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How to Choose The Right Local SEO Agency

Neil Patel

If you have the right local SEO agency, that’s not a problem. Do you know how to choose the right agency? Here are some simple tips you can use to help you choose the right local search agency for your business. 7 Characteristics of a Great Local SEO Agency. Agency focus. There are two ways to look at this.

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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. Turn Any Sale into Lifelong Loyalty in 100 Days. Joey Coleman.

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Say No to the Rise of Internal Content Agencies – and Other 2019 Trends

Content Marketing Institute

The post looking forward to 2018 was one of the last written by my pal Joe Pulizzi before he retired. In looking toward 2018, Joe offered that the trends pointed upward, highlighting the growth in acquisitions, the increase in budgets, and even the idea of marketing as a profit center (which is the focus of our book Killing Marketing ).

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How Content Takes the Stage to Change Brand Perception [Example]

Content Marketing Institute

Editor’s note: Beverly Jackson is a finalist for 2018 Content Marketer of the Year. MGM Resorts International operates many well-known destination brands including Aria, Bellagio, MGM Grand, The Mirage, Circus Circus, and others in Las Vegas. Many of these properties have distinct brand characteristics and audience segments.

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What It Means to Get Branded Content Right

Content Marketing Institute

Whenever someone mentions the term “branded content,” my mind still drifts back to the original inspiration for my love of the technique: BMW’s The Hire. Branded content is the best vehicle for marketers to bridge the gap b/n awareness and affinity, says @joderama. In the name of brand love. Click To Tweet.

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Why Brands Need to Take the Plunge Into VR Today

Content Marketing Institute

And yet here we are, well into 2018, still waiting for it to fully materialize. John Bucher, virtual reality producer and consultant, makes the case for trying the medium even if it’s not fully ready for prime time, with examples of brands actively experimenting. CCO: How do you feel about the ways brands have used VR to date?

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People Round-Up, Early December 2023

Publishing Trends

He previously was the CEO of The Quarto Group until 2018 and the co-founder of Welbeck Publishing Group until late 2022 where it was then sold to Hachette UK. In Agency News… Rachel Mann , formerly literary agent at Jo Unwin Literary Agency has joined Creative Artists Agency’s book department as publishing agent.