the business of content

The needs of digital content businesses in late capitalism differ starkly from legacy publishing models. Explore how automation, ad-supported media, subscription culture and publishing culture are changing drastically in the 2020s.

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Make gun control a business issue

Make gun control a business issue

What Americans can do to support gun control measures besides just vote

How often should your business publish content?

How often should your business publish content?

The answer: you don't need to publish web content nearly as often as you think.

A guide to persistent website hits: Managing the articles that drive SEO traffic year over year

A guide to persistent website hits: Managing the articles that drive SEO traffic year over year

Persistent website content hits can drive high-quality traffic and new audience members for years, if you know how to manage them. Here's some strategies to keep that high-quality content.

The best DIY standalone email service provider: EmailOctopus

The best DIY standalone email service provider: EmailOctopus

Unlike more marketing-first ESPs, EmailOctopus is a straightforward tool to build lists and launch email campaigns. Read The Content Technologist review

Grading competitive content performance: A quantitative scorecard for website publishers

Grading competitive content performance: A quantitative scorecard for website publishers

To evaluate competitors' content strategies and success, I've developed a four-point competitive scorecard that provides clients with just enough data to understand how owned organic content performance compares to similar sites.

Moving the target: Netflix's newest content engagement KPI counts the hours we spent instead of unique eyeballs

Moving the target: Netflix's newest content engagement KPI counts the hours we spent instead of unique eyeballs

Measuring for eyeballs is for chumps. Especially if you care about content.

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