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5 Steps to Create an Outstanding Marketing Plan [Free Templates]

Hubspot Marketing

Do you take a good, hard look at your team's marketing strategy every year? Without an annual marketing plan, things can get messy — and it's nearly impossible to put a number on your budget for the projects, hiring, and outsourcing over the course of a year if you don't have a plan. You should.

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How to use AI and automation to organize your content marketing

Martech

It doesn’t take long to realize that great content marketing strategies require more than just a color-coded content calendar. What’s challenging is staying on brand, while organizing content topics, copy, assets, contributors and deadlines. Did Sam send us that image for next week’s blog post? Processing.

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Inbound Marketing Strategy: Revisit Your Marketing Plan & Goals

Aspiration Marketing

Contrary to what seems to be a commonly held belief, content marketing is not a one-and-done operation. Just as content marketing is itself a long game, you have to be in it for the long haul to see the kinds of amazing results you’ve read about. But then, we hope most of you already know this part.

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How to Start a Content Marketing Plan in 7 Easy Steps

Marketing Insider Group

That same logic applies to content marketing. But how do you start a content marketing plan? Not exactly, but there are certain steps you should follow that will give you the best chance at succeeding with content marketing. Not having a plan could derail your efforts and make ROI elusive.

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How to develop a content marketing plan

Sprout Social

If you can’t answer these questions, then you need a content marketing plan. According to one recent study , only 40% of B2B marketers have a documented content marketing strategy. Whether or not you are in that 40%, it’s a good idea to establish or revisit an existing content marketing plan.

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How to Create the Ultimate Customer-First Content Marketing Plan via @sejournal, @semrush

Search Engine Journal

Learn how to create a content marketing plan that's tied not just to your objectives, but also to what your customers need in this guide. The post How to Create the Ultimate Customer-First Content Marketing Plan appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How to Develop an Effective SaaS Content Marketing Plan

Scoop.it!

Content marketing costs 62% less than other marketing methods for SaaS companies. It generates three times more leads than outbound marketing. With these numbers in mind, it’s clear that content marketing is a powerful lead generation method. Identify customer pain points. Identify the keywords.