| | Making Content Come Alive with Design | | If you're responsible for content marketing, you know the value of great subject matter, articulated by talented writers and designed by creative minds. When we hear that our clients are challenged to create content, our first inclination is to think it's because writing is painful, or time is lacking. But more recently, we've discovered a new problem: lack of design capability. | | Today, the expectation is that content look as good as it reads. In fact, good design can overcome shortcomings of text, but bad design will overshadow the message. | | Luckily, you can leave the designing to us. | | | | Just provide your logo, your company's style guide (if you have one), and a link to your website. We'll take care of the rest. | | ▸ Read More at the iJam Blog | | | | | | | Advertisers: Would you like to share your knowledge with our marketing and advertising community? We'd love that. Be a Guest Blogger. | | | | | | | Staff Highlight | | Derence Walk is our Marketing Director. Here are 5 things you may not have known about him: | | | | | | | | 1. | Since I started working for IJ, I've lived in South Korea, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Spain, and now PerĂº. | | 2. | Though raised on a farm in Oklahoma, I am an avid English football fanatic. (Come on you Gunners!) | | 3. | When you call 800-897-9965 (the number for Insurance Journal), that's my voice on the robo-operator answering system. | | 4. | I help run a small nonprofit on the weekends (www.itsjustadollar.org) | | 5. | I met the love of my life on Tinder+ (and we're engaged to be married this November!) | | | | | | | | Next Magazine Issue | | • Construction Market & Risks Report • Markets: Umbrellas (Personal & Commercial) • Special Supplement: The Florida Issue | | Bonus Distribution | | • CIWA Summer Forum & WSSLC • IIAT Annual Conference & Trade Show • FAIA Convention • IMCA Annual Conference | | Ad Deadline: May 31 | | Reserve Your Ad | | More Info | | | | | | Current Issue | | | | • Agency Technology • Cyber & Security, Entertainment | | ▸ Read It Now | | | | |