Author: Krystle Kopacz

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  “These independent content creators are killing us,” a head of marketing told me recently.Does this sound familiar? In many markets, Instagrammers, newsletter writers, and YouTubers with next-to-nothing budgets are amassing audiences and trust faster than comparatively well-funded and resourced operations (for example, 90% of the content Gen Z consumes is created by individuals, not […]

You’re a content marketer in 2021, there’s a war for attention among your competitors (they are, of course, all creating content as well), and you’re trying to figure out how to win. How do you set up for success? We’ve spent the last few years obsessing over the tools the best content marketers use — or […]

We’ve heard a lot about the frustration of sales teams in the past few months.  Building relationships builds business. Remember when we met someone at a trade show, got to know someone over a coffee, pitched to a room full of people and had a discussion about how to best serve them? We’ve been missing […]

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There are three things that matter most in content marketing: Audience relevance, content format, and a regular feedback loop.

There is a relatively simple formula to drive audience loyalty, and it is this: Learn your audience’s problems.  Solve one or more of their problems through your content.  Keep solving their problems with more content.  Remind them you’re solving their problems through a direct messaging channel. While the formula is simple, doing each step right […]

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The work of building a content strategy can be daunting. And then, somehow, it gets harder.  “Saying NO to off-strategy requests” is a common conundrum for our clients. It makes sense: To effectively build a content strategy, you need to drive some level of consensus, buy-in and excitement across departments. In laying the groundwork, you […]

For brands looking to build future content marketing strategy, editorial franchises are critical.

Are you empowered to solve problems for your audience as your primary goal?

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By using a framework for understanding the role your content plays in the lives of your audience members you’ll be on the right path to building structure and loyalty into your content brand.

Moving at the speed of digital while dealing with a talent crunch? Things were bound to break sometime.