Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

“Content marketing just doesn’t work,” they said. I’ve worked at Contently, one of the pioneers in content marketing, since 2013. After hundreds of meetings and workshops this year, I feel confident that content marketing is about to take a big leap—thanks to a few key factors.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brands love to talk about going viral; Dubin actually did it. He created a single piece of content, and suddenly, millions of people knew about his business. The brand’s success was about more than just going viral or getting lucky. Content marketers in all industries can learn from these examples.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

From a B2C public relations perspective, here are two trends that stand out as attention-worthy: integration across the board and the ability to take a stand. Now we turn to the new year and think about impending industry evolutions and how to get ahead of them. Integration.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The fact that many finance organizations try to reach B2C and B2B audiences simultaneously adds another factor to the equation. Financial services content is also incredibly complicated. million for their content marketing budgets in 2019, per Contently research. Key Findings.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 24, 2019

This is an excerpt from The Content Marketer’s Playbook: Grow Your Content Program. Brands are creating more content than ever before. According to CMI’s 2019 benchmark report , a majority of both B2B and B2C marketers increased content creation budgets from 2018. Update your workflow.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 5, 2016

There seems to be this general consensus that a brand presence on social media inevitably leads to viral appeal. Also see the coverage of these related marketing studies: 5 Slightly Contrarian Views on a CMO Council Content Survey. 5 Takeaways from the Salesforce State of Marketing. Marketing spend is 8.4%

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