content marketing

Kevin Spacey

“The story is everything.”

Without a doubt, one of the high points of Content Marketing World 2014 was Kevin Spacey‘s closing keynote. Storytelling was at the heart of his address, and he challenged all content marketers to tell better stories. During his presentation, he talked about the three important elements of storytelling: conflict, authenticity and audience. Watch this video of keynote

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SEO

SEO Best Practices for Content Marketers

“Why are you passionate about what you do?” This hardball inquiry was tossed into a panel discussion I recently participated in at Northwestern University with students who are a part of the Medill Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program. A question that I, like many professionals, ask myself often, I realized that it’s largely because of

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Content Marketing World 2014

Let’s Just Call It Marketing: Content Marketing World ’14 Recap

Watch Our Video Recap of Content Marketing World 2014 Read Our Recap of Content Marketing World 2014: For various reasons, some people hate the phrase “content marketing.” To me, after attending the 4th annual Content Marketing World, it is clear that content marketing is just marketing.  And always has been.  So let’s drop the word content and

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TYS Award Excellence

Tell Your Story Wins Business Marketing Association B2 Award of Excellence

Dispatches from BMA14: Series of Short Reports from the Tell Your Story Team at #BMA14 in Chicago The Tell Your Story team is delighted and honored to win a 2014 Business Marketing Association B2 Award.  Last night we received an Award of Excellence in Content Marketing for our social media work for client USG Corporation.  Our nomination

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Social Media Masters Summit

Seen and Heard at Digital Megaphone’s 6th Annual Social Media Masters Summit

#ICYMI #smms14 was a trending topic yesterday on Twitter. Not surprising when 150 social media masters conglomerate in one room, but it certainly speaks to the power of sharing engaging content. I was able to attend the 6th Annual Social Media Masters Summit hosted by Digital Megaphone in Chicago on May 15. The event hosted

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Integrate Your Content Marketing with SEO / SEM

This great article states that “nearly half (45%) of all companies say content is ‘highly integrated’ with their SEO efforts, compared to just 24% for paid search marketing and 16% for mobile marketing. Organizations are more likely to integrate content marketing with their SEO strategy than they are with any other digital marketing discipline.” The

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Five Content Marketing Tools That Will Make Your Life Easier

This is our first day using the Curata publishing platform for our blog. Wish us luck! Here’s an article that describes five great content marketing tools. A little old, but still good information. We’ll tell you how our Curata experiment goes for us and our clients.   Content marketing can be a challenge for anyone

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