Quality Content Marketing Carnival

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We may have more people here with us at the  content marketing carnival this week.

Since a ghostwriter doesn’t get their name on the byline, we like to share wherever we can, so I spilled the beans over at  Writer Dad.

Let’s start out with what was this last week’s most pleasant content marketing surprise. Last Monday, while the Creative Copy Challenge was still warm from the release of Creative Challenge #11, Kelly Erickson wrote a wonderful post about the Triple C.

Kelly is such an anchor at the fledgling site, it’s no wonder she was missed when she was a little late to the twelfth challenge.

This was a wonderful gesture on Kelly’s part, as well as one of the ultimate validations for good content marketing. If you’re producing quality content, then you’re going to want a response. A link, along with kind words about what you’re doing, is a great big digital high five.

Thank you Kelly!

Writer Dad also had a surprise midway through the week with the guest post from Betsy Wuebker and Lori Hoeck, writing about narcissists to help kick off their new e-book, “The Narcissist: A User’s Guide.”

Conversation is one of the cornerstones of quality content marketing, and though it was sparked early, it fell unfortunately dead regrettably fast.

The next day was quiet as well, with my rhyme, “I Stink,” another entry in the one day children’s classic, Syllable Soup.

I started the week with “I’m Fat” by admitting to my usual winter cycle of lazy weight gain. And as an honest sequel to the thought, the owner of my favorite restaurant invited me to a meal that night. There was no way I was going to say no, so my good behavior was postponed for one more day.

I have, however, been diligent since. :)

I followed I’m fat with a post about Potty Training Power. Though I’ve showed away from talking about PTP too much on my home site (or any business content), marketing is till important. It is a good idea to build the occasional links, while making my core audience aware of what I’m doing. In addition to the Potty Training Power relaunch post at WD, we also published a post on the potty training blog about how there is no one size fits all to potty training.

Most of the syndicate’s forward momentum this week came from Collective Inkwell. As mentioned last week, Available Darkness has been removed from the Inkwell. Though chapter excerpts are a direct form of content marketing, they are best housed in their own location. Also, though we’ve not yet unveiled it publicly, David has the first phase of the Penny to a Million site design finished. It is of course beautiful.

Two Collective Inkwell titles, two totally different moods.

Inkwell content this week was writer-centric with an interview from Emma Newman on Monday and a post about author collaboration on Wednesday.

In addition to a rerun of the classic (and hysterical) alternative Valentine’s Day cards, Blogger Dad also ran a guide on how to understand men. In between his Blogger Dad posts, David ran two posts at Things My Child Says: one on dinner time and one on boobies (no really!).

Cindy spoke about our home and continued to help me bank quality content for the Children Write the Future launch, still scheduled for March 15.

Thanks so much for being a part of another roundup. See you next Monday!

Sean