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15 Resources to Help You Check Your Content Marketing Now
About three months ago, CMI began sharing ideas to help you adjust your content marketing in light of the pandemic’s impact. Now, we pull together 15 of those resources in a single article to help you reorient your content marketing.
17+ Free Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Content
Maybe your content promotion budget’s been slashed. Maybe you never had one. Whatever the reason, these ideas will help your audience find your content and you only have to spend time to do them.
The Why, When, and How of Republishing Blog Posts
When your audience is crunched for time or the times have changed, it could be a good time to republish your old content. Get more mileage out of your pieces that are still valid and relevant. It’s a win-win for you and your audience.
Tech Marketers Reveal Their Secret Weapons [New Research]
76% of tech marketers say their content marketing is more successful than it was a year ago. Learn what goal and content type the most successful tech marketers are achieving better than the rest, and much more.
Why We Are Still Talking About Email in 2020
Remember when the excitement over an email notification prompted a movie with Tom Hanks and Megan Ryan? Now, email notifications get routinely ignored and funneled into spam folders. And yet, we just can’t quit email.
5 Misunderstandings That Sabotage Your Content Marketing
Ever hear a word or phrase differently after you heard it a million times? That aha moment often comes courtesy of a deep thinker and relayed by a great storyteller. Explore five of those from Robert Rose’s 2019 weekly notes.
Fix, Marry, Kill: What Would You Do in These 3 Marketing Scenarios?
Let’s look at three mistakes in this year’s CCO Unsolicited Advice column. Do any fall into your fix or kill categories? Or are they already a “marry”? Decide which counsel is most helpful to your marketing.
175+ Favorite Tech Tools of Content Marketers
Content tech success is easier if you pick technologies well suited to your program’s needs. You don’t have to start from scratch. Curious about what tools and technologies other content marketers use? We were too, so we asked.
So Your Content Failed. Now What?
Content duds. Everybody’s got ’em. In between those pieces that clearly hit the mark, you’ve published (more than) a few that didn’t. What are you to do with those? Follow these six steps.
Forget Inspiration: Try These 6 Strategies to Fill Your Editorial Calendar
Your editorial calendar has holes, and ideas seem just out of reach. You have two choices: Wait for inspiration or develop a system to find stellar ideas. This post is for those who choose not to hold out for a flash of creative lightning.
The Why, When, and How of Republishing Blog Posts
Re-energize your old (successful) content by republishing it. Does an article need a minor update? Should you redirect it to a similar version with a new URL? Or should you keep the old URL? Learn the ins and outs of how CMI does it.
Could a Study About 912 Million Blog Posts Be Wrong? We Put It to the Test
Should we follow the research and best practices about content marketing? Maybe. But before you do, verify the data for your audience. CMI took a few findings from the recent Backlinko/BuzzSumo study and tested them with our data.