Ray Manley, top freelance writer, content creator and marketer

It might be time to bid adieu to paper checks and snail mail from your clients. When I started freelancing, I didn’t really care how clients paid me. Check, PayPal credit card – I was just happy to have clients who actually paid me. But as my business has grown

How to Create Great Gated Content From Existing Content

If your business is committed to content, you’re probably sitting on a pile of e-books, white papers, and maybe even videos. And chances are, you’re struggling to get people to download them. Often, their promotion makes you anxious. You write more blog posts and social content to promote the

6 Time-Saving Apps and Tools Marketers Obsess Over

Finding a great app or tool sometimes can feel like winning the lottery – maybe not the Mega Millions, but at least a $20 scratch-off ticket. Here are some winning picks from some of our favorite sources. MotoRead – when you can’t or don’t want to read with your eyes

How to Find a Writer Who Won’t Kill Your Content

Below the erupting volcano of content – billions of new articles every month – a secret army is hard at work. Wherever marketers create e-books, run webinars, promote blogs, and craft events, artisans are hammering, hacking, and whittling the words. These writers make content marketing run. Alas, much of what

Video Marketing Strategy: What Marketers Need to Know

Many marketing teams tremble when contemplating video production. They are intimidated by the medium and sometimes mistakenly think of it as a high-cost endeavor with low ROI. But video is a necessary component in most content marketing strategies. By 2021, 82% of consumer internet traffic will be video, according

Why Brands Need to Take the Plunge Into VR Today

In late 2016, pundits declared 2017 whould be the year virtual reality won mass adoption. And yet here we are, well into 2018, still waiting for it to fully materialize. Are we kind of, nearly, almost there? John Bucher, virtual reality producer and consultant, makes the case for trying

Is Your Blog a Golden Egg?

I opened a carton of eggs yesterday and one of them was gold. Solid gold. Crazy, right? Picture it. Eleven plain egg shells and one glorious dome of gold, glinting on my kitchen counter. I picked it up and, sure enough, it weighed a ton. I called the supermarket. Apparently,

The Secrets of High-Performing Online Content

Good content is one thing, but great online content is another. How do you define great content? Yes, it should be well-written, addictively readable, and hit home for its intended audience. But it should also convert like crazy. After all, that’s the point of content creation for us, the

How 3 Content Brands Tackle Their Toughest Internal Challenges

What keeps you up at night about your content marketing program? I’ll bet one of your top concerns is how to prove its value to the company. There’s also a good chance other stress-inducing concerns include your tech stack and/or your team. Well, guess what? Your peers – even

How 3 Content Brands Tackle Their Toughest Internal Challenges

What keeps you up at night about your content marketing program? I’ll bet one of your top concerns is how to prove its value to the company. There’s also a good chance other stress-inducing concerns include your tech stack and/or your team. Well, guess what? Your peers – even

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