Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Does your company look at content through customers’ eyes? Here’s one way to tell: Look at your marketing content. For starters, riffle through some titles. Do the words typically convey customers’ concerns? Or do they mostly call attention to the things you sell? If products hog the spotlight, you’re missing opportunities to build customer relationships and, ultimately, revenue.
The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
If you want your visitors to buy, instead of bouncing off your site like a basketball… Ask yourself: What’s missing from my. The post The Five Sales Letters Every Marketer Should Know, Hands Down appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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ThemeIsle
JUNE 2, 2017
Trying to figure out how to make money with a blog? I mean, as fun as starting a blog is, I don’t think there are very many people who would mind earning at least a little side income from their blog! But how do you actually go about monetizing your blog? Do you just throw. The post How to Make Money Blogging in 2022 (Complete Guide) appeared first on ThemeIsle Blog.
ProBlogger
JUNE 8, 2017
This is a guest contribution from ProBlogger Productivity Expert Nicole Avery. It is the dream for many of us. Working from home, for our selves, working when we want, in our pyjamas if we want, until the reality of working from home kicks in. To work productively from home it requires discipline, planning and organization. Without them we can end up spending more hours working than we wanted to in a house that has become a shambles.
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.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2017
It’s hard to believe that, after 10 years, this will be the last time I share my annual list of content marketing predictions for CMI. Not to get all sentimental or anything, but looking into the future of our industry and anticipating the content and media trends most likely to impact our businesses has always been a favorite part of the job … and it will be one of CMI’s content experiences I’ll miss the most as I retire from CMI this month. .
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 20, 2017
After you put away the champagne flutes and flip the calendar to 2018, what will you set your sights on to take your marketing to the next level in the new year? What has 2017 taught you? One place to look for lessons is CMI’s two conferences – Content Marketing World and Intelligent Content Conference. As I review the blog posts I’ve written this year about the talks at those conferences, I’m struck by one big takeaway: Marketers need to expand their view of their role and their sense of how th
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Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Editor’s note: Because proving the value of content marketing continues to be necessary, Julia McCoy updated her 2016 post with some fresh stats and perspective. . Content marketing has been moving at the speed of light in recent years. Why? Consumers are fed up with in-your-face advertising and sales tactics that feel cheap, slimy, or underhanded.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Practically everyone understands the importance of “doing content marketing,” but many – even those with documented content marketing strategies – don’t know how to align the types of content they create with their desired content marketing goals. For example, some of the best content for drawing in and nurturing qualified leads – like webinars – underperforms when it comes to link building.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 15, 2017
How do you identify an effective space in the content arena for your brand? Take a journey with your audience. We developed the audience journey as a tool for content marketers. Its sole purpose is to align your brand’s content with the needs of your audience. It is based on the hero’s journey – a model commonly used in storytelling to attract and retain the attention of the audience throughout a narrative.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 23, 2017
What’s the first step to creating unique, differentiated content? Analyze the content created in your market. You need to know what your neighbors, friends, and competitors are publishing to ensure that you’re creating the most engaging, differentiated content. Completing a competitive content analysis helps you stay one step ahead in your content marketing strategy and use your competitors’ efforts to your advantage.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 6, 2017
We’ve all known (and probably been part of) small, focused teams that seem to produce incredible results. Unless these teams hang on to their tight focus, though, even the most impressive typically hit a wall. The organizational pressure to do more too often outpaces the team’s ability to keep up. B2C marketers may be about to hit that stage given the signs that popped up as we read through the survey data and fill-in responses to the latest annual content marketing research.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Leaf through a portfolio of social media award winners, and you’re likely to see entrants from the tourism, cooking, and fashion industries. Putting together an Instagram or Snapchat plan for these companies may not be easy, but then again, emerald beaches and platefuls of poké make for great social sharing. . What about those less-than-obvious brands?
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Audience first. Are you tired of hearing this mantra? I am. But, here’s the thing: Too many marketers say and even think they are all about the audience, but when you dig into their programs, you see it’s still all about them. While it’s not easy to make a genuine shift, here are four twists in perspective to truly make sure your audience is at the center of everything you do.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Miss Manners hasn’t written the handbook on how to be a good guest blogger. Yet, anyone who manages an organization’s blog likely has run into guest bloggers (or wannabe guest bloggers) who focus too much on the “blog” part and not enough on the “guest” part. Writers focus too much on the “blog” part and not enough on the “guest” part, says @AnnGynn.
Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker
Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 18, 2017
This is my last article for a while, so I really wanted this one to make an impact and stay with you. Even though the amazing CMI editorial team wanted me to write about marketing, I wrote this instead (ha). Occasionally, I’ll do an interview where someone will ask: “What’s the one thing you did that made the greatest impact to where you are at now?”.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Editor’s note: You may have missed this article when CMI published it last year. We’re sharing it now because too many people are still confused about the terms. Are you looking for a job – or looking to hire someone – in a field associated with “content marketing” or “content strategy” or “content marketing strategy”? Do these terms pop up regularly in your reading and your conversations?
