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Chief Content Officer: A Year of Insights

Content Marketing Institute

After seven years and 36 issues, Clare McDermott handed the editor’s red pen over to me in an emotional ritual involving arcane incantations, a branding iron, and a pledge to forever cast out the Oxford comma. As he argues, “even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose.”

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. Why risk the reputation of your brand with poor quality work for some marginal savings?

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8 Rules for the Startup Marketer (or Anyone Who Wants to Think Like One)

Content Marketing Institute

Winmo , a database that includes many contacts in the pharmaceutical industry as well as a lot of market research (“I didn’t have the resources to hire someone to do this research. If I didn’t believe in my brand, I wouldn’t be able to do what I’ve done. But don’t overcomplicate things. I take personally what I do.