Motion Graphics: Creating Art to Tell Complex Tech Stories
Motion graphics are digital assets that move or create the impression of movement on a website or social media post. Motion graphics...
Guide to Fleshing Out a Concept
If everyone could suddenly mind-read, the content biz would surely fizzle in a sec. Until then, brands and marketers still have to master...
How to Outsource Content Creation Without Sacrificing Brand Voice
Guest Speakers Brittni Kinney, VP of Influence & Co. Meagan DeMenna, Community Manager, ClearVoice Overview Creating consistent content...
Laughing All the Way to the Sale: Should Your Brand Be Funny?
Does humor sell, if it’s well done? Definitely. There are brands who push the limits, create outrageous spokespeople, and achieve...
Facebook Looks to Brands to Save Fledgling Facebook Stories
New functionality might get people (and brands) to use Facebook Stories after all Even though Facebook Stories have been anything but a...
Guide to Pitching a Basic Article
Pitching isn’t one-size-fits-all. Each approach will vary per client, since some ask for specialized information depending on the...
Customer Retention Marketing: Tools for Building Online Courses for Under $400
Are some of your customers dropping off because of confusion about one of your services or products? Introducing a course about that...
How to Make Effective CTAs: The 3 Important Components
Call to action. Effective CTAs act as a prompt for your readers and potential customers. They present a way for you to elicit interaction...
How to Outsource Content Creation to a Team
Plenty of excuses get in the way of creating consistent, high-quality content for your company and your audience: blah, blah, no time;...
Polls May Change How You Use Instagram Stories
This week, polls are the latest thing on Instagram — but are they the greatest? Also, if you are like most publishers, you’ll be making...
Technology in Arizona: How Storytelling Factors Into Innovation and Growth
Countless studies and reports have supported buzz that Arizona is one of the fastest-growing technology hubs in the country. Industry...
Guide to Making a Feature-Length Listicle
Although listicles aren’t for every brand, they can help you clearly organize your ideas — and make them easily scannable by readers....
Guide to Consolidating Your Content Marketing
Having one powerful content marketing platform can save your agency time and money. Billable hours are the livelihood of any agency. By...
Customer Retention Marketing: Create a Course
In the past, only the largest companies could afford to create and maintain a customer training program; and this has been a big problem...
The Talent Cloud of the Future: Thoughts From Leaders in Three Fields
Technology and startup cultures have acquired reputations for being less inclusive and less employee-centric than other fields. One only...
Guide to Blog Post Tagging
Often an afterthought, the tagging of blog posts in your content management system can become a jungle of meaningless identifiers if not...
#ProContent Podcast: Organizing Your Content
Organization. It means something different to everyone, which is why it’s such a challenge to get everyone organized together. In this...
Anticipating the Impact of 280-Character Tweets
This week, Twitter doubles down on longer tweets. Also, MailChimp shows it isn’t monkeying around by adding Google Ads; two out of three...
The Art of Kairos: Right-Timing Content for Your Marketing Automation
The ancient Greeks had two ways to express time: chronos and kairos. Most of us are familiar with the former. Chronos is the sequential...