You’ve done the content inventory. But now what? Follow these actionable tips on what to look for within the data, how to find hidden content gems, and how to use it to guide your content marketing strategy. Continue reading
5 Tools to Help Your Content Marketing Team Be Better
No matter the configuration, a well-trained in-house content marketing team is a competitive advantage. But what makes a team exceptional? It is all in how you grow it. Here are five tools and a few tips to help in those efforts. Continue reading
3 Ways You Sabotage Your Content Tech Search
Why do we as content marketers struggle to get the right technology in place? It’s not a lack of options. Explore three ways you make the tech-selection process harder (and how to fix it). Continue reading
50 of the Best Social Media Tools Selected by Top Marketers
Social media is a jungle. So what’s the one social media tool you would take to a desert island (with great WiFi)? Here are 50 to consider from some big names in content marketing, online marketing, and e-commerce. Continue reading
How to Unite Brand Storytelling and Marketing Tech
Marketers didn’t invent the tech for bots, mobile apps, and productivity tools, but they can entice their audiences to use them. Welcome to the sweet spot of content and tech, a hybrid embraced by forward-thinking marketers. Continue reading
How NASCAR Drives Better Storytelling With a Unified Team
Evan Parker led NASCAR’s new content team on a daunting mission: engage and win fans beyond the racetrack. First-year results include almost one billion views, a docu-series, and Evan’s nomination for Content Marketer of the Year. Continue reading
How Tech Debt Is Bankrupting Content Marketing
Three months shy of its 5th birthday, the company’s digital magazine was killed. The C-suite underestimated the cost of tech upgrades. Content marketing was the victim. Yes, technical debt is now one of your biggest threats. Continue reading
Your Editorial Calendar is Not Your Content Marketing Strategy
Stop describing a content marketing strategy by giving details of your editorial plan. They’re not the same. And it’s not just a matter of semantics. It’s a sign of big trouble in your content marketing success. Here’s the remedy. Continue reading
Content Marketer of the Year Shares the REI Story
Team builders. Innovators. Humble. Results-oriented. Excellence. Those are some of the characteristics of Content Marketer of the Year finalists. Before we roll out the 2018 list, let’s talk to the 2017 winner, REI’s Paolo Mottola. Continue reading
5 Sources to Inspire Unlimited Content Ideas
Not all ideas worthy of becoming content find us. Most of the time we must find them. Here are five sources that can inspire ideas during any given year. Continue reading
