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Content - The Atomic Particle of Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Content Marketing Strategy Paperback – June 27, 2017

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Content, in all its forms, is the single most critical element of any marketing campaign. Finding a successful equilibrium between content marketing and content strategy is difficult, but essential.
Content - The Atomic Particle of Marketinggoes beyond superficial descriptions of how to produce engaging social media content to offer the results of many years of deep quantitative research, and hours of interviews with senior marketers at some of the world's leading brands.

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Content - The Atomic Particle of Marketing explores how content functions in the broader framework of all marketing, as well as organizational concerns and IT decision making. It demonstrates the value content brings not only to "owned" media initiatives, such as a company website or blog, but also the essential role content plays in all other marketing initiatives, from social media to advertising to offline channels.

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"Content strategy has become marketing's darling, and with its arrival comes a chorus of pundits and gurus attempting to define it and counsel brands mired in overwhelm and confusion. Out of that chaos comes Rebecca Lieb's clear, lucid and logical voice. To understand content marketing bottom-up, top-down, and inside-out, read this book." ― Stephanie Losee, Head of Content, Visa

"The high priestess of digital marketing and media, Rebecca Lieb channels her wisdom into the most comprehensive book on the complex topic of content marketing.
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing is the strategic big-bang marketers can't afford to miss." ― Jason Miller, Global Content Marketing Leader, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

"The majority of global marketers have no discernible content marketing strategy. With this book, they have no more excuses." ―
Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute and author of Content Inc. and Epic Content Marketing

"If content is the atomic particle of marketing, Rebecca is a quantum physicist. She has, once again, deftly articulated the imperative for content as a strategic function in the enterprise. If you're looking for the foundational elements of a content marketing strategy, you can stop. You've found it here." ―
Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Advisor, The Content Marketing Institute

"
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing, should be required reading for any role with a 'C' in their acronym. Rebecca's book will absolutely weaponize you with frameworks and industry examples to support successful integration of content marketing and strategy into your growth and transformational activities. It will help you rise above the noise and deliver real relevance to real people, in support of goals and objectives, at scale, globally. No one surpasses Rebecca's breadth and depth of understanding of content as practiced today." ― Carlos Abler, Content Marketing Strategy Leader, 3M

"There is a reason so few companies get content marketing strategy right: It's hard. This book, however, is just what everybody have been waiting for. It's insightful, intelligent, inspiring, structured and generous - just like Rebecca Lieb herself. If you only have time to read one book this year - choose this one!" ―
Jesper Laursen, CEO at Brand Movers

"Rebecca Lieb is a rare sane voice in an industry noisy with hype.
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing simultaneously cuts through the B.S. and teaches marketers exactly how they need to think to succeed in content. In a word, it's brilliant." ― Shane Snow, co-founder of Contently

"In deconstructing marketing to the atomic level, Rebecca Lieb has penned an essential guide to forces that are continually reshaping how businesses attract and retain customers. Professionals at all levels will learn from her frameworks, formulas, and countless examples that elucidate both the science and art of content marketing." ―
David Berkowitz, Chief Strategy Officer, Sysomos

"From understanding the importance of-and difference between-Content Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy to Real-Time and Contextual Marketing,
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing, is a manifesto for how to succeed with content marketing now-and into the future with the IoT and artificial intelligence. I love the way Lieb connects the dots!" ― Ardath Albee, author of Digital Relevance

"This is a must-read book for anyone working with content marketing - old pros as well as beginners. Rebecca Lieb provides us with useful insights and tools on everything from strategy and processes to distribution and measurements. The book makes for both an inspiring read and a practical guide to keep handy." ―
Pontus Staunstrup, Content marketing strategist, Staunstrup

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"There is a reason so few companies get content marketing strategy right: It's hard. This book, however, is just what everybody have been waiting for. It's insightful, intelligent, inspiring, structured and generous - just like Rebecca Lieb herself. If you only have time to read one book this year - choose this one!" ― Jesper Laursen, CEO at Brand Movers

