It’s all about you. Your customers don’t care about you, they care about themselves.  We often forget that point when we describe how wonderful our widget is (that no one cares about). You are afraid to fail. Taking chances with your content and experimenting a bit reveals the possibilities...

As a CMI reader, you probably don’t need to be sold on the benefits of blogging as a hub in your content marketing mix, but you’re probably looking for ways to be more effective. As blogging has become more common, certain post styles have become popular because they get attention and interactions...

Bento boxes satisfy the obsessive-compulsive disorder-side of my personality, organizing those fishy morsels of sushi goodness into visually beautiful patterns of color and flavor. The bento box is a great visual metaphor for the role of information design in content marketing. Information design is...

The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. – Mark Twain I presented a content marketing workshop for associations and non-profits this week (sponsored...

Mobile content is hot. There’s no denying it. Over the next 12 months, four out of five marketers intend to increase their mobile spending, according to the new “Mobile Marketing: Plans Trends and Measurability” study by King Fish Media. Just like other content marketing, mobile content should be findable,...

Has this ever happened to you? You run around looking for your car keys. You could’ve sworn you just saw them right there on the counter. But now they’re gone. Then you hear that familiar jingle. You slide your hand into your pocket. Tada! Your keys were right under your nose the whole time. Continue...

After more than three years producing 11 comprehensive Top Content Marketing Blogs lists, we’ve decided to hang it up. Today’s release of the Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs (as we know it) will be our last. Why you ask? When we began the Junta42 Top 42 Content Marketing List back in late...

When I talk about web content strategy around the water cooler at work, everyone stares at me as if I’m speaking in tongues. While it has informally existed since the Web went public, content strategy is still considered an emerging practice.  Few online businesses commit enough time and resources to...

For anyone who has worked as a professional journalist, it’s certainly easy to look at the digital landscape and see the signs of a Rapture of sorts. We are seeing plenty of heated battles over intellectual property and content ownership. Magazines and newspapers have crumbled as quickly as if...

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet Ann Handley earlier this year at her Content Rules book tour in Arlington, VA. I’d been following her on Twitter and reading MarketingProfs for several months when I became convinced she was emerging as one of the most influential voices in online marketing. So...

As a content marketer, you may not be thinking about using advertising as part of your marketing mix because you consider ads to be: Expensive Annoying Immeasurable Interruptive (see annoying) Short shelf-life Continue reading

Writing white papers is not rocket science most of the time. But it does take time, skill, and a few dedicated resources to produce a paper valuable for your customers and prospects. It also takes planning, often more than you expect and sometimes more than you want to devote. Yet the lack of planning...