CMI Weekly Wrap

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CMI Weekly Wrap

Content Marketing Institute's latest podcast wraps up every work week with one deep thought, one news take, and one great idea. Get 10 minutes of inspiration and insight from CMI’s Chief Strategy Advisor Robert Rose every Friday.

  1. 08/19/2020

    Can You Add More to Scale Your Content Strategy?

    In this week’s episode, Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose asks whether technology or people are more important in content strategy. He talks with futurist Kate O’Neill about whether marketing technology is serving us – or we’re serving technology. And finally he points to an article that explains what to consider when it’s time for new marketing tech. And that’s a wrap for the week ending August 21, 2020.   INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK    Robert’s guest this week is Kate O’Neill, founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic consultancy committed to improving human experience at scale. Kate is the author of Tech Humanist: How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans and hosts the podcast The Tech Humanist Show.  Kate is an expert in data-based business models, integrated experience strategy, and human-centric digital transformation. Over the past 20 years, she’s led innovations across technology, marketing, and operations in category-defining companies such as Netflix, where she created the first content management role and helped implement innovative dynamic e-commerce practices that became industry standard.   Learn more about Kate:  Connect with her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateo Listen to The Tech Humanist Show: http://www.thetechhumanist.com/ Visit her website: https://www.koinsights.com/  OUR CONTENT MARKETING IDEA OF THE WEEK     What to Consider When It’s Time for New Marketing Technology  https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2017/10/consider-new-marketing-technology/

    36 min
  2. 08/12/2020

    Should You Stop Trying to Make Your Content One of a Kind?

    In this week’s episode, Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose is asking whether we’re borrowing enough good ideas. He talks with Mike Orr from Grapevine6 about content, the state of influencer marketing, and how to get more from your social media partner. And finally Robert points you to an article about how images can increase your content’s visibility in search. And that’s a wrap for the week ending August 14, 2020.  NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK How to Get More from Your Social Media Partner https://hbr.org/2020/07/how-to-get-more-from-your-social-media-partner INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK    Robert’s guest this week is Mike Orr, CEO of Grapevine6. Mike is responsible for bringing everything together, product release after product release. But his greatest asset is his ability to take good ideas and find ways to make them great.   Before co-founding Grapevine6, Mike spent several years in management consulting working with some of Canada's marquee brands. He led a strategic think tank and project management team, which earned global awards and recognition, at one of Canada's leading digital advertising agencies.  Learn more about Mike:  Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeorr/ Visit the Grapevine6 website: https://www.grapevine6.com/ OUR CONTENT MARKETING IDEA OF THE WEEK    How to Use Images to Increase Search Visibility and Get More Clicks  https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2019/11/images-search-visibility/

    36 min
  3. 07/30/2020

    Wants vs. Needs: Is the Debate Even Necessary?

    In this week’s episode, Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose is asking why anyone needs content marketing. He talks with marketing professor Marcus Collins about businesses making it rain for content marketers – and about culture in content. And he shares an article packed with ideas for making your content more engaging. And that’s a wrap for the week ending July 31, 2020.  NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK   Content Marketing Spending Rising Sharply  https://www.ana.net/content/show/id/61273 INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK   Robert’s guest this week is marketing lecturer Marcus Collins, who studies the effects of cultural contagion on consumer behavior at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He translates these cultural learnings for brands wishing to create contagious marketing campaigns that extend across both the online and offline worlds of social. Acknowledged for his strategic and creative contributions, he’s an Advertising Age 40 Under 40 recipient and a Clio award winner who has launched campaigns like Cliff Paul for State Farm, Made In America Music Festival for Budweiser, Hello Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Nets, and Eggo + Netflix’s Stranger Things conquest. Marcus also has been the chief consumer connections officer at Doner since 2018.  Learn more about Marcus:  Visit his website http://marctothec.com/ Connect on social – he’s @Marctothec on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  OUR CONTENT MARKETING IDEA OF THE WEEK   10 Ways to Make Content More Engaging  https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2010/10/make-content-more-engaging/  SPONSOR   SiteCore   A well-known marketing saying goes, “Content is king”. And with organizations having to rely on their digital channels more than ever these days to reach customers, creating and publishing effective and engaging content has taken on a whole new level of importance.    Sitecore recently held its inaugural Virtual Marketer Day, and one of the tracks was dedicated to helping organizations better manage their content – from beginning to end.    There is a  new post-event guide titled “Understanding the end-to-end content lifecycle”, with practical steps you can take to optimize your content engine and personalize digital experiences for your customers.     Download the guide today at: https://cmi.media/sitecore-lifecycle

    36 min
  4. 07/23/2020

    All Audiences Are Not Good Audiences

    In this week’s episode, Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose is thinking about creating real (and good) audiences. He talks with digital marketing consultant Ian Truscott about content strategy – and why search “sucks” so much now. And he points you to an article that explains how to bring audiences together – even in the social-distancing era. And that’s a wrap for the week ending July 24, 2020. NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK Why Does Search Suck? https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/353308/why-does-search-suck.html INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK Robert’s guest this week is Ian Truscott, editor-in-chief of Rockstar CMO, a podcast and blog covering all things marketing leadership. He’s also the executive strategy director at appropingo, a consultancy focused on B2B marketing. A writer, speaker, industry expert, B2B marketing influencer and thought leader, Ian says ­– most of all – he’s a content guy. Learn more about Ian: Connect with him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanTruscott Visit Rockstar CMO: https://rockstarcmo.com/ Visit appropingo :https://appropingo.com/ OUR CONTENT MARKETING IDEA OF THE WEEK How to Bring Audiences Together in the Social-Distancing Era https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/cco-digital/systems-issue/editorial-operations/virtual-event-strategy/  SPONSOR SiteCore A well-known marketing saying goes, “Content is king”. And with organizations having to rely on their digital channels more than ever these days to reach customers, creating and publishing effective and engaging content has taken on a whole new level of importance.  Sitecore recently held its inaugural Virtual Marketer Day, and one of the tracks was dedicated to helping organizations better manage their content – from beginning to end.  There is a  new post-event guide titled “Understanding the end-to-end content lifecycle”, with practical steps you can take to optimize your content engine and personalize digital experiences for your customers.   Download the guide today at: https://cmi.media/sitecore-lifecycle

    36 min
4.5
out of 5
20 Ratings

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Content Marketing Institute's latest podcast wraps up every work week with one deep thought, one news take, and one great idea. Get 10 minutes of inspiration and insight from CMI’s Chief Strategy Advisor Robert Rose every Friday.

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