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5 Financial Content Marketing Insights From The Best Email Newsletters

Contently - Strategy

The best email newsletters are like holy grails for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. People respond well to CTAs if they’re specific because we all want our content to feel tailored to us.

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Finding The Content Marketing Sweet Spot

Cision

Last year, 90 percent of B2C marketers used content marketing, but only 34 percent felt they were successful. And while 69 percent are creating more content than years past, few are being heard. They can afford to ignore us,” says Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute. Find The Sweet Spot.

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News planning, tools and workflow to build an editorial calendar

Stephen Waddington

This might include Bank Holidays and Easter, political events such as a budget or election, and notable dates such as Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day. The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. Documents can also be easily exported in a virtual, physical file or print format.

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5 Insights From The Best Emails Newsletters in Financial Services

Contently - Strategy

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. Curate your content into segments for specific audiences.

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5 Incredible Examples of Content Marketing From Banks and the Finance Industry

Contently - Strategy

When asked to recall your favorite online content, you probably don’t think about stuff made by banks. Unless, of course, your job is to make content for a bank. That’s not a knock on finance content at all, by the way. But just like bottled water, it’s the packaging that counts.

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3 Lessons Fractl Learned From Creating and Promoting Holiday Content

Buzzstream

Amanda Cargill, food content director at The Latin Kitchen told mediabistro that “pitching online only requires about six weeks lead time. Most print and online publications include an editorial calendar in their media kit. Four could work, but the writer has to be able to write it in that time, and promote it.”.

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Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]

Sword and the Script

While that maxim had elements of truth five years ago, when I wrote that content marketing was the new branding , today I wonder if we’re not coming full circle, yet again. Where a few years ago, print was dragging the publishing industry into a morass of unprofitability, today, it is hinting at revival.