The Content Advantage Edition 3 Reveals Surprising Secrets to Succeed with Content + AI
Atlanta, Georgia – The Content Advantage is now available in its third edition at book retailers worldwide. This rigorously updated edition by Content Science founder Colleen Jones argues that with the rise of AI-fueled digital disruption, every company faces an important choice. The choice is not whether to do content. Every business function demands content, from marketing to communications to product experience to technical support to recruiting. The choice is whether to make your approach to content strategic, scalable, and sustainable. And therefore an advantage.
The third edition of this top-rated book offers a modern, end-to-end approach for planning, creating, delivering, sustaining, and optimizing content that will make a business or organization thrive. Executives and practitioners alike will find value in this book as they face increasing pressure to deliver the right content to the right customers or users at the right time through the right touchpoints in their digital experiences.
Melissa Rach, co-author of the highly regarded Content Strategy for the Web, has given The Content Advantage early praise. “In this edition, Colleen Jones introduces her end-to-end approach–a smart, insightful way to meet the demands of modern content,” notes Rach. “From the fundamentals of content strategy and operations to handling digital disruptions and emerging tech (hi, AI!), Colleen has the insights (and Star Wars quotes) content pros need.”
Jones draws on her diverse experience and the unique research from her firm Content Science, which spans surveys and interviews with more than 700 business and content leaders and nearly 200,000 content effectiveness assessments, to offer the following and more:
- Common mistakes in responding to digital disruption.
- Guidance on creating a content vision.
- Actionable advice on artificial intelligence benefits and pitfalls.
- A primer on conducting content analysis.
- Techniques for developing a competitive content strategy.
- Elements and principles of effective, influential content based on evidence.
- A blueprint for developing content intelligence.
- A maturity model for content operations.
- Three systems for scalable end-to-end content.
- Guidance on preparing to implement artificial intelligence.
- Approaches for content governance, including for artificial intelligence.
- Current examples and quotes from diverse companies and contexts.
- Useful checklists and worksheets.
Among the surprises shared, The Content Advantage reveals that a high level of content operations maturity correlates strongly with content success. Yet, 58% of participants in Content Science’s recent study report their organization operates at the lowest levels of maturity. The Content Advantage explains what sets the most mature and successful companies apart in their content approach.
58% or organizations reported being at the lowest levels of content operations maturity
Throughout the book, Jones includes perspectives from leaders with organizations including but not limited to Intuit, The Home Depot, Dell, Atlassian, March of Dimes, CDC, Red Hat, Mailchimp, The Weather Channel, Thomson Reuters, Elevance Health, AT&T, Teradata, Kohl’s, Emory University, Sharecare, and Mastercard.
“Getting content right is crucial for every marketing, product, communications, human resources, and customer experience executive today,” explains Jones. “But most companies are underinvesting in content and underprepared for the intensifying demand. The good news is it’s not too late to change. The Content Advantage gives the insight and tools to help leaders align and succeed with content at scale.”
The Content Advantage became available in electronic and paperback formats through all major book retailers and directly through Content Science starting Nov 12, 2024.
About Content Science
Content Science is an award-winning end-to-end content firm founded by Colleen Jones, author of The Content Advantage. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Content Science has advised clients including Fortune 500 companies, startups, institutions, and government agencies since 2010. The firm also owns the content intelligence product ContentWRX, runs Content Science Academy, and publishes the online magazine Content Science Review. For media inquiries, send us a note.
