Intuition

Sometimes, we’re so afraid of creation that we don’t even leave blank pages around. If your workspace has a hole exactly the size of a creative idea in it, you’re more likely to fill the hole. When we decrease the number of steps to begin creating, and increase the expectation that something is going to…

If I were to name one thing that I’ve learned throughout the years as a content marketer, it’s that strategy always comes first. Otherwise, you face the risk of chaos. You either end up writing on random topics that don’t fit your intent and personas well, cannibalize your existing SEO keywords, or run out of…

If your content marketing generated $10,000 in sales and cost $2,000 to create, that’s an ROI of 400%: Although the math is simple, actually doing this exercise in real life is tricky, for a few reasons. The most important: it’s… Read more › Post Views: 88

When I think back to my school days when we were asked to complete research papers using good old-fashioned books from the library, and I genuinely don’t think I could do that today. I’ve become so accustomed to the wide accessibility of information on the Internet that I’m willing to do anything to maintain that…

Despite my tendency to let my email inbox bloat with unanswered emails (I just got a warning from Gmail that my inbox is 90% full), I’m actually pretty well-versed in email marketing. I used to manage the email newsletter at a TV station as a journalist, and I most recently managed the HubSpot Daily Newsletter…

Want to know a secret? Customer retention is much more critical to your company’s success than customer acquisition. In fact, Frederick Reichheld of Bain & Company found that as little as a 5% increase in customer retention can increase company revenue by as much as 25–95%. Whether you’re a team of one or more, strategic…