Content Corner Khadijah Plummer

In this episode, I dive into a few things I mentioned in last week's Q&A. When it comes to managing content requests, I suggest having an SLA, being okay with saying "no" or "not yet," and putting a system in place for request submissions. Let me know what you think about my suggestions, or if you have any of your own to offer. 

Hey, everybody! After three (long) months, we are back on the air. I decided to keep it light and fun with a Q&A episode. It also gave me the chance to ease back into things. I hope you enjoy, and we'll be back with marketing-focused stuff next week. 

More often that not, the relationship between sales and marketing is...rocky. However, they need to rely on each other for success. If you're a new marketer at an org, it's important to put yourself out there and chat with folks on the sales team. Likewise, if you've been somewhere for a while and the sales team avoids your team like the plague, you could be the one to mitigate the issues at hand. I give a couple of tips in this episode. 

I realized that I said "balance between revenue and numbers" in the audio... that was my bad. Over the years, my perception around who is supposed to care about the numbers in an organization. I used to think it was just sales or anyone with a numbers-oriented role, but I realized that the tie between sales and marketing runs very deep, and that everyone should have a general idea of how the relevant numbers within the business are trending towards overall company goals.
 

When I'm not doing marketing stuff, I spend some of my time studying interior design. This time last year, I enrolled in a diploma program and have been at it ever since. In looking back through some of my notes, I noticed a lot of parallels between the principles of design and marketing. The principles are: harmony, emphasis, rhythm, balance, and proportion/scale. In this episode, I break down my thoughts further. 

For today's episode, I decided to scale back to the general elements of what a good story needs (in my opinion). My top five elements are: plot, structure, characters, climax, and conclusion. Out of these, I believe that structure, climax, and conclusion are the easiest to translate into content marketing work. What are your thoughts? Click to hear mine.