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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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Content Marketing in 2021 and Beyond

Neil Patel

You have to promote and measure. 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. In 2014, social media was becoming the place to post your content.

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How to Win at Content Marketing [New Playbook]

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Look at how enterprising brands found a smart approach to storytelling – no matter the technique: Social media posts: The Virginia Aquarium’s #CuteAnimalTweetOff. Virginia Aquarium (@VAAquarium) January 25, 2017. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: 16 Visual Storytelling Tips to Give Your Content Marketing a Boost.

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Education as a Marketing Strategy: 8 Brands Doing Online Classes and More

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The show, Brand New , was produced with the help of Mabus Agency, and aired its first episode in June 2017 on MPB, the Mississippi PBS affiliate. Students on the show are also promoting it to their friends, and the schools are promoting it on their websites,” says Oxford. We can also email it out to our customer base,” he says.

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For the Love of Libraries: How Libraries Use Content to Tell New Stories

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When it comes to promoting this vast variety of library activities and resources on social media, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has experimented with content for each platform, from Instagram to Pinterest to Snapchat, setting goals for each one and choosing to focus on those that prove to be most effective.

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Sample 11 of the Best B2B and B2C Content Marketing Ideas of 2018

Content Marketing Institute

Here are 11 models she shared in her Idea Garage column in 2018: Velcro® entertains to promote trademark ( February ). Intercontinental turns lifestyle experts into storytellers for its destinations ( February ). Chris Miller (@Chris_Miller_6) December 15, 2017. Don’t write “velcro.”

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

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California Closets is a high-end, closet-space-management business rooted in the belief that a well-organized environment – one that’s characterized by quality, impeccable style, and custom functionality – promotes beneficial creativity, relaxation, and focus. EditorStahl #CMWorld Click To Tweet. Play Magazine. Finalist: Project of the Year).