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signs your content team needs an editor

Signs your content team needs an editor, not another writer

Here’s a pattern I see a lot. Content quality dips, someone in a leadership meeting says “we need more writing firepower,” and three months later...
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writing sales season emails

Writing sales season emails: Subject lines, CTAs and everything in-between

‘HUGE SAVINGS INSIDE.’ That was the entire subject line. Inside, I found a 10% code and a photo of a mug. I’ve never met a...
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sales season email strategy

Sales season email strategy: Build the sequence before you build the discount

At 07:02 on the Tuesday before Black Friday, an email lands from a homeware brand. It says BIG SALE. At 07:11, a second one arrives....
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how to create a style guide your team will actually use

How to create a style guide your team will actually use

Most content problems aren’t creativity problems. They’re consistency problems. The blog reads like three different people wrote it because three different people did. The email...
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in house vs freelance

In-house vs freelance: What works for a growing marketing team

Somewhere around headcount fifteen to thirty, every marketing lead has the same conversation with themselves at eleven at night. Do we hire a content person,...
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how narrative sequencing shapes buying decisions

How narrative sequencing shapes buying decisions

There’s a story happening in your buyer’s head before they ever read a word you’ve written. They’ve already half-decided you’re interesting or irrelevant. They’ve got...
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what ai thinks conversational tone means

What AI thinks “conversational tone” means

Imagine you’ve just asked a question. Nothing complicated. Something like “what should I include in a company blog post?” And the response begins: “Great question!...
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how often should a startup actually publish content

How often should a startup publish content?

Ask this question in most marketing circles and you’ll get “consistency is key” within about four seconds, usually from someone who has never once had...
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how to brief ai generated content

How to create AI-generated content so it doesn’t need a full rewrite

“Write a blog post about our new feature.” Six words, technically a brief and the reason so many marketing teams have concluded that AI content...
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