Content Marketing

• Author: Mark Hunter
• Date: December 05, 2018

Content marketing is pretty simple, it involves the creation and sharing of online material (such as videos, blogs, and social media posts) that does not explicitly promote you or your brand but is intended to stimulate interest. It is a proven strategy for finding new leads and for being thought of as an authority on the topic. For lawyers, especially those early in their career, it has become almost a rite of passage.

I was recently asked to review a book authored by a number of lawyers across Canada. The material was excellent but it became quickly obvious that although everyone knew the material generated was for a book, no one considered how to pull it all together. The book lacked readable flow and there was repetition through the chapters. Unfortunately, it felt like the authors may have been better off sharing their writings individually rather than in a consolidated form.

We have all started to read books and not finished them. Typically I will read the first 100 pages or so before tossing a book aside if it fails to catch my interest...