With organic brand reach in social media becoming a thing of the past with algorithm update, content marketers need to produce more compelling stories capable of creating a deeper impression. Think documentary filmmaking.

Daniel Pink says, “The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers …” Want to make your content marketing belong in the future? Follow four secrets of great storytellers.

Want an easy-to-follow test to see if your story is well-crafted, entertaining, engaging, and ultimately convincing? Learn Robert Rose’s new three-act pressure test (and how to create the framework if you don’t have one).

The Coca-Cola Co. willingly shares its marketing strategies and approach. That “thought-ware” raises the bar for every brand and makes Coca-Cola strive for better and bolder. Learn from its senior integrated marketing content manager.

Take chinchillas and marshmallows. Pick circuses and bacon. Or start from the beginning of the fun – and useful – word-play game from the former executive producer of The Colbert Report and now a corporate social media manager.

Best-selling fiction authors know something that you ought to know too if you want to be heard. We talk a lot about storytelling in the content marketing industry. But how much do we really know about it? Let’s start with these lessons.

Before he was the best-selling author of The Martian, Andy Weir was a computer programmer who wrote and posted short stories on his website. Now working on his second manuscript with Random House, Andy reflects on his creative journey.

Working in multiple dimensions and with diverse teams, museum designers seek to create a full-body, memorable experience while telling a story. These three museum design principles can be translated into the content marketing realm.

To inspire your content marketing programs, we’re sharing some of our most popular and favorite videos on the Content Marketing Institute YouTube channel. Discover the top five videos of 2016 plus six more favorites.

Companies like New Balance and AT&T are investing in museum-type installations to describe their history. Learn what drives these immersive experiences and what to consider if you’re embarking on a museum project.

Want insight into where the content marketing industry is headed? Take a look at where it's been with the updated History of Content Marketing infographic – new additions as we uncovered more of the past and news from the last few years.

In the race to publish more, we’ve lost sight of the art of great content creation and the returns from more ambitious projects. Discover how Church’s Chicken created an unexpected documentary that delivered big results.