Building the Right Foundation for Cornerstone Content — Here's Everything I Know

Building the Right Foundation for Cornerstone Content — Here's Everything I Know

I remember exactly where I was when I stumbled upon the concept of cornerstone content for the first time. It was a fresh winter’s morning in late December, and the sunshine glistened over the frosted ground … Okay, I kid, I kid. So, the cornerstone content model isn’t exactly ‘Moon Landing’ material. But, it did … Read more

Content Marketing Team Dynamics That Deliver Results

Content Marketing Team Dynamics That Deliver Results

As a content professional with almost a decade in the game, I have been a part of several content marketing teams and projects. While each project came with its own objectives and obstacles, one thing remained constant: a consistent underestimation of what a content marketing team achieves for the organization at large. The natural assumption … Read more

Marketing Calendar 2025 With Template To Plan Your Content

Marketing Calendar 2025 With Template To Plan Your Content

Setting yourself and your organization up for successful marketing means understanding the interesting dates, holidays, and events throughout the year that you can leverage for your brand. Pulling that information together takes time and effort, so we’ve done the legwork for you. Our complete marketing calendar for 2025 with a template gives you all the … Read more

How Content Gap Analysis Bolsters Your Marketing Strategy

How Content Gap Analysis Bolsters Your Marketing Strategy

Over the past five years, I’ve been creating content for some of the most successful content-first brands. And if there’s one thing that all their content marketing strategies have in common, it is a solid content gap analysis. Think about it. Every time you look up a topic, you will find hundreds of blogs that … Read more

The Ins-and-Outs of Content Optimization, Straight From a Marketer

The Ins-and-Outs of Content Optimization, Straight From a Marketer

Over the past three years, I’ve written over 200 marketing content pieces from blog posts to guides to landing pages. Over that time, I’ve witnessed more and more brands investing not just in new content, but in content optimization. It makes sense why content marketing teams are optimizing their content. Brands that produce hundreds of … Read more

CMS Market Share Trends: Top Content Management Systems (Nov. 2024)

CMS Market Share Trends: Top Content Management Systems (Nov. 2024)

WordPress has held the dominant share of the content management systems (CMS) market since it was launched in 2003. Currently, the popular platform stands at 62.2% market share, according to W3Techs, which offers the most reputable and trustworthy data source. But in the last two years, WordPress has seen it’s market share start to reduce … Read more

What Is Digital Content? I Asked Experts What to Expect From It in 2025 — Here’s What They Said

What Is Digital Content? I Asked Experts What to Expect From It in 2025 — Here’s What They Said

Ok, this has to be one of the most meta projects I’ve worked on: a piece of digital content about digital content — but, hey, it’s an important one. From toddlers to senior citizens, everyone today wields a mobile device. So much of our lives are spent staring at screens that very few can say … Read more

Content Cadence: How Often You Should Publish Blog, Video, and Social Media Content

Content Cadence: How Often You Should Publish Blog, Video, and Social Media Content

Many years ago, as a new online business owner, content cadence was tough for me to understand. I didn’t know how many blog posts per week were ideal or the best posting cadence for social media. But today, that’s no longer the case. If you’re a marketer or business owner who’s clueless about content cadence … Read more

Google Warns Of Duplicate Content “Black Holes” Caused By Error Pages

Google Warns Of Duplicate Content “Black Holes” Caused By Error Pages

Google’s “Search Off the Record” podcast recently highlighted an SEO issue that can make web pages disappear from search results. In the latest episode, Google Search team member Allan Scott discussed “marauding black holes” formed by grouping similar-looking error pages. Google’s system can accidentally cluster error pages that look alike, causing regular pages to get … Read more

The Content Marketer's Guide to Thought Leadership [+ Inspiring Examples & Expert Tips]

The Content Marketer's Guide to Thought Leadership [+ Inspiring Examples & Expert Tips]

I think most people in marketing aim to become thought leaders one day. You show that you know your stuff and can teach and inspire others. But that kind of status comes with experience, hard work, and a genuine desire to grow. You need to share your knowledge consistently, prove you’re an expert (not just … Read more

A Data-Backed Guide to Newsletter Content Strategy: 17 Formats & Topics Driving ROI for Hundreds of Newsletter Creators

A Data-Backed Guide to Newsletter Content Strategy: 17 Formats & Topics Driving ROI for Hundreds of Newsletter Creators

Newsletters are having a moment. My inbox is near saturation point, and I still keep discovering more newsletters I want to subscribe to. Based on a survey of 500+ newsletter operators and a handful of interviews with experts, I am sure of at least one thing: Newsletters aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. If you want … Read more

12 Benefits of Content Marketing [+ Examples]

12 Benefits of Content Marketing [+ Examples]

As a seasoned content marketer, I can assure you that content marketing has vast benefits for any business. It is one of the most effective methods of growing audience engagement, developing brand presence, and driving sales. If you‘re curious about content marketing and a little skeptical of its rewards, you’ve come to the right blog. … Read more

YouTube Expands Creator Tools, Introduces Content Disclosure System

YouTube Expands Creator Tools, Introduces Content Disclosure System

YouTube’s latest weekly update highlights new creator features, including expanding longer Shorts, launching images on Quiz posts for Android, and broader access to the Brand Connect tab in YouTube Studio. Longer Shorts Update YouTube has finished rolling out updates allowing Shorts videos ranging from 1 to 3 minutes to be displayed accordingly in the subscriptions … Read more

How Content Audits Help The HubSpot Blog Age Backwards — A Peek Into Our Process

How Content Audits Help The HubSpot Blog Age Backwards — A Peek Into Our Process

In 2023, my team and I began working on perhaps one of the most ambitious content audits ever conducted on the HubSpot Blog. We’ve run content audits in the past — but not like this. We ran the audit in three phases: Phase 1 addressed our oldest content. Phase 2 evaluated our lowest-performing content. Phase … Read more

Perfecting your edutainment social media content strategy

Perfecting your edutainment social media content strategy

Brands know social media is saturated with content. So how do you navigate the challenge of disrupting the feed? The answer: Edutainment social media. Blending education with entertainment is more than a trend—it’s a powerful method that’s reshaping how businesses connect with their audiences and develop their brand stories. The 2024 Social Media Content Strategy … Read more

How to Humanize AI Content So It Will Rank, Engage, and Get Shared in 2025

How to Humanize AI Content So It Will Rank, Engage, and Get Shared in 2025

I still remember my first taste of artificial intelligence (AI).It was “SmarterChild,” a chatbot available on AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Windows Live Messenger in the early 2000s that you could have a “conversation” with when your real friends weren’t online. But honestly, even as a preteen, I could see that it needed a lesson … Read more

The Top 10 Content Marketing Skills You Need (Plus Tips On How To Master Them)

10 Content Marketing Skills You Need to Master

Want to reach more of your target audience, connect with them, and have meaningful interactions? Quality content marketing may be the ideal solution for you. But gone are the days of simply writing and releasing content. Effective content marketing requires various skills and strategies if you want to get it right. If you’re looking to … Read more

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