Content Community Pioneers: Databox

January 27, 2019

Although we’d love to take credit for originating the concept of a Content Community, the truth is that brands have been successfully leveraging this approach for years. As part of our latest blog series — “Content Community Pioneers,” — we’ll be highlighting a few of those brands and examining how they’ve been able to build […]


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What’s New? 2018 in Review

January 7, 2019

We’ve been incredibly busy this past year. Not only by improving the user experience and visual layout but also by creating new features that help both your in-house and freelance writing team manage and create the best possible content. Here’s everything that has happened in 2018. nDash for Internal Teams When we launched our content […]


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How to Compound the ROI of Content Teams

December 18, 2018

I’ve never been much of a numbers guy. In the world of content marketing, the actual content creation part has always been the most interesting to me. But as much as I prefer writing to number crunching, I appreciate the importance of tracking the ROI of content teams and proving growth. I’m starting to see […]


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The Art of Digital Storytelling

December 12, 2018

As a child, storytelling time was always one of my favorite parts of the school day.  Stories allowed you to travel to a place that can be new and exciting. As we become adults, this concept does not change. As marketing and communications experts, we need to learn to tap into that excitement when promoting […]


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Freelance Writers: When to Invoice Your Client

December 11, 2018

Having your own freelance writing business is like consistently balancing a scale of pros and cons. While it can provide freelance writers with a wealth of benefits, like being your own boss and taking home a bigger slice of the pie, one major downside is actually getting a client to hand over that cold, hard […]


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Infosec Brands: Forget the Seasonal Listicle

December 10, 2018

It is the season of the listicle. A few weeks from now, half of all infosec blogs are going to feature an article called something like “10 of the Biggest Hacks and Mistakes in Information Security for 2018.” (The other half are going to have a blog called “Top 10 Information Security Predictions for 2019.”) […]


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Engaging Your Employees to Create Content

December 6, 2018

If your goal is to secure high rankings on search engine result pages (SERPs), then you need to create content. And a lot of it! When we say you need a lot of content, that’s exactly what we mean. According to Infographic World, a company that excels in infographic marketing, certain 2017 studies revealed publishing […]


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Tis The Season of Freelance Writers

November 28, 2018

The most successful content creation programs aren’t solo operations. They’re fueled by content communities that perfectly balance in-house and freelance resources. This holiday season, Boston Content is giving freelance writers and the companies that work with them a gift—a night of fireside chats that will help bring brands and freelance writers closer together. With marketing […]


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Written Content: Why You Should Keep Investing

November 13, 2018

The fastest way for a speaker to lose my attention is to compare people to goldfish. But what does that have to do with written content? At my first marketing conference, I heard four different speakers reference the same stat—that humans had an average attention span of just 8 seconds. A full second slower than […]


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Content Ideas in nDash Now Have an Expiration Date

October 27, 2018

nDash has always been an idea-driven platform. By pitching content ideas, writers in our community have been able to proactively get a foot in the door with some of the world’s leading brands. Conversely, brands receiving those ideas have been able to find uniquely qualified writers and fill their editorial calendars with a diverse range […]


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