What’s the half-life of news articles these days? How should that affect your mix of marketing, thought leadership, research, and other news-focused content? New research from Chartbeat, a content intelligence platform for publishers, sheds light on how positioning, traffic source, topic, and other attributes impact the lifespan of an article. CMI’s chief strategy advisor Robert … Read more
Threads is implementing branded content tools to give marketers access to paid promotion opportunities. Meta’s new social platform doesn’t serve ads yet. However, this feature will enable brands to explore the possibility of running influencer campaigns. Why we care. Meta is waiting until Threads reaches a critical mass before selling ad space, which is proving … Read more
“Marketers ruin everything.” Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk often gets credited for that wisdom he shared in a 2013 speech and repeated in the years following. The trope explains how any new, interesting, innovative technology or experience is usually ruined by marketers exploiting it to sell more products. CMI’s chief strategy advisor Robert Rose has some thoughts … Read more
