Content Partner Strategy: 7 Red Flags to Note When Interviewing a Potential Partner (Part 3 of 5)
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World Emoji Day (You are celebrating, right?), perhaps there is no better time than the present to examine how utilizing emojis, GIFs,...
Content Partner Strategy: Activating Local Talent Networks (Part 2 of 5)
This is the second installment of the Content Partner Strategy series, where we look at the rapidly changing landscape of branded content...
4 Tools to Expand Content Marketing Efforts in Off-Site SEO
The best content marketers not only write great content but also know how to distribute it. In particular, the best content marketers are...
Launch a Brand Ambassador Program That Gets Results
Brand ambassadors are people who have a genuine interest in a company’s product and willingly advocate on behalf of the brand. Starting a...
Keeping Up With Instagram: 7 Moves the Company Made This Summer You Need to Know About
7 summer Instagram updates you need to know about Though summer is a time when most of us look for ways to take it easy, Instagram...
Content Partner Strategy: 5 Ways to Spend $5,000 (Part 1 of 5)
This is the first installment of a new series looking at the changing face of branded content partnership strategy. Today, we’re looking...
How to Approach Your Graphic Design Portfolio: Academia, Industry Share Insights
My mother used to always tell me that behind every good content marketer there is a good graphic designer. Okay, so maybe that’s not how...
Invisible, Yet Influential: Six Lucrative Ghostwriting Genres
A ghostwriter is someone who does all the hard work of writing, while someone else gets the byline or author credit. Why would a person...
Getting Scrappy: Producing High-Performing, Rich Video Ads in Under an Hour
Producing high-quality content marketing video, that is used as an evergreen piece on your website for months or years to come, requires...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of AI-Powered Journalism: What You Need to Know
It’s true, some think that a robot apocalypse will one day lead to mass unemployment and the virtual extinction of all writers. Whereas...
Survey Results on Millennials’ Social Video Habits: 9 Key Questions Answered
Millennials use social video for a variety of reasons, from research and entertainment to communication with friends. Surprisingly, most...
Guide to What the Future of Content Marketing Sounds Like
Listen up. Unless you’ve been sleeping in the cloud, you’ve probably noticed things are happening fast in the world of smart speakers,...
Keep Your Brain Sharp: 5 Apps for Word Nerds and Smarty Pants
Twenty years ago, we had Snake. Before apps, it was the only game our brick-looking Nokia’s could support, and it was better...
8 Ways Digital Nomad Journalists Stay Productive
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Why Ad Agencies Shouldn’t Be Afraid of the F-Word: Freelance
As the CEO of WONGDOODY, a three-time Ad Age winner for “Small Agency of the Year,” Ben Wiener has seen a lot in his advertising career....
Is iOS AirDrop Marketing a Creepy Tactic or a Unique Opportunity?
Did ESPN just discover a new way to market to nearby audiences? For the grizzled marketing veteran, being surprised by a marketing...



















