The extraordinary power of curated content

There’s a lot of pressure to create great original content but maybe success comes through an industry curated content strategy.
Three ways people fumble their personal brand strategy

People are bumping up against three hurdles as they try to determine their personal brand strategy. Here are some ideas to overcome and break though!
The ideal marketing workplace requires more than exposed brick walls

Attracting and retaining the best employees is a challenge. To compete, you’ll need to create an ideal marketing workplace, and that means more than tech.
Can you afford to do inbound marketing?

A new analysis shows that Hubspot’s sales and marketing costs are out of control. Isn’t inbound marketing supposed to LOWER your customer acquisition costs?
Mental toughness, personal crisis, and the role of grit in your success

When I talked to many successful people, I learned that they had a certain toughness, or grit. Here’s some ideas to get you through the tough times.
Love, politics and content marketing

In this new Marketing Companion episode, Mark Schaefer and Tom Webster review Content Marketing World and why politics and content marketing fell flat
What’s the Twouble with Twitter Marketing?

Twitter marketing? Not many are doing it, but why? Is Twitter a worthless waste of time, or an overlooked opportunity to reach new audiences?
Straight talk on being a social media consultant

It takes more than a love of social media to make it as a social media consultant. A few insider tips on what the work is really like!
Why the content marketing future is NOT in video content

Will you be left behind if you don’t produce video content? Here is evidence to explain why the content marketing world will balance out.
Content creation lessons from a tiny wedding toast

The speech was just 29 words, but they were the right words. Here’s why: Content creation lessons from a short wedding toast.