Content marketing is increasingly recognized as an extremely effective tactic for engaging consumers. However, the void between what most marketers want to do and what they can execute is still expansive when it comes to content marketing. Find out how to build a go-to team that can conquer any content...

To help you understand how content marketing should mesh with your organization's other marketing efforts, the Content Marketing Institute team took a fresh look at the discipline and examined how it relates to other common techniques. Find out how content marketing fits with your marketing plan.

Think an influencer program requires too much effort? Fortunately, many tools exist that enable even the leanest of teams to reap the benefits of influencer marketing. Discover the top tools marketers use to make their influencer marketing strategy more effective.

It's time to get serious about opportunities that abound in content marketing. In developing and acting on your content plan, you almost look like a publisher. Now it's time for you to start acting like a media company. Find out how to evaluate and purchase an event to fuel your content marketing su...

Despite recent changes, Facebook pages can still thrive, but only if your fans are engaged and active. Rather than focusing on shallow tactics, effective Facebook business pages delve deep to become rich platforms that fans won't be able to help commenting on and sharing. Find out more about how to keep...

In this week's episode of This Old Marketing, Robert and Joe lament the millions in ad dollars pouring into events like Digital NewFronts, when the funds could be better deployed on content marketing. They also debate whether or not native advertising is deceptive, support Marc Adreessen's prediction...

It hasn't been obvious how brands can use Snapchat, because the one-to-one messaging and pictures self-destruct after just a few seconds. Find out why you should resist the temptations of new social media content channels until you're sure your audience uses them and your content is a good fit.

It's not always easy for marketers to find creative strategies and solutions to content challenges. A walk or a few exercises can help clear your head and get the blood flowing, but the creative ideas don't necessarily flow quite as freely. Use these 10 ideas to inspire your inner content creator.

To keep up with the demands of populating a growing number of channels, brands are increasingly turning their social media platforms over to fans, letting them drive content creation in ways unheard of a few years ago. Find out if you should hand consumers the keys to content creation for your business....

Eight top industry experts share what they see as the biggest challenges for businesses that want to go "all-in" with content marketing. Each also gave suggestions for overcoming the challenges they cited. Use their advice to help overcome obstacles standing between your organization and content marketing...

Historically, the best visual content had to be created by highly skilled professionals with massively complex suites of tools. Thankfully, a new class of tools is emerging that offers a simpler, leaner approach for us mere mortals. Find out how to create visual content and tailor it to your needs with...

We all strive to delight our customers with the gift of great content. But there's one jolly brand that can teach us a little something about meeting long-term goals through solid project management and content planning skills. Get some tips for coming to town with an effective content plan.