Ann Gynn edits the CMI blog. She also serves as the Tech Tools editor for Chief Content Officer magazine. Ann regularly combines words and strategy for B2B, B2C, and nonprofits, continuing to live up to her high school nickname, Editor Ann. Former college adjunct faculty, Ann also helps train professionals in content so they can do it themselves. Follow Ann on Twitter @anngynn or connect on LinkedIn.
You can’t judge a book by its cover. You can judge it based on the recommendations of your peers.
Here’s some help to build a great shelf of books (physically or digitally) to improve your content marketing skills, expand your marketing prowess, and gain inspiration to make your work more manageable and effective.
Valuing creativity makes a marked difference in B2B content marketing success.
CMI’s 2020 research shows that 92% of the most successful B2B content marketers say their organization values creativity and craft in content creation and production.
When you find a fresh or innovative example of content marketing, what do you do?
I bookmark the page and visit it when my creative ideas have dried up. But Natalya Minkovsky, a Washington, D.C.-based content strategist, drives those great content marketing examples into the Idea Garage at Chief Content Officer.
Now, we’re opening the door to reveal the innovative B2C examples she shared in 2019. (Feel free to bookmark this page for one-stop inspiration in 2020.)
Overwhelmed by the many industry-related book releases in 2019?
Your fellow marketers have your back. They’re sharing what they found to be the most helpful or inspiring (or both) books for content marketers that came out this year.
Consider this curated book list as a gift of time – to help you cut through the clutter whether buying for yourself or a peer. In this edition, Roger Parker retains the role he’s had since 2012 as CMI’s go-to guy for recommendations. This year, we also asked the content marketing community through LinkedIn, Twitter, and Help A Reporter Out for their 2019 picks.
With the end-of-the-year holidays upon us, more businesses around the world will donate money, food, and products to organizations that help people. Whether the acts are part of their year-round corporation social responsibility program or a once-a-year thing, they are needed and appreciated.
But what if your brand did something different (or in addition to its traditional outreach)? What if you offered a content-based experience that keeps on giving?
Smart content marketers meet the audience where it is.
People are on their mobile phones (3.5 billion in 2020) and on social media messaging platforms (e.g., Facebook has 1.3 million active monthly users).
Smart marketers also know that one-to-one marketing elicits a better response than one-to-many.
Editor’s note: As Instagram moved ahead last week with its pilot to do away with “likes” in the United States, we thought this article from earlier in the year would be a helpful reminder.
“You like me, right now. You like me.”
With those words (frequently misquoted over the years), Sally Field heartfully showed her gratitude for public validation in her 1984 Oscar acceptance speech.
Do you view numbers as something akin to Frankenstein’s monster? Does the thought of doing math send you running into the night to escape hideous calculations?
I often hear content marketers say, “I went into writing (or a creative field) to avoid numbers.”
Unsuccessful prospective guest bloggers act like door-to-door salespeople. They knock on as many doors as possible, delivering the same pitch and hoping at least a couple of people say yes.
Successful prospective guest bloggers act like invited guests who show up with a nice host gift. They knock on one door, follow the submission guidelines, and deliver a personalized pitch.
Editor’s note: Given that thousands of marketers succumb to conference hangovers every year, we thought it was the perfect time to refresh the advice on how to overcome it.
It’s the day after an invigorating conference.
Your head has been filled with trends, slide decks, tips, graphics, and inspiring stories.
Your notebook is filled with ideas, notes, and doodles of possibilities for your content marketing program.
You’re suffering a conference hangover. But you don’t need to. Take the advice of some past and current Content Marketing World presenters on what to do to turn your learning into actionable – and doable – steps for you and your brand.
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