Articles by Chad Fisher

Making Money for your Agency Part 2 (Blog Content)

Making Money for your Agency Part 2 (Blog Content)

Creating Blog Posts for Your Customers It’s difficult for your clients to sit down and get started blogging, they don’t know where to start and that’s where your agency can help! Idea Generation Coming up with ideas for blog posts is tough work.The number one reason your clients won’t get started blogging is that they can’t come up with new ideas or they don’t dedicate the time to idea generation. You can help out tremendously here, use our Idea Engine for inspiration and plan to hire a Writer to come up with 20-30 ideas for new blog posts for your client.…

Making Money for Your Agency Part 1 (Social Content)

Making Money for Your Agency Part 1 (Social Content)

Making Money for Your Agency It’s not quite 2017 yet, but I think I speak for everyone when I say we’re ready for it! Welcome to our first newsletter with tips on how to increase revenue at your agency. This series of emails will walk you through different types of content that you can sell to your clients. Social Content is a Massive Opportunity Your clients need help managing social content for Facebook and Twitter. Companies are overwhelmed with the day to day responsibilities of managing their business and have no time to manage their social channels. What is Social…

Content Runner July 2016 Updates

Content Runner July 2016 Updates

We’ve been listening to your feedback and have been making lots of changes to Content Runner. How to Extend Writer Deadlines Ever wanted to give your writer more time on a project? Here’s how you do it: Click on the “Projects” tab of the dashboard Expand your projects by clicking the green + Once you find the article you want to extend the deadline on, click the “i” next to the article and you will see the option to extend the project New Features We Released We’ve been busy the last month, here are the latest updates: You can now…

Order Templates are Here!

Order Templates are Here!

Are you tired of entering the same order details into your orders each month? Fret no more as you can now save an order as a template and reuse it on your next order. You can make edits to existing templates and create as many new ones as you like. Share Articles via Email You can now share completed articles to team members via email. Enter up to 10 email addresses and share the article by clicking the symbol with 3 dots in it just to the left of your article title (in the article detail page). Other Small Housekeeping…

Content Runner March 2016 Updates

Content Runner March 2016 Updates

New User Onboarding Updates New users on Content Runner were a bit intimidated by all of our features and rather than asking questions or reading our help documentation, many of them would never place an order. We are in the process of fixing that, by creating an onboarding help sequence that will pop up useful information for first time users of Content Runner. This should roll out later this week and we are excited! Content Quality Roll Out Complete Our content quality initiative has been fully implemented and we are happy to announce that both the content metrics and revision…

Tutorial: Setting Up a New Account and Placing an Order

Tutorial: Setting Up a New Account and Placing an Order

Getting started on Content Runner is easy and this tutorial will walk you through how to create an account and place your first order. For your first project, we recommend one of 2 options: Navigate to the Writer Directory, review writer profiles message writers that you like about your project. Once you find the writer you want to work on your article, you can send them a direct order. Alternatively you can post your article as a “Pool Order” to the Content Runner “Site Wide Favorite” writers and first come first serve one of them can pick it up and…

Content Runner Integrates with Act-On to Streamline the Content Marketing Process

Content Runner Integrates with Act-On to Streamline the Content Marketing Process

Partnership Provides Act-On Users with Access to Expert Writers Seattle – January 13, 2016 – Content Runner, a leading marketplace for connecting users and agencies for the creation of unique written content, today announced that it has partnered with Act-On Software, the leading provider of marketing automation for mid-sized businesses. Act-On users can now leverage Content Runner’s network to collaborate with writers and create content, and seamlessly import the content into their Act-On account. Content Runner’s integration allows Act-On users to readily access written content developed in Content Runner and easily deploy it in an Act-On marketing campaign. “You need your…

Attachments are Here (Again)!

More Attachment Love Now both Users and Writers can send attachments back and forth on Content Runner. From the “Messages” tab if you click on “Compose”, you can write your email and then add an attachment. You are limited to 8MBs and keep in mind that the attachment will only be stored on Content Runner’s system for 30 days. We have received a number of requests from both writers and users to add this feature so hopefully you find this useful!

New Content Runner Features – October Edition

New Content Runner Features - October Edition

We are proud to announce the October Content Runner updates. If you have a feature request to propose, send us an email and we can add it! New Filter in the Writer Directory If you are looking for a Writer that has already worked on Content Runner, we have created a new filter in the writer directory. You will see it located in the top left of the filters, check the box: “With at least 1 article” next time you do a search. Also we have moved up the filter: “Without profile picture”, use this filter if you want to uncover more Writers on…

Content Runner Updates: August 2015 Edition

Content Runner Updates: August 2015 Edition

We have been working hard on new features for Content Runner. Big or small if you have an update to propose, send us an email and we can add it! Order Form Update One of our users had a great suggestion, when you have multiple articles and you want to assign each of them as a direct order, give the option to automatically select the same “direct” writer. For example, if you have 10 pages of website copy for a specific writer and each page that you add to an order you have to type the writer’s name into the…