Content Management

Collecting, curating, cultivating, and organizing your content on an ongoing basis is the difference between successful and stale content marketing.

Here are some posts to help you manage content:

So, You Want to be a Web Editor? Know These 11 Things

content hustler

Running a digital presence isn’t for the faint of heart. But it seems like everyone and their brother’s brand is dipping their toes into the content hustling game. Competition for audience share is heating up in every niche and only the strong will survive. Before you throw your hat into the ring, here are 11 [...]

The Rise Of The Profersonal In Social Media

The Rise Of The Profersonal In Social Media

In the past year, social media was the vehicle that drove several high-profile careers off a cliff. Pro athlete Larry Johnson tweeted a homophobic slur that resulted in a fan petition calling for his removal from the Kansas City Chiefs. He was later suspended. Gilbert Gottfried lost his gig as the voice of the Aflac [...]

Web Gems: The Art of Being a Web Editor

web gem art of being a web editor

Guess what? It’s not all about you. Anyone who has ever played on a team knows that. And shortstops know it best. This idea is the fabric of his or her nature. While pitchers, outfielders, and catchers have received the lion’s share of the glory in baseball, they would be nowhere without a good shortstop. [...]

4 Reasons Your Facebook Fan Stopped Liking You

4 Reasons Your Facebook Fan Stopped Liking You

“You like me, you really like me!” It’s hard not to get excited when someone likes our organizations page on Facebook, especially early on. It could be the beginning of a beautiful romance of brand and consumer. But then things go wrong. Brand statuses are ignored. Questions are left to wither alone in silence. The flame is [...]

Just Another SEO Manifesto

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If I had only one thing to say about search engine optimization, it’d be this: don’t chase the search engines, instead chase what the search engines are chasing. Search engines are in the business of getting people what they want. In an ideal world, people ask search engines an honest question and receive an honest [...]

How Google Reads Your Blog

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Smart businesses know that in order to truly serve their customer, they need to put themselves in their customers shoes and learn to think like them. They need to feel their pain, understand their needs and figure out how they can serve people efficiently and effectively. Which is why it makes sense that when Google [...]

3 Unrealistic Promises Made About Social Media

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It’s easy to get overly ambitious when making the case for social media. When the board room is finally ready to listen, we breathlessly explain the social media sea change and how our organization can ride the wave. And in our excitement, we sometimes make the case too well. We make it seem too easy. [...]

4 Tips for Developing a Blog Comment Policy

soap in mouth

If you’ve spent much in social media, you’ve probably been warned not to “feed the trolls.” Trolls, as Wikipedia will tell you, are defined as “someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into [...]

Lessons Learned from a Twitter Robot

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A robot didn’t write this post. But if technology continues at the current pace, a future with bot-authored posts may not be too far off on the horizon. Depressing? Definitely. Crazy? Maybe not. Automation is alive and well in the world of social media and the debate rages on whether social media automation defeats the [...]

4 Ways to Get More Mileage Out of Old Content

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I’m a ’90s baby. I grew up during, at least what I believe to be, the peak of Nickelodeon’s programming. These classic Nick shows represented an iconic part of tv’s pop culture and had everything from talking babies (Rugrats), a dog and cat conjoined (Catdog), action shows (Legends of the Hidden Temple) and pretty much [...]

If Your Website Burst into Flames, What Would You Keep?

If Your Website Burst into Flames, What Would You Keep?

Like an attic in an old house, websites tend to be a place where we set something down for the time-being, and that time-being turns into eternity. And it ends up being very cluttered. It’s the web, after all. It’s virtually limitless. We can upload as much as we want, we can trick out navigational [...]

An Unglamorous Website Maintenance Checklist

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Many of us were drawn to the world of digital media because of the promise of creativity. We liked the sound of coming up with catchy headlines that resulted in clicks. We liked the idea of thinking up ideas for infographics that would garner links. We were drawn in by the challenge to create content [...]

Goodbye, Voice of God (in Journalism)

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For political junkies, there was no more bizarre and fascinating news night than the 2000 election returns. Among the embarrassing moments that night—and there were quite a few—was when anchorman Dan Rather announced that Al Gore had won Florida, and then proclaimed, “If [CBS News] says someone carried a state, you can take that to [...]

3 Ways Less Content Means More to Your Audience

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I made a surprising observation on my last trip to the grocery store. For certain brands, it cost less to buy a 2-liter bottle of soda than a smaller, single serving of the same cocktail of carbonated water and high fructose corn syrup. Spring water? Contain your astonishment: it also comes cheaper in large size. [...]

6 Steps to Realistic Social Media Implementation

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There’s often a gap between the idea of social media (what can happen in your head) and the practice of social media (what happens in real life). Maybe your “social media engagement strategy” seemed more solid in the PowerPoint presentation. The “monitoring station” seemed to work better during discussion meetings. And the enthusiasm has vanished [...]

5 Things a Troll Taught Me About Content Marketing

trolls and content marketing

When I wrote my first blog post, I was proud and excited. I posted it and anxiously awaited the comments that might follow. (What would the Internet have to say?) Then, I got a notification for that long awaited response from a thoughtful reader. It was not quite what I had anticipated. Instead of oohs [...]

What Has Your Blog Done For Me Lately?

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You probably fell in love with a blog once. You subscribed to the RSS feed, liked it on Facebook, and followed it on Twitter so you never missed an update or witty remark from your editorial superhero. Maybe you met through a friend or maybe you stumbled upon it (literally or figuratively). Regardless, you fell [...]

Fighting Words: Marketing Lessons From the UFC

marketing lessons from the ufc

Your organization can learn a lot from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Yes, I’m serious. No, I don’t mean you can learn flying knees or triangle chokes, although those might come in handy when meetings get heated.

That Website Ain’t Gonna Visit Itself

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If you build it, they will, well, probably go somewhere else. Your target audience probably doesn’t share the same level of enthusiasm that you have toward your new website/redesign/mobile app/digital venture. More than likely, they won’t even notice.  They’ll go about visiting their normal destinations online; checking Facebook, maybe Twitter, and dipping into their pool of [...]

5 Reasons You Won’t Read This Blog Post

why you won't read this blog post

Whether I’m writing for print, online, or in cuneiform, my job as a content producer is to serve you, the reader. You are investing precious time with me, and I better not disappoint you. There are, after all, at least a few other sources you could visit instead. So why do I ignore this?

How to Avoid Awkward Silence in Your Comment Section

avoiding awkward silence in your blog comment section

There are a lot of lurkers on the web. You know, those people who visit websites, consume content, and move along. We’ve all done it. (You’re probably doing it right now!)

Want Your Message to Resonate? Say it Again. Want Your Message to Resonate? Say it Again.

repetitive marketing messages

Growing up, my mom had to constantly remind me to do the things she needed me to do. After the fifth or so reminder, I’d reluctantly get up and put my clothes in the hamper (or complete whichever menial task she’d requested of me). On my way back to couch potato land, I’d let her [...]

Quit Daydreaming and Focus on Your Website

work horses

That one big idea—the one that will bring the masses to your website overnight and lead to more Twitter followers than Lady Gaga sees is not worth waiting for. I’m all for brainstorming and trying big new  ideas, but if you really want to improve your pageviews and build community online you should place your [...]

7 Steps to Dealing with Information Overload

dealing with information overload

Be honest: How many tabs do you have open in your browser right now? And how many times will you stop to check your email, IMs or Twitter while reading this post? There are too many links to click, blogs to subscribe to, Tweets to Retweet, books to read, and oh yeah, work to do. So [...]

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