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The power of brand voice at Bookshop.org

The power of brand voice at Bookshop.org

How does good brand voice work to reflect a company's values and attract customers at the same time? Take some hints from the masters at Bookshop.org

Intellectual property as performance content: Why has the metaCurse imprisoned Spider-Man?

Intellectual property as performance content: Why has the metaCurse imprisoned Spider-Man?

As tension in the entertainment industry rises, studios are turning to canonical stories to guarantee ticket sales. But does identifiable content always mean good content?

Our 2023 tech stack

Our 2023 tech stack

It’s the annual “here’s how I build content and research client work” tool stack issue. Peep The Content Technologist's tool stack in 2023.

Your social media engagement died. Can you resurrect it?

Your social media engagement died. Can you resurrect it?

Automation killed the social media star. How can creators embrace evolving social media algorithms without chasing their audience away?

A UX mind-shift for website publishing: Consider reader experience

A UX mind-shift for website publishing: Consider reader experience

In the rising world of automation and content proliferation, where search engines are already experimenting with embedding generative AI in their results, how do creators and businesses stand out? Reader experience may just hold the answer.

Keep brands weird: The research framework for exceptional data-driven content

A diagram of the Content Research Framework, showing categories of self-collected and co-collected insights.

If you’re feeding yourself the same inputs as everyone else, you run the risk of homogenous, bland, boring content. This content research framework will help you find the right data.

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