Insane Water Skiing, Subtle Marketing

The water skiers are barefoot. They’re extreme. They’re attention grabbing. But who are they? This YouTube video pumps out several captivating scenes of barefoot water skiers doing some gravity-defying flips, spins, glides and jumps in the ocean, everglades and other waterways. Vibrant tunes seamlessly link the clips together for an all-encompassing audio visual experience. LikeRead More…

Reebok is Now Making… Bacon?!

Why would one of the biggest and most popular sports-sneaker companies launch its own line of bacon? Is the sneaker market in a downturn, or could this be a creative form of content marketing? This is Reebok, after all. Cross Marketing at CrossFit Reebok hosted this year’s CrossFit Games and turned the event into aRead More…

How to Write Great Headlines

Welcome to Media Shower’s Content Marketing Academy, a new video series designed to answer some of the many questions our clients have asked us over the years. What’s a keyword? How often should I post on our blog? Where do I get new ideas from? These questions and many more will be answered at theRead More…

10,000 Hours in 10 Minutes: Elizabeth Pomada on Getting Your Writing Read

So you’re a writer who’s finished a manuscript and successfully published your book. Congratulations! Now it’s on to the hard part: making sure people read it. The most effective ways for authors to market their masterpieces are through personal websites and on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, says literary agent Elizabeth LucyRead More…

The Need for B2B Content Marketing

Through content marketing, brands can share valuable information, engage in conversation, build trust and, eventually, generate leads and business. Existing customers keep coming back to continue the learning and interaction. We are all familiar with the business-to-consumer content marketing that is so prevalent on the Web, but how do business-to-business sites integrate content marketing intoRead More…

Slip-N-Sliding for Granola on a San Francisco Street

You may have already figured out by its name that Naked Granola is a brand that wants to get noticed. The brand hasn’t stopped at being “naked” though. Recently, it took to the streets of San Francisco with a massive dose of live, wet content marketing in the form of a giant slip-n-slide, right smackRead More…

What to Do When Your Content Goes Unnoticed

If you build it, they will come, right? Not necessarily! It’s a jungle out there with millions of content pages competing for attention. A lot of great stuff can easily be missed. It’s entirely possible that your content is already the best of the best, but if you want more traffic, you’ll still need toRead More…

Managing Remote Employees: How to Maintain a Thriving Team

Content marketing, SEO, online marketing, social media marketing, IT … all of these industries and functions have one factor in common that has become more and more prevalent: mobile staff. Having the option to telecommute allows firms to hire the best talent from across the globe – and provides employees with flexibility to work whenRead More…

5 Ways to Stay Relevant

Today, the nature of content marketing is ever changing. To stay current, content creators must stay forever on top of the latest trends, styles and strategies. Because marketers are getting more and more savvy, it takes absolute devotion to stay relevant and current, as the bar gets raised by more astute web audiences. The currentRead More…

How Lincoln is Using Content Marketing for its New Vehicle

The Lincoln Motor company is proof positive that the powers of social influence – across all age groups – can be applied to just about any product, with radical results.