4 things that just aren’t thought leadership
Every well-meaning marketer wants a piece of “thought leadership.” But apparently not everyone knows what it is. Here are four things I often see posing as thought leadership.
Thought leadership is getting worse (so what can you do about it?)
I think the quality of thought leadership is declining. Here’s what I see as the main sticking points — along with my thoughts on how you can start unsticking things.
The questions you’ve got to ask before thought leadership gets going
Message for marketers needing to publish new thought leadership: Make sure your authors have their ducks in a row.
How to do great thought leadership when you’re short on great ideas
Admit it, marketers: sometimes your authors — your subject-matter experts — come up empty. If your thought leadership is flat-lining, it’s time to call in the story doctors.
Does your thought leadership make readers take action?
It would be great if more strategic content was written to prompt “action this day” — or any day, for that matter.
A lesson in how not to write thought leadership
It’s surprisingly easy to slip into promising something and not quite delivering, to become overly focused on the firm’s approach or methodology, or to create something that doesn’t have a strong engaging story.