{"id":90557,"date":"2025-06-18T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/?p=90557"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:39:56","slug":"compromise-with-your-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2025\/06\/18\/compromise-with-your-content\/","title":{"rendered":"When to compromise with content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2025\/06\/18\/compromise-with-your-content\/compromise\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise.png\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"compromise with content\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;compromise with content&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90572\" src=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise.png\" alt=\"compromise with content\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise.png 1536w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/compromise-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timpeter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Peter<\/a>, the brilliant author of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44opmOv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Reset<\/a>, had a provocative post on LinkedIn. He lamented that he was tired of following all the &#8220;marketing rules&#8221; and boldly posted a link within his content &#8212; an algorithmic no-no!<\/p>\n<p>It was a small act of defiance that ignited a lot of emotion in the comment section. It seems that many marketers are tired of the constraints of social media rules that make us compromise with content.<\/p>\n<p>I just wrote an entire book about breaking bad rules for good reasons (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4jQFaPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacious<\/a><\/em>) so Tim&#8217;s post got me thinking &#8212; how do we approach this constant dance of give and take? Do we create to win the attention of our customers, or the attention of the search engines? Or &#8230; do we have to somehow please both?<\/p>\n<p>What are the guidelines that let us know when to compromise with content?<\/p>\n<p>I thought this would be a great topic for a podcast conversation with Jay Acunzo, who thinks deeply about such things. On a new episode of The Marketing Companion, we talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowing the tradeoffs and making a strategic decision about the path you&#8217;re on.<\/li>\n<li>How your business model might dictate your content compromises<\/li>\n<li>The misperception that a social media audience equals business success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and much more.<\/p>\n<p>To listen in, just click here:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/marketingcompanion\/MarkJUNE16-FINAL.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to enjoy The Marketing Companion Episode 317<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2014\/01\/06\/content-shock\/border-line\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/border-line.png\" data-orig-size=\"591,24\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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