Joe Pulizzi is founder of Content Marketing Institute, the leading education and training organization for content marketing, which includes the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World. Joe is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council. Joe's fourth book Content Inc. was just released. His third book, Epic Content Marketing was named one of "Five Must Read Business Books of 2013" by Fortune Magazine. You can find Joe on Twitter @JoePulizzi.

EPISODE

Content marketing is about giving value first and thinking about money second, and Joe is a true practitioner of the methodology (and he does remarkably well with it). There are plenty of companies who are creating content simply for the sake of putting stuff out there, but aren't actually creating anything of value, nor forming relationships with customers. Instead of spreading yourself thin, you've got to stick to one platform and grow your base and expand from there. There's a way to give value that earns, and a way that doesn't, and that's what Joe is an expert on.

We discuss awesome tips on:

• Why Joe knows what content he is going to repurpose 12 months beforehand

• How to find the topic that you are passionate about that also has a valuable niche

• The six-step method to monetizing your earned media

• The real guide to what makes a viral hit

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LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED

Contentmarketinginstitute.com

contentmarketingworld.com

Content, Inc.

Epic Content Marketing

Chief Content Officer

The Long Tail

The Dip

On Writing

Don Schultz

Ann Reardon

The Furrow Magazine

Smosh

Entrepreneur on Fire

CopyBlogger

Moz

STEP UP YOUR MARKETING GAME!

1. Before you make goals for your external communication, look at your internal communication. How do your employees feel about your company and its goals and ideals?

2. Start a plan about how you can repurpose content in the future-how do you want the story to transition? What are other potential ways that people might enjoy consuming your content?

3. Find your sweet spot. What do you know a lot about that you love?

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