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Learning how to write a newsletter is relatively easy. Constantly generating newsletter content ideas is not.

That’s why we’ve put together this list of 24 powerful content ideas, plus a few additional resources to help you come up with even more ideas for your newsletter. With this handy list, you’ll never have to worry about what types of content to include in your next newsletter again.

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If you’re trying to create an editorial calendar to keep your business blogging on schedule, there are two tricky things you need to master: coming up with new content ideas and figuring out how often to blog.

The optimal blogging frequency and the best times to blog will vary from business to business, but the following tips and resources will help you discover the best publishing timetable for you.

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Content marketing is powerful, but with blogging, article marketing, content curation and more, there are tons of options to consider. How do you know what’s right for your business?

The biggest choice in content marketing is content curation versus content creation. Many successful businesses depend completely on one model or the other, but most use a mix. Why?

Because content curation and content creation have vastly different goals.

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The best thing about Twitter is the real-time interaction it allows businesses to have with partners, vendors, customers, and prospects. But the best thing is also the worst thing: to have real-time interaction, you have to be on Twitter all day, and in business you can’t afford that.

Unless you can hire a full-time social media manager to tweet, post updates, and otherwise engage with people online, you need to plan your tweets ahead of time and use a platform to publish them for you.

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Today’s media is all about the visual.  Your website is not likely to survive if it does not have striking graphics. Graphics are the spice in your reader’s soup.

It’s not always convenient, or even possible to use your own materials, so naturally you turn to outside sources. However, your effort to dress up a page will not end as soon as you find a proper picture, because now, you need to cite it correctly.

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Business blogging is powerful. You’ve kept tabs on the content marketing trend and can see the potential it has for your business.

But blogging takes time and work. If you have a million and one other marketing objectives to do this week, you can’t give the company blog the attention it needs to be a valuable, effective part of your marketing mix.

So what do you do?

As content marketing becomes more widespread and effective, the answer is outsourcing.

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When you’re constantly creating content for your business blog, the wells of inspiration can dry up pretty quickly.

It’s crucial to fill them up again by consuming quality content yourself.

This list of the top 13 must-read books for bloggers is designed to help you build a better blog, create better content, and find more success with your business blog.

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If writing isn’t your strong suit, then creating blog posts and other content marketing initiatives can be a huge hassle. You know how powerful great content can be — you just don’t feel up to the task of creating it.

The good news is, almost every business blogger feels this way at one point or another, so you’re not alone. Even better, these blog writing tips will help you pump out great articles every time.

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