This article from Cleveland’s own Joe Posnanski at Sports Illustrated on Mr. Bob Feller (Rapid Robert) is worth the read. Bob Feller, who died yesterday at the age of 92, will forever be known as the most famous pitcher in Cleveland sports history. He was one of the greatest pitchers of all time. I...

As B2B marketers invest more time and effort into social media marketing, many are trying to figure out the practices that work best, and whether their investments are yielding results. In our research to determine the ROI of social media, Alinean (my company) examined the differences in social media...

One of the biggest challenges for any blog, whether it’s corporate, group or personal, is to keep the momentum going. Let’s face it: writing, which is at the heart of blogging, is hard work and it takes motivation to continually produce new content. If bloggers don’t have an internal motivation propelling...

It’s been a little while since we checked in with Graham Kilshaw over at Interference Technology. If you remember, he was working on an email newsletter called the EMC Business Bulletin, and was asking the CMI community for their feedback. Since we last checked in, Graham has sent two issues of his newsletter,...

There is a lot of great conversation around building a great digital communications team.  Most of the conversation centers around the types of professionals you should hire, grow and promote.  But, what if your budget is small? Or, what if you outsourced certain functions, so your core team can focus...

One of the most popular tactics used by B2B content marketers is in-person events, which is why I have been excited to see that 2010 has been ‘The Year of the Meeting App.’ What started as a trickle has ended with a deluge of apps from the simple to the sophisticated – all designed to enhance the meeting...

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Mitch Rouda on a number of consulting assignments over the years.  Frankly, you’d be hard pressed to find someone more knowledgeable about the publishing industry.  Mitch has worked with over 40 organizations over the past three years and gives the following...

The first advertising agency is credited to George Reynell, who started what became known as Reynell & Sons in London, in 1812. The first PR agency, started by Edward Bernays, opened in 1919. So, we’ve had several centuries now of experience with how clients work with ad and PR agencies to promote...

How do you prefer to get information? Do you learn best by reading, hearing, seeing a demonstration, trying it yourself, or a unique combination of these things? I think it’s safe to say if you poll an audience of more than one person, you’ll get different answers to this question. So, how do you think...

In our ongoing series, we’re helping B2B marketers overcome the challenges highlighted in our recent B2B Content Marketing: 2010 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends. Most recently, our contributors are providing insights and examples to help you make the case for content marketing in your organization. Contributors...

Thanks to my good friend and “publisher” Mike Azzara for putting together the following thoughts on, of all things, the word “publisher”. Joe’s recent post admonishes non-media brands to believe that they are publishers. In fact, he says, “Believing that you are a publisher is...

A lot of content marketers have started or are thinking about starting a blog. Why? One in three US companies use blogs for marketing purposes. This helps these firms reach the roughly 50% of Internet users who regularly read blogs according to eMarketer’s research. A corporate blog can support the sales...