"In deconstructing marketing to the atomic level, Rebecca Lieb has penned an essential guide to forces that are continually reshaping how businesses attract and retain customers. Professionals at all levels will learn from her frameworks, formulas, and countless examples that elucidate both the science and art of content marketing." ―
David Berkowitz, Chief Strategy Officer, Sysomos

"The high priestess of digital marketing and media, Rebecca Lieb channels her wisdom into the most comprehensive book on the complex topic of content marketing.
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing is the strategic big-bang marketers can't afford to miss." ― Jason Miller, Global Content Marketing Leader, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

"If content is the atomic particle of marketing, Rebecca is a quantum physicist. She has, once again, deftly articulated the imperative for content as a strategic function in the enterprise. If you're looking for the foundational elements of a content marketing strategy, you can stop. You've found it here." ―
Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Advisor, The Content Marketing Institute

"Content strategy has become marketing's darling, and with its arrival comes a chorus of pundits and gurus attempting to define it and counsel brands mired in overwhelm and confusion. Out of that chaos comes Rebecca Lieb's clear, lucid and logical voice. To understand content marketing bottom-up, top-down, and inside-out, read this book." ―
Stephanie Losee, Head of Content, Visa

"The majority of global marketers have no discernible content marketing strategy. With this book, they have no more excuses." ―
Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute and author of Content Inc. and Epic Content Marketing

"
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing, should be required reading for any role with a 'C' in their acronym. Rebecca's book will absolutely weaponize you with frameworks and industry examples to support successful integration of content marketing and strategy into your growth and transformational activities. It will help you rise above the noise and deliver real relevance to real people, in support of goals and objectives, at scale, globally. No one surpasses Rebecca's breadth and depth of understanding of content as practiced today." ― Carlos Abler, Content Marketing Strategy Leader, 3M

"Rebecca Lieb is a rare sane voice in an industry noisy with hype.
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing simultaneously cuts through the B.S. and teaches marketers exactly how they need to think to succeed in content. In a word, it's brilliant." ― Shane Snow, co-founder of Contently

"This is a must-read book for anyone working with content marketing - old pros as well as beginners. Rebecca Lieb provides us with useful insights and tools on everything from strategy and processes to distribution and measurements. The book makes for both an inspiring read and a practical guide to keep handy." ―
Pontus Staunstrup, Content marketing strategist, Staunstrup

"From understanding the importance of-and difference between-Content Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy to Real-Time and Contextual Marketing,
Content: The Atomic Particle of Marketing, is a manifesto for how to succeed with content marketing now-and into the future with the IoT and artificial intelligence. I love the way Lieb connects the dots!" ― Ardath Albee, author of Digital Relevance

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kogan Page; 1st edition (June 27, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0749479752
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0749479756
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.51 x 9.06 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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Rebecca Lieb
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Rebecca Lieb is a strategic advisor, research analyst, keynote speaker, author, and columnist. Her areas of specialization are digital marketing and media, with a concentration in content strategy, content marketing and converged media. She works with many of the world's leading brands on digital marketing innovation.

Rebecca's clients range from start-up to non-profits to Fortune 100 brands and regulated industries, including Facebook, Home Depot, Nestlé, Anthem, Adobe, Honeywell, DuPont, Fidelity, Gannett, IBM, Save the Children, Pinterest, Cisco, ad and PR agencies, and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Earlier, she was Altimeter Group's digital advertising and media analyst, where she published what remains the largest extant body of research on content marketing, content strategy, and content's role in paid, owned and earned media. Prior to that, she was vice president at Econsultancy, where she launched the company's U.S. operations and grew the business to profitability in one year.

Rebecca was VP and editor-in-chief of The ClickZ Network for over seven years, and for part of that time also ran the redoubtable SearchEngineWatch.com. She's a frequent public speaker on topics related to digital marketing, advertising, and media.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017
As a CMO myself, I thought this book delivered insights at a high level for understanding the implications and opportunities of an integrated content marketing strategy. It looks less at tactics (though there are checklists and helpful sample templates for setting up the basic processes) and more at the broader requirements of a business to adopt and maintain a successful content-centric organization. Rebecca Lieb is used to working mostly with big companies, you can tell, but I think marketing leaders of all size organizations can find inspiration and takeaways.

