In their rush to be measured like everyone else, content marketers are in danger of short-changing their full value. These four benefits of content marketing can bring immense value to your company and its internal communication goals.

So, another Super Bowl gone.  For those who advertised during the Super Bowl, the average cost of a Super Bowl ad this year was $3.5 million to promote their brand in front of 111 million viewers. For those counting, that’s $116,000 per second. Back in 2008 I looked at how much content marketing...

Headlines are the key to getting attention for your content. A few seconds with your headline and a reader decides whether to click and learn more or move on. These 7 tips will help you write eye-popping headlines that will draw readers in and satisfy their need for content that delivers on its promises.

The same elements that make a Valentine's Day message compelling can work for content marketers as well. Check out these tips for starting a sweet conversation with your customers by speaking from the heart.

The concept of Lethal Generosity was first coined by social media pioneer Shel Israel in 2008. Simply put: Lethal Generosity is the concept that the most generous members of any social media company are the most credible and influential and as such, they can devastate their competition in the marketplace. In...

With the rise of social media, meta descriptions are more valuable than ever. Meta descriptions are little snippets that appear in search engine results and with links shared on social media sites. Here is the essential guide to crafting meta descriptions that will help your content get found online.

It’s hard to believe the sheer number of social media tools we use everyday to help grow the Content Marketing Institute and SocialTract, as well as my own personal brand.  Since there are so many, I decided to update this post from almost three years ago.  It’s amazing the number of social...

Facebook can be a tough nut to crack for content marketers. This Q&A with expert Amy Porterfield gives you the essentials on how to find your target audience and use the vastness and power of Facebook to reach your goals.

Online video brings your message to life. It gets results. Here are three ways to create quality video content without blowing your budget on Hollywood-level production values every time.

A white paper will only generate leads if it's read by the right people. So once you finish writing, you need to promote it to draw in potential readers and, eventually, convert them into clients. Here are five of the most common white paper promotion mistakes and some tips for avoiding them.

You’d have to be living in a cave not to be aware of the now historic McDonald’s Twitter campaign launched a few days ago. If you’ve been out of it for a while, here’s the CliffsNotes version: McDonald’s promoted a Tweet using the Twitter hashtag #McDStories that went like...

Simply put, if our brand is a story, our community members are the co-authors. Finding ways to leverage their investment is powerful — the authenticity of their external perspective can bring tremendous value to our content marketing efforts. To that end, here are a few ways to integrate our community...