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What is Contently?

Contently helps brands tell great stories. Our powerful enterprise content marketing platform, data-driven strategy services, and world-class freelance network give the world’s top brands everything they need to create content that delights their audience and drives results. On average, the content our customers create with Contently is worth over $13 million to their business each year—a 6x+ return on their investment. Creating great content is hard, but Contently makes it much easier. Our powerful technology tells you what stories to create and connects you with a team of award-winning creatives to bring those stories to life. Smart workflows and AI-powered recommendations saves your team time and effort, and our world-class analytics suite reveals what content is performing best and guides you on what to do next. We even tell you how much your content is worth to your brand. Visit Contently.com and see why we’re the #1 rated solution in G2’s Enterprise Content Creation Grid.

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Contently helps companies build loyal audiences by managing the workflow of premium content at scale.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Contently is the original content marketing platform, created by content marketers, for content marketers. With our tech, talent, and strategy experts, you can take your content program to levels you've never imagined.


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Contently
Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
New York, NY
Twitter
@contently
61,257 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
149 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Contently is a content marketing SaaS platform and services company that helps brands tell great stories. Our platform powers the content marketing programs of the world’s most valuable brands through our complete content marketing solution: expert content strategy, an industry-leading content marketing platform, and the highest-rated creative network on earth. Contently has been rated #1 in G
's Enterprise Content Creation category 9 times and counting. We've also captured top ranking in several other enterprise, mid-market and small business categories.


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3.5 out of 5
"Best Content Marketing tool"
It gives suggestions necessary for marketing my business ideas and focus on my user base according to the needs. It manages my SEO content and simu...
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4.5 out of 5
"Makes Content Creating Hassle Free"
Contently is a great tool for collaborating on any content creation project. It is easy to use, adapts easily to corporate needs, and supports on-p...
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5.0 out of 5
"Best content creation and analytics tool in the market"
Used for content creation for our in-house and freelance projects
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Contently Media

Contently Demo - Docalytics
Optimize the performance of white papers, case studies, proposals, and other high-value assets with heat maps and page-by-page analytics via our proprietary Docalytics tool. Increase lead conversion rates through our “delayed gate” tools, and optimize your “big rock” content strategy via Contentl...
Contently Demo - Custom Content Calendar
Contently's fully customizable content calendar helps maximize efficiency in your content operation. The calendar can be filtered by asset type, contributor, publication and more, making it easy to effectively plan and manage your team.
Contently Demo - Smart Content Review
Designed to improve your content at each stage of the production lifecycle, this suite of tools addresses publishing issues like plagiarism, passive voice, and broken links, and improves SEO by monitoring key factors like reading time, headline relevancy, and keyword mapping. These tools also emp...
Contently Demo - Content Analytics Dashboard
Access your analytics quickly and efficiently to inform and improve your content throughout its lifecycle. The dashboard provides key performance metrics like visits, engagement rates, and return visits from organic search. This dashboard also surfaces production metrics to help you identify comm...
Contently Demo - SEO Story Ideas
Our SEO Story Ideas feature recommends batches of new content ideas in seconds, based on your content strategy. Each idea comes with critical search data like search volume and cost per click, so you can determine which ideas have the potential to drive the most organic search traffic to your site.
Contently Demo - Content Value Tracker
Our Content Value dashboard quantifies how much your organic search traffic is worth to your business every month, revealing the hard-dollar value you’re pushing into your marketing funnel. Best of all: it doesn’t require any complex integrations, thanks to our proprietary StoryBook™ technology.
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Mohamed M.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Contently?

in Contently I liked how I was able to organize my work and the samples of the content I created in the past and it was easy to share just a link with my potential clients to let them see what type of content projects I worked on and my achievement. also, it was a huge add-on in onboarding new Clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

since i work in the MENA region and my clients belong there to the price was a thing for me since my income was in EGP and i had to pay in USD and the currency change rate was a big thing for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

deliver and receive tasks and content effectively.

contently helped with that by providing the freelance feature to help me send my previous and current work to new clints Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Contently?

