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...
Speak Up: Why It’s Time for You to Create a Voice Marketing Strategy
Voice-enabled devices and what a revolution sounds like Devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home have continued to see greater...
Content Partner Strategy: 7 Red Flags to Note When Interviewing a Potential Partner (Part 3 of 5)
This is the third installment of the Content Partner Strategy series, where we look at the rapidly changing landscape of branded content...
Amplify Freelancer-Generated Content With HubSpot to Grow Your Audience
HubSpot— if you’re not yet leveraging its powers to grow your audience, you should be. After all, it’s widely considered a leading...
Positioning Your Freelance Portfolio for Success: 9 Tips From ‘The Career Guy’
When it comes to self-improvement, we like our coaches. A savvy spiritual guide. The CrossFit trainer who squeezed an extra six reps out...
Say What? How Emojis, GIFs, and Memes Could Be Your New Marketing Language
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...



















