Hey Everyone,
Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading, writing and pondering lately. Enjoy!
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1. Why the Best Content Happens Fast
There is no correlation between the time invested in content and the performance of that content. This is either the best thing about content marketing or the most frustrating. It just depends on how you look at it.
Here are some ways to use that to your advantage.
2. Google Sheets for Marketers
Here are 100+ Google Sheets templates for audits, competitor research, analytics, scraping and more. This is a really great resource.
3. Here Are 900 Startups Hiring Remotely
Thanks to Rodolphe Dutel for assembling this great list (which includes Animalz).
4. Tweet of the Week
5. Random Links
- Kieran Flanagan and Scott Tousley were kind enough to have me on their podcast, The Growth TL;DR show, to talk about content strategy.
- Intercom is hiring a content marketer to cover a maternity leave. This is a great chance to work with one of the best content teams in SaaS.
- From Zendesk: Content marketing for sales: 6 ideas to address the bottom of the funnel
- On the most recent Animalz podcast, Devin Bramhall and I chat about content marketing reporting.
- I can’t decide how I feel about this article, but it’s a good read: How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
Have a great weekend!
Jimmy
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