Sometimes, marketers, musicians or speakers dig themselves into a solipsistic rabbit hole. They’ve heard their stuff before. They think everyone else has too. So they bury the lede, look for new laughs and most of all, try to avoid boring themselves. Which often leads to confusion or controversy or, most of all, a muddy message….
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The 2023 We❤️NYC campaign was intended to encourage New Yorkers, still pessimistic in a post-pandemic world, to show love for their city. And boy, did it ever. Last year, Maryam Banikarim royally pissed off the Olsen twins and the Jonas Brothers with her We❤️NYC campaign. But that same campaign earned twice the impressions of a…
Promoting a local business can be challenging these days. Whether it’s because of oversaturation or complicated search engine algorithms, it’s all too easy to feel like no one will find your business in the local search results. It’s even more frustrating when you offer great products and services, but customers just can’t seem to find…
Everyone on your team should understand the difference between a goal and an objective. I know it sounds simple, but terminology confusion is one of the biggest causes of misalignment in business strategy. Whether you use the OKR model, the KPI framework, the Golden Circle, or another methodology, the difference between goals and objectives must…
Before Anna and I started contentki, we went to a cafe, pulled out a notepad, and began brainstorming all the services we could offer given our skills and experience. We came up with content writing, SEO optimization, and content strategy. From there we dived even deeper into each category adding SEO blog writing, thought leadership,…
As Content Marketing World wraps up, Robert Rose challenges content and marketing pros to spark something different.
What does that entail exactly? I don’t know. In fact, Sam Oh asked me yesterday what the title of this post would be. “Is it like…Ahrefs Evolve 2024: Recap of day 1 and day 2…?” Even as I nodded, I… Read more ›
Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. A few months ago, on my podcast Nudge, Jonah Berger told me about the power of pausing. The act of pausing seems like a small thing. But recent studies show that pausing can make…