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Grand Theft Content: Steal These 6 Ideas From Award Finalists

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Examples from 2018 Content Marketer of the Year finalists were so inspiring they stayed with me. Glenn LaFollette, who leads brand strategy and editorial at JLL, helps his team find the magic in commercial real estate services, telling moving, impactful stories through text and videos on JLL’s Ambitions website. His secret?

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

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For a growing number of brands, the story of standout content marketing success in 2018 might just sound like a podcast. Though podcasting certainly isn’t a new medium, it has come into its own as a content platform over the last few years. What podcast will be the best in 2018? jayacunzo Click To Tweet.

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Shouldn’t Every Piece of Content Be Clickbait?

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A mysterious headline might be: The One Word I Promised to Stop Using in 2018. Marketers and content creators seeking to avoid clickbait-type content should try to provide all essential information in the headline or summary, says John Sammon, CEO of Sixth City Marketing. It isn’t shouty but deliberately ambiguous.

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How to Use Non-Obvious Thinking to Create Better Content

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Rohit’s done much of the work for you, offering up a “stealable idea” for each trend he shared in the 2018 edition of his best-selling book series Non-Obvious: How to Predict Trends and Win the Future. But the negativity wears on the rest of the audience and the content creators. Grace Bonney (@designsponge) March 15, 2018.

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Increase in Your Content Marketing Budget? 61+ Fresh Ideas From Experts

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What would you do if your boss unexpectedly increased your annual content marketing budget? We asked the presenters at Content Marketing World 2018 to share what they would do. 50,000: Engage with an industry-specific freelance writer or visual content creator to enhance the content around a strategic business message.

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19 Favorite Tools for Content Promotion in 2018

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Here are 19 of my favorite tools (and pricing – though many are free) I use in my content promotion in 2018. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: 6 How-To Strategies for Content Promotion. Connecting influencers and other content creators is essential to any content promotion strategy. How much does it cost?

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2018 Content Marketing Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Checklists

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Ready or not, 2018 is on its way. If you happened to catch our collection of content marketing predictions for the upcoming year, you may think you’re in for a bumpy ride. They can help you tackle your usual tasks with less effort, so you can conserve your time and energy to prepare for whatever surprises 2018 might bring.