Bio: Ann Handley
Ann Handley is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs -- which means that she heads up All Things Content on the MarketingProfs Web site and is the Primary Caregiver of this blog, the MarketingProfs Daily Fix. She also blogs at The Huffington Post as well as her personal blog, Annarchy.
Prior to that, she was the co-founder of ClickZ.com.
Even before that, she was a longtime freelance journalist writing on everything from local politics to babies to travel to start-ups and banking and humor. (And sometimes, several topics at once.) She wrote regularly for the Boston Globe as well as a million (give or take) mainstream and trade publications. She wasn't discerning -- the truth is, she wrote for anything that would put bread in her jar.
She received a Bachelor of Communication and Bachelor of Arts in English at Simmons College, Boston, and currently lives near Boston with her family and four dogs (long story).
Loves: cooking, sweet potato chips, sitting on a beach with a really good book. Hates: Writing about herself in the third person. Aspires to: Someday write for the New Yorker.
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Posts by Ann Handley:
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How Large Brands Can Scale Social Media [ebook],
25 Sep 2012 in 1& Featured Posts& FeaturedPosts& Global Marketing& Headline& Marketing Leadership& Marketing Smarts& Marketing Strategy& Marketing Thought Leadership
Pity the large brand, at least when it comes to social media—because social efforts can be a tricky thing.
At the enterprise level, consistent engagement on social platforms is often considered too unwieldy, social participation is thought to be…
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The Wicked Pissah MarketingProfs B2B Forum: You’re Comin’… Right?,
14 Sep 2012 in Featured Posts& Headline& Marketing& Tradeshows and Seminars
Some of our favorite Boston marketers show off one of Boston’s best qualities to help us talk up our upcoming B2B Forum.
This October 3-5 is going to be a *wicked* good time in (as we say!) Bahstin. Our 6th Annual B2B Forum is the premier B2B mark…
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Ann Is Not Impressed: The Marketing Edition,
20 Aug 2012 in Content& Customer Relationships& Featured Posts& Headline& Marketing
Last week, we shared a fun series of 10 photos on the MarketingProfs Facebook page. The set was a takeoff on the “McKayla is not impressed” meme that parodies US Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney’s hilariously sour expression after settling for a…
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Hey, B2B Mobile Marketers: Want a Chance to Speak at the MarketingProfs B2B Forum?,
06 Aug 2012 in Featured Posts& Headline& Marketing Strategy& Marketing Thought Leadership& Marketing Tools& Strategy and Tactics
Are you a mobile marketer who focuses on business to business? Do you have a good story to tell? Enter our Case Study Challenge for a chance to be a featured speaker at the MarketingProfs B2B Forum this October 3-5 in Boston.
The winner will get f…
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Are We Having Fun Yet?,
03 Aug 2012 in Customer Relationships& Email Marketing& Featured Posts& Headline& Marketing& Social Media& Strategy and Tactics& Tradeshows and Seminars
Last Friday, we launched a kind of meta anti-campaign, intended to gently poke fun at old-school tactics by using the persona of an old-school marketer, a poster child for broadcast techniques and the campaign-centric, one-and-done approach.
The c…
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Five Things You Can Do While MarketingProfs Is Down from a DDos Attack,
18 May 2012 in 1& Featured Posts& FeaturedPosts
MarketingProfs.com is being hobbled today because of a “denial of service” attack against our website service provider that has made it difficult for many of you to access our content. In other words, our site has been offline intermittently today. …
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Search, Social Media, and Content: Lee Odden’s Optimized Approach to Marketing,
25 Apr 2012 in Content& Content Marketing& Featured Posts& Headline
Much as I write and speak and champion the notion that every business needs to tell its story as a cornerstone of its marketing, I’m also not myopic in the view that great content alone is enough to drive your business forward.
Just as a pitcher d…
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Facebook Acquires Instagram: Is Your Best Friend Marrying THAT Guy?,
09 Apr 2012 in 1& Featured Posts
For many fans of Instagram, the news that Facebook is acquiring the photo-sharing mobile platform is a little like hearing that your best friend is engaged to that jerk. She might be thrilled. But you can’t help but feel a sense of doom about the…
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Why You Should Not Read This Post (but Should Attend Today’s Content Marketing Virtual Event Instead),
09 Mar 2012 in Content& Content Marketing& Featured Posts& Headline& Marketing& Marketing Tools& Strategy and Tactics
I’m going to keep this post short (even if brevity in writing isn’t my strong suit!) because I want to be sure that you don’t miss out on today’s Content Marketing virtual event happening here between 11 AM ET and 3 PM ET.
I want you to be there s…
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Seven Reasons Your Content Marketing Needs a Brand Journalist,
08 Mar 2012 in Content& Featured Posts& General Management& Headline& Marketing Tools& Strategy and Tactics
Brands now have the ability to bypass the traditional press and tell their own story in their own voice in a unique and compelling way. As I see it, good content isn’t about storytelling; it’s about telling a true story well.
Unfortunately, many b…
