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Get the Most From Your Content Marketing Operations

You need to create content that informs and educates on the issues that are most important to your customers and aligns with the purpose of your brand. Technology can make content marketers more productive and accountable. But too often we overlook the old-school systems, processes, and resources to optimize our content marketing engine. Here are the five must-have, low-tech concepts you need to focus on in the rest of 2020 and beyond.

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You need to create content that informs and educates on the issues that are most important to your customers and aligns with the purpose of your brand. Technology can make content marketers more productive and accountable. But too often we overlook the old-school systems, processes, and resources to optimize our content marketing engine. Here are the five must-have, low-tech concepts you need to focus on in the rest of 2020 and beyond. Read more

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