Paul Writer

Transforming Customer Engagement Through Customer-Centric Content Strategy

Content earns trust and understanding. It’s the currency of modern marketing. Content Strategy if all about deciding which channels, mediums, and awareness measures will tell...

Social Listening is Finally Getting Some Play

You know that I’m big on social listening, and have been from the start. We have this incredible, unprecedented resource for learning more about...

5 Reasons Why That State Bank of India Ad Was Not Such a Bad...

Since that front page ad from State Bank of India appeared in Hindustan Times on March 17th, the Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn timelines have...

Marketing’s True North: Align Your Marketing Around Your Mission

When we started Wistia in 2006, all of our marketing was centered around our video hosting product. We thought we were doing all the...

How to Become a “Sustainable” Brand

Sustainability is becoming a strategic differentiator for brands. If leveraged properly it can be transformational. Sustainability is the new mantra for strategic differentiation. The global...

Getting Social – Opportunities and Challenges for Marketers

As Mobile is becoming the most important screen in consumers lives, they are seeking more sociable experiences through it. In some emerging markets twitter...

The Mindset Needed For Digital Change

The world’s going digital, but is your company ready to make the change? Sometimes having the technology is not enough. In May 2003, Aron Ralston...

Adaptive Content: The Way to Your Customer’s Heart

Imagine your organization’s content serving people in such personal, useful ways that it stirs feelings for your brand. What impact might those feelings have...

Is Cute Marketing Effective Marketing? Brand Lessons from Pet Celebrities

As a marketer, what’s one way that you can quickly engage your audience and position your brand as friendly and relatable? Quick answer: Incorporate...

6 Marketing Words That Might Expire in 2016

Words have an enormous impact on how we communicate with each other. Words communicate more than their textbook definition, they communicate subtleties and connotations that...