Improving Your Google Ad Quality Score: How to Make Pay-Per-Click Campaigns a Success
We would all love to rely on our own masterful organic content marketing strategies to attract and retain customers, but the truth is...
We Love Libraries: A Writer’s Endless Treasure Trove for Ideas
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...
How Content Marketers Can Overcome Legal and Compliance Roadblocks
For content marketers, trying to balance quality content with substantial partnerships while continually monitoring the all-important...
What’s the Ideal Facebook Character Count for More Engagement?
Social media marketing is a numbers game. If you manage social accounts, you’ve likely encountered the dreaded character limit for your...
The Words and Wisdom Behind Your Video: Essential Docs for New Producers
What documents should every producer complete before taking their first shot? If you’re a fledgling videographer doing branded content,...
8 Impressive Examples of Employee-Led Storytelling
Who should tell your brand’s story? If you prefer someone more authentic than an actor, a local celebrity and/or an influencer, then a...
3 Female Executives on the Importance of Content Marketing (and Vetting Quality Writers)
As a freelancer, I know the one habit nearly all writers can’t resist, no matter how hard they try, is seeing life through a series of...
Free-Writing and Journaling: Tools to Activate Original Ideas
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...
Freelancer Bootcamp: 7 Tips to Avoid Hitting the Big White Wall of Writer’s Block
Rent is due on the first whether you’re inspired or not. If you’re a freelancer who makes a living copywriting, you don’t have the luxury...
8 Exceptional Examples of Customer-Led Storytelling
Customer-led storytelling is a creative strategy that’s buzzing in industry blogs as a top trend, but though it can be deployed to great...
Why Academic Humility Is an Essential Part of Research and Writing
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...
5 Classic Magazine Content Formats to Borrow for Your Blog
Trying to diversify and liven up your brand’s digital content experience? Borrow some story formats from magazines and newspapers....
How to Turn Your Vacation Into Money With Travel Writing
When I decided to travel non-stop for a year, many people were perplexed by my decision. What would happen to my career? How would I...
How Index Cards Can Help Writers Organize Ideas and Improve Storytelling
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...
A Little Refresher on the Complexity of Adverbs (and When Not to Use Them)
Stephen King said: “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” While the author is renowned for such sentiments, he’s equally criticized...
Finish What You Started: How to Avoid Task Paralysis
We’ve all been there. A huge deadline is looming and you’re so focused on doing the job perfectly that you freeze up completely and leave...
A Writer’s Work Plan: Diagramming and Mapping Out Your Mind Before Writing
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...
How to Write More Engaging Content
Writing engaging content is crucial to building long-term content marketing success — yet, it is no easy task. In fact, the strength of...
Research Like a Pro: The Professor’s Guide to Smarter Writing Research
In this series, we examine how Umberto Eco’s book, ‘How to Write a Thesis,’ can be used to help writers improve their focus, research...



















