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Content management systems that utilize blueprinting and external content libraries are described herein. Methods for managing a web-based marketing campaign using a blueprint may include establishing a blueprint for a web-based marketing campaign using a content management system, the blueprint having rules for managing assets utilized by at least a portion of a plurality of publications of a hierarchical model of the web-based marketing campaign, the plurality of publications having at least one parent publication and at least one child publication. In some instances, a portion of the assets utilized by the hierarchical model are stored on an external content library. The methods may also include determining a change in at least one asset for the at least one parent publication, and automatically inheriting the change in the at least one asset for the at least one parent publication to the at least one child publication according to the blueprint.