Remove Blogging Remove Books Remove Content Marketing Remove Writing
article thumbnail

Diego Pineda on Why you Need Thought Leadership vs. Content Marketing

Flack's Revenge

It was a story on Medium by Solo Thought Leader author Diego Pineda called Content Marketing is Dying; Here’s why you need to Develop Thought Leadership Instead. But why is content marketing dying, Diego? He started his career as a medical writer while writing fiction on the side. More clickbait fodder.”

article thumbnail

3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

Sword and the Script

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

article thumbnail

Why Your Writing Sucks: Business Writing Skills for the Digital Age [Book Review]

Polaris

When it comes to writing, lawyers are notoriously loquacious. Lawyers are the first to admit their writing is ridiculously wordy,” Kate told me in a phone conversation. “If Erickson told me she recently improved her own business writing. Ross’ upbeat and unconventional book isn’t just for lawyers.

Writing 100
article thumbnail

Book to blog: Iliyana Stareva's story

Stephen Waddington

Inbound PR is a new book about modernising marketing and public relations by Iliyana Stareva. The book describes a modern approach to public relations based on identifying and listening to publics, and developing content to engage them in a conversation. Modernising public relations and marketing.

article thumbnail

The Aesthetics of Text: Writing Readable Blog Posts

Sword and the Script

This why a good content marketer can take a dense white paper, identify the most interesting parts , re-write it for the web, and then watch it get more traction than the first time around. 1) Write short sentences. Other readers liked these related posts: B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success.

Writing 60
article thumbnail

The Pros Weigh In: The Best Books for the Marketer on Your List

Polaris

There were always lots of presents under the tree (yes, I was spoiled), especially my favourite gift of all: books. When I was very young, there were picture books and children’s poetry (Robert Louis Stevenson and A. Today, books continue to be one of my favourite gifts—for giving and receiving. 2 Kathi Kruse. Here, here!

Marketing 251
article thumbnail

We’re Serious About “Write Good Content”

Cision

In all the articles we’ve read and written on content marketing , write good content may be both the worst and most important advice we’ve seen. The fact that it appears in most “five content marketing secrets” articles makes it sound like just one more item on the content marketing checklist.

Writing 120