Stories By Amanda Milligan
4 Questions to Help Vet Your Content Ideas
A lot of factors play into the success of your content. But you’re more likely to reach your goals if you first vet your content ideas. Use this checklist to confirm which ideas are worth pursuing (and which ones aren’t.)
3 Questions to See If You Should Tackle Trending Topics
Topical content has advantages, but it also can trip you up. How do you decide when to pursue trending topics or stick with evergreen content? Answer these three questions.
14 Experts Share How to Get Support for Content Marketing
Great ideas can lead to successful content marketing. But getting support for your ideas can be tough. Discover the biggest mistakes made when pitching to get content marketing buy-in – and how to fix them.
When You Should (and Shouldn't) Create Long-Form Content
It’s a mistake to write 2,000-plus-word blog posts only because you heard long-form content delivers higher rankings. A more thoughtful approach is required to attract an audience and keep it reading.
6 Content Marketing Tips for Aha Moments
A lot of content exists about content marketing. You may wonder how to distill everything you see and hear into action. Pick one of these six great – sometimes contrarian – content marketing lessons.
Burger King Teaches You How to Do Cause Marketing Wrong
Audiences are shouting at brands through the “silence, brand” memes to stick to their mission. Yet brands are still doing cause marketing. Unfortunately, sometimes they do it the wrong way. Here’s how the Burger King team ran amok when they did it their way.
Publish Content Where it Will Reach Your Target Audience: 3 Key Steps
Creating high-quality content is paramount, but in the pursuit of readers, content marketers must realize that publishers are key to the equation. How can you increase your chances of managing to publish content on the sites that attract your target audiences? Do your research -- starting in these 3 areas.