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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

Look for industry benchmarks to gain insights into what your competitors are spending on marketing. Check out industry reports or consult peers to get an idea of the range you would have to spend. The advertising team may not know what the content team is doing and the PR team is unaware of what the customer marketing team is up to.

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Managing strategic partnerships has always been an important part of public relations. This means finding opportunities, collaborating on campaigns, sharing content and audience insights. Social ads can be complicated so most consultants get industry certifications such as Facebook BluePrint or Twitter Flight School.

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Content Marketing: Dos and Dont’s [Report]

Mindjumpers

In addition, 21 experts and influencers within the fields of content marketing, search engine optimization and social marketing are sharing their thoughts and advices in the new report. The report defines content marketing as both “an art and a science. Always stay on the lookout for best practices in your industry.

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What is a customer journey map and how to make your own [examples included]

Sprout Social

Every business and industry has its unique customer journey maps, but the fundamentals remain the same. Recently, our social team talked about using social media for the customer journey in the auto industry. Use prospecting tools, content management systems (CMS) and behavior analytics tools to gather data.

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The 15 Most Life-Changing Editorial Calendar Tools

Writtent Blog

Online content marketing may be a relatively new practice, but editorial calendars are virtually as old as the publishing industry. Google Docs is free, easy-to-use, and designed for collaborative editing. There’s plenty of fun collaborative features too; users can even “like” cards and concepts. Content DJ.

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15 Rocking Content Marketing Tools with Advice from Experts

Writtent Blog

GatherContent helps you manage content creation for the web, is fairly inexpensive, and appears quite convenient to use. The product is proudly made in Scotland, and its focus is digital content creation. Kapost, a content management system with focus on marketing results, has built-in analytics for content.

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5 Ways to Build Online Authority Using Content Marketing - A Guest Post By Paul Chaney

Diva Marketing Blog

Paul and I have collaborated on several projects including developing and facilitating training programs for the American Marketing Association. It also helps to trademark you as a subject-matter expert in the mind of the consumer — the "go-to" person for your industry. If you are lucky you get to take online offline.