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Sep 2017
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The politics of content marketing

Mark Schaefer
About this episode

In this new episode of The Marketing Companion, Tom Webster and I cover some of the highlights of the 2017 Content Marketing World. It was the first conference Tom and I attended together for some time so it was a good opportunity to compare notes on the content marketing spectacular. We discuss:

  • Why Tom faced a nearly empty room for his politics-related talk
  • Why Mark thinks "loyalty" is a fading marketing idea
  • Content Marketing World hits and misses
  • And as a bonus, we announce new plans for Companion Storm 2!

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