Thought Leadership

LinkedIn Publishes “Zontee Hou: Time for Marketing to Get Real”

I was honored to be interviewed by the fine folks at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Thank you to editor Tequia Burt for including me in this great community. Here’s what they had to say: If you’re in marketing, Zontee Hou has a perspective worth listening to. She is a longtime digital marketing veteran who has been running her […]

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Diversity in Marketing at #MarTechFestDialUp

LONDON! I’m looking forward to speaking with a diverse and progressive group of marketing leaders at MarTechFest Dial Up this April 19-25 on diversity and inclusion in the marketing industry. As the owner of a 100% women, majority-minority marketing agency, it’s my job to make sure we are nurturing the next generation of diverse marketers […]

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Marketers You Should Know: 16 Brilliant Thinkers to Follow on LinkedIn

“When’s the last time you introduced new voices into your LinkedIn feed?” I love the above question by LinkedIn editor Tequia Burt. It’s a reminder to all of us that it’s good to discover and get inspired by new voices within our industries (and outside of our industries) from time to time. That’s why I […]

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How to Optimize and Measure Conversion Content [Fractl Podcast Episode]

The fantastic Amanda Milligan, Marketing Director at Fractl Agency, interviewed me recently on their podcast, Cashing in on Content Marketing. We discussed how to get more conversions out of your content marketing and focus on creating content that truly moves the needle. I always like chatting with folks in the industry about their burning questions, […]

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How Convince & Convert Builds Digital Ad Strategies

Recently, I had a fantastic conversation with the folks over at Superside about digital ad design and what I’ve learned from advising clients over the years. It was such a wide-ranging conversation that, not only did they include some of it in their digital ad guide, but they also put together this blog post featuring […]

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Q&A with Zontee Hou: Building Digital Ad Strategies that Work

My friends at Superside interviewed me for their blog, and I shared several case studies on designing effective digital advertising campaigns. Here’s an excerpt of that conversation: Superside: If there was one key takeaway or piece of advice that you’d want to give creative teams about how to execute a successful digital ad, what would […]

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Craft Industry Alliance Publishes “Zontee Hou: Goal-Centered Digital Strategist”

A month or two ago, entrepreneur/lawyer/writer (basically Jill-of-all-trades) Carol Sulkoski reached out to say that she was writing a profile of me for the Craft Industry Alliance. As someone who started my career in the yarn industry and have advised some of the most beloved brands in arts and crafts, it was a joy to […]

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TopRank 25 Top B2B Marketing Influencers to Follow in 2021

I’m always pleased to be recognized as part of the B2B marketing community, because while it’s a less glamorous area of marketing than B2C, it’s just as vital. While I work with both B2B and B2C clients, I love speaking at MarketingProfs B2B Forum because it’s an opportunity to help marketers stretch their wings and […]

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Adobe Spark Live: Data & Storytelling – Use Social Insights to Shape Your Content

It was so much fun to join the folks at Adobe Spark on their Instagram IGTV feed as part of their live speaker series. Not only did we take live questions from viewers, but we also had a really interactive conversation about how marketers of businesses large and small can use metrics to better understand […]

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Lessons in Entrepreneurship for Greater Good Challenge Contestants

I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a judge for the Greater Good Challenge, a business competition, at Columbia University SPS. The team at SPS interviewed me on my advice for students within the competition: As a Strategic Communication alumna and former lecturer on the faculty, can you speak to the importance of persuasion and/or […]

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“Building a Better Content Strategy, Measure by Measure” in Chief Content Officer

Inspired by the key takeaways from my session at ContentTech, my latest article for Chief Content Officer magazine is now out. I hope you’ll take a read and let me know what you think. Build a Better Content Strategy, Measure by Measure Excerpt from the Article: It’s grounded by three core truths: 1. Anything can […]

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Transform Your Marketing Content Using Social Data

Modern marketing depends on a constant flow of fresh content to capture audiences’ attention, and it’s an endless struggle to find new topic ideas. In this webinar, I was so pleased to join my friends at Meltwater Social for a session to help you learn how to explore social media data to discover the themes […]

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