Stories By Bethany Johnson
Build a Great Brand: Align What You Think, Do, and Say
Content marketers need to elevate every conversation to something greater than a marketing tactic. Doing that is the only way to win and keep the audience’s attention. Read on to learn about the think, do, say strategy.
SMS Text Marketing? You Bet
Should text messaging be part of your content marketing strategy? You should at least think about it. Learn 13 reasons why SMS can be an effective distribution tool and caveats on the pitfalls.
How Cisco Merges Martech With Creative Content
With 700 product families marketed in silos, Cisco and its prospects encountered a fragmented experience and an ineffective content marketing process. So they flipped the framework and things are changing. Learn how they’re doing it.
Don’t Fear Chatbots If You Have a Rich Content Strategy
Don’t fall into the two big chatbot traps – wait to see or haphazard implementation. Look to your underlying content strategy. If you’ve invested in structurally rich content, you’re likely more chatbot-ready than you realize.
How to Unite Brand Storytelling and Marketing Tech
Marketers didn’t invent the tech for bots, mobile apps, and productivity tools, but they can entice their audiences to use them. Welcome to the sweet spot of content and tech, a hybrid embraced by forward-thinking marketers.
Google Leaders Share How to Improve the Mobile Experience
Google’s mobile-first indexing makes the user experience even more important for brands. But how do you meet the high expectations of mobile users? And how can you make the case for improving your site? Two of Google’s best share how.
Influencer Marketing: Lessons From One of the World’s Largest Software Brands
Even established brands must start at the ground floor to build a B2B influencer marketing program. Learn how SAP got its start using proactive, reciprocal actions to build successful relationships with industry personalities.
How Content Can Create a Self-Sustaining Customer Referral Engine
Don’t be tempted to celebrate wins in your conventional sales and marketing funnels. Those “conversions” should only be the start. What you do next matters more – and that next step should be to build super users.