Michael discusses a range of topics surrounding the modern marketing field, particularly his concept that HR is the new marketing and the importance of tapping into your employees’ talents.

I recently talked with Michael Brenner, CEO of Marketing Insider Group, and co-author of the best-selling book, The Content Formula. Michael is recognized by Forbes as Forbes' top CMO influencer and social media marketer, and Dun & Bradstreet has also recognized him as a top B2B marketer. Michael has also been included on the list of the top fifty most influential content marketers in the country.

I recently spoke with Michael Brenner, CEO of Marketing Insider Group, and co-author of the bestselling book, "The Content Formula," concerning the current state of content marketing, and what to expect in 2017 and into the future.

I had the extreme pleasure of attending my 6th Content Marketing World conference this year. I can't emphasize enough how amazing this conference is. Not only is it a good time put on by good people, but you won't find a better line-up of speakers anywhere in the world, and for sure won't find a group of people more knowledgeable about content marketing. We thought it would be great to collaborate the top takeaways from these experts. Below are the insights from 42 gurus and speakers. See what they had to say!

We are very excited about 2016 at Magnificent Marketing. Life is moving fast, but the world of marketing is moving even faster. How fast? We had to go to the experts to find out. Below, some of the best in the industry shared their predictions for 2016 with us.