How to Get a Content Idea Signed Off

High-quality content marketing will always be in demand, and good content can hit every stage of the sales funnel. Whilst many in-house teams have invested in their content marketing capabilities, most digital marketing agencies are still at the forefront of helping brands reach their audiences.

Creative marketers often learn quickly that coming up with a top idea is only half the battle. The other, and much harder battle, is gaining approval from the client, and to gain their buy-in on how great your idea is and why it will work.

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Beyond link quantity: four ways content contributes to your brand

“How many links will this campaign receive?” “Can you guarantee X number of links?” These are questions that frequent the inboxes and client catchups of content marketers and digital PR professionals everywhere. The measurable KPI of links generated usually steals top spot at every stage of the campaign process from a client’s perspective, with content […]

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7 Essential Skills for Content Marketers

This article explains the skills that content marketers should learn and hone to develop a successful career in the industry Inbound marketing is fast-paced; rapidly shifting trends and technological capabilities are part of the reason it is such an appealing career. But there is more to content marketing than writing articles, creating memes and scripting videos. To become an invaluable asset to the marketing team, content marketers need to be strategic, analytical and resilient. Skills for content marketers Here are seven essential skills for content marketers to achieve success and personal growth: 1. Get to grips with basic SEO This…

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Q&A with Microsoft’s Noël Reilly: Data, discovery, customer-first mindset

Noël Reilly, Strategic Account Director at Microsoft, discusses her upcoming session at The Transformation of Search Summit, challenges, industry trends.

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Four ways to use marketing feedback loop to optimize SEO efforts

A marketing feedback loop is when a business uses responses they get from a campaign or product on the social web. Ways to identify and use it to improve SEO.

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