copywriting

There are two types of creatives. (There. I said it.)

It’s nice to think every creative’s different. But we usually fit into one of these two buckets.

18. 11. 2014


Keep it structured, stupid

Why a lack of structure is the ultimate killer of content quality (and other breaking news)

29. 09. 2014


Assuming the position

When content fails to make assumptions, it fails to divide an audience. Here’s why that’s bad.

17. 07. 2014


Only fools and prospects

Why just about everything in marketing compels you to treat your audience like they’re idiots.

27. 06. 2014


The paradox of the Almost ‘Creative’

How the Almost Creative conducts the show without ever stealing it.

18. 06. 2014


Content Shock? make your content marketing granular

Content Shock is a scary idea — but it ignores a fundamental dynamic of content marketing: our interests are almost infinitely granular.

10. 05. 2014


The knowledge bubble

How tech marketers have everything to do with the tech bubble. And why more homework is all we have to stop the pop

29. 04. 2014


Why Hemingway was a man, not an app

Apps might fix your sentences, but they won’t fix your writing.

17. 02. 2014


The power of surprise in content marketing

Saying the expected is… expected. What would happen if you tried saying the unexpected? Good things. Good things.

30. 01. 2014


Why I hate the ‘2’ in ‘B2B’.

The term ‘B2B’ has got to go. But what can possibly replace it? And who is to blame for it? Turns out, it’s me.

26. 09. 2013


The other C word: what makes great content marketing great

There’s a single ingredient you’ll find in every piece of great content. That’s what this is all about.


Irresistible Content for Immovable Prospects

Sometimes content marketing has to blast through objections, ask for the order and inject some urgency. Here’s how.