Publishers by nature are content curators. They possess the literary eye to identify good content, and the skills to turn it into something people want to read. In trade book publishing, that might include an eye-catching jacket, a celebrity introduction, a chapter teaser on their website, or foreign language editions. The act of incorporating all of those elements to make the product something that it is appealing on many levels, is a process of curation. Read More

Yesterday I blogged about online privacy. If Facebook or Google exploit their users’ personal information to pitch to advertisers, they’re not actually doing anything illegal, but they’re also not being entirely honest with the very people who make their businesses possible. Read More

With the recent growth of social platforms marketers have realised that they need to learn how to maximise the potential of these mediums.  New media is  different from traditional media and many people are unsure of the purpose. Is it to build a prospect list, drive sales or improve customer relations? Read More

Like all marketing communications, success with email means remembering it’s about the reader, not you.  For an email campaign to be successful your subscribers have to be interested in the content.  If the readers can’t benefit from the emails they receive they will quickly choose to unsubscribe to the campaign. Just because you send someone an email doesn’t mean they’re going to open it. Read More

I just finished reading a great article by Eric Anderson, VP of Marketing for White Horse. He called it The 10 Commandments of Content Marketing, and draws attention to content’s boldness, longevity, and measurability amongst other things. Read More