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Get It Together: Try the Ideas in the 5 Most Popular Content Planning Posts

You feel pressure to fill your editorial calendar. You ponder the how, who, and what that will produce results. You’re not alone. To help, we share ideas from our five most popular recent articles on content planning.
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Content Marketing Can Do More Than Survive in the New World

Following the tenets of content marketing can be more than a survival technique in 2020 and beyond. In fact, content marketing is poised to be the shining star of a brand’s marketing mix in this new world. Let me explain.
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How to Create a Strategic Social Media Plan [Template]

Not sure if you are distributing your content on the right social channels or in the right way to drive action? Here's how to build a social media marketing plan to put all the essential decision-making info right at your fingertips.
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Your How-To Plan for 12 Months of Customer-Focused Blogging

How do you deliver more blog content without sacrificing quality? A content road map can lead the way. Walk through each step of this process to create a 12-month calendar that will keep to the right path.
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The 5 Common Mistakes Every Content Marketer Should Know

Is your brand’s content marketing performance mediocre or worse? Before you investigate a laundry list of reasons, start with these five frequent, overarching mistakes. It could save you time, money, and even customers.
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Nail Your Content Performance With This Measurement Starter Kit

A sound content marketing measurement plan can inform what you should continue, what you should change, what you should stop, and what you should start to deliver bigger and better results for your brand.
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Content Plan? Success Demands It

Not all of us control our brand’s content strategy. Our job is to develop the tactical plan – policies, processes, resources, and task-related decisions. Read on for a handy tutorial with the resources to make implementation a success.
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How to Develop a Content Strategy: Start With These 3 Questions

If your content doesn’t connect with an audience, success isn’t an option. But to get the audience, you first must answer these three essential questions. And use these resources to create an effective content marketing strategy.
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24 Big Mistakes You Should Avoid in Content Marketing

Sure, we can learn from our mistakes. But we also can learn from others’ mistakes and avoid making them. To help you, we enlisted the help of some smart and wise people who share mistakes they’ve seen and how to fix them.
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How to Build a Smart Yet Simple Social Media Marketing Plan [Template]

Not sure if you are distributing your content on the right channels or in the right way to drive action? Here's how to build a social media marketing plan to put all the essential decision-making info right at your fingertips.
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Fundamentals Are Essential for Content Success

Average content marketers are far too concerned with the incremental instead of the fundamentals. This industry needs to reset to first principles – and fast. Find out why first principles are more important than best practices.
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How to Write a Great Creative Brief

Great content begins with a great creative brief. Documenting your business goals, communication purpose, audience, parameters, etc., in one place is essential. Here’s why and how your brief can make a difference.