Stories By Ann Gynn
How a Mentorship Program Can Help Both Mentors and Mentees
Mentoring has short- and long-term benefits for both mentors and mentees. Learn why from both perspectives and how to foster a positive professional mentorship in your own life.
Why You Struggle To Prove Content ROI – and How To Settle Up (or Down)
Traditional ROI formulas don’t always work to show content’s real value to the business. But you’re not off the hook for proving results. Try these ideas to describe your program’s value in the language of business – or decide you need to realign your goals.
How To Explain Content Marketing to Anyone [Fresh Examples]
When someone asks you to define content marketing, forgo the official definition in favor of these explanatory examples. They’re tailored to the inquisitor whether that be a partner, teen, senior, business associate, or social guest.
5 Ways To Be a Better Content Team Leader in 2023
Hard truth: Content marketing team members won’t stay in their roles forever. Great content team leaders nurture their employee’s professional development – even if that development prepares them to move on. Here’s why (and how) to start taking the long view.
‘Bah, Humbug!’ Why Negative Content Turns In Such Positive Results
Hate is a surprising emotion to use to sell jewelry. But the success of IHateStevenSinger.com shows how a contrarian approach can reinvigorate your content strategy and help you avoid the scourge of sameness plaguing so much content. Try these tips to surprise your audience by doing the opposite of what everyone expects.
How a Content Formula Helps You Create Bingeable Series (Proven by Hallmark)
Hallmark holiday movies are variations of the same plot. That familiarity has drawn millions and inspired other networks and streaming services to do the same. Here are seven ways to use that strategy in your content marketing.
How To Support the B2B Buyer Revolution With the Right Digital Content
B2B buyers don’t want to talk to sales until they’re ready – or ever, in some cases, even for expensive services. Yet they have more people to convince before they buy. And that means they need more of the right content at their fingertips. Here’s how to figure out what “the right content” means.
How This Outside-the-Box Approach to Content Produced Award-Winning Results
You don’t need a background in marketing to excel in content. You do need a clear focus on your audience's needs, program goals, and story ideas that support both. Here’s how TD Bank Group’s lead content strategist applied these concepts to build an award-winning program.
25+ New, Newly Updated, and Timeless Books Content Marketers Love
Fill out your wish list or decide on a gift for a team member with this list of books about content marketing, creativity, writing, artificial intelligence, personal branding, and more. Each title comes with the recommendation of someone in the Content Marketing Institute community.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a Content Marketer’s Dream: 7 Inspiring Lessons
Millions gather to view your content marketing. It’s the stuff of your professional dreams. And it’s the reality for marketers at Macy’s every U.S. Thanksgiving Day. Here are seven inspiring content marketing lessons from the fun event.
How To Build an Audience by Giving Back – the #BossTalks Story
The best mentors listen, answer questions, and help. The best content marketers do, too. So #BossTalks, a multichannel content project featuring Salesforce’s unofficial mentor-in-chief Ebony Beckwith, had the ingredients of a smash hit from the start.
How NBC Sports Next Medaled in Olympic Content for Kids
The content team at NBC Sports Next expertly threaded its way through executive moguls and pandemic-related detours to reach Olympic kid-content glory. Here’s how they developed a repeatable process to attract the next generation of viewers.