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Don’t Upgrade Your Content Strategy — Make Space for a New One

Don’t Upgrade Your Content Strategy – Make Room for a New One

How often have you been asked to build something new while you're busy with an existing content project? You’re probably resourceful enough to do it. But your chances of success go up when you don't try to. Here’s a better option for getting a new content project off the ground.
How To Measure the Value of Your Audience (in Real Money)

How To Measure the Value of Your Audience (in Real Money)

You’ve heard how important audience building is again and again. It’s one of the arguments for a content-driven marketing approach, after all. But could you describe the value of your audience in dollars? And do you know which audience members are more valuable than others? Robert Rose can — and this...
Why Holding Attention Isn’t a Worthwhile Content Strategy Anymore

Why Holding Attention Isn’t a Worthwhile Content Strategy Anymore

OpenAI’s many recent missteps devalue the currency brands should prize over anything else — trust. Here’s how to seize the kind of opportunity OpenAI appears willing to squander.
Why Even Crushing Content Failures Aren’t Mistakes

Why Even Crushing Content Failures Aren’t Mistakes

Laughing at content failures feels cathartic at times (there but for the grace of the audience …). But extreme reactions can have a chilling effect on creativity. Here’s the real lesson to take from Apple’s failed iPad Pro ad.
Time To Evolve Your Marketing Strategy for Social Media in 2024

Time To Evolve Your Social Media Strategy for 2024

The TikTok “ban” grabs the headlines. But TikTok’s impact on other social media algorithms has a bigger impact for marketers. Is your content and marketing strategy ready?
Why Your Content Won't Surprise or Delight Unless You Expect More (From People and AI)

Why Your Content Won’t Surprise or Delight Unless You Expect More (From People and AI)

Why do we call it generative AI when it doesn’t generate anything new? Renaming the much-discussed tech is just one of the ways Robert Rose suggests aligning expectations with reality. The other? Challenging people to aim for higher-quality ideas and deliverables.
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Avoid Traditional Marketing Metrics To Prove Content’s Real Value

Content marketing requires a nuanced measurement program that differs from traditional marketing analysis. Use this four-step process to design objectives, key results, performance indicators, and metrics that leave no question about your content’s impact.
Overcome Change Fatigue and Boost Your Content Strategy

Overcome Change Fatigue and Boost Your Content Strategy

Not changing gets you nowhere. Get insightful anecdotes paired with practical strategies to motivate your marketing and content to break from stagnation and go toward innovation.
Think Like a Golfer To Create a Winning Content Strategy

Think Like a Golfer To Create a Winning Content Strategy

More content always seems better or at least less risky. But what if you played a different strategy? Play as you would in golf — fewest swings of the club wins. Let’s explore.
How To Get Unstuck with Generative AI in Your Content and Marketing

How To Get Unstuck With Generative AI in Your Content and Marketing

Generative AI isn’t serving marketers well. All the options make it easy to apply, but all the options make it more difficult to decide what to do. To help, use this categorization chart that looks at capabilities and efficiencies.
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Think Like a Director To Build a Scalable Employee Content Network

Recent research finds that almost nine out of 10 C-suite B2B marketers believe tapping employees as influencers holds immense value. But how do you scale your content efforts to enable those creators? Think like a movie director. Here’s how.
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How To Produce a Podcast in 2024 (From Someone Who’s Done 400+ Episodes)

This Old Marketing has produced over 400 podcast episodes since 2013. Learn how they do it in 2024, from the process to the equipment and the one big thing every successful podcast requires.