The Long Game

Melissa Zehner on Fractional Content Leadership and Fighting BS Content in B2B Marketing


Listen Later

Do you ever feel like you're not good enough for your job? You're not alone.

In this episode, we are joined by Melissa Zehner, Founder of  The Content Market. She is a content marketing leader with more than 13 years of experience. She specializes in building, scaling, and monetizing organic content marketing programs for B2B startups. Her approach has proven successful and led to results like generating $254+ million in annual organic revenue and increasing website clicks 4x in less than 6 months. 

This episode, emphasizes the importance of quality and integrity in content marketing and discusses the prevalence of low-quality content and the need for thoughtful, accurate, well-researched, and valuable content. We also touch on the potential of AI and chatbots in content creation, as well as the challenges of balancing creativity with data and analytics.

Overall, this podcast provides valuable insights into the world of content marketing and the personal struggles that come with it. It encourages listeners to prioritize quality and integrity in their work and to find support and community to overcome imposter syndrome.

Topics

  • High Integrity Content 
  • Eliminating BS in B2B Content 
  • Creating Quality Content on Substack 
  • Chatgpt and the Future of Writing 
  • Commitment to Quality 
  • Fractional Content Leadership
  • Content Marketing Strategy 
  • Future of Content Marketing
  • Unleashing Subject Matter Expertise 
  • Philosophy and critical thinking 

Show Links

  • Visit The Content Market
  • Connect with Melissa Zehner on LinkedIn and Twitter
  • Connect with Alex Birkett on LinkedIn and Twitter
  • Connect with Omniscient Digital on LinkedIn or Twitter

Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Ryan McReady (Reforge), and many more.

Some interviews you might enjoy and learn from:

Actionable Tips and Secrets to SEO Strategy with Dan Shure (Evolving SEO)

Building Competitive Marketing Content with Sam Chapman (Aprimo)

How to Build the Right Data Workflow with Blake Burch (Shipyard)

Data-Driven Thought Leadership with Alicia Johnston (Sprout Social)

Purpose-Driven Leadership & Building a Content Team with Ty Magnin (UiPath)

Also, check out our Kitchen Side series where we take you behind the scenes to see how the sausage is made at our agency:

Blue Ocean vs Red Ocean SEO

Should You Hire Writers or Subject Matter Experts?

How Do Growth and Content Overlap?

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

Twitter: @beomniscient

Linkedin: Be Omniscient

Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Long GameBy Allie Decker, David Ly Khim, Alex Birkett

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

11 ratings


More shows like The Long Game

View all
Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,670 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,540 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,454 Listeners

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend by Team Coco & Earwolf

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

59,391 Listeners

My First Million by Hubspot Media

My First Million

2,641 Listeners

Morning Brew Daily by Morning Brew

Morning Brew Daily

2,998 Listeners

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

9,829 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,479 Listeners