PNR 153: Is Content Marketing Actually a Thing?

In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert discuss whether content marketing is actually different than marketing itself, and if it is, does it work? In M&A news, Google Acquires Famebit while more and more publishers search for new media business models. Rants and raves include Donny Osmond and HP Enterprise. This week's TOM example: MassMutual's Society of Grownups.

This week's articles:

Is Content Marketing A Load Of Bollocks
https://www.marketingweek.com/2016/10/11/is-content-marketing-a-load-of-bullsht/

Google Acquires Famebit to Connect Youtube Creators With Brands
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/google-acquires-famebit-to-connect-youtube-creators-with-brands/

Publishers Become Retailers In The Market For Survival
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/10/publishers-become-retailers-in-the-market-for-survival

5 Takeaways From Hubspot’s State of Inbound 2016
http://www.toprankblog.com/2016/09/hubspot-2016-report/

EPISODE SPONSOR 

Ion Interactive and the User Engagement Lookbook - Check it out here: http://cmi.media/pnr153

RANTS AND RAVES 
http://www.cmo.com/opinion/articles/2016/9/21/the-storytelling-cmo.html#gs.9A13wE8
http://www.cmo.com/opinion/articles/2016/9/13/leading-from-the-front.html#gs.OE2Hk1c
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights.html?jumpid=ps_nfhbgkxma6/dm:_N117602.157906TIMEINC_139478513_311749138_0_4934935

THIS OLD MARKETING: Society of Grownups

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/10/11/massmutual-closes-society-grownups-storefront-tries-reach-millennial-customers/tlWWzQgMnsffklO7tQBjcK/story.html

https://www.societyofgrownups.com/