industry standards

Sometimes, mid-planning, you'll hear something like, "We have to build out an entirely new content campaign that doesn't fit into our existing plan or budget because Wolverine is Canadian and his skeleton is infused with adamantine."

You can't predict the future, especially in publishing. You never know exactly which pieces of content will be hits and which will be a waste of time and money. But you can, as the finance folks have taught us, forecast your impact.

How to measure your content's performance, regardless of the business model

ke it or not, it's up to us, the people who enjoy making things, to advocate for what we value and to value what we create. We must, on a base level, understand our numbers.

Everyone else's numbers are inflated, but your own data is your gold. Learn to trust your owned data and make decisions with verifiable performance metrics.

Should I, as a website publisher, be angry that an AI summary engine includes my content in its index? Or should I not be so precious about my intellectual property? Here's how I'm making that data-driven decision.