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Content Marketing Revolution boldly guides you through five proven steps that will help your business to attract more customers, close more sales and excite brand loyalty. Whether you're a marketing manager, an entrepreneur or an S&P Index CEO, this book provides a step-by-step guide to planning, executing and monitoring a killer content marketing strategy. Gone are the days when traditional marketing messages had critical power on buying decisions. Instead, customers now want to make empowered decisions based on useful information, valuable engagements and brand affinity. This book will help you to quickly adapt to the demise of traditional marketing and position your brand as a market leader in the 'content age'. Content marketing expert, Dane Brookes, shares his secrets and battle tactics, along with everything you need to know to seize control of your market by giving your customers exactly what they want, before they even realise it. Entertainingly written, this book is packed with practical tips, proven strategies, and case studies that demonstrate how some of the most successful brands in the world like Red Bull, Four Seasons and Open University are nurturing customers with highly-relevant content. The book also includes contributions from leading content experts, including Olivier award-winning writer, Mark Davies Markham and Philips' Digital Editor in Chief, Matt Warnock (Foreword). It's time to declare war on your competitors and revolutionise your place in the market. Expert reviews: "Dane Brookes inspiringly guides you through the five key steps to success. This book is a must for marketers of all levels." - Mark Langshaw, Journalist at Digital Spy "Dane Brookes is amongst the new breed of true content marketers. By following his advice in this book, you'll be able to devise a solid content strategy, with insights into how you can test, measure and improve." - Matt Warnock, Digital Editor in Chief at Philips "Content Marketing Revolution is the new bible for business owners. If you want to dominate your market, this is your starting point." - Debora Fougere, Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning TV Producer "If you're looking to build a marketing strategy that actually works, this book contains the instructions." - Jo Banks, Author & Business Consultant