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10 Content Marketing Articles Readers (Like You) Loved This Year

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CMI published over 249 articles about all aspects of content marketing in 2022.

I bet very few of you read every one of them. (I understand – you have a lot of things to do.)

Since it’s my job, I read every article and check the performance analytics. So I put together the 10 most popular posts CMI published in 2022 to help you catch up on any you missed. I used data from BuzzSumo and Google Analytics, including social shares, email conversions, page views, unique linking domains, and a dose of editorial discretion to create the list.

Since I’m not big into rankings and more into managing schedules, I’ve listed the articles based on reading time (shortest to longest). I’ve also thrown in an honorable mention that’s quickly climbing in popularity.

All these articles include a ton of knowledge you can use right away. I hope you find these articles as helpful as I did.

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Reading time: 5 minutes

Author: Manick Bhan

Why read this: The reduce-reuse-recycle waste management model also works as a strategy for search-focused content. Follow Manick’s 3R approach to help you snip and prune the content weighing down your search rankings.

Tweetable tip:

Use the reduce-reuse-recycle waste management model as a #content audit strategy, says @MadManick via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. #SEO Click To Tweet

Reading time: 8 minutes

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Author: Michael Brenner

Why read this: If you’re curious whether AI-generated content could replace human writers soon, you’ll need to read this. Michael shares the results of an experiment he ran to show why you shouldn’t believe the hype around AI-generated content – and why you shouldn’t ignore its potential. Though the article predates the advances of (and the explosion of interest in) ChatGPT, his advice remains sound.

Tweetable tip:

#AI-generated #content lacks the necessary nuance for high-quality content, and @Google still says it’s spam, says @BrennerMichael via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 9 minutes

Author: Aleksandra Iakovleva

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Why read this: A lot of B2B marketing happens on LinkedIn – so your posts face steep competition for attention. Aleksandra shares advice on how to optimize your brand’s presence to get the most from organic and paid efforts on the platform. Tips include how to make sure your content shows up in LinkedIn search results and paid opportunities, make the most of available analytics, when to use the different types of paid ads, and how to craft posts that resonate.

Tweetable stat:

8 in 10 #B2B marketers use @LinkedIn and 40% say it’s their No. 1 platform, according to @SMExaminer via Aleksandra Iakovleva of @VistaCreate and @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 8 minutes

Author: Olesia Filipenko

What you’ll learn: Persuasive language is a powerful tool. Olesia explains how bringing science into the art of writing lets you better influence your audience and get them to take your preferred actions. She shares concrete, actionable ways to craft your marketing text to work with human psychology.

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Tweetable tip:

Combine two rarely matched beneficial adjectives in headings, says @WritingBreeze via @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 9 minutes

Author: Irwin Hau

What you’ll learn: Publishing the wrong content can take many forms, but the results are similar. At worst, it could seriously damage your brand. At best, your content will be ignored. Irwin rounds up 15 mistakes to avoid.

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#Content that seems to have a personality crisis is a major turnoff, says @IrwinHau via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. #ContentMarketing Click To Tweet

Reading time: 11 minutes

Author: Ann Gynn

Why read this: Simply showing up on social isn’t enough anymore. You need to engage on the right channels with the right content delivered the way your audience likes to engage. Ann curates these expert tips from Content Marketing World speakers. The advice encompasses over 25 tips to help update and refine your social media strategy.

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Post on the one or two primary #SocialMedia channels your audience uses the most. But listen across all channels, says @SFerika via @BrandLoveLLC and CMIContent Click To Tweet

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Reading time: 11 minutes

Author: Jodi Harris

Why read this: If getting better at video is on your content marketing to-do list for next year (and it probably should be), read Jodi’s post. She pulls together the best tips from an Ask the CMWorld Community interview with Andrew Davis, who shared his video creation process from start to finish. Jodi also rounds up his tech tips and tactical shortcuts to level up your content without maxing out your video budget.

Tweetable tip:

Screenwriting apps such as @ScrivenerApp or @WriterDuet provide more scripting templates, says @DrewDavisHere via @BrandLoveLLC and @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 11 minutes

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Author: Ann Gynn

Why read this: Only the most successful content marketers take the time to create a documented content strategy. But writing one doesn’t have to be complicated. Ann shares a six-step process to help you finally write down your strategy. You’ll end up with a one-page document you can use to keep everyone aware of and working toward the same end. Before you know it, you may even join the ranks of the most successful.

Tweetable tip:

Without a documented strategy, you’re like most #content marketers. Just not the successful ones, says @AnnGynn via @BrandLoveLLC and @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 13 minutes

Author: Jodi Harris

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Why read this: Take inspiration from these winning B2B and B2C content marketing examples Jodi curated from the e-book 35 Examples of Brands That Are Winning With Content (registration required). The article features companies that exceeded audience expectations – and their marketing goals – with novel content approaches and creative executions. And the e-book contains even more great examples.

Tweetable tip:

Asking influencers to co-create #content with your brand is a great way to sidestep authenticity questions, says @joderama via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Reading time: 16 minutes

Author: Mike Murray

Why read this: Every content writer, whether creating for B2B or B2C audiences, faces writing challenges. Mike shares tips, tools, and resources to help with everything from creation to revision to publication and everything in between.

