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How Hard Is It To Find Content or Marketing Jobs (and How Much Should They Pay)?

How Hard Is It To Find Content or Marketing Jobs (and How Much Should They Pay)?

Are marketers satisfied? Is generative AI really taking over? What factors influence compensation? Get the answers here, then download CMI’s 2025 Career Outlook for Content and Marketing, which includes salary numbers.
Why AI in Demand Generation Is No Knight In Shining Armor [New Research]

Why AI in Demand Generation Is No Knight In Shining Armor [New Research]

New research sheds light on what works in demand generation today, what doesn’t, and where demand-gen marketers spend their budget and time. Spoiler: AI isn’t helping much yet.
Surprising Findings About Search Behavior Bring Important Lesson for Marketers

Surprising Search Behavior Teaches This Important Lesson

How’s 2024 going for organic search? From new algorithms to false starts and AI-generated overviews, it’s a jumbled mess. But SparkToro’s new Zero-Click Search Study may help you understand a good path for the rest of the year.
What Should Agencies Do in a Flat-Growth Year?

What Should Agencies Do in a Flat-Growth Year?

Ad Age released the Agency Report for 2024, and it’s not good news for big firms. Frankly, it’s not that great for small, independent firms either. Find out the possible reasons and what successful agencies should do now.
How To Market Your Marketing To Marketers [New Research]

How To Market Your Marketing to Marketers [New Research]

Marketers are a tough crowd. On one hand, they appreciate brands that offer extensive thought leadership. On the other hand, they know every content and marketing tactic in the book. New research offers insights (and a peek inside your peers’ opinions).
Tech Takes Over Marketing (But Not How You Think)

Tech Takes Over Marketing (But Not How You Think)

Are you spending too much on technology? A new study reveals marketing budgets are shrinking, yet spending on marketing tech is rising. But a big chunk of that tech goes unused. Solving that problem could boost your budget and ROI. Here’s how.
How to Adapt Your SEO and Content Strategies for SGE and AI Experiences

How To Adapt Your SEO and Content Strategies for SGE and AI Experiences

Google’s rolling out its Search Generative Experience to the public. And that’s not the only AI-influenced impact on search results pages. It’s time to update your content strategy to better reflect these new search experiences.
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Want More Referral Traffic? Don’t Overlook These Generous Sites  

A new study reveals which sites send generous referral traffic (and which don’t). Google tops the list, but don’t overlook other search engines and social sites where you might face less competition. Here’s how to grab your share of referrals from non-Google sources.
How to Prepare for the Data Apocalypse

How To Prepare for the Data Apocalypse

New IAB research reveals that marketers know about Google’s ending of third-party cookies, yet they’re plagued by inaction and misunderstanding regarding first-party data. Remedying that now will bring long-term success.
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Enterprise Marketers Leading With Strategy in 2024 [New Research]

Discover what enterprise content marketers expect in 2024, from budgets, generative AI, tech, social media use, and more. CMI's newly released research also finds out what sets top performers apart from their industry peers.
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Is Your Thought Leadership Stuck in ‘Mutually Assured Irrelevance’?

New research finds most thought leadership doesn’t encourage or inspire much thought. Yet, if it’s done well, it can strongly influence sales and pricing. How can you leap from boring to motivating?
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How Technology Marketers Lead the Way in AI Experimentation [New Research]

Tech marketers reveal their creation and non-creation challenges, resource woes, AI’s impact, and more. Plus, what do the most successful do differently? Find out in CMI’s newly released technology content marketing research.