Content marketers may not have cause to shout, "lights, camera, action." But like Hollywood icons, we are all looking to make a connection with the audience. Take a look at how some of the presenters at Content Marketing World 2014 view a content marketing job through the lens of an entertainment st...

Social signals that can help you optimize your website content efforts are out there — but are you paying enough attention to them? Find out how to use the latest social sharing tool features to track key consumer behaviors and improve user retention and acquisition.

You've worked hard to make sure your content is well-written, well-produced, engaging, and useful. But how do you know whether your audience is really paying attention? We all know what it's like when someone won't stop talking -- it's difficult to stay engaged. Have you tried listening to your audience...

This week, we speculate on why HubSpot has stirred up an age-old debate on inbound vs. content marketing, take issue with an article about rise of corporate journalism, and reveal why Marriott's decision to launch a content marketing studio is likely to be a big success. Our rants and raves cover a spammy...

In CMI's latest research, the number of people who described their marketing efforts as content marketing actually declined — from 93 to 86 percent. At first glance, that stat was a bit startling, but it may actually be an encouraging sign. Find out why it's a good thing that fewer B2B marketers say...

Helpful content is often scattered across a website, posted in multiple locations (and in multiple formats) rather than in a structured, centralized place. Find out how to drive retail sales with B2C content marketing. Get 8 tips and a checklist to help you create a resource center to organize -- and...

With a few additions to our yearly survey questions and fresh approaches to other questions, the key takeaway of our B2B content marketing research this year remains much the same: It pays to document your content marketing strategy. Get more key insights and recommendations and find out what your peers...

Online content marketing is the most powerful form of marketing for companies today. But what happens when it starts to feel stale, old, and boring? Get 6 ideas that can help you reinvigorate your existing efforts and get more mileage from them, without having to reinvent the wheel.

Find out what 2 critical actions distinguish great content marketers from the rest. In looking back over his life and career so far, Joe Pulizzi says putting those same concepts into practice helped set him on the road to success -- both personally and professionally.

It seems that many marketers on the whole may struggle to understand the discipline of content strategy. So a few content strategists were asked to get thoughts on the subject from Facebook content strategist, blogger and author Jonathon Colman. From this discussion, find out why content strategists...

In this episode, Robert and Joe reflect on Tribune Publishing's decision to invest in a content marketing shop, review a horrible example of native advertising from a personal injury law firm, and question the accuracy of new research that shows corporate support for blogging is waning. We also praise...

At this year's Content Marketing World conference, GE's Global Manager of Digital Marketing Katrina Craigwell offered a glimpse into some of the ways GE develops and tells its B2B content marketing stories — and, perhaps even more importantly, how its target audiences are helping to share them. Even...