What do we actually do? Our approach to content marketing explained
Companies need distinctive, high-quality content that rises over the noise to build audiences and interest – and FirstWord is perfectly placed to help them do just that [...]
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Five headline writing rules that we can learn from newspapers
Newspaper sub-editors thrive on coming up with the best headlines, but today’s publishers have to think harder than ever about how to catch people’s attention If you are [...]
Campaign op-ed: A home for hacks
New by me in Campaign: journalists are still being culled from newsrooms, even in purely digital places such as BuzzFeed and Huffington Post, which once seemed to offer a [...]
Why companies are proud to think out loud
Thought leadership is a vital part of the marketing mix for any organisation, big or small. Sophy Buckley looks at how to make it work Speaking at Davos is the height of [...]
Lend me your ears: why podcasts make great content
The growing popularity of on-demand audio offers companies a different way to connect with their audience – but only high-quality content will hold listeners’ attention [...]
The rise of brands with purpose: using content to communicate your values
With research showing that almost two-thirds of customers wants brands to take a stand, big names including Gillette and Nike are using content to assume positions on [...]
Italy’s biggest bank is using content to strengthen its global profile
Intesa Sanpaolo has ambitious plans to transform the future of banking and is using top-class English journalism to tell its story to a global audience “Times have [...]
Seven predictions about what will shape content marketing in 2019
After significant growth and development in 2018, what will 2019 bring for content marketing? Content marketing has gone from strength to strength in 2018 and is now a [...]