Creating content worth publishing
Let me show you the four levels that separate content creators from category leaders:
Level 1: The Knowledge Trap
You're creating solid content—guides, posts, tutorials. But here's the uncomfortable truth: AI can now generate this content in seconds. Knowledge sharing alone won't set you apart
Level 2: The Experience Edge
This is where... See more
Level 1: The Knowledge Trap
You're creating solid content—guides, posts, tutorials. But here's the uncomfortable truth: AI can now generate this content in seconds. Knowledge sharing alone won't set you apart
Level 2: The Experience Edge
This is where... See more
Max Bernstein • How to Build the Frameworks That Shape Industries
Three questions to ask yourself before posting anything ever:
Why am I posting this?
Why do I care?
And why does my audience care?
Job insecurities Customers don’t just seek out content for industry updates — they turn to it to fill gaps in their own knowledge and skill set. The real content goldmine isn’t in what they know — it’s in what they don’t .
It's 2025... do you really know who your customers are?
What skills, competencies, and knowledge do they feel less confident about?
Ideas become insights when they meet the following criteria:
Novel—is this idea new or is it at least a fresh take on an existing idea
Actionable—can my audience immediately act on the idea?
High-leverage—when my audience acts on the idea, can it meaningfully change their work or their lives?
[Julian Shapiro]
Hooked on Writing Hooks Swipefile (2025)
docs.google.comUltimately, the power of an idea-centric approach to content marketing boils down to one thing: focus. You cut through the clutter and make a lasting impression on your audience by rallying your content around a singular, resonant theme.
It's not about churning out more content; it's about making every asset serve a bigger story.
It's not about churning out more content; it's about making every asset serve a bigger story.
Distribute Ideas, Not Content - Animalz
Under this definition, quality is not stated preference or value judgment, it is revealed preference. It is not an inherent property of a product but an emergent outcome of how consumers implicitly weigh its attributes in a particular context.
Doug Shapiro • Quality is a Serious Problem
Content marketing is not intended to convert as a primary focus, but rather to create memory structures, associate the solution with the problem set and buying situations, and to reduce perceived risks around purchasing.
Liam Moroney • Liam Moroney on LinkedIn: The standard content marketing strategy has declined so much in efficacy… | 46 comments
What is this piece of content going to do? The before and after of consuming your content should change at least one of three things:
Think, feel, do
The way someone thinks about something.
The way someone feels about something.
The way someone does something.