Mark White

Mark is a founding member and partner of content26. He has worked in publishing and online media since 1999. He lives in Seattle with his family, Tamara, Cassandra and Lucas. He has spoken at Cleveland Research Company Ecommerce Forum, My Digital Shelf Online and Digital Grocery Summit, and Gilbane Digital Content Conference. You can connect with him on Twitter @mwhitec26.

Make Product Content a Billboard-Free Zone

By: Mark White   |   August 13, 2014

Your enhanced product descriptions are your ultimate promises to potential customers. If you keep those promises, you’ll earn both sales…

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User Benefits Explain Product Features

By: Mark White   |   August 11, 2014

To optimize your product descriptions for conversion beyond your geek consumer base, simply listing product features is not enough. To…

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What Is The Butterfly Effect of Content Merchandising?

By: Mark White   |   August 6, 2014

If you think the butterfly effect only pertains to chaos theory, and has nothing to do with content merchandising, think…

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The Halo Effect of Word Choice

By: Mark White   |   May 19, 2014

Apropos to my recent posts on Eyes Wide Open and the General Mills privacy policy fiasco, I wanted to share…

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How Content Blueprinting Helps You Manage Legal Risk

By: Mark White   |   May 15, 2014

In my earlier post on the subject of content approval and legal review, I mentioned a client’s extremely slow content…

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When Content Approval Needs Legal Review

By: Mark White   |   May 13, 2014

If you’re a consumer of commercial food products, you probably didn’t sympathize much with General Mills and its recent “forced…

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Flip the Decision-Making Coin: Eyes Wide Open by Noreena Hertz

By: Mark White   |   May 1, 2014

Although Noreena Hertz calls Eyes Wide Open a “decision-making tool kit,” the book at times has the feel of a…

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Word Choice Carries Baggage

By: Mark White   |   April 29, 2014

Here’s a real-life example of how the nuance of word choice can undermine your intention when you get it wrong….

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How Word Choice Impacts Decision Making: Eyes Wide Open by Noreena Hertz

By: Mark White   |   April 28, 2014

Decisions are the lifeblood of every individual and organization. In a previous post I discussed three books that I’ve found…

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Did Hummingbird Kill the Big Bad Wolves of SEO?

By: Mark White   |   April 10, 2014

As technically complex a narrative that the fifteen years of documented Google algorithm updates have been–from Boston, the first named…

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