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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 ). Making sense of AI, plus ideas about hiring ( April 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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Buyer’s Guide to the Best Content Marketing Books of 2018

Content Marketing Institute

In 2018, content marketers renewed attention to the why’s and how’s of brand storytelling techniques, almost as if storytelling didn’t exist until January 1, 2018. Here are some of the best options published in 2018 (and, in one case, the closing months of 2017). Storynomics: Story Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World.

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Content Marketing in 2021 and Beyond

Neil Patel

According to HubSpot’s most recent Not Another State of Marketing Report , the top two types of video are promotional and brand storytelling. The average blog post was 808 words in 2014, but was 1142 words in 2017. This will continue. That’s an increase of 41%. In 2020, the average length of a top ranking blog post is 1447 words.

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How a Winery Crushed Its Content Marketing With Video

Content Marketing Institute

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. Here’s a compilation of snippets Jordan Winery left out of its official videos in 2017.

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This Week in Content Marketing: Why Won’t CMOs Consider Buying Media Companies?

Content Marketing Institute

00:01): An advertising blast from the past: “A show about nothing” (01:00): Robert muses on this week’s theme: Are you doing nothing? (08:31): 08:31): Welcome to Episode 210: Recorded live on November 19, 2017 (Running time: 1:11:05). Download this week’s PNR: This Old Marketing podcast. Show details. (00:01):