10 Ways Marketers Can Use Alexa Flash Briefings to Grow Their Business
If a parent doesn’t have time to listen to a full podcast before taking the kids to school, he or she can say, “Alexa, play my flash...
Content Strategy vs. Content Vision: Two Agency Chiefs Sound Off
In marketing, it’s one of the age-old chicken-egg questions: What’s the most important aspect of a successful campaign — a bold creative...
What Is a Content Vision and How Do You Create One?
We content marketers are a busy bunch, and it’s all too easy to get stuck spinning around in this cyclone of “what.” What is the what?...
Content Philosophy: One Question You Must Answer Before Creating a Thing
Recently in this five-part series, we covered the importance of a content mission as well as a content vision. But there’s still an...
Aligning With Mission and Vision: How to Create Content to Support Business Goals
For your content to be meaningful, you need a content mission and vision that support your company’s overall mission and vision...
The Niche Freelancer: Designing Ebook Covers (and Lightning Strikes) for Self-Publishers
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. Or, if copywriters do their job, maybe one word balances one picture. Or, if authors are...
Newsletter Strategy: Examples of Brands That Nail It With Email (Part 2 of 5)
In part two of our newsletter strategy series, we explore ingenious brands that have carefully crafted their strategy to provide...
Amid Turmoil, Facebook Might Be Messing With the ‘Share’ Button… Again
Facebook could be testing the removal of the “Share” button For years, marketing experts and others have been predicting how each dip in...
Long-Form Content: Why LFC Matters More Than Ever as a Brand Asset (Part 1 of 5)
This is the first installment of a five-part series on long-form content. Stay tuned on the ClearVoice blog in the coming weeks for more...
The Niche Content Creator: Writing for IT and Services
Simultaneously intangible and highly complex, the IT and services space is beyond most writers’ grasp — which is why those with...
Newsletter Strategy: How Email Can Be More Powerful and Relevant in the Age of Social Media (Part 1
In this series, we’re exploring the emerging and shifting world of newsletters. While once considered link-farm engines, they have...
Instagram Stories Celebrates Second Birthday With a Look Back — and Ahead
In only two years, Instagram Stories has significantly evolved social media It now has been two years since Instagram Stories burst onto...
Content Partner Strategy: Where to Find Your Perfect Content Partners (Part 5 of 5)
This is the fifth installment of the Content Partner Strategy series, where we look at the rapidly changing landscape of branded content...
5 Smart Things Freelancers Can Do to Keep Clients Coming Back for More
Congratulations, your freelance “business” is officially up and running. Thanks to all that time you spent primping your portfolio,...
The AR and VR Boom Is Real: Who’s Using It Now, What the Next 5 Years Hold
AR, VR set for huge growth in next five years Perhaps you have observed with interest the advances in recent years of augmented reality...
Content Partner Strategy: How Big of a “Name” Do You Need to Win the Game? (Part 4 of 5)
This is the fourth installment of the Content Partner Strategy series, where we look at the rapidly changing landscape of branded content...
DIY Guide: Build Your Own Alexa Flash Briefing Skill in Under an Hour
I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Social Media Marketing World, on the topic of building chatbots for marketing purposes. It...
The Life of Independent Creatives: Strangers Say the Darndest Things to Freelancers
There was an interesting career meme that made its way around Facebook a couple years ago: “What my mom thinks I do,” vs. “What my...
How to Prepare for Your First Writers’ Conference
Writers’ conferences are a great way to learn and network and maybe even make some lifelong friends. Getting together with others who...



















