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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.
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Manufacturing Content Marketers Shift Gears in a COVID-19 World [New Research]

In today’s turbulent times, manufacturing content marketers have done the big things to adapt in a COVID-19 world. Learn from CMI’s latest research what they’re doing differently, what’s kept pace, and what’s growing as you wrap up 2020 and prepare for 2021.
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Personalized Palettes, a Content Exercise, and The Witches Lesson

Give your audience an interactive quiz for personalized content (a la Sherwin-Williams). Decide how to walk, run, jog, or sprint (thanks to Ubiquity Labs’ content marketing framework). Think through your content (unlike Warner Bros.).
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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.
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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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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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People Want PDFs; Why The NY Times Didn’t Fail; and a Backstage Pass [The Weekly Wrap]

This week, CMI is wrapping up Content Marketing World, but today we’re talking white papers, how content saved The New York Times, and a new stack as content production ramps up.
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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.
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Don't Let a Pause Stop You From Doing More [The Weekly Wrap]

This week, content marketers are talking about an insurance company that isn’t waiting around, an interesting finding on how bloggers responded to the pandemic, and a great reaction to bad behavior on social media.
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2021 B2B Content Marketing: What Now? [New Research]

In its 11th year, the annual Content Marketing Institute B2B research delves into industry benchmarks, budgets, and trends. But this year we added one more category – how you and your peers responded to the pandemic and plan for the new normal.
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Drumming Up Fans, Battling Beautifully, and Voicing Makers [The Weekly Wrap]

This week, we talk about a famous drummer who thrilled a YouTube phenom (and us), a pharmacy that knows how to battle beautifully, and a cheeky clothing brand that tells stories of makers, from a pastry chef to a chainsaw artist.
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An Oops, a Kick, and a Rebrand Get Noticed [The Weekly Wrap]

The Weekly Wrap debuts its new format – three notable things in content marketing: VRBO’s big oops, Toggl’s rebrand, and Keds kicking up of the power of women. Get the what, where, and why now.