Is Your Corporate Culture Conducive to Content Success?
October 1, 2018
Jodi Harris
Today’s successful marketers recognize the need to shift their brand’s mindset to create a culture that promotes more innovative, responsive, and meaningful consumer connections. Here’s how that’s happening.
How to Make Your Content Stand Out in a Crowded, Global Marketplace
September 19, 2018
Steven van Vessum
If your brand operates in countries where English is not the native language, make your content a differentiator – localize it. Follow these tips to build a successful multi-language content marketing team.
5 Tools to Help Your Content Marketing Team Be Better
August 23, 2018
Ann Smarty
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.
How to Unite Brand Storytelling and Marketing Tech
August 2, 2018
Bethany Johnson
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.
How NASCAR Drives Better Storytelling With a Unified Team
July 20, 2018
Carla Johnson
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.
Your Editorial Calendar Is Not Your Content Marketing Strategy
July 16, 2018
Michele Linn
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.
Content Marketer of the Year Shares the REI Story
July 6, 2018
Stephanie Stahl
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.
How to Find a Writer Who Won’t Kill Your Content
May 21, 2018
Chris Gillespie
Your writers are the ultimate arbiters of content quality. If they mangle the piece, it’s typically for one of two reasons – they aren’t the right writer or you’re feeding them garbage. Here’s how to fix both problems.
Want More Productivity? Make Your Strategy Visual
May 16, 2018
Nadya Khoja
It’s not enough to assign due dates to the elements of your content marketing strategy. Your team needs a constant and visual reminder of what needs to be accomplished and when. Follow these three steps to create a visualized strategy.
Content Tech Overload? 3 Questions to Ask Before You Buy
May 3, 2018
Marcia Riefer Johnston
Do you have a strategy for building your content-tech stack? You should. Start with these three questions to get more use of your tech, make it last longer, and see if you really need that shiny new thing.
How 3 Content Brands Tackle Their Toughest Internal Challenges
April 26, 2018
Kim Moutsos
What keeps you up at night about your content marketing program? How to prove its value? How to manage the tech stack? What about your team? Your peers at brands lauded for their content approach reveal how they address the challenges.
Falling Behind Your Competitors? Build a Content Brand
April 12, 2018
Marcia Riefer Johnston
Though clients trusted the company, its marketing was immature. It lagged in thought leadership and digital marketing – far behind its competitors. Then, the financial services company created a content brand.
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