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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Digital marketing agencies in the era of accountability

Digital marketing agencies in the era of accountability

Why is "Stop Hate for Profit" led by brands and not the expert agencies who convinced those brands to get into Facebook marketing in the first place?

Is targeting an "affluent" audience racist?

Is targeting an "affluent" audience racist?

One way to democratize the media: Know when to use behavioral data and when to use demographic data in audience development.

Coronavirus-era clichés to use and avoid

Coronavirus-era clichés to use and avoid

As a close-reader-by-trade, I’ve found myself analyzing the phrases and clichés of the coronavirus crisis. Let's reflect on the early COVID-19 cliches.

Web content performance at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Web content performance at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, web traffic plunged. This post summarizes traffic trends at the beginning of the first lockdown.

Narrative theory in the middle of a pandemic

Narrative theory in the middle of a pandemic

What stories do we tell ourselves when we have no idea what the ending will be?

My website redesign research process

My website redesign research process

What worked for your website in 2010 will likely not work in the 2020s. Here's a user-centered, UX- and SEO-focused website redesign research process that works.

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