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The Three Maxims That Power Strong Content Cultures
Some companies publish content that just feels a cut above the rest. The kind you wish you’d created. That teaches you something new. Content that sounds like a real person, not a press release....
Sara Coggin
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13 min read
07/16/25
Writing
Stay Strong: Never Let AI Fill Your Blank Page
The blank page syndrome. We all know it, we’ve all been there.You stare at your screen, and you don’t know how to begin.Staring becomes procrastination. Procrastination becomes anxiety, and it’s...
Tim Metz
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11 min read
07/25/24
Strategy
Copycat Content: SEO Tools Got Us Here, Humans Will Get Us...
There’s a copycat crisis in content marketing. Explore the search results for virtually any lucrative keyword, and you’ll find a bunch of articles with lookalike titles, headers and examples....
Ryan Law
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8 min read
10/28/19
Strategy
The Winner Doesn’t Take It All: ‘Information Gain’ and the...
Content marketing today is a story of underdogs and goliaths, of upstart brands trying to compete with industry giants — or else fight over the scraps they leave behind.You know what this feels...
Ryan Law
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9 min read
06/28/22
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Writing
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The 7 Most Common Blog Content Archetypes (and...
Nathan Wahl
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11 min read
03/12/26
The Content Writing Guide: How to Write Blog Posts...
Nathan Wahl
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13 min read
12/01/25
The Idea Farm: How to Sow, Grow, and Harvest Great...
Ryan Law
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9 min read
10/13/20
Blockbuster Blogs: How Breakthrough Ideas Are Born
Tim Metz
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13 min read
12/05/24
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Kirti Sharma (Adobe) on Original Content AI Can’t Copy — and...
“AI is a leveler for better or worse… it’s lifted new marketers up, but it’s pushed the bar even higher for the good ones.” In this episode, you’ll learn from Kirti Sharma why trying to make...
Ty Magnin
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Tim Metz
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57 min read
08/05/25
Podcast
The Animalz Podcast Returns with AI & Content: Where’s...
Welcome to a new season of the Animalz Content Marketing Podcast. Seven pioneers in AI and content join us to answer one question: “Hello… is there any value out there?”
Ty Magnin
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25 min read
02/27/25
Podcast
AI as a Personal Trainer for Writers: A Conversation with...
In this episode, Nathan Baschez offers a refreshing perspective on AI writing tools. He explains we’re still at “the very bottom of the S-curve of adoption” for writers embracing AI. Meanwhile,...
Ty Magnin
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63 min read
03/04/25
Strategy
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AI Content Strategy: A Guide to the New Era of...
Nathan Wahl
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Tim Metz
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18 min read
05/15/23
Don't Stop at Workflows: Build a Compounding Content...
Tim Metz
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12 min read
03/19/26
Why We Gave Up On Reddit For AEO
Ty Magnin
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7 min read
03/26/26
Content Marketers Need to Learn to Pitch Again
Ty Magnin
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10 min read
02/26/26
Data
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Revive 2.0: The Content Refresh Tool for Instant...
Tim Metz
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5 min read
11/21/24
The Content Attribution Survival Guide
Tim Metz
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16 min read
09/24/24
Content Marketing Budgeting: What Should Your...
Tim Metz
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8 min read
08/22/24
From Trash to Treasure: Turn Product-Led Leftovers...
Sara Coggin
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10 min read
12/14/23