Admit it: When the stress and exhaustion of finding something uniquely delightful for every person on your holiday shopping list have brought you to the brink of madness, you’ve at least considered the idea of re-gifting. After all, that expensive orange scarf that sadly clashes with your skin tone, the never-opened kitchen mixer you got […]
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Miss Manners hasn’t written the handbook on how to be a good guest blogger. Yet, anyone who manages an organization’s blog likely has run into guest bloggers (or wannabe guest bloggers) who focus too much on the “blog” part and not enough on the “guest” part. Writers focus too much on the “blog” part and
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Imagine having your audience tied to your content with an 8-foot rubber hose for five minutes on a regular basis. “We’ve got this very, very captive audience – and they’re bored – there’s really no super magic. When people pump gas they have nothing to do,” David Leader, then CEO of Gas Station TV, told
In 1998, I became the investment club guide for About.com. My responsibilities included the creation of at least one original article per week on the topic of investing or investment clubs, as well as development of the e-newsletter for the subscribers of that channel. I absolutely loved it. Every piece of content I created scored
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Ready for a new job? No, I don’t mean that. Unless of course I do – but then that’s a different conversation for different beverages. I mean are you ready for a new role in addition to the one you have now? Our content marketing research this year illustrates that one of the key differentiators of those
Want to know a few scary truths ignored by too many content creators? Editing and proofing are not the same thing. And you can’t adequately execute the two at the same time. You can’t adequately edit and proofread at the same time, says @AnnGynn. Click To Tweet And if you think the same person can
What’s the first step to creating unique, differentiated content? Analyze the content created in your market. You need to know what your neighbors, friends, and competitors are publishing to ensure that you’re creating the most engaging, differentiated content. Completing a competitive content analysis helps you stay one step ahead in your content marketing strategy and
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Most companies that are successful with content marketing typically employ a skilled team of strategists, editors, writers, and designers. You can achieve a lot with a small team but as it grows you may benefit by making a developer your next hire. For more complex projects, you need someone with technical knowledge, which often has
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Editor’s note: You may have missed this article when CMI published it in 2015. We’re publishing this update because well-crafted personas are so essential to successful content marketing. “Personas? I already know who my audience is, so do I really need to create one more document that no one will likely use?” Like all content
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When it comes to talking strategy and tactics, sometimes we still talk about this industry like we’re a bunch of solo content marketers who happen to work together. To create a functioning content marketing team, you need to thoughtfully put together the key elements – talent, tools, and operations – to ensure that you have
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