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How Content Marketing Can Save Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Content marketing is not dead. And it’s not better than sliced bread. Nope. Content marketing is a multiplier. And that makes it a great reason for you to play a true leadership role in broader marketing planning. Let us explain.
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6 Things to Improve Your Content Performance

High-performing content is good for your brand and for your readers. But how do you create it? Here are six steps to go from “just OK” to high-powered, massively successful content.
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How to Perfect the One-on-One Interview

Through hundreds of interviews, Clare McDermott has learned how to diffuse tension, set a good conversational tempo, and design probing questions. Here’s her best advice for content marketers.
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5 Big Obstacles Encountered by B2B Content Marketers

Every corner of B2B is drowning in identikit, low-value content. Why? Complicated subject matter, stuffy audiences, and restrictive brand compliance? No, they don’t even make the list.
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The 5 Most Popular Content Analytics Articles on CMI

You “voted” and we’re reporting. Discover our five most popular articles about content analytics. They cover performance metrics that matter, Google reports you need, plus social media and influencer evaluation.
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How to Make Personal and Corporate Branding Work Together

You and your co-workers have professional personal brands. Your employer has a corporate or business brand. They are intertwined. Now, it’s time to be smarter about that connection and make it mutually beneficial.
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8 Things to Know Before You Start a Research Project

Sarah Mitchell had analyzed other people’s research. But when she took on the challenge of original research for her company, she discovered it was a lot harder than she anticipated. Now, she shares eight lessons she learned.
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18 Ideas to Overcome Your Writer’s Block

Do you ever want to curse the cursor? You can’t write that lead. You feel like you’re crafting the same content as yesterday. You can’t imagine another way to talk about your topic. Here’s some help to get you out of a writing slump.
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5 Content Lessons From John Krasinski’s Some Good News

Ever have a good idea but not the time to do it? That was John Krasinski. But then the pandemic hit and he had the time to create the Some Good News series. Here are five content lessons learned while watching the eight episodes.
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3 Types of Backlinks You Want Your Content to Get (and How to Get Them)

Let’s forget about the SEO value of backlinks for now. Let’s focus on building links that really deliver traffic to your site. Here are three ways to do that.
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No Need to Survey, You Already Have Data for Great Storytelling [Examples]

Data visualizations are some of the most-read content on The New York Times and The Washington Post. Spotify’s personalized data-informed subscriber emails get shared widely. Is your brand telling data-driven stories?
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Diversity and Content Marketing: How Brands Can Be More Inclusive

Truly diverse and inclusive content marketing – the kind that resonates with your audience – requires far more than an image. It requires deep thinking, from audience research to team structure, from a style guide to user experience.