Sat.Dec 23, 2017 - Fri.Dec 29, 2017

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6 Content Marketing Ideas to Steal From the Awards Finalists of 2017

Content Marketing Institute

You’ve almost certainly heard this quote: “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” But do you know who said it? Turns out, a lot of people. Steve Jobs attributed it to Pablo Picasso. A quick Google search shows variations attributed to many thinkers of varying levels of fame, including: Igor Stravinsky – “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”.

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5 Bloggers Who Started a Blog in 2017 and Survived

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When you start a blog, you understandably look for advice from experts to help get you started. You look at countless blogs in your niche – ones that have probably been going for a while and enjoying various types of success. It can be quite overwhelming, and sets you up for the comparison game and ‘perfection paralysis’ – not wanting to hit publish until your blog looks perfect.

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The Zen of Content Marketing: Higher Consciousness, Better Performance

Content Marketing Institute

Week after week since January 2015, CMI has sent a Content Strategy for Marketers e-newsletter written by CMI Chief Strategy Advisor Robert Rose. In this newsletter, Robert delivers marketing insights through a zen sensibility, leaving many of us inspired as businesspeople and as people. (Since December, the Content Strategy Newsletter merged with the weekly newsletter, bringing Robert’s thoughts to even more subscribers.).

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Unsolicited Advice: How to Avoid 4 Content Marketing Blunders

Content Marketing Institute

Have you hit that moment in the holiday season yet? You know, when the fairy dust has settled to the floor next to bits of dried pine needles, crumbs of joyously consumed (now vaguely regretted) treats, and the hair of the dog that may or may not have bitten you (but almost certainly needs a walk). I tend to get that bah-humbug feeling a couple of days before the new year brightens things again.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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A Year Full of ‘No Way!?’ Moments for CCO Magazine

Content Marketing Institute

2017 will go down as the year contributors to the magazine repeatedly blew my mind. Most editors like to think they have at least a modest (if not better) grasp of the industry they cover. After all, to be a good editor you must be able to tease out the ideas that will educate or delight your readers most – and identifying those requires a baseline of subject matter expertise.

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Teach Students to Write for Real-Life Contexts

Content Marketing Institute

Today's students have to learn to shift their writing styles to meet different real-life purposes, says ELA teacher-author Jeremy Hyler. Teachers should understand the different contexts (school, work, and personal) and help students learn to "code switch" as needed.

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2018 Content Marketing Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Checklists

Content Marketing Institute

Ready or not, 2018 is on its way. If you happened to catch our collection of content marketing predictions for the upcoming year, you may think you’re in for a bumpy ride. There are lots of big changes to manage on the horizon – the increasing impact of voice-activation, AI automation, and tighter consumer data regulation among them. But just because you likely need to work a bit harder to keep your content marketing maturity level on track with your competition and on pace with innovation