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Conquer Your Video Fears and Get on Camera

With several video meetings under your belt, it’s time to make yourself the star of the show. Step out from those internal meetings and go live for all to see. You’ll gain visibility and enhance your personal brand.
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10+ Buzzwords to Banish From Your Content Marketing Vocabulary

Consider this group therapy for jargon. Check out the overused, misused, poorly used buzzwords that some Content Marketing World presenters are sick of hearing and seeing. Then feel free to vent and add your own in the comments.
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Write Smarter and Faster With Tips From These Top 5 Posts

People can’t get enough content creation tips. So we’re going to make it easy for you with six tips from (and links to) the five most popular content creation articles on the CMI site.
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Overcome a Boring Blog With These 5 Techniques

If you think blogs are past their prime, think again. They still can be one of the best ways to attract a trusting, engaged audience. Consider these techniques used by brands that make their blogs stand out and excel.
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3 Questions to See If You Should Tackle Trending Topics

Topical content has advantages, but it also can trip you up. How do you decide when to pursue trending topics or stick with evergreen content? Answer these three questions.
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6 Things to Improve Your Content Performance

High-performing content is good for your brand and for your readers. But how do you create it? Here are six steps to go from “just OK” to high-powered, massively successful content.
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Is Clickbait Ever Used for Good?

Clickbait has a well-deserved bad rap. Yet, attracting an audience and getting it to click to a web page is a goal for many content marketers. Can you create clickbait that gets a good rap? Let’s discuss.
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5 Content Lessons From John Krasinski’s Some Good News

Ever have a good idea but not the time to do it? That was John Krasinski. But then the pandemic hit and he had the time to create the Some Good News series. Here are five content lessons learned while watching the eight episodes.
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Even B2B Audiences Want Emotion in Their Content

Content marketers always want to learn about B2B audience’s rational preferences, logical needs, and transactional behaviors. But their feelings? It’s probably the most important information we can receive right now.
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No Need to Survey, You Already Have Data for Great Storytelling [Examples]

Data visualizations are some of the most-read content on The New York Times and The Washington Post. Spotify’s personalized data-informed subscriber emails get shared widely. Is your brand telling data-driven stories?
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5 Steps to Create Empathetic Content Right Now [Examples]

Out-of-touch content can lose customers and subscribers. What’s the secret to content that wins new customers and evangelists for your brand? Empathy. Learn how to create it and get inspired by four brands doing it.
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Overused Phrases and Incorrect Words Hurting Your Writing

Words can convey so much. Or they can convey nothing. They can persuade. Or they can repel. Overused and incorrectly used words frustrate and irritate your audience. Here’s how to identify and fix your word problems.