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Content marketing strategy: Start with questions, end with insights
By Mark Schaefer A great way to initiate your content marketing strategy is to “start with answers and end with insights.” Let’s unpack that idea. A few years ago, YouTube came out with a white paper...
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The new standards for strategy and social media success
By Mark Schaefer I was recently interviewed for an international business magazine and offered my views of digital marketing transformation, social media success and the skills needed to succeed...
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10 Epic Shifts that are Re-Writing the Rules of Marketing
By Mark Schaefer I’m often asked: “What is the next big thing in marketing?” This seems like a simple question, but I’m not sure I know any more. I started thinking about this and came up with at...
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Carthage must be destroyed – and Facebook competition too.
By Mike Allton, {grow} Community Member For years, I’ve tried to push back against the narrative that this or that social network is “winning” or “losing” against other networks. Often, the idea that...
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19-Year-Old Shows Anybody Can Become Known With Commitment
By Danielle Conte, {grow} Community Member In Mark Schaefer’s new book, KNOWN, he makes the case that anybody can attain the authority, presence, and reputation to make their dreams come true. It...
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The three biggest social media problems are NOT social media problems
By Mark Schaefer I love coaching people through their marketing strategy problems. This is where I thrive. In fact, there’s nothing I like better than a good business problem to tackle. But more often...
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Five reasons using controversy as a content strategy backfires
By Mark Schaefer Some time ago I listened to a young guy on a webinar pontificating on the best strategies to build an audience for your content. A pillar of his presentation was “be controversial.”...
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What is your strategy in an era of brand resistance?
By Mark Schaefer I’ve been working on a few projects and immersing myself in research about changes in consumer behavior. What I’m discovering is that consumer behavior has changed A LOT, and social...
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Why the content marketing future is NOT in video content
By Mark Schaefer A friend and I were recently discussing the many forecasts of video content taking over the internet. “I don’t see it,” he said. “Personally I am not a big video content consumer. My...
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How Many Social Media Accounts Does Your Company Need?
By Brooke B. Sellas, {grow} Contributing Columnist There’s often a debate over social media accounts; larger companies frequently feel they need a local presence for every office. But is that a smart...
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Is social media marketing still a thing?
Social media marketing has been the hottest marketing concept for the last 10 years. Is it losing steam … or is it just taking off? Is social media marketing still a thing? In this episode of the...
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Your social media strategy plan: Where do you START?
By Mark Schaefer When I work with businesses, there is often an enthusiastic attitude about moving on to the social web but confusion about how to actually get started. Today’s post provides a...
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This large company just quit social media. Should you?
By Mark Schaefer There was a bit of a brouhaha on the social web last week when a major restaurant chain in the UK announced it had quit social media. J D Wetherspoon is a pub company in the United...
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Updating the argument against gated content
By Mark Schaefer One of the most popular methods of generating leads is to “gate” your most valuable content. Generally this refers to the practice of having a website visitor opt-in to the content by...
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Why the content marketing future is NOT in video content
By Mark Schaefer A friend and I were recently discussing the many forecasts of video content taking over the internet. “I don’t see it,” he said. “Personally I am not a big video content consumer. My...
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How Many Social Media Accounts Does Your Company Need?
By Brooke B. Sellas, {grow} Contributing Columnist There’s often a debate over social media accounts; larger companies frequently feel they need a local presence for every office. But is that a smart...
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Is social media marketing still a thing?
Social media marketing has been the hottest marketing concept for the last 10 years. Is it losing steam … or is it just taking off? Is social media marketing still a thing? In this episode of the...
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Your social media strategy plan: Where do you START?
By Mark Schaefer When I work with businesses, there is often an enthusiastic attitude about moving on to the social web but confusion about how to actually get started. Today’s post provides a...
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This large company just quit social media. Should you?
By Mark Schaefer There was a bit of a brouhaha on the social web last week when a major restaurant chain in the UK announced it had quit social media. J D Wetherspoon is a pub company in the United...
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Updating the argument against gated content
By Mark Schaefer One of the most popular methods of generating leads is to “gate” your most valuable content. Generally this refers to the practice of having a website visitor opt-in to the content by...
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