Content marketing is not enough — The fulfillment gap
Community Week Post by Natasha Gabriel Sigh … yes … BIG sigh. I have had quite an interesting experience with a vendor — [note I am being generous by using the adjective interesting]. Despite the fact that we live in this hyper-service economy, this FAIL made pause and realize how far we have to go […]
8 Big Ideas to Drive B2B Buzz
A guest post from {grow} community member Joe Chernov: I’ve been running in word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing circles since, well, since such a circles existed. Yet despite the existence of an active industry association and a cluster of WOM-related innovative companies, we, as an industry, still haven’t produced something elemental — a repeatable, measurable model […]
Content Marketing is not Journalism
Last week I attended an explosive panel discussion at SXSW. With the mild-mannered title of “Debating Brands’ Role as Publisher” sparks flew as Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and Lora Kolodny, a contributor to the New York Times and Money, sparred with the aggressive moderation of Tom Ashbrook , the host of NPR’s On Point, egging […]