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Tweetable tip:

Use the @webfx #ReadabilityTest tool to assess your #content, says @mikeonlinecoach via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. #WritingTips Click To Tweet

Honorable Mention

Reading time: 10 minutes

Author: Stephanie Stahl

What you’ll learn: Every year, the Content Marketing Institute releases the B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights report. This year, we asked an open-ended question: “If you could change one thing about content marketing in your organization, what would that be?” Stephanie shares what your peers said about their challenges, operations, teams, and success.

Tweetable tip:

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If executives don’t understand the value of #ContentMarketing, it’s your job to step up and educate them, says @EditorStahl via @BrandLoveLLC @CMIContent. Click To Tweet

Thank you, contributors

We appreciate all the guest contributors who shared their knowledge with the Content Marketing Institute community in 2022.

If you have an idea for an original article you’d like to share with the CMI audience, you could get it published on the site. First, read our blogging guidelines and write or adjust your draft accordingly. Then submit the post for consideration following the process outlined in the guidelines.

In appreciation for guest contributors’ work, we’re offering free registration to one paid event or free enrollment in Content Marketing University to anyone who gets two new posts accepted and published on the CMI site in 2023.

Want more content marketing tips, insights, and examples? Subscribe to workday or weekly emails from CMI.

Cover image by Joseph Kalinowski/Content Marketing Institute

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Multinational fast food chains are one of the best-known examples of recognizing that product menus may sometimes have to change significantly to serve distinct audiences. The above video is just a short run-through of the same business selling smokehouse burgers, kofta, paneer, and rice bowls in an effort to appeal to people in a variety of places. I can’t personally judge the validity of these representations, but what I can see is that, in such cases, you don’t merely localize your content but the products on which your content is founded.

Sometimes, even the branding of businesses is different around the world; what we call Burger King in America is Hungry Jack’s in Australia, Lays potato chips here are Sabritas in Mexico, and DiGiorno frozen pizza is familiar in the US, but Canada knows it as Delissio.

Tales of product tailoring failures often become famous, likely because some of them may seem humorous from a distance, but cultural sensitivity should always be taken seriously. If a brand you are marketing is on its way to becoming a large global seller, the best insurance against reputation damage and revenue loss as a result of cultural insensitivity is to employ regional and cultural experts whose first-hand and lived experiences can steward the organization in acting with awareness and respect.

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How AI Is Redefining Startup GTM Strategy

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AI and startups? It just makes sense.

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For martech professionals salaries are good and promotions are coming faster, unfortunately, layoffs are coming faster, too. That’s according to the just-released 2024 Martech Salary and Career Survey. Another very unfortunate finding: The median salary of women below the C-suite level is 35% less than what men earn.

The last year saw many different economic trends, some at odds with each other. Although unemployment remained very low overall and the economy grew, some businesses — especially those in technology and media — cut both jobs and spending. Reasons cited for the cuts include during the early years of the pandemic, higher interest rates and corporate greed.

Dig deeper: How to overcome marketing budget cuts and hiring freezes

Be that as it may, for the employed it remains a good time to be a martech professional. Salaries remain lucrative compared to many other professions, with an overall median salary of $128,643. 

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Here are the median salaries by role:

  • Senior management $199,653
  • Director $157,776
  • Manager $99,510
  • Staff $89,126

Senior managers make more than twice what staff make. Directors and up had a $163,395 median salary compared to manager/staff roles, where the median was $94,818.

One-third of those surveyed said they were promoted in the last 12 months, a finding that was nearly equal among director+ (32%) and managers and staff (30%). 

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Extend the time frame to two years, and nearly three-quarters of director+ respondents say they received a promotion, while the same can be said for two-thirds of manager and staff respondents.

Dig deeper: Skills-based hiring for modern marketing teams

Employee turnover 

In 2023, we asked survey respondents if they noticed an increase in employee churn and whether they would classify that churn as a “moderate” or “significant” increase. For 2024, given the attention on cost reductions and layoffs, we asked if the churn they witnessed was “voluntary” (e.g., people leaving for another role) or “involuntary” (e.g., a layoff or dismissal). More than half of the marketing technology professionals said churn increased in the last year. Nearly one-third classified most of the churn as “involuntary.”

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This year, instead of using average salary figures, we used the median figures to lessen the impact of outliers in the salary data. As a result, the gap between salaries for men and women is even more glaring than it was previously.

In last year’s report, men earned an average of 24% more than women. This year the median salary of men is 35% more than the median salary of women. That is until you get to the upper echelons. Women at director and up earned 5% more than men.

Methodology

The 2024 MarTech Salary and Career Survey is a joint project of MarTech.org and chiefmartec.com. We surveyed 305 marketers between December 2023 and February 2024; 297 of those provided salary information. Nearly 63% (191) of respondents live in North America; 16% (50) live in Western Europe. The conclusions in this report are limited to responses from those individuals only. Other regions were excluded due to the limited number of respondents. 

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