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by Mollie Kuramoto
"Content operations" refers to everything that helps content marketing efforts run smoothly and drive impact for a business. That includes people, technology, and processes. Marketing needs well-oiled content operations, including these five essential elements.
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As marketers, we have to be able to share relevant content at the right points throughout the customer journey, and we have to do it at scale. The martech we use to do that should serve not just us but also the people with whom we are trying to connect.
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by Rahul Varshneya
Accumulating content on your website without a content strategy hampers SEO instead of boosting it. A content audit can help you formulate a plan of action to align your content with your long-term strategy. Here's how to conduct an effective audit of your content.
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by Lilach Bullock
To capture leads via your content, you need to provide value and engage your audience. That's where interactive content comes in—from quizzes to contests and giveaways. Here are five excellent tools you can use to create interactive content and capture leads.
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by Ayaz Nanji
Senior marketers at B2B companies identify the best channel for producing and nurturing leads, the top content type for moving prospects through the funnel, and the most effective social network for their brand.
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by Daniel Tynski
Link-building is often an uncertain practice: You don't know for sure that you'll get any backlinks; if you do, you can't guarantee they'll be on the sites you want, with do-follow status, and the anchor text you prefer. Luckily, you can now stop worrying about that last item.
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by Ayaz Nanji
Most members of creative teams that develop content say they're struggling to keep up with the speed they are expected to work at and with the volume of work they're expected to tackle, according to recent research from inMotionNow.
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by Ronald Dod
You've invested time and money to implement creative and cost-effective ways to bring relevant traffic to your site. You've even collected reviews from customers. So what's still missing? Thoughtful product descriptions that convert.
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by Michael Bertini
Selecting a new website content management system (CMS) is often a significant challenge and investment. Too often, when the time has come for migration, enterprises fail to keep SEO in mind. The ramifications of that can be significant.
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by Vahe Habeshian
Content marketing has become a critical element of B2B marketing strategy. And for good reason: It can help build brand, authority, and awareness. Not to mention leads. To help you put together your B2B content marketing plan of action, check out these benchmark statistics.
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by Abhishek Talreja
Content marketing helps you build an audience that enjoys your content, engages with it, and shares it with peers. The result: a strong content-led company that attracts new and repeat customers. How can you build an ardent customer base with content marketing?
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by Ayaz Nanji
Do top-performing blog posts tend to have certain characteristics in common, such as copy length, headline length, headline type, and content structure? To find out, SEMrush analyzed 700,000 posts on different blogs.
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by Chris Lewis
Because the online content landscape is so crowded, audiences value originality that engages them. One way savvy content marketers are responding is to create compelling interactive content. Here are 4 types of interactive content you can build.
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by Maxim Koldyshev
Today's enterprises must effectively and efficiently deliver, manage, measure, and archive content. Robust content management capability is critical. But there are myriad systems on the market. How does one choose the right set of tools, and what needs to be considered in the process?
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by Julia McCoy
Marketers covet Page One of Google search results for a reason: It's chock-full of possibilities for website traffic, leads, and conversions. Here's a tried-and-true process for creating content that ranks.
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by Ayaz Nanji
You should expect to see more Art Deco references, astrological allusions, and flowery visuals in creative projects this year, according to recent research from Shutterstock.
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by Ayaz Nanji
Which terms related to content marketing are searched most on Google? Which hashtags are used most alongside #contentmarketing on Twitter?
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by Vahe Habeshian
If "go to where your customer are" is good advice—and it most likely is—then social media is a potentially invaluable medium for us marketers. Content is how we reach customers on social; this infographic lays out seven social media content trends you need to stay on top of.
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by Kevin Lindsay
Content marketing was once mostly about launching a website and posting on blogs. Those days are long gone. Today, it's a critical, multifaceted discipline that drives brand awareness as well as sales leads. Still, content campaigns could be even more successful than they are--if only we didn't succumb to these ...
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by Linda Emma
There may not exactly be a magic formula, but there are steps you can take to write for humans that will also appeal to the Google bots that determine whether your content will ever see the search engine light of day.
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by Ryan Brock
Here's why having a single writer—or small, connected team (think agency)—can be ideal, and how you can mitigate the risk of your content machine's crashing and burning if that resource leaves.
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by Vahe Habeshian
What are consumers' viewpoints regarding video on social media, and do marketers' social video approaches and priorities mesh with those viewpoints? These two infographics highlight trends and insights from both camps.
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by Ayaz Nanji
B2B marketers and salespeople are using video content primarily to build brand awareness, drive lead generation, and educate customers, according to recent research from Vidyard and Heinz Marketing.
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by Ann Handley
Here are the 2020 B2C content marketing research results from MarketingProfs and Content Marketing Institute. See what key actions and approaches you can take to improve your own content marketing program.
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by Andre Oentoro
Video is getting hotter by the day, becoming the most popular of mediums for content marketing, and marketing in general. If you're considering using video, here are seven tips to help you build a solid video marketing campaign.
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Content marketing was once mostly about launching a website and posting on blogs. Those days are long gone. Today, it's a critical, multifaceted discipline that drives brand awareness as well as sales leads. Still, content campaigns could be even more successful than they are--if only we didn't succumb to these ... more
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