Startup Strategy
The Best Content Marketing Tools and Resources (Part I)
If you are a content marketer at an expansion-stage company, you're often a one-man show. It can be a lonely...
by Kevin Cain
Startup Strategy
What Is a Director of Content Strategy?
I was at a party recently and got asked what I do for work. When I replied that I am...
by Kevin Cain
Startup Strategy
5 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Get More Comments on Your Blog

Remember that scene from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” with the economics teacher who has no idea how to engage his class? It illustrates an important lesson: If you want to get more engagement around your content, you’ve got to use the right tactics to appeal to your audience.

by Kevin Cain
Startup Strategy
10 Content Marketing Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

We all need to learn from our mistakes. In this post, I’ve listed 10 of the most common content marketing mistakes I see companies make along with ways to avoid them. Manage to steer clear of these pitfall in 2013, and I guarantee your content marketing will yield much greater results.

by Kevin Cain
Marketing
Crowdsourcing Marketing: Leveraging Customer Engagement for Maximum Impact
Is crowdsourcing marketing the key to unlocking your customers' enthusiasm so that you can build better products, increase brand recognition,...
by Kevin Cain
Startup Strategy
A Conversation with Marcus Sheridan on B2B Content Marketing

Want to listen in on my recent conversation with Marcus Sheridan (aka the Sales Lion), a B2B content marketing consultant and the keynote speaker at Content Marketing World 2012? In this post, he shares his perspectives on some of the challenges content marketers face and why every company should be embracing content and SEO.

by Kevin Cain
Marketing
The 7 Themes My Content Marketing Blog Covered in 2012

2012 is quickly coming to a end! Here’s a thematic look back at some of the topics I’ve covered in my content marketing blog this year.

by Kevin Cain
Marketing
Your Quick and Easy Podcasting Primer

The latest guide in OpenView’s Content Snapshot series walks you through everything you’ll need to know to start podcasting, step-by-step.

by Kevin Cain
Startup Strategy
A 2013 Strategic Priority: Building a Content Factory

The end of the year is almost here and if you want to build a content factory in 2013, you’ve got work to do. This week’s post talks about the five things you need to do right now to get ready to build a successful content factory in 2013.

by Kevin Cain