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What’s the quickest way to mess up your B2B2C marketing content? Writing to the wrong audience. In business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) marketing, it’s all too easy to write copy with end customers in mind. However, your goal is to win over the business leaders who serve those people. Let’s look at the who’s-who of B2B2C marketing, how… Read more »
Creating good marketing content is a surprisingly nuanced process. Writing content for the web might seem straightforward at first, but sitting down in front of a blank Google document can be intimidating. The more you think about content marketing, the more complex it becomes. After all, the articles you produce will ideally achieve several objectives…. Read more »
Stop me if this sounds familiar: You’ve been struck by the perfect idea for a new piece of content and started to put your (metaphorical) pen to paper. With a few hours of writing under your belt, you step back to see what you’ve written. As you begin proofing the next great content marketing thinkpiece,… Read more »
Fluffy phrases are the empty calories of content creation. They might bulk up your word count, but they starve your message of meaning. A dollop of fluff might be a minor distraction to readers — but too much can quickly tip the scales. Verbosity can make your copy unreadable, untrustworthy and even spammy. What Makes… Read more »
Which of these two sentences are you more excited about? Marketers can win a lifetime supply of chocolate. You can win a lifetime supply of chocolate. * Unless you’re about to start Whole30, you’re probably more jazzed about the second one. Why? It speaks directly to you. It offers up a dream scenario in which… Read more »
Social media is an ever-changing beast — from rebrands to new platforms (I’m looking at you BeReal), it can be hard to keep up. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. For example, LinkedIn has remained a mighty force in the online professional networking game. So how do you harness that networking power?… Read more »
There’s no place for sloppy copy in your digital marketing. It wastes your reader’s time. It erodes the trustworthy, authoritative brand your team has worked so hard to establish. And it’s kind of embarrassing if you’re a professional who wants to create work you’re proud of. Whether you’re an up-and-coming content writer or an experienced… Read more »
In internet culture, when two fictional characters are in a relationship (or everyone thinks they should be), they get a “ship name.” And if those characters happened to be finance and technology, their ship name would be “fintech.” It works, right? Financial technology, or fintech, is a marriage between the financial services and tech industries…. Read more »
“Fake it ‘til you make it.” It’s good advice for content marketers… until it isn’t. Although a touch of faux confidence might lend an authoritative tone to an email blast, leaning on sensational statistics you found under clickbait headlines can quickly erode the credibility of your content. Thanks to factors like social media, digital self-publishing… Read more »