Video-Phobic Marketers: It's Time to Get Over Your Fear of Producing Video
August 11, 2017
Clare McDermott
Still tentative when it comes to video? Get over it. A longtime video tinkerer says all marketers should be producing video in-house. Read his advice for fearful marketers and tips to shoot your very first video.
How and Why (or Why Not) to Build a Chatbot
August 10, 2017
Marcia Riefer Johnston
Are you ready for the visitors of tomorrow? Will your customers be able to get superior answers to their questions with your content? If you’re not using – or at least investigating – chatbots, your enterprise may not be ready.
How Financial Services Companies Build Relationships Through Content
August 9, 2017
Dawn Papandrea
As customer relationships evolve from in-person transactions to omnichannel engagement, consumer-facing banks and insurance companies have realized it’s time to step up their game. Here are some innovative examples.
The Art of the Cart: How Retail Brands Can Cash in on Content Marketing
August 8, 2017
Jodi Harris
Every moment counts when competing for attention of today's demanding and discerning retail consumers. Use these tips and examples to make sure your content efforts deliver the goods while supporting your brand's overall value.
Convert Your Most Vital (and Most Ignored) Audience Into Brand Ambassadors
August 7, 2017
Marcia Riefer Johnston
Do you ignore your organization’s most important audience? Chances are, you put all your brand-building energy into external messages. But if company employees aren’t part of your content marketing strategy, you miss an opportunity.
This Week in Content Marketing: Brands & Billionaires Continue to Buy Up Media
August 5, 2017
Joe Pulizzi
We cover The Atlantic's new owner, Facebook's earnings report, and what P&G did with $140M in ad dollars. We also explore Hearst's e-commerce experiment, rant about a content marketing swindle, and share an example of the week from GE.
Want Content That’s More Usable & Reusable? Chunk It
August 3, 2017
Marcia Riefer Johnston
How do you provide the most usable – and most reusable – content possible? Create your content in chunks – think of them as components or modules – according to the types of information you want to convey.
The Democratization of Distrust Is Our Biggest Opportunity
August 2, 2017
Robert Rose
Attention is getting a lot of, well, attention – attention marketing, attention economy, attention with content marketing. But to move forward in your content marketing journey (and build a business case), pay attention to trust.
How to Explain Content Marketing to Anyone
July 30, 2017
Michele Linn
What is content marketing? The perpetual question deserves another explanation. If you’re new to the practice, want a new way to look at what you’re doing, or just want help in explaining it to your relatives, this post is for you.
This Week in Content Marketing: Amazon, Facebook, and Google All Launch New Content Plays
July 29, 2017
Joe Pulizzi
We dish on new social product launches from Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Rants and raves include our industry's tendency to focus on technology over strategy; then we close the show with an example of entrepreneurial excellence.
Zendesk Shares Keys to Creating an Outrageously Successful Brand Publication
July 28, 2017
Andrea Fryrear
Resisting the inclusion of your brand in your content is a necessary challenge – one that Zendesk accepted when it launched Relate. Its senior director of content marketing and 2017 Content Marketer of the Year finalist explains how.
How Professional Services Marketers Can Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace
July 25, 2017
Ann Gynn
Information overload. Multiple decision-makers. Service of diverse industries. Ubiquity of thought leaders and experts. Industry or governmental regulations. All professional services marketers face these pervasive challenges, but the successful ones tackle them head-on. Let’s get started.
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