What do an intense football game, a tired and hungry teammate, and a smart-mouthed grandma have in common? Answer—Snickers. Snickers’ hilarious 30-second Super Bowl campaign starring Betty White topped USA Today’s Ad Meter in 2010. It also generated a mind-blowing 91...
Letting the Customer Be Your Guide in the Age of AI
Gone are the days of generic sales pitches — the future of content marketing is all about staying close to your customers and adapting to their needs. For content marketing expert Hiba Amin, that means a strong focus on customer education. “People are more customer...
How Databox Uses Original Data to Reach 250K Readers Per Month
Tamara Omerovic runs a small team with a BIG job. As Content Marketing Manager at Databox, she’s in charge of all things content, from generating new ideas to overseeing the creation of the team’s well-known data reports. With four awesome marketers on board, plus a...
Feet-on-the-Rug Content: Cozy Up to B2B Readers through Emotive Messaging
Every fresh-out-of-college business major knows the pros of emotive marketing. Pet food brands leverage our communal weak spot for puppy eyes, and diaper brands make every parent feel optimistic that all it takes is an absorbent diaper to revert their sleep schedule...
Keep Your Content Human in a Tech-Driven World
Content marketing is changing by the second. From the battle to maintain premium SERP real estate to the recent rise in AI, the story of content is becoming more complex by the day. For modern marketers like Trina Moitra, that means one thing: keeping ahead of the...
Leadership in Content Marketing: 16 Powerful Women Have Their Say
This Women’s History Month we reached out to 16 women in content marketing to ask what they think it takes to become a powerful content marketer. Here’s what they said.
Mentioning Covid in Your B2B Content Is… Awkward. Do It Anyway.
Should you use the words ‘Covid-19’ in your content? After years of hype, headlines, and completely freaking out every time you sneeze — any mention of the pandemic’s given name is a hard pass for many marketers. And honestly, we get it. As a team of writers, we are...
10 B2B Blog Introductions That Won’t Make Your Eyes Glaze Over
Remember in high school English classes when you started every paper with a “since the dawn of time” cliché? Like if you were writing a paper on cats, you’d start it off with “For centuries, cats have been adored by humans.” What’s wrong with so many blog intros today...
Finding the White Space in Your B2B Content Strategy
When Oli Gardner started Unbounce back in 2009, rather than take the conventional approach to getting traffic by running paid ads or starting a blog, he and his team created an online course on landing pages. He took an educate first approach to marketing and by...
6 Content Marketing Experts Share Their Favorite Copywriting Books of All Time
When I first started out as a copywriter, I couldn’t afford to buy courses or get a coach. And unlike many writers, I have never been involved in a writing role so I didn’t have a boss I could ask for help or any colleagues I could ask for advice. So basically, I...