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How to Clean Up Legacy Content Without Burning Out Your Experts

How to Clean Up Legacy Content Without Burning Out Your Experts

Key takeaways: Content audits often stall when marketers ask busy experts to review entire articles. By screening legacy content first and identifying technical points for experts to verify, marketing teams can limit review time and correct outdated information before it misleads buyers.  Outdated technical content creates problems beyond declining search traffic. Old specs find their […]
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AI Didn’t Invent Content Audits

AI Didn’t Invent Content Audits

Key takeaways: AI can pull stale or incorrect information from your website into its answers, and that has everyone sounding the alarm about content audits. Companies should have been auditing their sites all along to catch outdated statistics, old messaging, broken links and duplicate content. AI can repeat that stale or incorrect information in its […]
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Your Case Studies Are Missing Their Most Persuasive Numbers

Your Case Studies Are Missing Their Most Persuasive Numbers

Key takeaways: Customer case studies show business results, but they don’t make buyers question their current products, services or processes. They don’t specify how much old approaches cost customers before they invested in a solution. Without those persuasive numbers, the results read as someone else’s good news. Buyers think what they have is good enough […]
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How to Repurpose 1 Case Study Into 5 Marketing Assets

How to Repurpose 1 Case Study Into 5 Marketing Assets

Key takeaways: Treating a B2B customer case study as a single PDF leaves valuable material unused. With a journalistic interview and upfront planning, you can repurpose one customer story into five marketing assets across the buyer journey: a one-pager, sales deck slide, native LinkedIn post, email nurture touchpoint and website proof point. Most B2B teams […]
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I’ve Been Flattening Our Writing for AI Search. I’m Not Sure It Was Right

I’ve Been Flattening Our Writing for AI Search. I’m Not Sure It Was Right

Key takeaways: We changed the way we write because AI search guidance told us to. We flattened introductions, front-loaded answers and organized content so machines could quote it cleanly. The writing became easier to extract and harder to recognize as ours. That raised a question we can’t shake: Did we improve the reading experience or […]
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How the B2B Content Review Process Kills Good Writing

How the B2B Content Review Process Kills Good Writing

Key takeaways: B2B content isn’t boring because of the topic. It becomes boring during the review process, where each edit strips out the opinions, specifics and examples that make it worth reading. The result of a bloated B2B content review process is drivel that nobody remembers, buyers who see hedging as a warning sign and […]
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How to Measure Thought Leadership ROI

How to Measure Thought Leadership ROI

Key takeaways: Thought leadership ROI goes far beyond likes, impressions and website traffic. The most effective measurement strategy tracks awareness, buyer engagement and revenue together, giving marketing leaders a clear view of the business results. When you also measure the value generated for every hour your experts invest, you gain the evidence you need to […]
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Why More CEOs See Marketing as a Cost Center

Why More CEOs See Marketing as a Cost Center

Key takeaways: The marketing cost-center problem is old, but it’s accelerating. The share of CEOs who see marketing as a cost rather than a profit center jumped from 35% to 60% in one year. The cause is measurement. Only 13% of CEOs feel confident that marketing can show financial benefits, and producing more content with […]
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The Double AI Lie: You’re Losing Time and Your Edge

The Double AI Lie: You’re Losing Time and Your Edge

Key takeaways: AI and critical thinking have an increasingly complicated relationship. Research shows that heavy reliance on AI can reduce critical thinking, weaken independent judgment and make ideas more alike. AI can help with efficiency, but marketers still need to question assumptions, challenge outputs and focus on original thinking. AI has incredible power and potential, […]
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The Lab Results Are Fine: When B2B Marketing Data Hides a Sick System

The Lab Results Are Fine: When B2B Marketing Data Hides a Sick System

Key takeaways: Healthy B2B marketing data can make a broken system look fine. Isolated metrics, such as organic traffic, cost per click and lead volume, can hide problems with buyer intent, sales trust and pipeline movement. When sales cycles exceed historical norms or sales teams stop trusting marketing leads, marketing teams need to look at […]
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Trust or Bust: B2B Marketing’s Greatest Asset

Trust in governments, businesses and media is in rapid free fall. Misinformation, disinformation and distortion add fuel to growing skepticism and erosion of credibility. Edelman’s most recent trust barometer underscores this point. Of 32,492 respondents in 28 countries, more than half said journalists, and government and business leaders are purposely

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A screenshot of the LinkedIn logo on a laptop represents the importance of having an active B2B LinkedIn page.

Reboot Your B2B LinkedIn Page for 2025 Success

Your B2B LinkedIn page is chock-full of valuable, relevant content, right? Even better, the platform is key in your marketing strategy. “What page?” you ask. “I forgot we had one.” If your business’s LinkedIn page is staler than last week’s leftovers, it’s time for a revamp. LinkedIn is the world’s

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A less is more card represents cutting fluff from your B2B content.

Cut the Fluff: A Guide to Concise B2B Writing

Wordy content can drag down your B2B marketing efforts. Readers crave simplicity and clarity. Why make them sift through extra words to find your message? Learn how to refine your content, cutting the fluff and delivering sharp, engaging copy. Trim the fat from your B2B marketing content You might think

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An image of a person at a computer represents the importance of creating content that inspires and engages.

Create B2B Content That Isn’t Boring (With Curated Examples)

Creating content for sleek companies that have six-figure marketing budgets and life-changing stories is like scoring a front-row seat at a sold-out Taylor Swift concert. I’m all in! But if your business makes elevator parts or manages payroll processing, it might feel like trying to sell sand in the desert.

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A graphic of smiling, neutral and frowning faces represents customer testimonials in B2B marketing.

Customer Testimonials Are Marketing Rocket Fuel

In B2B marketing, customer testimonials are vital for winning business. Prospects need proof that real customers achieved results from your products and services. In other words, they want to make sure you’re worth it. But here’s the thing: Just because you have testimonials, doesn’t mean you should use them. The

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A row of stars represents the importance of customer feedback and managing your B2B brand's reputation.

Ignoring Customer Feedback Can Sink Your Brand’s Reputation

B2B buyers want to see customer feedback about your brand before they invest in your products and services. Reviews help them make informed decisions before they commit. B2B purchases can involve large financial commitments. Thus, it stands to reason buyers conduct independent research. They want to know if your solutions

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A pedestrian stop signal on a traffic light represents the B2B content killers that can prevent engagement.

Do You Know What’s Killing Your B2B Content?

When it comes to B2B content, we’ve all been there. You wrote what you thought was your best blog post or case study. Maybe you put the finishing touches on your new website. You were proud of your work. And then someone dumped all over it. The red sea of

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Power Up Your B2B Content With Trustworthy Stats

Including statistics in your B2B content can help convince buyers that your brand is a trustworthy source for information. It shows that your business is committed to providing accurate and reliable content. But it’s only effective if you use statistics responsibly. By using statistics responsibly, you’ll: Build buyer trust Enhance

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A fishing pole represents the challenge of fishing for strong headlines.

Hook Them In: How to Create Powerful B2B Headlines

Powerful B2B headlines entice readers to engage with your content. Whether you’re creating content for your website, customer advocacy programs, videos, case studies or social media channels, solid titles pull your audience in. The problem is they’re not easy to write. And with so much B2B marketing content available online,

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