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How Working With a Certified Women-Owned B2B Content Marketing Agency Benefits Your Company
Muah! The Content Bureau voted #1 San Francisco Content Marketing Agency!
The Best Valentine’s Day Blog Posts of All Time
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Muah! The Content Bureau voted #1 San Francisco Content Marketing Agency!
Happy Valentine’s Day! We have some ❤️❤️❤️ news to share. Based on independent reviews from our very own clients, The Content Bureau is now the #1 San Francisco Content Marketing Agency out of 278 San Francisco Bay Area content marketing firms listed on Clutch (the...
We’re #3 Out of 14,500 Content Marketing Agencies Worldwide
“That’s a bronze medal!” Thanks to two new (totally independent) reviews from beloved clients, we’ve just achieved third place worldwide out of more than 14,500 content marketing agencies listed on Clutch—a ratings site like Yelp for professional services firms. What...
We’re the #1 Content Marketing Agency on Clutch
Wow! I was super excited several months ago when we were ranked #3, but thanks to a new (totally independent) review from one of our beloved clients, we’ve achieved the top spot out of more than 7,800 content marketing agencies listed on Clutch. What a special honor...
Our Clutch Reviews Are IN
As you might expect, we like to button things up before publishing—which is why we’ve waited to share our client reviews on Clutch.co. Voila! We’re delighted to report that since we learned about Clutch earlier this year, five Content Bureau clients have offered to be...
The Best Valentine’s Day Blog Posts of All Time
As you might guess from looking at our website, or my stationery collection, or my closet—freakishly awash in red and pink, with a dash of metallic glitter—Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday. This giant painting in my home office sets the tone for my entire life....
Homemade Valentines Rock
Glitter, glue, and glam: Nothing is more special than sending or receiving a homemade valentine. We hope the gorgeous valentines in this post will inspire you to show your love creatively this Valentine’s Day. (Heart confetti, anyone?)
Tragedy Creates Transcendent Work Moments
This post isn’t about marcom. It’s about the meaning of life. My friend’s 11-year-old son is having a 10-hour brain surgery today: August 27, 2013—an otherwise normal Tuesday—and I’m having a little trouble focusing on work. Maybe you are, now, too. When life throws...
The Content Bureau’s Elevator Pitch—in Words and Infographics
I recently had the pleasure of spending two days in Denver, Colo., with the incredible Ruth Burk, lead writer to many of our Denver-based accounts. During this trip, Ruth and I were shocked and horrified to discover that some of our most beloved clients—including one...
Be Yourself at Work
A beloved French boss, Bernard Miquel, gave me the best piece of business advice I have ever received: “If you can’t be yourself at work, change jobs.” When he shared this tidbit of wisdom, I was a twenty-something American in Paris, aspiring (pushing! shoving!) to...
Candy Heart Wisdom for B2B Marketers
The other night, I tore open a bag of candy “message” hearts. Actually, two bags, because I bought some of the jumbo-sized ones, too. Studying the mix of pastel hearts scattered on my table, I realized that these traditional Valentine’s Day treats can offer B2B...
The Content Bureau “Rave of the Month” Is …
Friends, I’m going to let you in on a little Content Bureau secret. It’s called “The Rave Report,” and it is magic—the type of magic described by the genius Sally Thornton in my Valentine’s Day post. It puts a happy pink glow over one’s day, and makes work feel like...
Ideas for Valentine’s Day Procrastinators (or Those Who Otherwise Failed to Impress)
Valentine’s Day has already passed, but if that Whitman’s Sampler or bouquet of red roses didn’t win the affection of your sweetheart, it might be because your gift lacked creativity. (Consider that the aforementioned “gifts” can be purchased at the same place where...
I Am Madly in Love …
… with my job. And this is no casual fling, people. It’s been 12 years, and I am more smitten today than I was the day I left that big, rich, extremely attractive, and powerful consulting firm that had previously swept me off my feet. Here to explain this mad folly...
Wordie Fun for the Holiday Dinner Table
Hoping to spark some delicious conversation around the holiday dinner table? Stacy interviews Cristy Clarke, fabulous founder of TableTopics—conversation starters featured on the “Martha Stewart Show,” on “Ellen,” in O Magazine’s “Favorite Things” issue, and now, in...
My Mother the Pop Icon
My Mom is hanging in the Museum of Modern Art: the Monica Lane story from publicity glossies to Pop Art.
My Smartphone Love Affair
Swept off her feet by a sexy smartphone, this Content Bureau designer wonders how long it will be until she’s replaced by a newer model …
So a Copywriter, a Carpenter, and a Chiropractor Walk Into a Bar…
Is it a stretch to see parallels between shingling a wall and writing copy? You be the judge.
A Sonnet For My Valentine
Content Bureau’s unbelievably wonderful intern, Kendall Weikert of Dartmouth College, avows passion in sonnet form to a certain love object.
How to Write a Great Thank-You Note
Writing a thank-you note has long been perceived as a chore, especially painful for children, who don’t understand that civilization just might fall apart without such social niceties. It can seem like a race to get to the part where you sign your name (with great...
Dear Santa Redux
We all love our holiday traditions, be they Black Friday sales, polishing up the menorah, or, as in my household, trudging into the Bureau of Land Management forest up in the foothills to find the perfect tree, only to forget the tree-cutting permit and get the truck...
It’s All About the Relationship
What makes for a great client-vendor relationship? The same things we value in our friendships and marriages: trust, respect, commitment, open communication.
Surfing Words
The ocean captivates, its countenance fickle. Now darkness. Cold, frothy giants pound in unrelenting rhythm, giving no purchase to board or fin. Now light. A twinkling surface throwing back the glow of sun, a glassy caress of warm water—then a clean line easily...
How to Write a Great Letter to Santa
Crafting a compelling direct appeal letter is all about timing, tone, and attention to detail. Take your basic Letter to Santa. Sure, you could crank it out on mom’s PC to show St. Nick how clever you are (and, therefore, worthy of his attention) by: Ramping your wish...
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