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Steer Clear of Overused Stock Photos With These Planning Tips and Resources

Sourcing and organizing images take time, and it’s tempting to rely on popular stock photography sites. But with a bit of planning, you can build your own image library – and find less stereotypical options when you do need a stock image.
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You’re Not Ready for a DAM (Unless You Do This First)

Marketers spend a lot of time on repeated and low-level tasks. A digital asset management system can help minimize that. But don’t shop for a DAM solution before you do this exercise.
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How To Get More From Existing Content With Historical Optimization

Breathe new life into old content with historical optimization. Check out a successful example, then follow the three steps to make it happen.
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21 YouTube SEO Tools to Boost Your Video Rankings

YouTube is one of the largest search engines. If your brand isn’t thinking about SEO before it creates videos, you better change that now. Here’s how to do it and some tools (free and paid) to help you along the way.
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How Planning To Fail Can Succeed

A recent conversation in a social media marketing group got Robert Rose thinking: Does it ever make sense to put out content with the explicit goal of failing?
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17 Books Perfect for Content Marketers (That Aren't About Content or Marketing)

You won't find marketing tips or content creation advice in the books on this list. But you will find a wealth of ideas to sharpen your thinking, master the art of persuasion, understand the science of organizing your work, and more.
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B2C Marketers: Make Sure You Are on Stable Ground [New Research]

Events of recent years prompted an increase in content marketing’s importance to businesses. So how are B2C content marketing programs faring? Check out that and a lot more in today’s release of CMI’s B2C Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – Insights for 2022.
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Need a Creativity Boost? Spend Some Time With The Creative Show

Go behind the scenes with one of the hosts of CMI’s The Creative Show. As it readies for season two’s debut this week, revisit the first 10 episodes with content takeaways, fun facts, and more.
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10 Tips To Write Engaging Content Previews for Social Media

Social media can be a good place to promote your full-length content. But don’t expect great images to do all the work. Here are some text tips to prompt scrollers to stop, read, click, and read some more.
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How To Write an Inspiring Content Marketing Mission Statement [Examples]

Why does your company create content? Who is it for? What will it do for them? The answers should all factor into your content mission statement. Here’s why you need one and what you can do to make it stand out.
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LinkedIn Newsletters: Do They Get Results for Brands?

Have you noticed a sudden onslaught of LinkedIn newsletter subscription requests? We have, too. So we asked people who use the feature (and one person involved in its launch) to find out whether they’re worth the work and how to set one up. Here’s what we learned.
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3 Email Design Trends for Content Marketers To Use in 2022

Impeccable email design will contribute to a winning email engagement strategy in 2022. So, let's check out three design trends that will rule this year.