PNR 127: Is Content Marketing Actually a Thing?

In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss a contrarian article on whether or not content marketing actually exists. Could content marketing follow in the path of advertising?  Publishers are now fully focused on e-commerce, and Buzzfeed's prospects dip and their future is more cloudy.  Rants and raves include Disrupted by Dan Lyons and a must-read HBR article.  This week's TOM example: Ripley's Believe It or Not.

This week's article links:

Everything The Tech World Says About Marketing Is Wrong
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/12/everything-the-tech-world-says-about-marketing-is-wrong/

Content Marketing’s Echo Chamber
http://marketingland.com/content-marketings-echo-chamber-168438

Newest Rainmaker at Publishers is Ecommerce Editors
http://digiday.com/publishers/newest-rainmaker-publishers-e-commerce-editors/

Buzzfeed Cuts Prospects
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/12/buzzfeed-projected-revenue-cuts-missed-financial-target

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RANTS AND RAVES
https://hbr.org/2012/07/the-end-of-solution-sales
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013CATZIC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1