About Joe

Joe Pulizzi is an author, speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur focused on helping people build more meaningful work and lives they actually control.

He founded multiple companies, including Content Marketing Institute and The Tilt, and is the bestselling author of several books, including Content Inc., Epic Content Marketing, and his latest, Burn the Playbook. His work today centers on meaning, ownership, freedom, and how to build a career and life on your own terms in a world that keeps pushing people toward the safe and predictable path.

Joe is best known for helping pioneer the content marketing industry, first using the term in 2001. In 2014, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council, and in 2016 he successfully exited Content Marketing Institute.

He also co-hosts This Old Marketing with Robert Rose, the longest-running marketing news podcast in the world.

Beyond his business work, Joe is founder of The Orange Effect Foundation, which delivers speech therapy and technology services to hundreds of children across the United States.

Joe lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his family.

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Here is a shorter bio for spoken introductions:

Joe Pulizzi, pronounced pull-it-zee, is an author, entrepreneur, and speaker exploring how to build a more meaningful life and career in a world that keeps pushing people toward the safe and predictable. He founded Content Marketing Institute and The Tilt, co-hosts This Old Marketing with Robert Rose, and is the author of several books, including Content Inc., Epic Content Marketing, and Burn the Playbook.