
Survey: Growing content demands add pressure on marketing to improve cross-functional collaboration
Siloed teams and breakdowns in communication are familiar challenges to most of us. In our fast-paced environments, it can sometimes be...

WordPress parent company Automattic Inc. to buy Tumblr from Verizon: WSJ
Verizon Communications has found a buyer for Tumblr, the blogging platform it acquired in 2017 as part of its deal to buy Yahoo....

The 4 big reasons agencies need marketing automation to survive
Agency life is hard. Everything is due tomorrow – or yesterday. Clients demand stellar results. Your competition is trying to underbid...

How to maximize social media traffic to your site
How good exactly is social media at generating referral traffic? Let’s look at the facts. As of 2019, there are 4.39 billion Internet...

WordPress version 5.2 delivers more security features, tools to fix ‘fatal’ website erro
WordPress announced Tuesday the latest version is now available for download and includes several security updates. “There are even more...

How you can make the most of your YouTube video advertising
If you’re not already using YouTube videos as part of your marketing efforts, you should be. Researchers have found that a majority of...

How to make old content marketing new again
A major benefit of high-performance content marketing is that it doesn’t have to retire. If a blog post, article or any piece of content...

Adobe, WordPress, Google Docs lead CabinetM list of content marketing tools
Content marketing technology is the sixth most common layer of customers’ martech stacks, said Anita Brearton, CEO of CabinetM, a...

The technical SEO hierarchy of needs
What makes a site become the best site it can be? Healthy, functional sites that have reached their full SEO potential have been...

Google decision to yank comments from webmaster blog highlights user-generated content challenges
On Friday, Google announced it was turning off comments on its Webmaster Central Blog, the site that provides news and updates for...

3 inspiring campaigns that remind brands to be human during the holidays
We’ve heard a lot lately that brands need to show empathy, that they need to make a “human connection” with consumers. While that has...

The brand storytelling genius of the Coca-Cola Santa
Since 1995, Santa trades in his sleigh once a year for a Coca-Cola truck and tours the UK, sharing the soft drinks that have become...

Human vs machine intelligence: how to win when ‘duplicate’ content is unique
As impressive as machine learning and algorithm-based intelligence can be, they often lack something that comes naturally to humans:...

WordPress to release 5.0, with its Gutenberg editor, this week
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg announced on Monday that the latest version of the WordPress platform — 5.0, which features the...

WPP merges agencies to form ‘data-driven’ Wunderman Thompson
Wunderman Global CEO Mel Edwards (left) will take on the same role at the new agency, while J. Walter Thompson CEO Tamara Ingram (right),...

Hooked on a feeling: The forgotten factor in online advertising
If there’s anything the recent past has reminded us, it’s that feelings still trump considered thought. This is also true for...

Breaking through with meaningful content marketing in the age of storytelling
The challenge is shifting from content marketing to true storytelling: understanding an audience, inspiring them, compelling them and...

Stop monthly newsletters: Learn how to make the most of your email list
Your email list is one of your most prized possessions. With users becoming increasingly skeptical of subscription pop-ups and “freebie”...

It takes a village: Story creation in the digital age
Most often when we think of stories we imagine singular self-contained narratives. The latest John Grisham novel or the romantic comedy...
























