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What One Brand Did After It Created a Top 10 Blog

Content Marketing Institute

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: 5 Brands Share Their Content Marketing Process. During this time, we had nothing to show the public so it was a matter of waiting until we had posts about the experiment to push live. On one fateful week in August 2017, after months of sweating, we published our findings on three tests.

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How to Adopt a Customer-Centric Strategy for Your Content

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CMI’s recent content management and strategy research confirms that while 92% of respondents say their brands view content as a business asset, few marketers have the processes and tools to make this a reality. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: The 2017 Content Marketing Framework: 5 Building Blocks for Profitable, Scalable Operations.

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How Tom’s of Maine Found Success in Micro-Influencer Marketing

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Bridget Burns, community manager for Tom’s of Maine, explains in this Q&A how micro-influencer marketing works for a brand that values substance over sizzle. Bridget left Tom’s of Maine in September 2017 after this interview was complete.). They’re genuine fans who engage with the brand. Because it’s not transactional (i.e.,

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Audience Development

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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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7 Content Marketing Tasks to Automate Right Now

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No matter how far AI advances go, software will never replace a human for crafting an insightful and meaningful blog post. According to The Litmus 2017 State of Email Report , 68% of companies take at least one week to produce one email. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. Workflow automation: IFTTT.

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Content Syndication: More Than a Traffic Boost

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The MainStreet editorial team was a fun, scrappy group, which was good because we were functioning as a startup within the company. Getting one of your articles featured on a big news portal’s home page carousel meant that millions of people would be exposed to your story and learn about your brand. Click To Tweet.

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How to Create Pillar Content Google Will Love

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Think of Colgate’s gum disease resource page as the top of the mountain – a pillar of content like the one you aim to create for your brand. It expanded the subtopic into a blog post by adding more context, “How to fight gingivitis in three easy steps.”. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. The result?

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