
Best practices for optimizing media-rich web page speed
There has been explosive growth in the adoption of visual media to dramatically improve online user experience, resulting in higher...

Why publishers should be taking action on net neutrality
The legal and political debate around net neutrality rages on following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to repeal...

Gartner offers first Magic Quadrant for Content Marketing tools
If you’re familiar with the term “content marketing,” don’t get too attached. According to the first Magic Quadrant report on Content...

Creating the best lead-gen website, step by step
Before I graduated from the Art Center College of Design, Lynda Weinman was my teacher for web design. Yes, THAT Lynda — who created...

Europe to tech giants: Remove ‘illegal content’ within one hour
The European Commission (EC) earlier today issued guidelines and recommendations for the rapid removal of “illegal content” from websites...

Outbrain launches Sphere, a platform for content recommendations between premium publishers
Content recommendation services like Outbrain and Taboola post linked thumbnail images leading to what is supposed to be related...

Sharing on social in the wake of Facebook’s recent algorithm update: what you need to know
Here are answers to some of the questions you may have. What is the latest Facebook algorithm update? This latest algorithm update...

News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch calls (again) for payments from Silicon Valley
News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch has long been critical of Google and online content aggregators in general. He sees them as...

The 2018 content focus challenge
A discussion over the holidays within a social group made me think a lot about how I want to approach my business in 2018, and I thought...

Multimedia and how to get it out there: Our top 10 Content Marketing columns of 2017
The research process behind winning content, such as coming up with ideas and answering customers’ questions, are always topics worth...

3 important search engines to leverage for content marketing
search engine optimization, most people think of Google. However, when we think of it from a content marketing perspective, there are...

Ideation inspiration: 5 ways to brainstorm great ideas for blog content
What’s not OK: filling those gaps in inspiration with brand-centric content. When we don’t know what to write about, many of us tend to...

Why your end-of-year marketing strategy should focus on repurposing and re-engagement
However, what if I told you there was a way to connect your brand message to a much wider audience using your existing content? There is...

Why writing style matters for social and content marketing
Why? Because at its most fundamental level, marketing is communication. Marketing is successful when a message is transmitted from a...

Coming to terms with fake reviews
Consumers overwhelmingly expect the reviews they peruse on Amazon, Yelp, Google and other review sites to be trustworthy, neutral and...

Voice search: Content may be king, but context is queen in the new voice-first world
In 2016, Google said that 20 percent of all mobile queries were voice searches. Since that time, the number of virtual assistants in US...

How are you changing your content marketing program in 2018?
We’re in the end of 2017, cruising into the all-important holiday season, and you’re probably focused on closing out the year on a strong...

How to get your content marketing team out of its echo chamber
Brand publishing is no different, especially when marketers get so focused on ROI that we start over-relying on flawed performance data....

5 things you’re doing that drive your freelance writers crazy
Seriously, they do. Here’s why: I’ve been where they’re at. I manage dozens of freelancer relationships in my current role as an editor,...
