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
No matter how large or small your business is, or how experienced you are in content marketing, these recently published books can help you take your content marketing to the next level. During 2017, there has been a flood of practical, relevant, and well-written content marketing books for marketers of all levels of experience and expertise. This guide reveals this year’s top books for: Content marketing newcomers and holdouts – If you’re a newcomer to content marketing or dealing with holdout
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 12, 2017
How much will the evolving landscape of AI impact content creation? I had a conversation with BuzzSumo co-founder Steve Rayson who said writing algorithms are available for purchase, have been bought, and are in use by major platforms. And, they are creating well-written, data-backed articles, he said. I was surprised. I knew the AI landscape was evolving in the industry: But just how much would it really affect content creation?
Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners
This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Have you been attracted to headlines like these? 50 Tips to Help You Get 50,000 Email Subscribers for Your List. 20 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Get More Email Subscribers. How to Build an Email Marketing List as Quickly as Possible. 10 Irresistible Incentives That Will Grow Your Email List—Fast. Of course you have, and I understand why: For us content marketers, eyeballs are everything.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
If you’re a chief content officer , copywriter, designer, or programmer searching for ways to create more and better content in less time, you’ll find fresh ideas for improving your creativity, productivity, and writing skills with these best books from 2017. Marketers seeking to learn through recent books suffer from an embarrassment of riches. A search of Amazon.com for “marketing books” returns 324,225 titles.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
“Same house, right?” The question came via Facebook Messenger from a friend who was coming over for dinner. Under his message appeared two options: yes and no. With one touch of a fingertip, my answer appeared in a blue bubble as if I had typed y-e-s myself. That experience, a first for me, was so logical, natural, convenient, and simple that I hardly noticed it.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Does your team focus on the top of the marketing funnel, developing most of your content to create brand awareness and nurture leads? If so, you may miss the rewards that come from focusing on the bottom or (depending on how you define your funnel ) below. I’m talking about focusing on the content needs of people who are on the verge of buying what you sell, people who have just bought, and people who are between purchases.
Speaker: Corey Daugherty, Head of Business Development at Flowcode & Georgette Malitsis, Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Flowcode
Let's explore the transformative power of QR codes in bridging offline and online marketing worlds. 📲 This new webinar featuring Corey Daugherty and Georgette Malitsis of Flowcode will dive into how innovative QR technology not only enhances traditional marketing strategies, but also drives meaningful customer engagement and analytics. Register today to gain practical knowledge on using QR codes to increase conversion rates, optimize customer journeys, and ultimately unlock a new realm o
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Content marketing is at a critical inflection point. For it to serve as the fuel and infrastructure for modern marketing departments, some things need to change. Brands are not getting much of a return on that investment. We know this thanks to a survey of 252 marketing leaders at Fortune 500 conducted by BrightEdge (one of my clients). Some key findings: 71% of marketers say that less than half of their content is being consumed. 71% of marketers say that less than half of their #content is bei
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Having a business relationship with Facebook is time consuming – there’s an update every few weeks, and it takes all your effort to keep up with the latest features. Giving up on that relationship isn’t an option. With more than 79% of American internet users on Facebook, the platform holds the keys to your potential customers’ hearts. With more than 79% US internet users, @Facebook holds the keys to potential customers’ hearts.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Next week I’ll join my counterparts from around the world in Berlin to talk about live event experiences. It’s an annual gathering where we can share ideas, successes, and challenges, and learn to better understand each other’s businesses. For many, creating pre-event content to build excitement (and maybe a bit of FOMO [fear of missing out]) for our events is a hot topic.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 8, 2017
You know this article format. A glance through Content Marketing Institute’s recently published posts, Growthhackers Must Read articles, or BuzzSumo’s most-shared marketing content from the past six months makes it clear – one blog post framework seems to be winning: How (Company You Know) Is Doing (Something) to Achieve (Positive Result).
Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing
Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 29, 2017
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.”.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
Imagine having your audience tied to your content with an 8-foot rubber hose for five minutes on a regular basis. “We’ve got this very, very captive audience – and they’re bored – there’s really no super magic. When people pump gas they have nothing to do,” David Leader, then CEO of Gas Station TV, told NPR a few years ago. Gas Station TV reaches millions of consumers with its content – a mix of entertainment, news, sports – and advertising.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
In 1998, I became the investment club guide for About.com. My responsibilities included the creation of at least one original article per week on the topic of investing or investment clubs, as well as development of the e-newsletter for the subscribers of that channel. I absolutely loved it. Every piece of content I created scored more traffic. The formula seemed so easy … just create article after article answering questions about investment clubs and the audience grew and grew.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Few would argue about the power and value of educational content – whether a blog, an e-newsletter, a white paper, or a how-to video. However, some brands have taken this concept further by developing full-fledged classes and curricula for their audiences. Let’s look at eight brands that give their audience opportunities to get an education in unique and entertaining ways.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
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