Many people may have forgotten about Jayson Blair, the young journalist whose fictitious news stories caused a public relations nightmare for his employer, The New York Times. When the Times finally uncovered Blair’s long trail of deceit in 2003, it reported: “Mr. Blair was just one of about 375 reporters at The Times; his tenure…
		Content marketing was all the rage last year and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Adoption rates have skyrocketed among brands around the world. Every minute of every day, 100,000 tweets are shared, 571 new websites are created and over 347 blog posts get published.
		Creating compelling and shareable content is one of the most effective ways for brands to win in the digital marketing space. It also happens to be one of the most challenging tactics to perform successfully and consistently. According to MarketingSherpa, content creation yields a high volume of effectiveness, but it also poses a high degree…
		A rebrand is a long and involved process. It seems like there are a thousand tasks associated with a name change or logo update. For those businesses and organizations who are active and highly-visible on social media, great care must be taken to introduce a new brand to existing followers without alienating them.
		With content marketing becoming increasingly popular among agencies and internal marketing departments, the skill of creating appealing headlines and desirable copy is in demand. A blog post could be expertly written with earth-moving, problem-solving content, but if the title fails to communicate a value proposition or urgency, the writing will be obfuscated to the world.…
		The realization that content is king on the Internet has infiltrated the marketing world in a big way over the last few years. Content-producing startups seem to be popping up everywhere. In the content marketing world a mature company is only three to five years old, and some of those are getting bought up. Brands…
		Take a quick glance at your Facebook newsfeed. You’ll probably not only notice a variety of shared content, but also subtle differences in how that content is displayed. Text-only posts, photo-only posts, posts with links that you can see, and ones that you can’t. For marketers, the goal of any Facebook post is to create…
		At Angie’s List, creating good content means promoting action—promote consumer awareness, good hiring practices, smart spending, etc. But to produce the best original content that drives rankings and increases conversions, you can’t just promote action. You have to inspire it. 
Think about it. It’s simple. We write meta descriptions to inspire a click to our…
		