by Margot Carmichael Lester | Feb 9, 2021 | Content & Content Operations
The folks over at Black Creative Group shared this useful set of tips for effective Black History Month messaging. If you've got content in the pipeline, check it off against this list before going live.If you're not doing anything this year, put the checklist in your...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Dec 22, 2020 | Best of Our Blog, Blogs & Blogging
This unusual year is about over and I think we'll all be happy to see it go. Before we do, here's a quick look at our most-read posts this quarter: 3 writing tips from a nonfiction editor, wherein professional book editor Hannah Bennett shares her advice for any kind...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Aug 11, 2020 | Blogs & Blogging, Content & Content Operations, Writing/How to Write
There's a lot out there on why empathy is important in content marketing and PR, and some tactics on how to figure out what you need to be empathetic about, but one thing that isn't getting enough attention to me is the craft of conveying empathy. You can have all the...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Jul 7, 2020 | Content & Content Operations, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
What is content? That's a question I've been getting since at least 2011, when I first took a swing at a definition of content on this blog. Though most of the technical things that make content haven't changed, the opportunities and platforms for content are changing...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Jul 1, 2020 | Best of Our Blog
It's hard to believe we're at mid-year. In some ways, 2020 has been s-l-o-w. In others, it's been a chaotic mad dash. We're kicking off Q3 with a lot of new things, the first and most obvious of which is our new site design. Huge thanks to our partners at AndiSites...
