{"id":9299,"date":"2019-01-24T23:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hippodirect.com\/blog\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2019-04-18T22:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:44:36","slug":"wild-business-growth-podcast-27-ann-handley-queen-of-content-marketing-chief-content-officer-of-marketingprofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hippodirect.com\/blog\/wild-business-growth-podcast-27-ann-handley-queen-of-content-marketing-chief-content-officer-of-marketingprofs\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Business Growth Podcast #27: Ann Handley – Queen of Content Marketing, Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s it take to be a content marketing pioneer and Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>bestselling author? Find out from\u00a0this week’s podcast guest, Ann Handley<\/span><\/a>! Episode #27 of the Wild Business Growth<\/span><\/a> podcast HAS DROPPED and features the Queen of Content Marketing, who is the world’s first Chief Content Officer. She rocks that title at MarketingProfs<\/span><\/a>, the leading marketing education company she’s led to unprecedented heights over the past 17 years. Listen to the episode on\u00a0iTunes<\/span><\/a>, Spotify<\/span><\/a>, Stitcher<\/span><\/a>, and your other favorite audio platforms<\/span><\/a> – subscribe and leave a 5-star review<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you can’t help but smile listening to Ann!<\/p>\n

What is the Wild Business Growth Podcast?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hear how entrepreneurs & innovators unleash creativity to grow bigger and better businesses. Hear from an exciting new guest every single week who’s turning wild ideas into wild growth. Guests include startup founders, product inventors, social media influencers, and much more. Hosted by our digital marketing dude Max Branstetter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– that’s me!<\/p>\n

Episode #27: Ann Handley – Queen of Content Marketing, Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ann Handley, the Queen of Content Marketing, World’s First Chief Content Officer, Wall Street Journal<\/em> Bestselling Author, and Keynote Speaker joins the show to share how she’s grown MarketingProfs to new content heights. Ann and I connected over social media, where she consistently puts out amazing content on her @MarketingProfs<\/span><\/a> Twitter, @AnnHandley<\/span><\/a> Twitter, and @AnnHandley<\/span><\/a> Instagram. It was incredibly surreal speaking to such a marketing icon about her story and the subjects she’s so passionate about. Ann is a remarkably smart and creative thought leader who is above all a TON of FUN!\u00a0This episode covers everything from how\u00a0she became a digital pioneer to how to find your voice.\u00a0Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:<\/p>\n

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  • How she became the world’s first Chief Content Officer<\/li>\n
  • Why you should stay curious and test out new ideas<\/li>\n
  • How she sold her previous business, ClickZ<\/span><\/a>, just 3 years after launch<\/li>\n
  • Why David Meerman Scott’s bestseller\u00a0The New Rules of Marketing and PR<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>changed Ann’s life<\/li>\n
  • How she decided to write Everybody Writes<\/em><\/span><\/a>, her\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em> bestseller about writing<\/li>\n
  • Why writing is so important today<\/li>\n
  • Tips on staying creative while working from home<\/li>\n
  • What skill she’s the best in the world at<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Connect with Ann at AnnHandley.com<\/span><\/a>, MarketingProfs at MarketingProfs.com<\/span><\/a>, and sign up for Ann\u2019s newsletter at AnnHandley.com\/Newsletter<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy the show and sing “Happy Birthday” to Ann if you ever meet her! Check out the show notes below for much more detail.<\/p>\n