Miss Manners hasn’t written the handbook on how to be a good guest blogger. Yet, if your content marketing strategy includes guest blogging, knowing how to be a good guest improves your chance for success. Here’s a start. Continue reading
12 Types of Awesome Visual Content You Can Use in Your Blog Posts
Research shows images attract more people to your content and help people retain the content they consume longer. Visual content is important, but do you struggle to incorporate visuals into your blog? Here are 12 options to consider. Continue reading
Why Content Creators Are Using This Simple Article Format to Draw a Bigger Audience
Why is this article format – How (Well-Known Company) is Doing (Something) to Achieve (Positive Result) – used over and over? Don’t you need to be different to stand out? Learn why the format is so popular and how you can do it too. Continue reading
How to Integrate Guest Blogging Into Your Content Marketing Strategy
Is your content marketing strategy missing the guest-contributed content piece of the puzzle? Learn more about why your content published on third-party sites can make a critical difference – and how to get started. Continue reading
22 Examples From Brands (and Marketers) That Are Winning at Content Marketing
Want some inspiration to advance your content marketing practices? Look no further than these Content Marketing Awards Project of the Year finalists, and the remarkable things they achieved through content marketing. Continue reading
Want Content That’s More Usable & Reusable? Chunk It
How do you provide the most usable – and most reusable – content possible? Create your content in chunks – think of them as components or modules – according to the types of information you want to convey. Continue reading
Zendesk Shares Keys to Creating an Outrageously Successful Brand Publication
Resisting the inclusion of your brand in your content is a necessary challenge – one that Zendesk accepted when it launched Relate. Its senior director of content marketing and 2017 Content Marketer of the Year finalist explains how. Continue reading
20 Lesser-Known Tools for Smart Content Creators
You’ll want to bookmark this post with 20 lesser-known but extremely helpful content-related tools. From headline analyzers to research and SEO resources, and from infographic creators to meme designs, these tools can be a big help. Continue reading
How to Beat the Battle of an Ineffective Blog
Considering how powerful a role blogs can play in achieving content marketing goals, it’s somewhat surprising to see such a gap between those who use it and those who rank it the top factor of success. Here are some ideas to bridge that gap. Continue reading
How to Create High-Converting Content
Is your content driving sufficient conversions? Do you really want to settle for sufficient? Let’s improve your rates with these five ways to create better-converting content. Continue reading