PNR 153: Is Content Marketing Actually a Thing?
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert discuss whether content marketing is actually different than marketing itself, and if it is, does it work? In M&A news, Google Acquires Famebit while more and more publishers search for new media business models. Rants and raves include Donny Osmond and HP Enterprise. This week's TOM example: MassMutual's Society of Grownups.
This week's articles:
Is Content Marketing A Load Of Bollockshttps://www.marketingweek.com/2016/10/11/is-content-marketing-a-load-of-bullsht/ Google Acquires Famebit to Connect Youtube Creators With Brandshttps://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/google-acquires-famebit-to-connect-youtube-creators-with-brands/ Publishers Become Retailers In The Market For Survivalhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/10/publishers-become-retailers-in-the-market-for-survival 5 Takeaways From Hubspot’s State of Inbound 2016http://www.toprankblog.com/2016/09/hubspot-2016-report/ EPISODE SPONSOR Ion Interactive and the User Engagement Lookbook - Check it out here: http://cmi.media/pnr153 RANTS AND RAVES http://www.cmo.com/opinion/articles/2016/9/21/the-storytelling-cmo.html#gs.9A13wE8 http://www.cmo.com/opinion/articles/2016/9/13/leading-from-the-front.html#gs.OE2Hk1c https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights.html?jumpid=ps_nfhbgkxma6/dm:_N117602.157906TIMEINC_139478513_311749138_0_4934935
THIS OLD MARKETING: Society of Grownups