May has so many content marketing opportunities. Is your content and social media plan ready for May? No worries, if it isn't. I’ve got your back. So that you have a steady source of inspiration and ideas. Let's get started. I always recommend that you start by looking at your business and industry each Read More
Create 64 Pieces of Content a Day for 30 Days
Create 64 pieces of new content every day. Impossible?! Yes. It's possible. Creating that much content every day is very achievable. Let's find out. I will create and publish at least 64 pieces of content every day for the entire month of April. I was inspired by a Gary Vaynerchuk post - How to Create 64 Pieces Of Read More
6 Promotion Trends Driving Big Sales in 2016
Don’t you just love it? The holiday season is a blitz of promotional marketing and big budget campaigns. As marketers, not only are we consumers of the non-stop deals targeted at us. We are also observers and strategic thinkers. We just can’t help but look at the onslaught of promotions through the lens of a Read More
How to Write a Brilliant Creative Brief in 15 Minutes
We are all super busy marketers. We’ve got to go, go, go. Execute now. We need to save time whenever possible. Skipping the creative brief is one of the most common shortcuts that marketers take. Oops! We think we are saving time up front by diving right into execution. But we are likely paying for it later Read More
277 Action Words to Supercharge Your Writing
Words are sacred ... If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little. - Tom Stoppard, Famed Author, Playwright, and Screenwriter You want to nudge the world, right? You’re in marketing to do just that. In fact, you probably want to do more than just nudge the world. You want to Read More
6 Reasons to Design Infographics and Rescue Your Content
Images have always played an important role in the presentation of ideas. Signs or maps are perfect examples of quickly and clearly explaining complex information visually. Now as traditional written content and internet marketing collide, you should be presenting your content visually too. You should design Read More
5 Situations You Need a Creative Brief But Often Don’t Use One
We are busy marketing professionals. We need to save time whenever possible. One of the most common shortcuts that marketers take is skipping the creative brief at the beginning of some projects. Unfortunately, we think we are saving time, but we are likely paying for it later with more time spent during production. Or Read More