Content marketing programs can face big cuts when the chips are down. Here’s how to prove your value to executive stakeholders and preserve your budget. Continue reading
Why You Struggle To Prove Content ROI – and How To Settle Up (or Down)
Traditional ROI formulas don’t always work to show content’s real value to the business. But you’re not off the hook for proving results. Try these ideas to describe your program’s value in the language of business – or decide you need to realign your goals. Continue reading
27+ Content Marketing Statistics To Help You Succeed in 2023
The end of the year is a time to reflect on the year behind and anticipate the year ahead. Use these statistics and related resources to make a case for the budget and other resources you need, document a winning content strategy, and decide how big a role video will play in your 2023 plans. Continue reading
How NBC Sports Next Medaled in Olympic Content for Kids
The content team at NBC Sports Next expertly threaded its way through executive moguls and pandemic-related detours to reach Olympic kid-content glory. Here’s how they developed a repeatable process to attract the next generation of viewers. Continue reading
Why Internal Customers Will Kill Your Content Strategy [Rose-Colored Glasses]
Customers are stakeholders in your content program. But not all stakeholders are customers. Most are more like investors ¬– a key constituency, but not quite the boss of you. Robert Rose offers tips on leading with content instead of serving content. Continue reading
What Most Companies Get Wrong About Content Strategy (And How To Fix It) [Rose-Colored Glasses]
Business leaders think about content strategy the way fish think about water. They don’t – until someone points it out to them. Here’s how to help them make the connection between strategic content and business value. Continue reading
Stop Making These Reporting Mistakes (If You Want To Keep Your Content Budget)
Does your executive team get how content marketing helps the business? They may not if you’re committing one or more of these fatal reporting mistakes. And that likely affects the budget for content marketing. Continue reading
Are You Overselling the Power of Data? [Rose-Colored Glasses]
Content marketers often oversell the power of data. Then, when you need buy-in for an innovative endeavor, executives want to know what the data says. Think about how to change from a data-driven model to one that allows for new ideas, too. Continue reading
4 Content Marketing Goals That Really Matter to the Business
Too often, content marketers set goals that their business leaders don’t care a lot about. (Brand awareness, anyone?) Here’s how to speak their language and set goals better connected to the business. Continue reading
How To Explain Content Marketing ROI to Win (or Keep) Buy-In
Persuading your bosses to buy into the power of content marketing by explaining the inner workings and ROI of both content marketing and content strategy is difficult. Here’s a helpful formula to throw a winning pitch. Continue reading
