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Don’t Crash the Plane: 4 Content Challenges

Don’t Crash the Plane: 4 Content Challenges
Earlier this month, I was featured in a profile highlighting the soaring demand for content strategists. Not all companies need a content strategist—if your digital presence is minimal and content is not an effective strategy for establishing your expertise or for acquiring customers, you can get away with a site that’s little more than a…
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5 Ways to Improve Your Editorial Content Strategy

5 Ways to Improve Your Editorial Content Strategy
As content strategists, we don’t like to talk too much about editorial management—it reminds us of the days when we were relegated to the role of writer or editor without a say about how content aligns with the company’s strategic objectives. Content is the verbal alter ego of UX and can’t be sketched out as…
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How to Avoid the Random Content Trap

How to Avoid the Random Content Trap
Publishing great content has become necessary to attract and engage clients and customers. But what is great content? For many companies, the common prescriptions for how to improve their game may not be all that relevant. Your content needs to be creative…timely…interactive! Creative, timely, interactive content of course won’t hurt. But when your budget is…
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You Don’t Need 15 Swiss Army Knives: Why Fluid Job Roles Create Chaos

You Don’t Need 15 Swiss Army Knives: Why Fluid Job Roles Create Chaos
When your house is a mess, the most common advice from professionals who help create order out of clutter is to sort like with like. Putting miscellaneous items in one box doesn’t help you get organized. To put your proverbial house in order in your marketing or communication team, it’s best to start by determining…
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