Why ‘Vertical Volatility’ Is the Missing Link in Your Keyword Strategy As content marketers, we base our keyword strategies on the most accessible—and simplest—data points we have: domain ranking, monthly search... read more
Experiment, Systematize, Differentiate: The Content Strategy Maturity Model We often criticize the use of ultimate guides and listicle content, and with good reason. Many companies operate in content-saturated... read more
Persuade Like a Lawyer: How to Write to Convince a Jury of Readers Weak arguments are like chains: If one claim breaks, the whole argument falls apart. Lawyers—i.e., people who argue as a... read more
The Animalz Method for Writing High-Quality Content Many content marketing agencies say they can define high-quality content. Some say it’s original and relevant. Others say it uses... read more
How to Write a Blog Post Outline A road trip across America can take a thousand different roads and take in a thousand different sights.Your map makes... read more
The Hybrid Content Team The best content teams are hybrids. In most world-class content organizations, you’ll find in-house employees, freelancers and content marketing agencies... read more
How to Interview Someone for an Article Over the course of a few hundred interviews, we’ve learned a few things. For one, interviewing doesn’t always come naturally.... read more
How to Get Competitors Speaking Your Language In 2014, I read an article that has remained lodged in my brain ever since.Competition was growing in content marketing,... read more
How to Go Viral: A Content Marketer’s Guide Over the years, we’ve watched an elite club of articles generate hundreds of backlinks and rack up hundreds of thousands... read more
