Creating an engaging and tightly integrated call to action for your video isn’t easy. Create a funny voiceover or a slick-motion graphic? Incorporate it in the video or the description? The right answers hinge on what you want to achieve. Learn how these three steps will enable you to create more effective...

If you only view LinkedIn as your digital resume and business card collection, you're missing its most valuable parts that really can help grow your business, expand your content's audience and improve valuable connections. Discover how Groups, Company and Showcase pages plus its newest app can make...

Content marketing measurement can be an embarrassment of riches: So much data is available, that it can be easy to get overwhelmed when deciding what to focus on. So which metrics matter more than others? Here's a roundup of metrics all content marketers should keep an eye on if they want to know whether...

In this episode, Joe and Robert go in-depth on Buzzfeed's niche content practices and how progressive marketers are starting to think print. The boys also discuss native advertising in detail, and why the problem is not transparency. Rants and raves include Jerry Seinfeld at AdWeek and whether Coke and...

While following a documented content marketing strategy closely can help keep it focused on your organization's goals, you will often need to account for new insights and information you receive as time goes on. Here, we share some guidelines for determining which elements to keep consistent and which...

Are some social media agencies, consultants, and "experts" taking advantage of their clients by over thinking and overcharging for mediocre or ineffective tactics? Take a look at how needless complications may be subjecting the whole social media content industry to credibility fallout.

Content marketers may not have cause to shout, "lights, camera, action." But like Hollywood icons, we are all looking to make a connection with the audience. Take a look at how some of the presenters at Content Marketing World 2014 view a content marketing job through the lens of an entertainment studio.

Social signals that can help you optimize your website content efforts are out there — but are you paying enough attention to them? Find out how to use the latest social sharing tool features to track key consumer behaviors and improve user retention and acquisition.

You've worked hard to make sure your content is well-written, well-produced, engaging, and useful. But how do you know whether your audience is really paying attention? We all know what it's like when someone won't stop talking -- it's difficult to stay engaged. Have you tried listening to your audience...

This week, we speculate on why HubSpot has stirred up an age-old debate on inbound vs. content marketing, take issue with an article about rise of corporate journalism, and reveal why Marriott's decision to launch a content marketing studio is likely to be a big success. Our rants and raves cover a spammy...

In CMI's latest research, the number of people who described their marketing efforts as content marketing actually declined — from 93 to 86 percent. At first glance, that stat was a bit startling, but it may actually be an encouraging sign. Find out why it's a good thing that fewer B2B marketers say...

Helpful content is often scattered across a website, posted in multiple locations (and in multiple formats) rather than in a structured, centralized place. Find out how to drive retail sales with B2C content marketing. Get 8 tips and a checklist to help you create a resource center to organize -- and...