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This Week in Content Marketing: Digital Advertising Will Survive by Limiting Inventory

This week, the guys debate an ad blocker's curious new ad initiative, analyze AT&T's possible media company aims, and talk about content measurement options, plus rants, raves and an empowering example of the week from Walmart.
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Say Cheese for These 7 Free Stock-Photo Sites

Images draw more attention and understanding from your readers than text alone. Here are seven sites that won’t bust your budget (they’re free) and will help boost your audience’s willingness to consume your content.
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What Librarians Can Teach Marketers About Weeding Out ROT

Bookshelves have only so much space. Librarians call the process of removing books “de-accessioning” or “weeding.” Marketers should do something similar – archiving and deleting content that hurts more than it helps.
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3 Customer Research Tactics to Help Content Creation

Companies focused on their customers are 60% more profitable than ones that aren’t customer-centric. Imagine what could happen to your marketing if your content was customer-focused. These three steps can help you do that.
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Will the Content Bubble Burst? What’s Next?

Will the content bubble burst like the dot-com bubble? No. But content marketers do need to always be preparing for where content marketing is going next to set themselves up for success. Here are some of the predictions.
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4 Ways Your Sales Team Can Help Your Content Marketing

Nothing will better arm your content marketing department than interaction with people who talk directly to the audience on a daily basis. Here are four ways to build better content by encouraging collaboration with the sales team.
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How One Organization Engages Over 3 Million on Global Stage

The World Economic Forum has racked up nearly 3 million Twitter followers. What does an agenda-setting organization like WEF do to foster dialogue with its audience and keep them engaged? Its social media producer shares all.
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This Week in Content Marketing: The Business Model of More vs. Less Content

This week, the guys review the highlights of Content Marketing World 2016, discuss the merits of creating less content, and shut down complaints about YouTube's latest ad model, plus rants, raves and an example of the week from Kodak.
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Get Buy-In From Executives With These 6 Common-Sense Reasons

Did executives approve your content marketing program but push back on any content that isn’t strictly focused on promoting products and services? It’s time for a common-sense approach to get real buy-in. Start with these six reasons.
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Content Intelligence: What Is It?

Jordan Koene, vice president of services and chief evangelist at Searchmetrics, answers our questions, explains what the term “content intelligence” means, and offers practical applications for marketers.
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How Does Native Advertising Fit in a Content Marketing Strategy?

You need to be thinking beyond owned and earned channels in your content marketing programs. Enter native advertising. Where does it fit within the larger context of a content marketing strategy? It’s time to think about your answer.
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Go All-In With Content Marketing or Do Nothing: #CMWorld

Be all-in with your content marketing program or get all out. That’s the mandate Joe Pulizzi shared at Content Marketing World 2016. He explains why halfway is no way at all and shares some of the presenters’ advice on how to go all-in.