Category: For Agencies

Content marketing professionals understand that the process of producing content – whether preparing for a full-fledged campaign or a one-off blog post – isn’t as easy as sitting down and writing. Ideas require content development, and content development requires ideas. Whether you’re having trouble fleshing out your ideas or finding the ideas to flesh out […]

The great Bill Gates once said, “Content is king.”  Indeed, as the richest man on the planet, words about content creation from the noble philanthropist and the man that co-founded Microsoft tend to carry some weight.  Then again, why rely solely on the allegation of a college dropout? Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Marketing, would […]

Should you have a separate content creation strategy for each social channel? Social media channels are not all created equally.  Each one has somewhat of a different appeal and different channels intended to cater to different audiences.  If marketers are so concerned with reaching their audience, then why do so many of them take the […]

Does content creation in advertising include subliminal messages? In 1973 the book Subliminal Seduction introduced to the mainstream the idea that brands were using subliminal messages to trick consumers into making decisions and purchasing products. The public was in a state of fear. The Federal Communications Commission held hearings to discuss the legality of subliminal […]

Are you a creative person? If you answered yes to this question, feel free to skip ahead a few paragraphs. If you answered no, we need to have a talk. The reason many people find it difficult to come up with content ideas is they have bought into the myth of creativity – that some […]