Editor’s note: You may have missed this article when CMI published it last year. We’re sharing it now because it’s the time of the year when we like to talk cold sweets (and remind you about the qualities needed for creative content marketers.) Before we get into all that delicious content marketing stuff, let’s talk […]
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Email is the most valuable tool for any content marketer – and our research proves it. 93% of B2B marketers use email to distribute content, and of those, 91% consider email to be critical. Email can do so much to help you build better relationships with your audience, understand individuals’ behaviors, and even maximize the
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Do you have trouble communicating the benefits your business provides in terms that the government will allow and that consumers can relate to? Have you experienced problems with public perception that hinder your ability to earn trust and foster greater support in the marketplace? Do you feel constrained in your ability to creatively communicate meaningful
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In our tech-driven culture, you might think that technology brands should have it easy when it comes to marketing their products and services. From self-driving cars to customer-service chatbots and smart refrigerators that place grocery orders to cloud apps that enable global teams to collaborate in real time, technology is the ultimate driver of beneficial
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When it comes to creating content, most companies leave it entirely to a small team to manage everything. What those companies may not realize, though, is that there’s a two-in-one benefit that accompanies engaging your entire organization in the content creation process: Your content quality skyrockets, and so does employee satisfaction. At PowerPost, each employee
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Though a person receives an average of 88 emails a day, email is still widely regarded as one of the most effective marketing tools at our disposal. The average open rate for marketing email across all industries is around 24% and the average click-through rate is around 4% (or 11% of opened emails). Using those statistics,
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SEO copywriting was certainly a legitimate service in the days when keyword stuffing and density were factors to consider in making webpages more visible in organic search. Nevertheless, great content remained the core of successful digital marketing campaigns over the years. You might think that the old approach to creating SEO articles is a thing of the past.
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Nonprofits start with a critical ingredient that many B2B and B2C marketers don’t have: a mission, a reason for existing that doesn’t boil down to “sell something.” Having a purpose provides the necessary foundation for great storytelling – a strong seed to grow an effective content marketing program. Yet, many nonprofits lack a couple things most
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Back in the early days of CMI, we used to experiment all the time. (OK … sometimes “experiment” was code for “we don’t quite know what we’re doing, but let’s try this …”) As our business matured, we focused more of our attention on what works and putting processes around those things to make them
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I’ve heard there are people out there who truly believe that “getting there is half the fun.” I, on the other hand, feel that when it comes to traveling, everything that happens between my initial decision to leave my house and my lying on a beach chair with a fruity drink in my hand is
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