It truly is a difficult thing to pull off - to operationalize content marketing - but there are a number of case studies provided that show it's worth the effort. I wish I had bought the physical copy of this instead of the Kindle, so that I could share with my marketing team, but I can certainly pass along some of the key strategies (or loan them my kindle!)
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017
What a relief to read Lieb's clear take on this unruly field! She lays out the thinking behind content marketing and content strategy, then goes deeper to discuss how to organize to promote optimal content creation, measure success, and manage IT.

Supporting her ideas with examples, graphs, and current case studies, she identifies the methods for unifying content expression across all channels into a coherent approach.

As I write for an organization that is currently struggling through a content audit, I am thrilled to see a step-by-step analysis of this complex topic. I will definitely be sharing the book with my team.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017
This is a must for anyone who is in marketing, no matter how long. Author Rebecca Lieb spells out in
doses that I got and loved.
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2017
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 Hi I’m Douglas Burdett, host of The Marketing Book Podcast and I’d like to tell you about the book "Content - The Atomic Particle of Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Content Marketing Strategy" by Rebecca Lieb.

At the beginning of the book the author explains that 10 years ago, the perceived secret sauce of marketing was search. Before that, it was email. And for the past five years or so, social media has been the shiny object. Suddenly, all that is changing again. Marketing, she explains, can't be cutting edge in the digital sphere unless it's connected to the word “content.”

And for a long-time leader in content marketing like Rebecca Lieb, while she’s delighted that there’s a growing acknowledgment and understanding of the power of content marketing, there are a number of issues that companies are still struggling mightily with that she addresses in the book including:

Why marketers should shift their funds toward content and away from paid channels. The difference between content marketing and content strategy and why companies are wasting a fortune on the former because they don’t have the latter. The convergence of paid, earned and owned media and why the marketing effectiveness of organizations that don’t understand this convergence is suffering. Why companies are making a costly mistake when they organize content around their existing organization instead of organizing around the content. Why companies with a culture of content are more successful in both their marketing initiatives and other success benchmarks such as sales, employee advocacy, customer service, audience engagement, thought leadership and hiring.

If you’re new to content marketing or are perhaps on the fence about what must seem like yet another marketing buzzword, this book will help you firmly understand that content, in all its forms, is the single most critical element of any marketing campaign. And that’s not going to change.

And to listen to an interview with Rebecca Lieb about "Content - The Atomic Particle of Marketing", visit MarketingBookPodcast.com
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2017
I regret paying for this one as it definitely fell short on delivering anything interesting for some one that has more than "beginner" info on the subject.

Moreover, almost all the examples are quite dated for a book that has just been published - even from 2011 and 2012; and again almost all of them were covered in a rather shallow manner.

Last but not least, there is an extremely strong bias against 'advertising' especially at the beginning of the book, making someone think that if you advertise it'll hinder your operations. Later on the book rely on paid media heavily, which i found amusing... This may eventually be a result of semantics too...

As the writers claim themselves to be consultants though i am sorry, there would be no business for them over here...
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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017
This is a MUST-READ for anyone involved in marketing communications. Appreciation to Rebecca Lieb for sharing your wisdom.
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Janfrancisco
4.0 out of 5 stars Relevant and informative
Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2019
Chapters broken down effectively, easy to read and useful for beginners or advanced marketers. Would look forward to another update of the book as content marketing is vastly evolving.
Luca
4.0 out of 5 stars Contenuto del libro e suggerimento per chi si approccia al Content Marketing
Reviewed in Italy on April 10, 2019
il libro si rivolge a chi direttamente lavora in azienda e vorrebbe implementare il content marketing in essa spiegando nel dettaglio gli impatti sull'organizzazione, come dovrebbe essere modificata e come dovrebbe cambiare la cultura aziendale. Lo sconsiglio per chi si sta approcciando e vuole capire come funziona il content marketing
Varun Bakshi
3.0 out of 5 stars An Overload!
Reviewed in India on December 8, 2018
An overload of jargon that fails to detail processes and list real-world examples to show the power of content in the digital age.