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The Zen of Content Marketing: Higher Consciousness, Better Performance

Content Marketing Institute

October 7, 2017) edition, Robert relates his conversation with a marketing director who was considering quitting his job. After putting everything he had into working with his team to create excellent content, he was left “frustrated over where his work was going.”. Unfetter your thinking before you make editorial plans.

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Content Syndication: More Than a Traffic Boost

Content Marketing Institute

The MainStreet editorial team was a fun, scrappy group, which was good because we were functioning as a startup within the company. Now I’ve started my own company helping businesses of all types develop editorial and content strategies that make sense. Content syndication shouldn’t be all about link building.

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How to Be an Agent of Change: Examples From Top Content Marketing Award Winners

Content Marketing Institute

Each one has demonstrated the important role content can play in embracing change – whether it’s attracting new audiences, pursuing new business opportunities, or sharing a new vision for tomorrow. 5 at Content Marketing World: Project of the Year. Winner: Project of the Year; Best New Print Publication – Editorial.

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How to Get Listeners to Push Play on Your Podcast [Examples From Boss Brands]

Content Marketing Institute

Consider these findings on its engagement benefits from Edison Research’s 2017 Podcast Consumers report: Listener growth is strong: The percent of monthly podcast listeners has increased from 21% to 24% of the population year over year. Power of the podcast. Just how large an opportunity could podcasting represent for marketers?

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6 Content Marketing Ideas to Steal From the Awards Finalists of 2017

Content Marketing Institute

This second idea stolen from Paul comes with a great payoff: Use the oft-derided pop-up to offer content suggestions rather than to gather email addresses.@HealthCatalyst HealthCatalyst uses pop-ups to offer content suggestions. That way, every new piece can point the audience to more content that may be useful. Click To Tweet.

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The Best Content Marketing Books of 2017 to Boost Your Creativity and Productivity

Content Marketing Institute

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. Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute.

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Building Your Content Marketing Team? 14 Skills for New, Growing, and Mature Programs

Content Marketing Institute

It’s one of those posts that is consistently well received because it hits a nerve: Whom do you need on your team to make content marketing work in your organization? It’s imperative to start out with a solid strategy (and, no, a strategy is not your editorial calendar ). Editorial planning. How will our content be organized?