What’s the first step to creating unique, differentiated content? Analyze the content created in your market. Follow these three steps to identify opportunities for your content to stand out – or content gaps that your brand can fill.

To be successful, marketers must add value to consumers’ lives. The fundamentals behind content marketing bring that relationship-building value. But don’t take our word. Let these nine statistics do the talking to persuade naysayers.

We discuss the Brandwatch/BuzzSumo acquisition, Snapchat's new location-based services, and a "Killing Marketing" model from Mercedes. Our rants and raves cover transparency; then we close with an example of the week from Alcoa.

Research shows images attract more people to your content and help people retain the content they consume longer. Visual content is important, but do you struggle to incorporate visuals into your blog? Here are 12 options to consider.

Do your presales and post-sales content teams coordinate efforts for maximum benefit? Or are you like most brands? Presales teams sell. Post-sales teams explain. Rarely the twain shall meet. It doesn’t have to be that way.

A lot of information exists about how to attract and keep people on your brand’s email lists. It’s hard to find tips on how to actively repel or discourage subscribers. Wait, discourage subscribers? Yes, you should. Read on.

You need to find and hire the right candidate – in a red-hot market where research shows content creation and content marketing is one of the top skills missing from marketing teams. Here’s how to speed up the process to get the best.

Vanity metrics are helpful when they’re seen as optimization metrics. They are bellwethers for what your target audience finds valuable on that channel. Learn how to maximize their use and why they should not measure business goals.

Too often brands don’t spend enough time thinking what their audience wants. Follow the 12 steps of the hero’s journey, reframed as an audience journey, to better align your content with the real needs and wants of your audience.

We discuss Google's olive branch to publishers, Amazon's new blitz on the ad game, and Blue Apron's podcasting push. Our rants and raves feature Lloyds Bank and Amazon; then we wrap up with an example of the week on The Points Guy.

A lot of B2B companies are challenged in content creation. How do those problems arise? What bottlenecks are created? How can you address them? Learn what four experts, including two Content Marketer of the Year finalists, say.

Considering a new marketing technology? Your first step has nothing to do with technology. Assess your processes and address any issues. Then research the tech options, seeking the simplest solution, and ask questions.