By the Market My Market content team, with insights from Brandi Nicklaus and Anastasiya Raynor
Writing content that actually resonates takes more than meeting deadlines and hitting word counts. In 2025, our content team spent the year listening closely to the real people we are lucky enough to work with. By implementing the interview portion in our content onboarding process, we have spent the year asking better questions and refining how we translate expertise into meaningful, useful content. Along the way, we learned that the strongest pieces don’t come from shortcuts or surface-level trends, but from a deeper understanding of audience needs and a commitment to telling our clients’ stories with purpose.
This year challenged our content team to evolve how we work together. From collaborating more closely with subject-matter experts to improving our internal processes and editorial standards, each lesson helped shape a more thoughtful approach to content creation. As we look back on what 2025 taught us, we’re sharing the insights that guided our work and will continue to influence how we create content that feels human, relevant, and worth reading.
Brandi Nicklaus — Content Specialist
One of the most important lessons I learned this year is the value of approaching every piece of content from the reader’s perspective. Understanding what real people need, what questions they have, and what will help them feel confident in a service has shaped how I think about every sentence, headline, and paragraph. Paying attention to audience needs helps make content feel authentic, approachable, and genuinely useful rather than formulaic.
Another big takeaway has been how technology can enhance, rather than replace, human insight. Our adoption of AI for writing and reviewing content allowed me to ensure that every piece fully reflects client feedback and expectations. By using AI to cross-check notes, suggestions, and edits, I can focus more on refining clarity, tone, and structure, knowing that nothing from our client’s guidance is overlooked. Combining these tools with the collective expertise of our team has reinforced how collaboration and careful attention to detail create content that truly resonates with readers.
Anastasiya Raynor — Content Strategy Lead
One of the biggest shifts I made this year was moving away from overly polished, corporate-sounding copy. Readers do not want to feel like they are being marketed to. They want to feel understood. The content that resonated most acknowledged common fears and hesitations, used plain language instead of industry jargon, and sounded like a real conversation rather than a sales pitch. Hyper-local content consistently performed better because it reflected actual conditions, regional nuance, and the specific context readers were navigating.
EEAT was everywhere in 2025, but the biggest lesson I learned is that it only works when it is authentic. Readers can tell when expertise is being forced. Instead of trying to prove authority through credentials alone, I focused on firsthand experience, real-world examples, and clear explanations of why something matters. I was transparent about limitations, trade-offs, and uncertainty. To me, strong EEAT means making complex topics feel accessible and offering practical next steps. When EEAT is used to guide readers rather than impress them, credibility follows naturally.
I also learned that the most effective content goes beyond surface-level search intent. Often, when someone asks a question, they are really looking for reassurance, trying to avoid a mistake, or comparing options they do not fully understand. Authority is not built through one standout article but through consistency and care over time. The future of content is not about chasing algorithms or trends, but about earning trust.
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