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What is the Future of Content Marketing?

If you can’t hook your audience in 7 seconds, people may not get your message. Visuals break through, they’re better remembered, and they’re more liked and shared in social media. That’s why more and more content will consist of images.

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People’s attention spans are short. If you can’t hook your audience in 7 seconds, people may not get your message. Visual content is quicker to absorb than text. Visuals break through, they’re better remembered, and they’re more liked and shared in social media. That’s why more and more content will consist of images: photos, cartoons, graphs, illustrations, infographics and videos. Winners will listen before they yell, show before they tell and teach before they sell. Read more

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