Inspiration… A notion that can hardly be explained and, at times, is even harder to find.
Some writers say that only hard work and professionalism will help them to create outstanding pieces of literary art. Others try to assure you that inspiration is of paramount importance for content creation, and without it, all the other frenzied effort is useless.
Quality content isn’t enough anymore. If we had to describe the pulse of the marketing industry, which was on full display last week in Cleveland at the Content Marketing World 2013 conference, it would be the concept of pushing yourself a bit further than ever before. In industry influencer Doug Kessler’s talk at the show, he stated that the biggest challenge in the marketing industry was “an over-reliance on competent, professional, well-made, on-strategy content.” Wait, what?