Knowing how to apply content marketing, branded content, and native advertising is different than being able to clearly explain their value to your clients. Use this primer to align expectations and deliver better results.
Content Is NOT the Same as Content Marketing
An e-book is not content marketing. Social media posts are not content marketing. Does your brand market with content? Or do you do content marketing? Explore the difference and learn the eight steps to really do content marketing.
What Content Really Engages? The Inside Scoop From 30 Marketers
Don’t worry, this isn’t yet another attempt to define content engagement. We’re going inside the minds of 30 marketers to learn what engagement looks like from their content consumer perspective. Continue reading
Burger King Teaches You How to Do Cause Marketing Wrong
Audiences are shouting at brands through the “silence, brand” memes to stick to their mission. Yet brands are still doing cause marketing. Unfortunately, sometimes they do it the wrong way. Here’s how the Burger King team ran amok when they did it their way. Continue reading
Shares Don’t Cut It: Pick Better Metrics for Demand and Lead Gen
The only way to know the value content brings to your business is to establish standards. But it’s impossible to know how close your content is to achieving its goals without the right metrics. Continue reading
Think Micro if You Want to Do Influencer Marketing Right
Stop dreaming big when it comes to your influencer marketing program. You don’t have to pay $1 million for Kylie Jenner to post or even $2,500 for Martha Stewart to do one. Design your campaigns around microinfluencers. Continue reading
5 Tips for Recruitment Marketing to Get Great Hires [Examples]
In today’s competitive job market, businesses in recruitment mode should use content marketing to attract the best candidates. Consider these standout brand examples to be your “hire” education lesson. Continue reading
How to Create a Successful Native Advertising Campaign for Your Content
Native advertising can be a valuable tool in a marketer’s arsenal to help distribute your content, but only if you do it right. And a lot goes into that – all revolving around these six pillars. Continue reading
Looking for Industry Influencers? How a B2B Brand Built Its Own
It started with a challenge. Lincoln Electric wanted to create an influencer marketing program. The brand’s out-of-the-box thinking focused on makers who knew how to produce good content and taught them to weld. Find out how it worked. Continue reading
How to Stand Out in an Overpopulated World of Content Marketing Experts
A lot of people live in Expertville. Too few live in the Land of the Visionary. To truly stand out and make a bigger impact, make the move to the visionary world – and be inspired by these real-life examples. Continue reading
