When maintaining a business blog, it’s really useful to have a few blogs in reserve. Keeping the blog ‘fed’ is by far the biggest challenge for most businesses. Blogs are like firewood — it’s nice to have a stockpile. One strategy is to find a topic that can become a series of blogs. Here are a […]
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Messaging part 2: The messaging review
In my last post (There’s always time for messaging) I talked about a few strategies for selling the ‘messaging’ part of a content marketing project. It’s important to nail down key messaging before writing website content, white papers or other content. How do you conduct a review of the messaging, particularly if it’s something that […]
There’s always time for messaging
Sometimes when I face a complex project, I tell the client that I’d like to create a ‘messaging map’ or messaging document to get their approval on key messages before I proceed. I often get the response “We don’t have time for that” or “Just work with what you see on our web page, the […]
