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26SepSeptember 26, 2025

The Compliance Trap: How Marketing Falls Apart in Regulated Markets

Jessica, the marketing director for a regional medical device company, was frozen. She had a great campaign idea for an educational video series showing how their equipment improved patient outcomes. But every draft kept coming back with notes from legal: “Needs more disclaimers,” “Cannot imply results,” “Risk of regulatory violation.” Weeks went by, and the campaign never launched. This is the Compliance Trap: the cycle of great marketing ideas stalling or dying because businesses in regulated industries can’t afford breaking the...

By Thomas WardBlog, Blogging, Content Marketingbrand strategy, compliance, content, Content Strategy, expio0 Comments

17SepSeptember 17, 2025

Stop Wasting Time on Lead Generation that Doesn’t Work

Let’s be honest: most lead generation “strategies” in regulated industries fail. We’re talking about the dozens of downloadable guides, email funnels, and whitepapers your competitors churn out. They all look the same. They sound like every other company in your space. And they feel like they were cranked out by AI. Vague propositions. Generic content. Overly cautious or flashy messaging that satisfies no one. Your prospective clients can tell. They skim your content, roll their eyes, and leave. That’s why most lead...

By Thomas WardBlog, Blogging, Content Marketingbrand strategy, content, Content Strategy, expio, Storytelling, strategy0 Comments

17SepSeptember 17, 2025

Your Website Is Costing You Clients (Especially If You’re in a Regulated Industry)

Mark walked into our office frustrated. His engineering firm’s website had been live for five years, but inquiries from prospective clients were flat. The site was technically “compliant” with legal disclaimers, industry certifications, etc., but it was confusing, text-heavy, and left visitors unsure of what the firm actually did. If your website looks like Mark’s, you’re not alone. Business owners in healthcare, aviation, engineering, and legal industries often treat their website like a regulatory checklist, not a client acquisition tool. The...

By Thomas WardBlog, Blogging, Content Marketingbrand strategy, content, Content Strategy, expio, Storytelling0 Comments

29MarMarch 29, 2017

Brand or Sell? Entice or Inform? Taking a Topical Approach to Blogging

[author title="About the Author"] Brand or Sell? “Branding” has become one of the murkiest marketing terms on the Internet. It can basically mean anything. Branded content can mean a dozen different things. Branding can easily become inbred company rhetoric that only increases customer boredom. But branding can also lead to a direct approach to blogging that helps users get what they need. For our purposes, we’ll refer to branding as any written emphasis that speaks directly about a business or its services. In...

By andyrollerBloggingblog, content, strategy0 Comments

22MayMay 22, 2014

This One Simple Tactic Can Double Your Facebook Engagement – Jason Parks

This blog post (shared from jeffbullas.com) is by guest author Jason Parks, Owner of The Media Captain. Follow him at @TheMediaCaptain on Twitter.These tips are on par and really helpful. We've been using these tactics for a long time and have seen results on a daily basis from these practices. Developing a character for your brand posts, sharing staff stories and more are crucial strategies for producing great and share-worthy content on brand social media platforms. Case Analysis We broke down insights for a client of ours, Panhandle...

By andyrollerSocial Mediacontent, Content Strategy, Facebook, Facebook Strategy, Jeff Bullas, Social Media0 Comments

01AprApril 1, 2014

Content Has a Perfect Length via Buffer App

Buffer App, one of our most-used tools in the office (it helps us easily schedule out posts for brand pages on a calendar), just put out a fantastic blog titled, "The Ideal Length of Everything Online, Backed by Research." It's a super helpful post that breaks down the research to tell things like how many words should be in a blog headline, or a tweet. We highly recommend you go take a look and learn from it. The Ideal Length of Everything...

By andyrollerSocial MediaBuffer, Buffer App, content, Research0 Comments

24MarMarch 24, 2014

Character Composite: One Way We Stay Consistently Creative and Accurate With Brand Posts

[author][line][column type="one-third" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px"][blockquote type="left"]One way to break through and get creative as a brand content publisher is to identify, memorize and script as the brand's ideal character.[/blockquote][/column][column type="two-thirds" last="true" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px"]Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have made being a brand more like being a helpful friend. Everyday, successful social media-driven companies are posting useful, enjoyable and informative content for their audiences. It's an everyday kind of thing. And if you find yourself struggling to get creative after months of pushing out...

By andyrollerExpio Valuesbrand strategy, content, creativity, publishing0 Comments

23AugAugust 23, 2013

Giving Purpose to #Hashtags

Post by Expio Consulting. We see all sorts of applications for the use of hashtags in the Twitter world. What do they all mean? Using hashtags is clearly a top tactic for the world's largest events and platforms. The Super Bowl and the Olympics are both markedly saturated with different hashtags. Just this week, Nike released a video that's gone viral with a dramatic portrayal of Lebron James and the first-time release of hashtag #JustDoIt - the brand's iconic catchphrase. Bunches...

By andyrollerSocial Mediabrand strategy, content, hashtags, Nike, strategy, Twitter0 Comments

08JulJuly 8, 2013

3 Rules For Turning Garbage Content Into Significant Content

What's the point of social media for you? We suggest performing a litmus test against yourself and your online content strategy. Does it make sense? Would you personally engage with the content you've been producing? Are you progressing or just making noise? Get real with yourself and your staff. Self examination brings clarity. If you don't, you'll end up wasting your valuable resources. Three rules for restoring junk Social Media: Social Media is all about sharing significant content. Social Media doesn't work as brand make-up. It won't...

By andyrollerSocial Mediabrand strategy, brands, clarity, content, garbage, helpful, insight, junk, litmus test, rules, self examination, Social Media, trash0 Comments

14MarMarch 14, 2013

5 Crucial Elements To Any Good Story

Recently, we were able to hear from Matthew Luhn, a former member of Pixar Studio and a key cartoonist for the Toy Story Movie. He was speaking in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of the Seeds Conference. He focused on teaching the timeless elements to any great story. What stood out to us was how simple - even predictable - they were. Exposition This is the character development phase of any story. In Star Wars terms, this is our first glimpse into the dull life...

By andyrollerSocial Mediaamarillo, brand, content, marketing, Matthew Luhn, Michael Jordan, Pixar, Star Wars, story, Storytelling, strategy, texas, Toy Story, word of mouth0 Comments

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The Compliance Trap: How Marketing Falls Apart in Regulated Markets

Stop Wasting Time on Lead Generation that Doesn’t Work

Your Website Is Costing You Clients (Especially If You’re in a Regulated Industry)

Brand or Sell? Entice or Inform? Taking a Topical Approach to Blogging

Character Composite: One Way We Stay Consistently Creative and Accurate With Brand Posts

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