How One Content Leader Launched a 150-Year Old Brand Into the Modern Era
November 1, 2023
Dawn Papandrea
R. Ethan Braden revamped Purdue University's old-fashioned comms team to enchant audiences with captivating content – and doubled the school's commitment to marketing. Here's a look at his content approach – and why he's the 2023 B2C Content Marketer of the Year.
Is Speed, Not AI Technology, the Real Enemy in Marketing?
October 31, 2023
Robert Rose
Marketers are due for an epiphany. Speed is the name of the tech game. But what won’t you delegate to technology in the name of successful marketing?
5 Writing Tricks That Treat Audiences to Better Data-Based Stories
October 26, 2023
Ann Gynn
If the thought of numbers sends you running into the night, try these tricks to become the writing wizard of numerals. No addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or other calculation required.
Why Your Content Team Needs Rule Makers – and Rule Breakers
October 24, 2023
Robert Rose
Content teams often resist creating rules because they don’t want to operate in a box. But that’s a mistake. Without rules, you lose the ability to benchmark the standard – and learn from the creative rule breakers.
Adobe’s New Icon Brings Authentication of Visual Content in the Era of AI
October 20, 2023
Content Marketing Institute Team
Adobe unveiled a new icon that allows marketers to adopt a better transparency strategy in this era of generative AI. Here’s what the new Content Credentials feature means for you.
Master Content Proofreading and Editing With These Tips
October 11, 2023
Ann Gynn
Wearing two hats at the same time is an odd and uncomfortable look. Yet, content marketers do it all the time when they edit and proofread at the same time. Here’s how to make each a distinct – and more valuable – experience.
How a Dash of Familiarity Makes Controversial Content More Palatable
October 10, 2023
Robert Rose
Controversial content topics get attention – for better or worse. To earn the best kind, try balancing these four elements: surprise, familiarity, consensus, and controversy. This new framework can help.
How Outsourcing Content Production Can Save Your Marketing Budget
October 10, 2023
JD Metz
Working with outsourced talent adds flexibility and scalability to your content marketing program – and can be more cost-effective than you might think. Here’s what to consider and how to use this approach to your best strategic advantage.
Buyers Want To Trust Content. But Do They Value Yours? [New Research]
October 6, 2023
Content Marketing Institute Team
The 2023 Trust in Marketers research finds buyers generally trust brands’ content. But they also are less likely to find value in it. How can you bridge that gap? The answer’s pretty simple. (Well, maybe.)
How To Build a Content-Driven, Audience-Centric Content Strategy
October 3, 2023
Robert Rose
What does it mean to build a truly audience-centric content strategy? For the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, it meant rethinking everything (in pursuit of a noble ultimate goal). Learn how they did it in this excerpt from Robert Rose’s new book.
How To Find (and Close) the Hidden Gaps in Your Content Strategy
September 28, 2023
Kelsey Raymond
Your content marketing has holes that you can’t see. They may manifest themselves from the beginning or materialize over time. But no matter how they started, it’s time to identify and fill them in with a content gap analysis.
Out of Content Ideas? Try Borrowing One or Two (Even From Your Competitors)
September 26, 2023
Robert Rose
You don’t need unique content ideas to differentiate your brand. You can recombine and reshape existing ideas to make them your own – even (or maybe especially) ones that didn’t work for other companies. Here’s how to get started.
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