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  • You can produce all the content you want, but if you're not gathering intelligence about that content—such as who is consuming it, when and how it's being consumed, and whether it's making an impact—then what's the point? Here are tips and tools to help you unlock the power of content intelligence.

  • Creating content is time-consuming, and video may be the most resource-intensive of all content types. But the payoff can be worth it. See how video is taking over, why you might want to get your brand on board, and which types of video are best for your audience.

  • Content marketing has proven itself time and time again, but merely producing content doesn't guarantee business or even marketing success. There's already too much content being produced. So what's the solution to making content marketing work for you? The answer is content distribution, and here's what you can do about it.

  • Facebook users watch upwards of 100 million hours of video every day on Facebook, and video has become a powerful medium for brands on the platform. To maximize your reach and engagement on Facebook, follow these 8 guidelines for creating effective videos.

  • If you aspire to lean and confident writing in your marketing content, you'll avoid populating your prose with superfluous words. Simply put, the most effective writing and communication makes every word... communicate. Here's how to write less but say more.

  • Testimonial videos are ideal for the decision stage of the buyer's journey, when prospects are aware of and want to solve a problem, and they are looking for information to help them make up their minds. Help them choose you.

  • Disruption can be annoying, but it can also help to grab attention. In this, the first in a series of brief but insight-packed videos, marketing professor Isabelle Szmigin discusses how consumers navigate through messages they do and do not want to receive. Useful, right? Check it out!

  • Storytelling and marketing expert Ron Ploof shares insights from his new book, The Proverb Effect: Secrets to Creating Tiny Phrases That Change the World.

  • You have a business that specializes in providing a B2B service or product. But all your keyword search terms return results that are B2C. The unpleasant outcome? High bounce rates, irrelevant traffic, and low conversion percentages. So, how can you attract the right kind of audience via search?

  • The beloved American children's classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was published in 1939 by the Montgomery Ward department store. So it's tempting to think of it as yet another lasting piece of seasonal content marketing. Except Rudolph is so much more than that. It's also a handy framework for telling our own brand stories.

  • Most B2C marketers are seeing improved results from content marketing and plan to increase their spending on it in the year ahead, according to annual research from MarketingProfs and Content Marketing Institute.

  • Bloggers are writing longer posts and spending more time crafting pieces than in years past, according to recent research from Orbit Media.

  • Consultant, author, and creativity expert Dave Birss gives the MarketingProfs audience a sneak preview of his system for fostering creativity, covered in his new book, How to Get to Great Ideas.

  • Getting a blog post to rank in Google has become difficult. But for certain types of searches, quality videos are rising above quality blog posts in search results. And therein lies your opportunity. Here is how you can start optimizing your YouTube videos to rank on Google.

  • Most Fortune 500 companies now have corporate blogs, according to recent research conducted by Nora Ganim Barnes, Allison Kane, and Kylie Maloney at The Center for Marketing Research, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

  • Email marketing is an indispensable channel for any successful content strategy. But how can you make sure email marketing campaigns are effective? Avoid making these 13 common mistakes.

  • When making the transition to marketing automation, many B2B organizations find scale to be the biggest issue they face. Here are 10 obstacles that pop up when planning and executing campaigns with marketing automation.

  • From search-friendliness to livestreaming, the way audiences find and view videos is changing. Are you keeping up? Check out these 10 ways to make your videos stand out and keep people watching.

  • Having a content strategy in place is important, but it's not the only step to content success. Here are six considerations to ensure that your content marketing efforts are not being wasted.

  • B2B Marketing Forum speaker Clare McDermott, head of research at Mantis Research, gives Marketing Smarts listeners a sneak preview of her MarketingProfs B2B Forum presentation, "Give Them What They Want: Produce Original Research Your Audience Craves."