Unsuccessful prospective guest bloggers act like door-to-door salespeople. Successful prospective guest bloggers act like invited guests who show up with a nice host gift. How can you be the door knockers welcomed by publishing sites? Continue reading
How to Make a More Confident, Compelling Case for Content Innovation
Advocating for content innovation takes a convincing presentation and a confident delivery. Take your business case to the next level with these tips for overcoming the pain of the pitch and getting the thumbs-up for your ideas. Continue reading
6 Content Marketing Tips That Will Give You an Aha Moment
A lot of content exists about content marketing. You may wonder how to distill everything you see and hear into action. Pick one of these six great – sometimes contrarian – content marketing lessons. Continue reading
Get the Audience Greenlight: A Lesson From a 19th Century Nurse
How did a British nurse get a greenlight, while a Hungarian doctor got a red light for the same lifesaving remedy in the 1800s? It’s a lesson all marketers should heed for their smart, capable, and good audiences.
How to Adopt a Growth Mindset for Your Content Marketing
Growth teams often include content creation and promotion in their actions. But how can content teams integrate the growth mindset in their daily routine? Here’s how to create a content idea pipeline. Continue reading
How to Score Your Content Assets for Long-Term Success
Want a balanced and actionable way to know if your content is doing what it’s supposed to do? Create a content scorecard. Here’s an easy-to-use format to evaluate your content quantitatively and qualitatively. Continue reading
How to Create a Better Distribution Plan to Get Your Content Seen
Your content marketing success often lives or dies by your distribution and promotion choices. Set the stage for optimal content discovery, engagement, and performance with this handy tutorial on the essentials and resources to help.
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Discover the Secrets to Successful Content Creation
An outsider might think content creation is easy. But we all know there’s a lot more to it. Discover the secrets of producing well-conceived, well-written stories that deliver for your audience and your brand with this tutorial. Continue reading
Cure Your Conference Hangover (and Better Your Content Marketing)
Your head hurts just thinking about what you should do based on what you learned at the conference – so many ideas, notes, new connections – to help your content marketing program. Cure your conference hangover with these 16 tips. Continue reading
5 Actions Backed by Research to Improve Your Content Marketing
Now is a great time to evaluate your content marketing. If your program isn’t yet where you want it to be, now’s the time to start making some tweaks. Here’s a refresher of CMI’s 2019 research and resources to help. Continue reading
