Preface
Ten years ago, the extra magic ingredient was search. Before that, it was e-mail. For the past five years or so, social media has been the de rigueur term to describe marketing product and services offerings.
Suddenly, all that is changing again. Marketing can’t be cutting edge in the digital sphere unless it’s connected to the word ‘content’.
This is both good news and bad news for those of us who have been preaching the content gospel for years (even before – and during – the whole search thing). Suddenly (suddenly?), content matters. It has taken centre stage. It is noticed, acknowledged – and important. That’s the good part.
What’s the bad? With attention and a bit of notoriety comes backlash. Backlash is inevitable. It’s human nature. ...
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