Just as we have the 4 Ps to describe the overall marketing mix, we require a new model to describe the strategy of content marketing. The content marketing strategy begins with three core pillars: ...

Who remembers putting together a mix CD or—get ready to take it way back—a mixtape? Long before the infinite playlist options offered by Spotify, Apple Music, and others, there was finite space for a ...

Almost everyone undertaking a content marketing program wonders what they should talk about. Not only what but how much of each type of content they should include in the mix. The content marketing ...

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You’ve identified your target prospective customers, are consistent with your content creation, and leverage different content types to promote your product or service. Your content strategy seems ...

It's common wisdom among marketers that most long-form content should be, at most, mildly promotional. The goal is to help the reader or prospect. Then, prospects will gradually come to see the ...

As a staff writer for Forbes Advisor, SMB, Kristy helps small business owners find the tools they need to keep their businesses running. She uses the experience of managing her own writing and editing ...