{"id":30215,"date":"2012-12-06T13:38:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T13:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandignitybeta.com\/demo\/brandlatest\/2012\/12\/06\/the-history-of-content-marketing\/"},"modified":"2012-12-06T13:38:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T13:38:24","slug":"the-history-of-content-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brandignitybeta.com\/demo\/brandlatest\/the-history-of-content-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Content Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandignity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/content-marketing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4891\" title=\"content-marketing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brandignity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/content-marketing.jpg\" alt=\"Content Marketing\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t been sleeping under a rock for the last 5 years you will know that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandignity.com\/content-integration-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">content marketing<\/a> has seen pretty impressive and explosive growth. More and more businesses are harnessing this online marketing approach and really embracing the potential that every single piece of content can bring when it comes to website visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an infographic from the people at <a href=\"www.contentmarketingworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.contentmarketingworld.com<\/a> that showcase the brief history of content marketing grew into what it is today. 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