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Scaling Content as a Platform Technology

I’m talkin’ mighty oaks from little acorns grow Both the internet and entrepreneurship are growing at groundbreaking speeds, but brands trying to scale often run face first into the giant brick wall that is content scaling. All businesses have to nail a three-part process to succeed: traffic, content, monetization. It seems easy enough to accomplish […]

Word Count Matters: What Writers Can Learn from Twitter’s Move to 280 Characters

After teasing and beta-testing for a few weeks, Twitter made the official move to 280 characters for all users in early November. Suddenly, the entire Twittersphere had double the character count, but many users were less than grateful for the change. J.K. Rowling said she thought the platform had ruined itself. In a tweet that […]

Social Media Stars: Love ’em and Learn From Them

Today’s biggest stars aren’t necessarily Oscar winners or even literal rock stars. Instead, a new variety of home-grown stars are springing up on the internet. These social media stars have astonishing influence and make, in some cases, spectacular salaries for doing… well, whatever it is that they do. Take a look at some of the […]

5 Tips to Steer Clear of Legal Issues in Marketing Claims

Businesses that lead the pack in content marketing experience up to 7.8 times more traffic on websites than those that don’t. Understanding the legal ramifications of offline and online marketing claims –€” and knowing when to hold back or remain transparent –€” is one key to becoming an industry leader. With honest, legal content marketing, […]

Content Calibration: Boosting Agency Revenue & Retention

Content calibration is a great way to boost efficiency, productivity, and morale for your agency, outsourced workers and the client. What is Content Calibration? Calibration is the act of standardizing something or checking that your measurement device is working as it should. Calibrating content involves testing instructions, style guides, and brand documents to ensure they […]

Forrester Says Outsourcing Content Creation is the Way to Go, and We Agree

Only about 9 percent of business-to-consumer marketers plan on bringing content generation in-house in 2017, even though almost everyone is boosting content marketing budgets this year. According to Forrester Research, using third-parties for content creation services is a smart move because outside agencies are better judges when it comes to content marketing performance. Outsourcing content […]

RSS Feeds: Old But Proven Tech for Spreading Your Message

RSS, which stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, is a way of letting your audience know when you have a new blog post, news article, video, podcast or product on your site. This protocol is more than 16 years old now, and it was one of the most popular methods early bloggers […]

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