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- by Laura Forer -  The highly coveted Millennial consumer demographic's media habits differ from other generations'. Here's a look at Millennials' TV-watching, music-listening, subscription-buying, and other media habits.  more
 
 
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- by Mostafa Dastras -  Any detail of your branding efforts can have a negative or positive effect on your customers' decision-making. These visual hacks will help you get attention and enhance your branding efforts.  more
 
 
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-  What is inbound marketing? This explainer video introduces that relatively recent marketing approach and covers the basics of content and inbound marketing.  more
 
 
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- by Christian Neri -  This week: The impending demise of apps and why companies need to start preparing; Twitter's new customer-service feature; Instagram's big change to help you tell brand stories; Facebook just turned WhatsApp into Snapchat; leads via Instagram; getting your business verified on Facebook...  more
 
 
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- by Karolyn Raphael -  For healthcare professionals, the days of hanging a shingle and waiting for patients is long over. So what are the best strategies for healthcare organizations, doctors, and physician practices in today's digital world?  more
 
 
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- by Laura Forer -  Successful inbound marketing content is no accident. This infographic walks you through seven steps to ensure your content generates leads, builds visibility, and is measurable. Consider it a journey to inbound enlightenment.  more
 
 
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- by Chris Bondhus -  Here are five ways to get smart about planning, implementing, and measuring video to ensure your video marketing campaign engages your audiences and achieves your objectives.  more
 
 
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- by Frank Moreno -  Measuring the impact and influence of organic LinkedIn activity is not easy. The social network's analytics features are limited for organic (i.e., not advertising-related) activity. But it's doable.  more
 
 
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- by Ayaz Nanji -  When evaluating products/services, B2B technology buyers value hands-on experiences, such as free trials, over marketing collateral from vendors, according to recent research from TrustRadius.  more
 
 
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- by Christian Neri -  This week, two giants gang up on a third: Facebook undermines Microsoft's LinkedIn as Amazon digs at Microsoft's Skype. LinkedIn unveils new data-driven features, Facebook comes to your TV screen, and Yik Yak's founder launches Slack-like app for students.  more
 
 
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- by Barry Feldman -  Content marketing experts Scott Abel, Ardath Albee, Michael Brenner, Ann Handley, and Robert Rose share a heap of insights on content. If you know content marketing, you know that's quite a squad.  more
 
 
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- by Xavier Russo -  Just about anyone, not just the talented few, can be creative. Here are six techniques for coming up with loads of creative ideas.  more
 
 
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- by Alex Moscow -  Why are case studies so useful in sales and marketing? Because they can trigger the underlying emotional drivers of buyer behavior. So here are five ways you can apply psychology to supercharge case studies—and content, in general.
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- by Christian Neri -  This week: why you might consider Facebook Lite; why Snapchat's fastest-growing demographic will surprise you; how the Super Bowl played out on social (and brands and networks that won); how B2Bs tap into social; what search play Pinterest is making; more...  more
 
 
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- by Lux Narayan -  Before you create marketing content, you need to ask why, what, when, and where—the 4Ws. And because content creation is as much science as it is art, you need data about the 4Ws of marketing content.  more
 
 
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- by Laura Forer -  Think content marketing is a new idea? Think again. And check out this infographic of content marketing's history—stretching from the days of cavemen to the present.  more
 
 
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- by Christian Neri -  This week: Facebook aims to optimize for video and so updates its algo; LinkedIn shows how it markets itself on LinkedIn; Snapchat files IPO; Facebook video on a TV screen near you; Twitter anti-abuse tools; social e-commerce; and much more!  more
 
 
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- by Laura Forer -  New technologies, combined with Big Data, have made personalization more doable than ever—and customers now expect customized communication. If you're not personalizing, you're missing out.  more
 
 
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- by Tom More -  Mark Zuckerberg said at the end of 2015 that we would be in the "Golden Age of Video" for some five years. So... it's not over yet, and business owners' and marketers' growing access to video will only further the shift in our social feeds in 2017.  more
 
 
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- by Ayaz Nanji -  Most (84%) of marketing agencies say content will become more important to their clients over time, according to recent research from CopyPress.  more
 
 
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- by Derek Slater -  Jargon isn't necessarily gibberish. Use it right, and you can make your content more effective. But the most commonly used jargon doesn't do that at all.  more
 
 
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- by Melissa Drozdowski -  The past year provided fertile ground for social media goofs and gaffes. Many marketers apparently didn't do enough thinking before they clicked on the tweet, post, publish, or share button. Here are some of 2016's biggest social media fails and the lessons they can teach us.  more
 
 
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- by Ayaz Nanji -  Videos created by B2B companies continue to be viewed mainly on desktop computers, and they are still mostly watched during the workweek, according to recent research from Vidyard.  more
 
 
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- by Christian Neri -  LinkedIn promises more targeting capability; Facebook tests ads on Messenger; Google+ finally builds an insights feature; Facebook replicates Snapchat's Story; Snapchat's offline ad targeting; why B2Bs are still wary of social; and much more...  more
 
 
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- by Ali Liaquat -  Video content is becoming indispensable for your marketing efforts... Here's how you can create engaging videos and use your video content to build a loyal audience.  more