39+ Content Marketing Statistics To Help You Succeed in 2024
November 29, 2023
Lisa Murton Beets
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 2024 plans.
How To Snap Out of This Year’s Malaise – and Get Inspired for 2024 Content
November 28, 2023
Robert Rose
All the disruption this year may have you feeling uneasy about your content work. But you can head into 2024 with a spirit of innovation, creativity, and inspiration with this renewed case for strategic content.
The Career-Guiding Question McKinsey’s Publishing Lead Always Asks
November 15, 2023
Ann Gynn
Raju Narisetti wasn’t sure how he’d fare as the global publishing leader at McKinsey & Company because he had never done B2B publishing. Almost four years later, he’s still there and earned a 2023 Content Marketer of the Year finalist nod.
Do You Treat Your Audience Like Your Marketing Database? That’s a Mistake
November 14, 2023
Robert Rose
Modern marketing teams recognize the value of building an audience. But what does that really mean? Haven’t content marketers already been doing that? Well, not always, because too many treat a marketing database as an audience.
How Volvo Penta’s Adventurous Campaign Shook Up Marine Leisure Marketing
November 9, 2023
Kim Moutsos
To reach a younger, more diverse audience, Volvo Penta’s agency dove into an innovative content strategy. The resulting videos and supporting campaign earned millions of viewers, changed industry conversations, won an award, and earned a spot on the Content Marketing Project of the Year finalist list....
How One Content Leader Launched a 150-Year Old Brand Into the Modern Era
November 1, 2023
Dawn Papandrea
R. Ethan Braden revamped Purdue University's old-fashioned comms team to enchant audiences with captivating content – and doubled the school's commitment to marketing. Here's a look at his content approach – and why he's the 2023 B2C Content Marketer of the Year.
Is Speed, Not AI Technology, the Real Enemy in Marketing?
October 31, 2023
Robert Rose
Marketers are due for an epiphany. Speed is the name of the tech game. But what won’t you delegate to technology in the name of successful marketing?
Content Rules: Why You Need To Make Them (and Break Them)
October 24, 2023
Robert Rose
Content teams often resist creating rules because they don’t want to operate in a box. But that’s a mistake. Without rules, you lose the ability to benchmark the standard – and learn from the creative rule breakers.
How The Humane Society Makes Emotional Connections Through Print and Digital Content
October 19, 2023
Dawn Papandrea
Combining cute puppy images and hard-hitting advocacy requires deft hands. It’s a challenge the Humane Society content team manages year after year. Here’s how Emily Hamlin Smith, Content Marketer of the Year finalist, makes it happen.
Social Media’s Decline Creates Opportunity for Events (If Done the Right Way)
October 17, 2023
Robert Rose
As social media becomes less social and more media, you can still capitalize on the human desire to socialize. Events offer one way to do that. Just remember to craft a strategy for the content regardless of the channel.
How a Dash of Familiarity Makes Controversial Content More Palatable
October 10, 2023
Robert Rose
Controversial content topics get attention – for better or worse. To earn the best kind, try balancing these four elements: surprise, familiarity, consensus, and controversy. This new framework can help.
How To Build a Content-Driven, Audience-Centric Content Strategy
October 3, 2023
Robert Rose
What does it mean to build a truly audience-centric content strategy? For the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, it meant rethinking everything (in pursuit of a noble ultimate goal). Learn how they did it in this excerpt from Robert Rose’s new book.
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