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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer

The rules of breaking out on the internet have changed so much. It’s time to re-negotiate the relationship between content and platform.

I’ve learned some lessons from writing more than 2,000 blog posts. Here are a few surprises that may resonate with content creators.

New research shows that content effectiveness declines as volume increases. Is content marketing sustainable under these conditions?

Controversial? Hardly. Content Shock is actually the most effective content marketing strategy if your goal is inbound marketing benefits

The most important trait of a new content creation team might be enthusiasm. Here are tips to get your effort going with content marketing evangelists

These social media lessons were learned the hard way! Don’t lost business over political leanings unless that is part of your core brand image.

The number of blog comments has plummeted but I don’t care. Here’s why the blog comment situation might be out of our control.

Is creativity a gift or can it be learned? Mark Schaefer says there are four everyday things you can do that will help lead you to consistent creativity.

I give a lot of advice about successful blogging but these are the 10 most popular tips i give to my clients year in and year out.

The author recovered from his creative burnout by indulging in a massive amount of popular fiction. Here’s what he learned from his content binge.

Marketing personal services takes a human touch. People are buying you, not your content so there is an imperative to bring a human dimension to marketing.

If your content niche is saturated, should you give up? No! But you will need to find your place on the web with a little research and resourcefulness.
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