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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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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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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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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?

Brand 108
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Content Marketing in 2021 and Beyond

Neil Patel

38% of marketers publish new content at least weekly, while 91% of the most successful business bloggers publish at least once per week. According to HubSpot’s most recent Not Another State of Marketing Report , the top two types of video are promotional and brand storytelling. This will continue.

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

Content Marketing Institute

During 2018, authors and publishers created some of the most helpful and sophisticated content marketing books. Books published in 2018 tended to have better designed covers and short, punchy titles coupled with longer subtitles that described the benefits to readers. Make Blue Ocean Shift the first step in reinvention.

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Using Tools To Automate Your Author Business with Chelle Honiker

The Creative Penn

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com. In 2016/2017, I was in Austin, Texas, and I went to a bunch of meetings for NaNoWriMo. Chelle Honiker gives some mindset and practical tips.