
How to market to developers without causing dis-content
Look at the website of any business selling enterprise services or technology, and I’m certain you’ll find libraries of e-books, white...

Global content marketing: It’s gonna be big!
Here’s an advance look at some of my research findings. The full report publishes soon. Five top global content strategy goals When I...

Why SEO should always complement your content marketing
Folks walk up to me at conferences or email me for advice on SEO all the time, and a question they often ask is, “What is the role of SEO...

How user-generated content and customer feedback can strengthen your value proposition
Ever since my team attended Content Marketing World this fall, I’ve been thinking about the benefits of user-generated content (UGC). It...

Native advertising, the new marketing workhorse
Native advertising is fast becoming a powerful digital marketing strategy, as traditional display and banner ads become less and less...

Community Marketing 101
Since the dawn of the internet, people have been drawn to online communities for collaborating and advancing knowledge. Discussions that...

A standout content example: Budweiser and the Cubs
LunaseeStudios / Shutterstock.com So often we talk about what not to do in content marketing. Today, I want to share what I think is a...

The 4 principles of great content (or stop dumping garbage on the internet)
Put differently, you get a content junkyard filled with meaningless and duplicate pieces of garbage. Marketers often forget to ask...

Are you optimizing your off-site content?
In our last post, we looked at how to measure the true performance of your content, both on-site and off-site, through the tracking of...

Successful SEO programs require content that supports the entire buy cycle
Every SEO has heard these four words: “I need more traffic!” It seems that websites are becoming less focused on top-of-funnel content...

Can company structure spawn cannibalization? Most definitely.
With so many business structure possibilities, it can be particularly complicated to consolidate content across departments, especially...

Content-specific chat prompts: Unlocking the power of conversation
Often, live chat is viewed as a customer service tool — or, even worse, a pesky sales pop-up. In my opinion, though, while live chat can...

Here’s why bloggers give up (and how you can stay on track)
Here are a few reasons why people give up — and what you can do to stay on track. 1. Uninterested in subject matter “You need to enjoy...

Getty Images’ PicScout boosts its image recognition and tracking tools
From the PicScout website Getty Images’ Israel-based subsidiary PicScout harnesses visual recognition for online tracking of images, and...

8 best practices for contextual campaigns
recent research. Together we’ve looked at some of the benefits brands such as Nestlé, GE, Marantz and Disney are reaping from campaigns...

6 questions from elementary school are key to content creation success
When you sit down to create a piece of content, what decision process do you go through? Do you create content “because it’s in the...

Is your content share-worthy? 4 questions to ask
Getting your content picked up by heavy-hitter publishers feels like you’ve struck the content marketing jackpot. You rolled the content...

Forget about unique content. Try actually BEING local!
Is it just me, or does it really seem lately like every marketer is looking for a silver bullet when it comes to SEO? Even though nothing...

How to get more mileage out of the content you create
Think of your content as a buffalo. (No, really. Stay with me here.) As you no doubt learned in school, hunting was a vital part to our...
























