Content Strategy – Not Content – Can Be Your Brand’s Competitive Advantage [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Content Strategy – Not Content – Can Be Your Brand’s Competitive Advantage [Rose-Colored Glasses]

A CMO recently asked if he could push back on a word I used in a webinar – a word that marketers tend to throw around a lot. I replied, “Sure, push away.” The word was strategy. I had talked a lot in the webinar about how the content itself provides no sustainable competitive advantage. … Read more

This Is Why No One Uses Your Content [Rose-Colored Glasses]

This Is Why No One Uses Your Content [Rose-Colored Glasses]

“Isn’t it obvious?” How many times have you asked this? That phrase often comes out when you realize some request or suggestion you thought you conveyed wasn’t acted on. This signal amplification bias (as psychologists call it) explains how most miscommunication happens. People routinely fail to realize how little they actually communicate to their colleagues. … Read more

Marketing Tech Is So Bright, You Gotta Wear Strategic Shades [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Marketing Tech Is So Bright, You Gotta Wear Strategic Shades [Rose-Colored Glasses]

I saw a stat not long ago that said marketers spend 30% of their work week learning, implementing, or searching for new technology to make content creation and management easier and faster. I can’t find it now, so maybe I imagined it. But even if that isn’t true, it feels true. My experience with two … Read more

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