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Why Brands Need to Take the Plunge Into VR Today

Content Marketing Institute

In late 2016, pundits declared 2017 whould be the year virtual reality won mass adoption. He is the author of six books, including the bestselling Storytelling for Virtual Reality. John: Brands for a number of years have mastered the art of storytelling to audiences in order to engage them in products.

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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. At least a half dozen CCO articles in 2017 inspired an exclamation I can only describe as “No sh*t?!,” Virtual reality and a sit-down with author of The Martian ( February 2017 ). Marketers focus too much on sale. moments of 2017.

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Content Marketer of the Year Shares the REI Story

Content Marketing Institute

Paolo Mottola, managing editor at REI Co-op and the 2017 Content Marketer of the Year, has demonstrated again and again how content can drive more than interest and engagement – it can drive action. In early 2017, REI’s film about Brothers of Climbing documented the organization’s mission to increase diversity in outdoor adventures.

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Plan For Success In Your Indie Author Business And TikTok Marketing With Adam Beswick

The Creative Penn

While mastering the craft of fantastical storytelling, Adam simultaneously embraces the rewarding challenges of family life as well as being an authorpreneur. Adam: Well, I started writing around 2017. So I was in the build up to the second book in my Spirit Beast series, as it was called then, and sales weren't anything breathtaking.

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Buyer’s Guide to the Best Content Marketing Books of 2018

Content Marketing Institute

The most effective formula for increasing profits and sales continued to involve increasing the size of your newsletter’s mailing list by offering first-time visitors ethical bribes or content bonuses in exchange for signing up to receive the firm’s email newsletter. Storynomics: Story Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World.

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The Empowerment Of Selling Books Direct To Your Readers With Steve Pieper

The Creative Penn

Why might using your face to advertise your books be a good idea? And it's really interesting because the most reliable way I've discovered to improve my Amazon sales is to just advertise my direct sales. And we see a number of authors are doing this direct sales process, and we see it over and over and over again.

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How a Winery Crushed Its Content Marketing With Video

Content Marketing Institute

Increase wine sales. Rather than pay to advertise its content, the marketing team focuses on creating videos captivating enough to earn coverage on the news and in industry media. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Video Storytelling Secrets From an Award-Winning Series. Super fun video’. Increase visits to the winery. It’s a thing.