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Announcing the Content Marketing Production Engine Program

ByTris

In the decade plus I’ve been doing content marketing for startups, SMBs, and enterprises, there’s one sure thing that will derail any content marketing effort: not having established production, approval, and publishing processes. Without processes and plans, as people get busy with other things, content marketing becomes an “oh yeah we should post something, but…

Stop Playing Content Marketing Roulette
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Stop Playing Content Marketing Roulette

ByTris

Make a plan, define a goal, and measure the results There is a lot to starting off your content marketing program that starts off with throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. When you don’t have insight into what your audience would like, sometimes that’s the only option you have. You try a…

If you create content to go viral, you’ve already failed
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If you create content to go viral, you’ve already failed

ByTris

You can’t plan on it. You can’t create for it. I see a lot of posts and tips on how to make your content go viral. Or how to get thousands of likes. Or shares. Or comments. I have a real problem with these posts. I believe these posts miss the point of marketing. They…

Monday Tip: Are you sure you want to that?
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Monday Tip: Are you sure you want to that?

ByTris

And by that I mean anything from blogging to podcasting to video But mostly video and podcasting. When I talk with people about their sites and their content plans—content plans aren’t strategies yet, they are ideas to get the ball rolling—folks often say something like “I’d like to start a podcast. Maybe do a video…

To Blog or Not To Blog, That’s the Wrong Question
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To Blog or Not To Blog, That’s the Wrong Question

ByTris

Content marketing isn’t solely about blogging or about words—It’s about connecting If you had asked me ten, even five, years ago if your company should have a blog, I would have answered with an emphatic: Yes! But it’s 2018 and times have changed. Blogging and social media marketing has morphed and coalesced into content marketing…