It gives suggestions necessary for marketing my business ideas and focus on my user base according to the needs. It manages my SEO content and simultaneously avoids plagiarism , brand replication and copyright claims. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

The product was not upto the mark and had difficulties for beginners using the tool due to lack understanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating brand specific content that has help evolve the business in a different environment thereby increasing user activity and purchases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
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What do you like best about Contently?

I found Contently to be an exceptional platform for managing my work. It provided me with a seamless way to organize my projects and showcase my past content samples. Sharing my portfolio with potential clients was effortless—all I needed was a simple link for them to explore the breadth and depth of my work, highlighting my achievements along the way. Moreover, Contently proved to be an invaluable asset in the process of onboarding new clients, streamlining the entire experience for both parties involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

Occasionally, there was a bit of a disconnect in the brief with the writer, but with some adjustments, things usually fell into place nicely afterward.

While it may lean towards the higher end in terms of cost, every penny spent on it proved to be worthwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's been instrumental in crafting diverse marketing content. Additionally, it offers invaluable analytical tools for tracking my campaigns effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
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What do you like best about Contently?

Contently is a great tool for collaborating on any content creation project. It is easy to use, adapts easily to corporate needs, and supports on-page SEO and NLP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

It would be even more helpful for businesses if Contently could integrate more seamlessly with other platforms. Additionally, navigating the analytics can be confusing—I often click on links expecting one type of analysis but end up with something completely different. They definitely need to improve the intuitiveness of the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Contently helps us collaborate with writers and editors. It's very user-friendly, saving me a lot of time and reducing the back-and-forth. This way, I can focus on other tasks. Additionally, Contently is helping us refine our SEO approach for our content strategy. They've provided great ideas to boost content distribution and engagement, leading to new strategies that have improved our engagement and reduced bounce rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sakshi J.
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Social Media Manager
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What do you like best about Contently?

- Pool of writers and managers

- Easy User Interface

- Customer Support helps quickly and correct Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

- A disconnect in the brief at times with the writer but can be done correctly later

- Higher on the cost side but worth every penny Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Generating high quality content with writers and using them for conversion and communication about the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dibyendu S.
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Digital Marketing Intern
Education Management
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What do you like best about Contently?

Contently is very userfriendly and the best part is it helps in building content marketing programs has a vast network for freelancers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

The editing process of Contently is a bit tuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping me in creating various content for marketing along with that it helps me in analytical tracking of my caampaigns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Human Resources
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What do you like best about Contently?

I have used contently in my team of 5. We needed more production and demand generation. Contently provided us with just that. Moreover, their expert writers, and other content services such as plagiarism check and SEO have helped us reach our target. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

Sometimes there can be a mismatch in the adherance of the breif from the writers but it is easily taken care of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Content production is a big problem for companies having a small team. Contently solves that problem plus much more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abdelmohimen H.
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Search Engine Optimization Specialist
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What do you like best about Contently?

Contently’s powerful content marketing platform and award-winning content creation services empower you to align, scale, and optimize for content marketing success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

I do not think there was a dislike thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

It giving me an updating content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KM
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What do you like best about Contently?

Contently makes it easy to create and maintain a portfolio of online freelance articles, perfect for writers and marketers to share with potential clients. Adding new pieces takes just a few minutes. There's also a job opportunity board specifically for Contently members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

I wish there was the ability to add PDF files of portfolio items in addition to links (since sometimes, pieces are given new links or links break) — having a PDF makes sure portfolios are viewable no matter what changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Contently is a free service that's helped me create a freelance portfolio. It isn't the only portfolio I keep up-to-date, but I like the visual presentation of portfolio items, so it's been very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
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What do you like best about Contently?

I am using it from long time and it is a perfect tool used for content creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contently?

Nothing to say for such perfect tool as it is giving you great opportunity to create a contnet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Contently solving and how is that benefiting you?

Content creation and Content Analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.