Efficient vs. Effective vs. Similar Word Mix-Ups
As writers, we’re often told not to overuse adjectives. Cutting down on adjectives is one of the best ways to uncomplicate your...
Elicit vs. Illicit vs. Similar Word Mix-Ups
It’s difficult enough to parse the meanings of similar words, but the absolute worst is when two words sound almost identical but...
Active Listening: Techniques and Examples for Crafting Better Content
Understanding the difference between just hearing words and actively listening can help you create content that better meets the needs of...
Imply vs. Infer vs. Similar Word Mix-Ups
We’ve all been there: You’re on a roll writing your latest piece, in the midst of a sentence, and suddenly… What word goes here? Are...
8 Tips for Staying Sane, Current and Consistent With Your Content
My content creator, social media and marketing colleagues are exhausted. It’s been a heck of a year, whether business slowed way down or...
2 Psychologists on Brain Games That Boost Creativity
Whether you’re a writer, a marketer or a designer, you know there are some days when your brain is in a groove — and ones where you can...
Could “Fastvertising” Be Solid Fuel to Power Your Content Marketing?
In traditional advertising channels, the process of producing a 30-second TV or digital spot can be a grueling pursuit. There’s the...
What Exactly Is a Wordsmith?
Wordsmith. You hear the word tossed around in chatty writer’s groups and on sassy author profiles. But, what the heck is that exactly,...
Regain Customer Loyalty With Content — an Interview With Jay Baer
We talk about the buyer’s journey all the time. Yet, the majority of content marketers are forgetting about one of the most important...
How to Create Long-Form Content That Begs to Be Consumed
How long is long? Marketing and SEO experts believe that long-form content (a minimum of 1,200 words and upwards of 20,000 words) can be...
Parallel Structure: Make Your Content More Powerful and Precise
Two things likely happened when you decided to click and read this piece about parallel structure. You either had a flashback to...
How Do You Know If Your Content Shift Should Be Temporary or Permanent?
In the content free-fall that is 2020, many of us have found our carefully crafted initial content strategies falling by the wayside in...
10 New Words Coined During the “Year of Corona” (Also Known as 2020)
Just when you think the English language has thought of it all, a global pandemic hits and leaves us… speechless. Well, most of us. The...
Content Marketing Lessons From the Preserved Roses Industry
I’m guessing that right about now you’re shaking your head and thinking, “Preserved Roses, what are those?” Those, my friend, are big...
Plan Your Next Blog Topics by Playing to People’s Strengths
When was the last time you thought about what your blog actually does? A blog brings people together. It is a fine orchestration of...
Pinterest for Brands: Interview With Tina Pukonen, Pinterest Global Lead
Sometime around 2011, I stumbled across Pinterest. They were a startup back then and I was a digital media content editor where producing...
Reasons to Adapt Your Content Marketing Plan — and One Time You Shouldn’t
Like any other part of business strategy, content marketing is an ever-changing dialogue. In fact, part of the task of a freelance...
4 Industries That Are Thriving (and Ramping up Content Marketing) Post-COVID
Millions have been laid off as a result of COVID-19, and certain industries are not coming back any time soon. But other industries — or...
Encompass Your Brand Voice to Make Your Content Richer
The long-form content trend continues. Over the past five years, content marketing teams across an extensive range of industries have...



















