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Competitive Marketing Analysis: 14 Ways to Monitor and Beat Your Competitors

Writtent Blog

Historically, companies of all sizes have relied heavily on SWOT for competitive marketing analysis, an acronym which stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. While fast food chains Chipotle and Qdoba offer a similar product, Chipotle has effectively positioned themselves as an eco-friendly company. Social Media.

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5 Advanced Lessons from Content Marketing World 2013

Writtent Blog

Thanks to an increasingly talented workforce and amazing options like content marketing outsourcing services, the challenge for companies isn’t just getting their hands on a blog to publish. It’s getting their hands on content which can differentiate, connect with consumers, and help their company meet strategic goals. Start Iterating.

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An Introduction to Social Media for Business

Sprout Social

Despite the growing popularity, social media for business is still put on the back burner for a lot of organizations. Many small- and medium-sized companies see growth in brand awareness, site traffic, shares and customer engagement when there’s a plan in place. 78% of companies now say they have dedicated social media teams.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

Almost every article written after the infamous Panda and Penguin updates has suggested guest posting as a viable and effective technique to increase authority with search engines, improve organic search visibility, generate leads, and build authorship. Nowadays I use Buzzstream to keep track of my guest blogging initiatives.

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3 Strategies to Make Big Content Work for Your Brand

Convince & Convert

I interviewed 3 marketers who make large content projects work for their companies and clients to find out how to make sure to get a return on investment from Big Content: Cyrus Shepard. Our process at Moz isn’t much different than most companies. Where should companies new to big content focus? Can I choose all of them?

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How to Promote Your Content Across Owned, Earned, and Paid Media

Convince & Convert

While these strategies are an acceptable start, they overlook the simple fact that for the vast majority of companies (unless you’re a market-leading megabrand), simply publishing content gets them nothing resembling good results. The world tends towards entropy, ignorance, and forgetting your company exists. Nothing markets itself.

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45 Marketing Tools to Consider for 2017

Razor Social

It can streamline a lot of key marketing functions, and it’s proving itself as a great revenue driver for companies large and small. Research shows that companies that use marketing automation to generate leads have a 53% higher conversion rate on average. BuzzStream. Create multiple keyword lists.

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