I’m Deborah Carver, I live in Minneapolis, and I’m the publisher and founder of The Content Technologist. When I’m not compiling the weekly newsletter, I’m a digital strategy consultant working at the intersection of technology and content.

What I truly love: Helping content professionals navigate the technical ins and outs of algorithms, automations and analytics and the business side of content performance — so they can free up more brain space for creativity. I strive to find the balance of humanity and software to create more delightful, fulfilling and innovative content experiences online.

I’ve had a truly interdisciplinary career, working a string of offbeat jobs — a mixology server, a seller of dog art, an editor of history books, etc. — before landing where I am today. Because of my experience working in all kinds of businesses, I believe that collaboration, rather than excessive automation or programming, is the core skill needed for creative workplaces of the future.

I’ve also created a rainbow of content across many versions of the internet, developing websites in my teens, joining social media networks as they hatched in my college years, and studying the rise of blogging in the early aughts.

My career began in traditional media, with jobs on the editorial side of publishing and in corporate communications. Since 2011, I’ve developed award-winning content strategies, guided website redesigns and ensured algorithmic visibility for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, B2B SaaS startups, and everything in between.

Memberships

Indee Marketing Co-op

Assorted recent consulting clients

Three Sixty Eight | Storythings | Creed Interactive

Assorted recent coverage

  • BuiltIn - “10 Do’s And Don’ts Of Data-driven Content Strategy”
  • Business Insider - “1 woman's experiment with newsletter platforms revealed 4x traffic growth thanks to one strategy: leaving Substack”
  • Divvy - “Could AI generated content work for you?”

Past speaking engagements, in-person and virtual

Awards

Other socials

When I’m not being fully professional, I use the handle fightwithknives. It’s been my handle for 20 years, and I’m stubbornly clinging to it.

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