Joe Pulizzi is the bestselling author of seven content marketing books including his latest, Content Inc. He has founded four companies, including the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), and his newest venture, The Tilt. His podcast series, This Old Marketing with Robert Rose, has generated millions of downloads from over 150 countries. He is also the author of The Random Newsletter, delivered to thousands every two weeks. His Foundation, The Orange Effect, delivers speech therapy and technology services to children in 35 states. Follow him on Twitter @JoePulizzi.
This topic has been on my mind lately. It can really be summed up in the “old school” vs “new school” debate. I know it’s not that simple, but bear with me.
The No. 1 question my team has received as we prepare to launch Junta42 is about marketing. How are you going to market? What kind of space are you going to buy? Investing in a sales force? What’s the marketing plan? And so on and so forth.Continue Reading
I thoroughly enjoyed Scott Karp’s recent post on his Publishing 2.0 blog…so much that I’m sharing it with you.
This is really directed at publishing professionals and those who deliver content for revenue, but it’s important to marketers in this respect: If the traditional publishing model is broken and publishers can’t make money with their brand (and content), what opportunities present themselves for corporations and associations? Scott’s belief is that the only true business model around on the web is that of distribution (Google, Digg, etc.)
Lots of ideas come into my head, but here is the key…advances in technology have evened the playing field between traditional publishers and the future publishers (corporations) around the globe.
Custom publishing can no longer afford to be second-rate content (or perceived as such). The time for marketers (and responsibility) is now!
Just checked out Callaway Golf TV, which launched about a month ago. Now this is a content marketing site that works.
I golf at least once a week and, although I’m not as avid a player as some of my friends, we talk the same game: Which clubs work for when, what’s in the bag?, did you see Tiger?, etc. Callaway hits the mark and answers many of these questions by using video straight from the pros. It’s essentially customer testimonials on steriods.Continue Reading
I had the pleasure of interviewing Marcus Grimm, marketing executive for NXTbook Media. NXTbook is a digital media solutions company that I came to know through Penton with the use of digital magazines. There are a few interesting applications for both marketers and publishers to seriously consider. Take a look below at his view of the digital publishing landscape.Continue Reading
A good friend of mine passed me this article by Ari Rosenberg for Online Publishing Insider on the big changes in media today. Ari’s premise is that if you are in media, you want to live in Bigdealville.
Ari’s point is dead on…in order to live in Bigdealville (get the big media programs), you HAVE to think custom. Banner ads just won’t cut it if the advertiser wants to engage the user…that is why custom integration is so key to any online program.Continue Reading
Cisco Systems recently launched a microsite around the human network concept. I spent a good chunk of time tooling around the site. All in all, very professional and easy to navigate. I think I get the gist…humans all over the globe are intertwined, and much of the communication (and real living) that happens is because of Cisco’s products silently working in the background.Continue Reading
I conducted an informal survey of approximately 50 of my colleagues in the industry regarding content marketing. About 35 percent were marketers and association professionals, with the remaining 65 percent being media or publishing professionals.Continue Reading
I was reading Andrew Keen’s blog on ZDnet today. The post is right on the mark when it comes to Google’s foray into custom publishing, but check out the negative nature of his post…”custom publishing racket”…”fake independent content.”
Boy, does this industry have a long way to go. I thought we were past the point of the “vanity” publication where the CEO wants a print magazine for his/her company just to get the cover shot.Continue Reading
A few days ago, I discussed the growing importance of corporate content and the opportunities available to organizations that place content at the center of their marketing strategy.
This post focuses on the tangible, proactive steps you as a marketing leader need to take to make value-based content marketing a reality in your organization.Continue Reading
At American Business Media’s Spring Meeting last week, I had a discussion with the CEO of a large business-to-business media company. I specifically asked how his company was preparing, or dealing with, their own customers launching media efforts that could be considered competitive. I gave him an example of one of his 12x print advertisers launching a content web portal and a print magazine in their space covering the same industry topics.Continue Reading
