
Is customer service a key to content marketing success?
If you have customers, then yes, customer service is a big key to your content marketing success. If you donāt have (or want) customers,...

7 ways your video content is missing the mark
When it comes to creating engaging video content and optimizing the connection with your target demographic, brands need to have a clear...

Content marketing and personal branding go hand-in-hand
Most professionals reach a point in life where, even if you donāt have kids yourself, close friends unleash their recent college graduate...

The marketing genius of Louis C.K.
Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com It started in 2012 with an innocuous subject line: āIām going on the road.ā What followed was a marketing...

Your 6-point spring cleaning content marketing checklist
Spring is one of my favorite seasons. You see, I live in Phoenix, so spring in my mind is equal to 70-degree days, lots of sunshine and...

Why āGo Viralā Is Not An Effective Content Marketing Strategy
Most marketers would love to go viral ā they want that amazing pickup, millions of shares, tons of attention, the elusive 15 minutes of...

Anchor Content: The Key To Content Marketing Success
Content marketing is a growing part of many businessā strategy, but for many, it proves difficult to do successfully. In todayās post,...

What Content Marketers Can Learn From 7 PR Wins And Fails
We picked seven brands that were in just about every publisherās newsfeed between February 2015 and February 2016 to analyze the impact...

Things Affiliate & Ad-Dependent Publishers Must Consider In The Age Of Mobile
With the rise of mobile media consumption, ad-dependent publishers need to remodel their monetization strategies to account for and adapt...

How To Analyze Your Content Needs
Weāve previously discussed how to conduct a content audit. Part of that process is to perform a gap analysis, a rather fancy-pants way of...

Content Creation Swipe Files: Inspiration, Tools & Organization
Letās start with a story⦠You sit down to create a piece of content for your upcoming blog, and you draw a blank. You stare at the...

Whatās The Right Staffing Mix For Content Marketing Success?
If youāre like me, you may have asked yourself, āWhatās the ideal staffing mix for my content marketing team?ā or āWho do I really need...

Why Content Marketers Should Tap Into The Power Of Niche Influencers
Many marketers looking to incorporate influencer outreach as part of a content promotion plan make the mistake of choosing influencers...

Is Affiliate Marketing A Viable Business Model In 2016?
Affiliate marketing has been a long-standing monetization strategy on the web. But can publishers and business owners still find revenue...

Content Marketing And Targeting Fallacies
When I conducted a substantive survey of marketers and asked them what their biggest content marketing needs were, two responses tied for...

5 Ways To Utilize Image-Based Content Through The Buying Cycle
When people arrive on your site, they will be forming their first impression within 50 milliseconds. They will then be deciding whether...

4 Marketing āTrendsā That Never Go Out Of Style
Photo by Christopher Macsurak and used under a Creative Commons license. Marketing is a lot like fashion. For both industries, now is the...

How To Make 2016 Your Best Content Marketing Year Ever
Whether youāre the type of person who likes to make steadfast resolutions every January 1 or you prefer to keep your goals loose, we...
























