top shared content of 2019

To start off 2020 with a bang, we’re taking a deep, researched look at what went right in content in the past year. We’re looking at… Content pieces with huge engagement. Beautiful, successful blogs. ✨ And we’re sharing a massive shoutout to the marketers, writers, and teams behind the effort and sweat put into these pieces.️ ♥ (Because content will never be taken over by the robots. It will always, first and foremost, be humanly driven. Humans are the real content MVPs.) To compile our list, we used BuzzSumo’s powerful content analyzer and compiled the top-shared content in our topic category “content marketing.” And after coming up with a list, we manually weeded out the spam. The result? 22 pieces made of pure gold. We can’t wait to share them with you! Ready to be inspired? Inspiration, Lessons, and Insights from the 22 Most-Shared Content Pieces of 2019 The 22 Most Shared Content Pieces of 2019 1. 2019 Creative Trends Infographic – Shutterstock 2. 15 Content Marketing Tools for Success You Need in 2019 3. Interview with Neil Patel on Content Marketing with Awesome Rapid Fire 4. 18 Types of Content Marketing You Can Use to Grow Your Business 5. How Digital Marketing Will Change in 2019 6. The Death of Google Search Traffic and What It Means for Marketers 7. We Analyzed 912 Million Blog Posts. Here’s What We Learned About Content Marketing 8. The 2019 Ultimate Guide to Facebook Engagement 9. The Ultimate SEO Tool: Ubersuggest 3.0 10. 7 Steps to Create a Successful, Profitable Blog 11. 17 Charts That Show Where Content Marketing Is Heading 12. Why Local Businesses Will Need Websites More Than Ever in 2019 13. The Best Time to Post on Instagram (and the Worst) 14. 3 Ways Content Marketing Boosts Your SEO Rankings 15. Ubersuggest 4.0: The Ultimate Content Marketing Tool 16. Optimizing for Searcher Intent Explained in 7 Visuals 17. 3 Types of Social Video That Work for Any Business 18. Copywriting: The Definitive Guide (2019) 19. 26 Mobile and Desktop Tools for Marketers 20. 5 Freaking Genius Content Ideas You Can Steal from BuzzFeed 21. The Future of Content Marketing and How to Adapt 22. 5 Trends to Know in SEO & Content Marketing [bctt tweet=”Now as the year comes to a close, it’s time to look back on the top-shared content of 2019 that gained the most engagements under ‘content marketing’ (⚡ Spoiler: @JuliaEMcCoy’s SEJ post is in the 22nd spot!) See if your fave is here! ” username=”ExpWriters”] The 22 Top-Shared Content Pieces of 2019 1.  Shutterstock: “2019 Creative Trends Infographic“ Number of engagements: 17,300 Shutterstock’s post pulses with color, music, and art. It features wild photos of duotone gradients, cutouts of stars and fish, and striking images of leopard prints, snakeskin patterns, and gold chains. But reading the article is more than falling into a well of technicolor. Here are the key takeaways readers get from it: The major trends based on increased user search are 80’s opulence, raw zine culture, and early-tech neon styles. Rising trends include environmentally friendly products, childlike pastel Kawaii colors, rococo romance, prisms, and hypnotic patterns. For the first time ever, a typography style takes a seat at the creative trends table. Think 3D text made sweet with sugar dusting, chocolate coating, and sprinkles! Overall, this piece is a colorful adventure to read. Plus, it gives useful insights on styling trends in 2019. [bctt tweet=”See the top 22 content pieces of 2019 in @JuliaEMcCoy’s original study featuring Shutterstock’s ‘2019 Creative Trends Infographic’” username=”ExpWriters”] 2. Dillenium: 15 Content Marketing Tools for Success You Need in 2019 by Hina Naz Number of engagements: 8,000 You won’t be successful in content marketing without an array of fine tools. In this blog, Hina Naz lists everything you need to add to your toolkit in 2019. What I love about this blog is it isn’t limited to tools for keyword research. Hina lists a tool for perfecting grammar (Grammarly) a headline analyzer (Sharethrough Analyzer), an organizer (Evernote), and more! No wonder this post made it to number two of the top-shared content of 2019! [bctt tweet=”See the top 22 content pieces of 2019 in @JuliaEMcCoy’s original study featuring @NazHina’s ’15 Content Marketing Tools for Success You Need in 2019′” username=”ExpWriters”] 3. Sorav Jain: “Interview with Neil Patel on Content Marketing with Awesome Rapid Fire“ Number of engagements: 6,800 Ever wonder what Neil Patel does to stay fit? Or how he built his gigantic digital marketing empire? In this Youtube interview, Sorav Jain successfully mashes entertainment with serious questions about what it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a mixture of laughter and heart-to-heart that’ll get you thoughtfully nodding your head. Neil answers questions about: His top three favorite marketing tools The secret to how he built his empire The biggest lie he ever told a client His diet and exercise regime His digital marketing predictions for 2019 and 2020 My favorite part? When Neil tries and fails to say “I love digital marketing and I cannot live without it,” in Gujarati. The most inspiring thing he said?  “Entrepreneurship is like a rollercoaster… there’s good moments, bad moments, scary moments, happy moments. You’ve just got to accept it all.” [bctt tweet=”See the top 22 content pieces of 2019 in @JuliaEMcCoy’s original study featuring @SoravJain’s ‘Interview with Neil Patel on Content Marketing with Awesome Rapid Fire’” username=”ExpWriters”] 4. Marketing Solved: “18 Types of Content Marketing You Can Use to Grow Your Business” by Kat Sullivan Number of engagements: 6,100 Most posts will give you a list of the top five or ten types of content that’ll grow your business. Kat goes further and gives you 18. Each section of Kat’s blog is carefully detailed. She doesn’t only tell you which types of content to post but also why it’ll work for you. According to her, the big three of content marketing are blogging, social media, and email marketing. In fact, she used this secret trifecta to grow her business to six figures in … Read more