The single reason why some people can’t write
What is “the Curse of Knowledge?” And why is it responsible for so much bad prose?
What is “the Curse of Knowledge?” And why is it responsible for so much bad prose?
Far too often, we find ourselves reading a piece of thought leadership that, had we been locked in a quiet room with access to the Internet and a large bowl of M&Ms, we could probably have written ourselves.
Writers aren’t all manufactured on the same assembly line. Which kind of writer is most valuable to most marketers most of the time?
Who are your current thought leaders? How old are they? And who’ll be authoring the bulk of your company’s thought leadership in 10 years’ time?
In our experience, marketers work incredibly hard to develop and publish thought leadership but they tend not to put as much muscle into getting clients to engage with the paper or report or article. It’s time for a new approach.
Sometimes a thought leadership project goes so utterly right that we have to pinch ourselves to make sure we’re not dreaming.