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4 Steps for Using Content to Build Your Personal Brand

Personal branding was definitely a big trend in 2011, and OpenView Venture Partners’ Amanda Maksymiw believes it will continue to be a focus for B2B and B2C companies alike. Here she shares four steps to help you create and build your online persona.

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Author: Amanda Maksymiw

Amanda Maksymiw works for OpenView Venture Partners, an expansion stage venture capital fund based in Boston, with a focus on high-growth software, internet, and technology-enabled companies and a sponsor of the Content Marketing Institute. Amanda is a part of the OpenView Labs team in which she supports the portfolio on implementing content marketing strategies. She can be contacted through her blog, The Open Marketer and @amandamaks on Twitter.

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Content Marketing: Customer Relationship Management Begins at Home

Guest Author Rick Allen explains why the strength and integrity of your organization’s content marketing begins at home, with all of those involved in your company, from designers to marketers and more. While getting everyone on the same content marketing page may seem like herding cats, it is possible! Find out how to strengthen and nurture internal relationships to reinforce your brand’s content marketing efforts.

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Author: Rick Allen

Rick Allen is the principal of ePublish Media LLC, a content strategy consultancy based in Boston, MA. He is also the co-founder of Meet Content, an online resource dedicated to higher education content strategy. Rick writes and speaks on a "content first" approach to the web in support of marketing, communications, and on-brand user experience. You can catch Rick on Twitter at @epublishmedia.

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How to Incorporate Content Design into Content Marketing: The Best from CMI 2011

In this final edition of the best from Content Marketing Institute 2011, we feature our top five posts addressing the increasingly popular topic of content design. These selections will help you make your content marketing efforts outshine the competition with smart how-to’s on effectively incorporating design, from infographics to modular formatting. Enjoy… and Happy New Year from all of us at CMI!

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Author: Michele Linn

Michele is the Content Development Director of the Content Marketing Institute and a B2B content marketing consultant who has a passion for helping companies use content to connect with their ideal buyers. You can follow her on Twitter at @michelelinn or read more of her posts on Savvy B2B Marketing.

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How to Prepare for a Career in Content Marketing

Tweet The next generation of content marketers gathered today for an educational and networking. . .  more

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Author: Michele Linn

Michele is the Content Development Director of the Content Marketing Institute and a B2B content marketing consultant who has a passion for helping companies use content to connect with their ideal buyers. You can follow her on Twitter at @michelelinn or read more of her posts on Savvy B2B Marketing.

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Content’s Competitive Advantage: Interview with Ann Handley

Do you enjoy hearing how others are leveraging content marketing? How about experts? Are you interested in learning from their industry knowledge and insights? Sometimes hearing what an expert has to say about a subject is an excellent opportunity to improve your content marketing strategy. I sat down (on Skype) with Ann Handley, CCO of MarketingProfs, co-author of Content Rules, and a key speaker at the upcoming Content Marketing World conference.

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Author: Patricia Redsicker

Patricia Redsicker is owner and principal at WordView Editing a copywriting and social media consultancy in the Baltimore area. Patricia works with entrepreneurs to help them create and publish compelling content that attracts and retains customers. She has over fifteen years of corporate experience working with Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young, SmithKline Beecham, SAP and Chase Manhattan Mortgage Group and others. You may follow her on Twitter at @predsicker.

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6 Things to Know About Using QR Codes in Content Marketing

Tweet In 2010, we started to talk about QR codes … a little. This year,. . .  more

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Author: Nate Riggs

Nate Riggs leads content marketing, online marketing and social media strategy at Bob Evans Farms. He is a proud dad and lucky husband who enjoys music, photography and distance racing. Nate also blogs about business strategy, communications, parenting and life in Columbus, Ohio at NateRiggs.com. You can follow him on Twitter @nateriggs.

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3 Ways To Use Google Plus In Your Content Marketing Efforts

Tweet If you’ve been on the web in the last few weeks, you are. . .  more

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Author: Nate Riggs

Nate Riggs leads content marketing, online marketing and social media strategy at Bob Evans Farms. He is a proud dad and lucky husband who enjoys music, photography and distance racing. Nate also blogs about business strategy, communications, parenting and life in Columbus, Ohio at NateRiggs.com. You can follow him on Twitter @nateriggs.

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Guy Kawasaki on How to Create Enchanting Content: Podcast

Tweet The word “enchantment” evokes fairy tale stories of Prince Charming freeing young female. . .  more

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Author: Patricia Redsicker

Patricia Redsicker is owner and principal at WordView Editing a copywriting and social media consultancy in the Baltimore area. Patricia works with entrepreneurs to help them create and publish compelling content that attracts and retains customers. She has over fifteen years of corporate experience working with Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young, SmithKline Beecham, SAP and Chase Manhattan Mortgage Group and others. You may follow her on Twitter at @predsicker.

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3 Ways to Test Your Mobile Content’s Effectiveness

Tweet Mobile content is hot. There’s no denying it. Over the next 12 months,. . .  more

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Author: Ahava Leibtag

Based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Ahava Leibtag is a Web content strategist and writer. She leads AHA Media Group, a Web and content consulting firm and authors the blog Online it ALL Matters. She thinks 60 words is way too few to communicate why she’s interesting. You can connect with Ahava on Twitter at @ahaval.

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4 Steps to Publish an E-Book: Tap into Your Existing Articles

Tweet Has this ever happened to you? You run around looking for your car. . .  more

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Author: Thomas Clifford

Thomas Clifford is a B2B content marketing writer and copywriter. His approach to communicating messages is conversational, informational and helpful—with just a sprinkling of sales copy. Tom specializes in helpful "how-to" articles, landing pages, sales pages, special reports ("buzz pieces") and B2B case studies. Unlike most content writers, Tom has 25 years under his belt as an award-winning B2B filmmaker and interviewer. He's produced over 500 marketing and branding films (and interviewed more than 1,500 people) as a documentary producer. Tom is featured in the book “Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business." He has also written dozens of articles as an “Expert Blogger” for FastCompany.com. You can follow Tom on Twitter at @ThomasClifford. His blog, "Humanizing Business Communications," is packed with new media business communication tips and writing strategies. His eBook "5 (Ridiculously Simple) Ways to Write Faster, Better, Easier" is free to new subscribers.

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