The Content Marketing Blog
Nov 25, 2014

Cisco social strategist and comedian, Tim Washer, discusses his approach to content marketing

One of my favorite examples of compelling content produced by a business-to-business (B2B) company is the Cisco Valentine’s Day video. To tell a compelling story that is so outstanding that people want to share it with their friends is great, and to tell the story with $150,000 network server hardware is simply incredible.

As you can imagine, I was thrilled when I got the opportunity to interview Cisco's Tim Washer for the first Thismoment in Content Marketing video. Tim Washer is the man behind the video and a social strategist for Cisco. [...]

Nov 20, 2014

Clickbait is to content marketing what smoking is to living: you’ll get your high (metrics), but you will be judged harshly, and eventually, the clickbait will kill you. It’s common sense that misleading readers in order to inflate clicks is bad. However, using clickbait is tempting because we’re under immense pressure to grow an audience […]

Nov 18, 2014

5 questions to ask before you post… The media loves pointing out the foibles, missteps and outright cringe-worthy mistakes that brands make on social media. While it’s an amusing, lesson-filled pastime that’s pretty darn easy to do, brands don’t love this type of attention (who would?). Ironically, these social media mistakes are amplified through the […]

"Marketers have much to gain by including sales in the content marketing mix. Get to it!"
—Marc Cowlin
"Emotional posts drive an average reaction rate of 0.5%, which is more than double that of informational posts... "
—Jason Falls
Nov 17, 2014

User-generated content (UGC) adds a layer of authenticity to a brand’s marketing. By showcasing what other consumers think and how they use a product, UGC builds on the characteristics—such as relatability and trustworthiness—that brands want to focus on to drive engagement and win the hearts of consumers. Your customers want confirmation of their brand choices, […]

Nov 12, 2014

Posting the same content everywhere means your content is not optimal Hello, my name is Jason and I’m a “same content poster.” I rarely differentiate my content by channel. And now you say, “Hi, Jason!” Doesn’t it feel like admitting you post the same content on different networks is like attending a support meeting? We’ve […]

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Nov 11, 2014

The boundary between physical and digital life has become so blurred that a new adjective is being used to capture the phenomenon: ‘phygital’. In late October, the concept of phygital retail landed on front pages with the announcement that Lowe’s is testing two retail service robots in a San Jose store. Of course, the sci-fi […]

Nov 6, 2014

When I read the news about the beef between Taylor Swift and Spotify yesterday I couldn’t help but to think of Ann Handley. Yes, Ann Handley, of MarketingProfs, Everybody Writes, Tiny Houses and content marketing fame came to mind as I read about T-Swizzle pulling her music off the popular music-streaming site, Spotify. And no, […]

"A UGC hashtag campaign without ROI is indeed DOA!"
—Dan Kimball