Creating Video Like a Pro Even If You’re Just Starting Out

Andrew Davis walks you through his video creation process from start to finish. He also shares tech tips and tactical shortcuts to level up your content without maxing out your video budget.
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37 Content Writing Examples and How-To Tips for Website Articles

Whether you craft words for B2B or B2C audiences, the challenges can be many. This diverse set of tips, tools, and resources are designed to help from creation to revision to publication and everything in between.
15 Tools for Content Creation You (Probably) Haven’t Tried Yet

15 Content Tools You (Probably) Haven’t Tried Yet

Bookmark this list of content creation tools, including lesser-known options and an old favorite or two. From idea generators and headline analyzers to research and SEO resources, infographic creators to meme designs, you'll find tools to help you through the creation process.
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15 Digital Content Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Brand

Publishing the wrong content can take many forms, but the end results are similar. At worst, it could seriously damage your brand. At best, your content will be ignored. Here are 15 content mistakes that can do harm to your content marketing strategy.
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10 Tips To Write Engaging Content Previews for Social Media

Social media can be a good place to promote your full-length content. But don’t expect great images to do all the work. Here are some text tips to prompt scrollers to stop, read, click, and read some more.
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Why Typewriter-Like Linear Thinking Works Better Than Tools for Content Creation

Treating creativity as the product of tools is like discussing the art of the novel by analyzing the brand of typewriter George Orwell used. Before investing in one, ask whether the tool will add distractions or remove them.
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5 Reminders About Creativity From The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles: Get Back documentary sparked CMI’s creative director to turn to the keyboard (the one with letters, not the one with 88 keys). Here are the five lessons for content creators he took away from the almost nine-hour documentary.
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4 User-Generated Content Ideas (and Tools To Check If They Work)

It’s hard to keep the content on your social channels fresh. Luckily, your brand doesn’t have to create everything from scratch. Look to your customers, friends, influencers, and others who are and could produce user-generated content.
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Try These Tools To Create Content That Works for Search Engines and Audiences

Successful content creators realize writing for your audience isn’t different from writing for search engines. Here are 13 tools to help create valuable content that audiences discover and consume.