Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 3, 2018

2017 was the year brands buy media companies, according to Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose who made the declaration in a This Old Marketing podcast last May. Either way, you’re probably curious about what it looks like for a brand to run a media organization. Did it happen? Think of your portfolio of media companies. Click To Tweet.

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 22, 2018

In 2016, when Intel iQ boasted 2 million monthly readers who averaged more than two minutes per visit, the iQ team wondered what is the additional value of a returning reader versus a first timer? The true challenge of becoming a successful (brand) publisher is sustaining an audience, says @LukeKintigh. A lot, it turns out.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Some big brands have high expectations of what will come of applying AI to activities that humans are paid to do today. It has more than tripled its ROI and increased its customer base by 30%,” as reported in this article in March 2017. The brand claims that it “will never go back to humans.”.@shopcosabella Curating content.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 12, 2018

“We were hiding our light under a bushel,” says Will McKenna, describing the company’s marketing efforts in the talk he and Fred Macri gave at Content Marketing World 2017: Awakening a Sleeping Giant: Crafting a Successful Content Brand in an 86-Year-Old Enterprise. Create a content brand: Capital Ideas. Their idea? Even better?

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

If your business is thinking about indulging its inner technophile, let these cool content examples from intrepid brands inspire you to swallow the red pill and enter the Matrix-like world of machine-driven storytelling. Give consumers a voice in your brand stories. Artificial intelligence in many forms. Automate content customization.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Those are a few of the new findings from my team’s new Link Building Survey , in which we polled 628 SEO experts across various types of businesses to understand better how they build links for better SEO in 2017. Don’t go overboard on branding. Develop your brand through your video content. ab80 Click To Tweet.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2017

A long time ago, I was a designer for a small advertising agency. In a 2015 article on Bannersnack, we included lessons learned from David Ogilvy, the father of modern advertising, that relate to online marketing. Takeaway tip: Your illustrations need to look professional in a way that reflects the tone and messaging of your brand.

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