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Big Data Is Driving Content Marketing Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Direct Marketer News reports that big data, social media and the proliferation across customer touch points due to the today’s social-mobile consumer is causing huge headaches for businesses across every industry. CMOs Shift Budget To Content Marketing. And I’m not alone.

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Can Content Marketing Accelerate Sales Pipeline?

Marketing Insider Group

If you are not integrating your content marketing strategy into your field marketing, corporate marketing and field sales organizations, then you need to make this change – to create more sales opportunities, increase sale size, and decrease the sale cycle. The Content Marketing, Social Media and Social Selling Recipe.

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How Content Marketing Can Save Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Content Marketing Institute

If you’ve tuned into the Content Marketing Institute for any length of time, you are no doubt familiar with the importance we place on the idea of developing a documented, strategic plan. Each year in our research, we find that a cohesive, documented strategy is one thing that separates successful vs. unsuccessful content marketers.

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14 Inspiring Quotes Content Marketers Are Thankful They Heard

Content Marketing Institute

As content marketers, we are always reminded of the need to focus on our audience and their needs. In a way, this relationship gives each marketer the privilege of mentoring consumers by the thousands. Document your content marketing mission statement.”. We all are a direct marketer at heart.

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An Alternative Approach to Developing Content Marketing Personas

Content Marketing Institute

As we’ve outlined, one of the key elements of the approach of content marketing is that it cannot simply be a replacement for our direct marketing efforts. If we are ever to truly succeed with a content marketing strategy, we must provide for the capability to drive multiple lines of value for the business.

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The Healthcare Organization’s Guide to Effective Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

However, not all healthcare organizations are excelling at content marketing or convinced of its importance. Many hospitals are still spending the bulk of their marketing budget on traditional marketing channels, and while digital spend is increasing , it’s more commonly spent on ads rather than content.

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Holistic Marketing Works — Here's How You Can Apply It to Your Campaigns [+ Expert Tips]

Hubspot Marketing

Social content marketing firm Stackla reports that “88% of consumers say authenticity is important when deciding which brands they like and support.” Provide enough details so that your non-marketing peers can embrace marketing’s principles and act accordingly. Customers can sniff out a phony.

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