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Hey Google Analytics, Can You Add This Sweet Metric? [Video Extras]

In his Unsolicited Advice column, Andrew Davis serves up a suggestion to Google’s head of analytics on adding the one metric that content marketers have long craved.
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Tips to Improve Website Content for Screen Readers

Can screen readers seamlessly give voice to your words and images? It’s a smart move to make sure – not only to be inclusive of people with visual impairments but also to reach people who use voice-assisted tech.
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Cyber Monday Emails Show Why Brands Need a New Content Play [The Weekly Wrap]

This week, we diagnose what’s wrong with much of the brand messaging for Cyber Monday. Plus, we cheer a new opportunity for a fired paint-shop employee/TikTok star – and the clever brand that swooped in to hire him.
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The 9 Awful Circles of Content Operations Hell

Is your brand its own worst enemy when it comes to content? How many of these circles of content operation hell are you in? Find the exit door to escape them and become a content marketing hero.
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How to Create a Performance Dashboard for Your Content Team [Tools]

Too often, content creators are left in the dark about their content’s performance – the very numbers that are monitored to determine how well it’s working. Here are three tools to help you change that.
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Activating Empathy: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Market With It

Creating empathetic content requires marketers to shift their focus – from educated assumptions about transactional needs to a deeper, more holistic understanding of their audience. How? The answer may lie in a four-step process.
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67 Book Picks for the Ultimate Content Marketing Library

You can’t judge a book by its cover. You can judge it based on peer recommendations. Here are 67 picks for a great bookcase to improve your content marketing, expand your marketing prowess, and gain inspiration.
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A Small Saturday, a Horoscope Personalization, and a Community Request [The Weekly Wrap]

This week, the Cleveland Clinic asks for help, American Express teaches how to turn something small into something much bigger, and Zillow shows how someone else’s horoscope can catch people’s eye.
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18 Blogs, Social Media Posts, Podcasts, and More We’re Thankful For This Year

On this day devoted to gratitude in the United States, the CMI team shows their appreciation for some of the blog and social media posts, audio, and video that inspired us in this challenging year.
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Brands Buck History, Give Home-Field Advantage, and More [Examples]

Get a glimpse into the innovative ideas coming from Ford with the newest debut of the Bronco, Major League baseball with its fans at home, and more from Whole Foods, Pukka Herbs, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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How to Convince Your Company’s Brain Trust to Collaborate on Content

Executives and technical experts can hold the keys to uniquely powerful stories. But wrangling these apex collaborators is a challenge. Follow this advice to extract the wisdom from their brains and get it into your content.
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How to Do Inclusive Content That Helps Your Audience and Business

Inclusive content doesn’t require your brand to take a big stand on a hot topic. It does require your team to think differently, recognize what you don’t know, and use words more purposefully. Here’s how to do it well.