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How to Build and Operate a Content Marketing Machine: Kapost CEO Toby Murdock outlines an A-to-Z view of jumping into content marketing 100 percent and creating a content marketing machine. Via SEOmoz
The UFC’s Knockout Content Marketing Punch: A look at an up-and-coming sport and the way it captures, displays, and shares the story of UFC fighters via content marketing. Via Post Advertising
The 3 Stages of Social Media Marketing: Despite the excitement, the bottom-line results from social media marketing are elusive. Find out how to tie all the pieces together for a more concrete ROI. Via ClickZ
What Kind of Content Marketing? To be successful at content marketing, you must first understand your audience(s), as well as how to outline and build personas into your strategy. Via MarketingLand

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