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Growth marketing has become one of the few bright spots in marketing of 2024. It’s a rapidly growing discipline: Companies that are otherwise shedding jobs are doubling down on go-to-market and growth. Content distribution is increasingly competitive—it takes much more effort to find the right marketing channels to get eyeballs on your content. Among the…
Crafting compelling content without a clear picture of your intended audience is like shouting into the void. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: To create impactful content, you’ve got to know who you’re writing for (and why), so you can tailor your message for maximum impact, engagement, and retention. Understanding your people…
As Wordsmithie kicks off our new AI newsletter, The Big A.I.dea, I wanted to share our agency’s AI origin story. Although we’d been toying with AI for several years (including building our own walled garden with GPT-3), the “big bang” for generative AI came on the last day of November 2022, with OpenAI’s public release…
Although most people are now familiar with the concept of using GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney to create written content and images respectively, the rise of AI video generation hasn’t had quite the same impact in the mainstream. And there’s a good reason for that. Historically, AI-generated video just…wasn’t very good. In a previous…
What are some fresh and unique content ideas for a video, a white paper, or a blog post? And how can you and your team, amid your busy working life, come up with them? We’ve talked before about some of the tips and tricks of the writing trade, and how to cut through the noise…
As marketers, we know that dreaming up short, punchy marketing slogans is just as difficult as churning out well-researched long-form copy. The fewer the words, the more impactful they need to be, which is why brand positioning can be so darn tricky. Slogan creation is an integral part of brand identity, so whatever you come…
The Earth’s population has just topped 8 billion people—and 7 billion of those people are writing content online. Or so it seems. With newsletters, Substacks, blog posts, tech manuals, long-form copy, and threads on social media, there’s a lot of copywriting competition out there. Your company’s brilliant content has to fight for attention with influencer…
If your business’ value isn’t easily captured through short social posts, you’re in luck! A few years back I used this space to discuss Graphic Design Trends for Long Form Content, which was followed by insights into how to use visual images to support copy. Fast forward to 2024. How do we best leverage visual…
Not too long ago, in a post about using AI to generate a case study, we wrote the following statement: “Generative AI is not quite there yet. In short, AI tools fail to write like a human. Which is exactly what we’d expect, because…well, AI isn’t human.” To put it another way, we argued that…
Whether it’s addressing an issue or showcasing your contributions, here’s our guide on how to write a report that effectively engages.