Content Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2018

Many brands recognize the critical need for strategic thought leadership content to sit alongside product- and purpose-oriented messaging – content that establishes the brand as an authority in a specialized field or a line of business and deeply engages decision-makers. However, a gap exists between what brands are doing and what they need to do to achieve authority status, cut through the clutter, and better define their space or special sauce.

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Neal Schaffer

JULY 9, 2018

Blogging is one of the best ways to showcase your expertise and spread the word about your business. It is a great way to connect with your target audience and engage them in what you do, creating strong relationships with them and effectively converting them into loyal customers. If you blog on a website you […] 5 Things to Keep in Mind to Use LinkedIn as a Blogging Platform appeared first on NealSchaffer.

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Jeff Goins

JULY 12, 2018

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ProBlogger

JULY 12, 2018

The post Facebook Group Hacks with Pat Flynn appeared first on ProBlogger. Our team has just finished watching this video of Pat Flynn’s from earlier this year. It’s all about using Facebook groups, and he shares 27 different tips and hacks for Facebook marketing within your groups. We think it will give you a lot of great ideas for your own Facebook group.

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Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 11, 2018

If you want to significantly disrupt consumer shopping patterns, it doesn’t hurt to invent a sales holiday. That’s just one of the many retail marketing takeaways to learn from the success of one of retail’s most powerful forces of nature: Amazon. The so-called “everything store” launched its members-only one-day shopping extravaganza, Prime Day, in 2015 and has continually chipped away at the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday’s sales supremacy.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 10, 2018

In the marketing world, a change in a social media platform algorithm is a breaking news event. Brands’ heavy reliance on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc., as content distribution platforms means even a slight change tightens the social media cuffs around marketers’ hands. What should you do when your favorite social media platform decides it will deliver content differently?

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 12, 2018

Quick: Think of some purpose-driven brands. I’ll wait. I’ll bet a bunch of you thought of Patagonia. The outdoor clothing and gear seller started by rock climber and adventurer Yvon Chouinard in 1973 weaves environmental activism into the very fabric – and even the bylaws – of the company. You probably read about Patagonia’s “ Don’t Buy This Jacket ” ad that ran in The New York Times on Black Friday 2011.

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