{"id":20003,"date":"2013-07-03T15:58:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=20003"},"modified":"2017-02-21T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:02:14","slug":"marketing-doesnt-sell-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/marketing-doesnt-sell-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Doesn&#8217;t Sell Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A contentious statement to some, but the absolute truth\u00a0when it comes to content. Brands need to develop good product content <em>and<\/em> good marketing content in order to sell their products and keep customers coming back.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-14332\" alt=\"Convert\" src=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert.jpg 284w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/convert-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a title=\"Marketing doesn't sell products\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salsify.com\/blog\/marketing-doesnt-sell-products\/1293\" target=\"_blank\">guest post for\u00a0<strong>Salsify<\/strong><\/a>, I summarized the imperatives of content creation explained in our <em>Stick, Drive, Convert<\/em> series. 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