Content Library: 3 Steps to Manage Yours Like a Librarian
May 25, 2017
Jake Athey
We marketers are practically drowning in content, and librarians are experts at making content organized and findable. Make your content library useful – follow these three principles to manage your content like a librarian.
7 Ways to Stop Flailing with Your Content Marketing in 2017
May 24, 2017
Michele Linn
To grow as marketers – and to move the business forward with content – we can benefit from thinking beyond the usual platitudes and ideas. Consider these seven ways to stop flailing.
19 Favorite Tools for Content Promotion in 2017
May 22, 2017
Sujan Patel
Do you want to get more out of the content you produce? Improve your promotion efforts and get your content in front of more people. Read on for 19 favorite tools (many are free) being used in the content promotion process in 2017.
New Tech Friends on the Marketing Block
May 18, 2017
Marcia Riefer Johnston
Tackling sophisticated challenges with our content requires assistance from technical specialists. The three amigos of content marketing – content strategists, content engineers, and data scientists – can provide that power boost.
How to Create Useful How-To Video Content: Essential Toolbox
May 9, 2017
Ann Smarty
If you want to tap into video content, how-to videos are probably your best bet. How-to searches on YouTube are growing 70% year over year. And videos rank incredibly well in Google search results. Here’s a toolbox to get started.
The Secrets of Content Ideation: Why 4 Out of 5 Articles Fail
May 8, 2017
Sujan Patel
If you don’t invest in the ideation stage, your content is likely to fail. We might be rushed, unsure of objectives, or confused about what the audience wants. Here are tips to come up with ideas for content you can tick off as successes.
6 Quick-and-Dirty Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
April 28, 2017
Alex Jasin
Instead of battling your writer’s block by publishing less, combat it by using these six valuable inspiration sources that will help you deliver relevant content to your audience.
23 Quotes to Inspire Your Content Marketing and the Difference You Can Make
April 26, 2017
Michele Linn
Are you feeling in a rut with your marketing? Or are you looking to be energized? Turn to these 23 quotes – from inside and outside our industry – for an injection of inspiration. Think differently, do less, and find space to create.
The Content Assembly Line is Broken
April 25, 2017
Doug Kessler
Our own little content marketing industrial revolution is happening. We’ve moved the content creation process from the craft workshop to the high-volume assembly line. But we shouldn’t be treating content like a Ford Focus.
4 Brand Awareness Metrics to Track the Impact of Content Marketing
April 19, 2017
Sujan Patel
If you want to measure the impact of your content marketing on brand awareness, first think about the type of content. Next, think about the most helpful metrics and tools – start with these four measurement areas
Screwed Up Priorities? 5 Reasons You Aren’t Working on the Right Content Projects
April 10, 2017
Marcus Varner
If you’re not as victorious as you’d like with your content marketing efforts – or you’re struggling to distinguish if you’re even working on the right content or not – it could come down to these five simple prioritization problems.
Fact-Checking for Content Marketers: How to Protect Credibility in the Era of Fake News [Checklist]
April 5, 2017
Nayomi Chibana
In all honesty, do you fact-check your content? Or do you think you don’t have the time or resources to do it? That risky behavior must end or you could face big short- and long-term problems. Here’s a checklist and resources to help.
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