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Stories By Mark Sherbin

How Your Content Distribution Can Use Native Advertising

Native advertising is a disruptive content distribution technique that is positioned to change the advertising business model. It is alternatively being hailed as a breath of fresh air and a controversial, exploitative new tactic. Find out how content marketing is embracing this approach.

Newsjacking: 6 Tips to Help Your Branded Content Use the News

Content marketers fight the daily battle of staying timely and relevant. Newsjacking is the process of injecting your brand into the day's news, creating a twist that grabs eyes when they're open widest. Read on for tips to help your branded content use the news.

Oracle Acquires Eloqua: Will Content Marketing Be Impacted?

Just before the holidays, tech giant Oracle announced it had bought marketing automation software vendor Eloqua for the cool sum of $871 million. Here's a discussion of what the acquisition might mean for content marketers.

5 Brand Storytelling Lessons We Can Learn from Facebook Stories

Facebook recently launched itself headlong into the world of active content marketing. Find out what you can learn about brand storytelling from the Facebook Stories website.

3 Brands that Are Expanding Their Online Content Publishing Expertise

Creating your own online publication is no small task. It takes a huge time and financial investment to get a strong publication off the ground. Just ask SAP, IBM, and Sun Life Financial.

Big Content Marketing Plays From Coke, Pepsi and Red Bull

With this week’s unveiling of Coca-Cola Journey, we thought now might be a good time to take a look at how today’s soft drink market leaders make a splash with content marketing.

The Static Website Is Dead — Long Live Personalized Content

Content personalization is the next wave of the dynamic web. Find out how you can better incorporate personalized content into your own marketing strategies?

Are Your Calls to Action Missing These Proven Formulas?

How do you classify calls to action? Where do they perform at their best? Two CTA experts weigh in on how content marketers can use them successfully.

Breathe New Life into Your Home Page, Gain Loyal Readers

Major publishers on the web experiment, test, and retest to make their home page layout as engaging as possible. What can we learn from them?

Divorcing Content from Form: A Major Perspective Shift for Marketers

When deciding how to accommodate divergent platforms, focus on content first. Divorcing content from form is a major, but necessary, perspective shift for marketers. Here are some tips and examples of what has worked, and what hasn't.

Should You Curate Content? The Essentials Every Content Marketer Needs to Consider

Is content curation a worthwhile strategy for content marketers? In some cases, curating content eases some of the editorial burden. So, your role as content strategist may consist of one part creator, one part curator. Here are some essentials to consider.