Tag Archives: content creation

Compelling Branded Content is not an Extended TVC

The following post is an excerpt from Edelman Consumer Marketing’s 12on12, a compilation of essays from some of our consumer marketing leaders around the globe. This is the third in a series of essays from the compilation. To read more essays from the 12on12 series, visit the Edelman…

Writing Content for Search Engines in 5 Steps

This post originally appeared on Social Web Thing as Part Two in a series exploring search engine optimization and content creation. Part One can be found

The Viral Video: Is There A Secret Formula?

Originally posted at The Huffington Post.

Someone recently asked me if I could ‘make’ a viral video, as though it was something I could immediately produce, like a cup of instant coffee. As we know, ‘viral’ is something than happens, rather that something that just is.

According to this infographic,…

Media Strikes Back

Originally posted on 6 A.M.

At Edelman’s fourth Annual New Media Academic Summit, we convened a superb group of senior media executives who offered insights into the future of the sector. They included Raju Narisetti, managing editor of the Washington Post; Greg Coleman, president of Huffington Post; Gerard Baker, deputy editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal; Jonah…