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Harold, a burly 66-year-old man, was devastated when he lost his wife. Exhausted from depression, he could barely get out of bed, let alone run his business. After a few sessions with psychologist Dr. Jacqueline Simon Gunn, Harold took her advice and began an endurance training regimen. Each day, Harold increased the distance he rode his bike and lifted more weights. Slowly, he grew stronger. Dr. Gunn’s endurance routine didn’t just strengthen Harold’s actual heart; in pushing through his physical pain, Harold found a will to live.<\/p>\n

While the story sounds like a captivating Oprah<\/em> episode, it is, in fact, an anecdote from an article on Lifetime Daily<\/a>, an online publication geared toward empowering and informing adults over 55.<\/p>\n

Launched in July 2016, Lifetime Daily’s goal is to provide older adults with credible information on medical, fitness, nutrition, financial, and lifestyle topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don’t just want to live longer\u2014they want to have lives that are active and fulfilling,” said Victoria Bushnell, Lifetime Daily’s managing editor. \u201cThere’s a huge demographic shifting into this state of mind.”<\/p>\n

To distinguish itself and address the needs of its target audience, Lifetime Daily<\/a> focused on building a specialized team of writers. It tapped Contently’s talent network to source the majority of that team, using Contently’s technology platform to scale content production.<\/p>\n

A pool of expertise on demand<\/h2>\n

Rather than hiring “any old blogger,” Bushnell organized the publication around a team of experts with experience in health and wellness for people over 55. By accessing the Contently talent pool, Bushnell was able to efficiently find the expertise required for the publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, it’s about having expert writers\u2014journalists and professionals who are renowned in their fields,” Bushnell said. \u201cThey also need to understand the mindset and behaviors of our audience.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThese writers are top-notch professionals who know what they’re doing, are responsive, and come up with ideas that have a unique angle because of their experience”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to Dr. Gunn, who has extensive experience counseling Baby Boomers and is the author of \u201cThe Psychological Benefits of Endurance Training<\/a>,” Bushnell found writers like Monica Reinagel<\/a>, a licensed nutritionist, and Jeanne Faulkner<\/a>, a registered nurse, in the freelancer network.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese writers are top-notch professionals who know what they’re doing, are responsive, and come up with ideas that have a unique angle because of their experience,” Bushnell said.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, they’re also social media influencers, which came as a surprise to Bushnell: “When Monica Reinagel started pushing out her pieces, she’d send me messages saying, ‘Four hundred people just visited this piece I wrote because I posted it on Facebook!'”<\/p>\n

Content technology<\/h2>\n

While talent was important for Lifetime Daily, it also needed a technology solution to manage its content operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a tech perspective, it’s not just about finding the right caliber of writers, it’s actually as or more important that we have a system for organizing and processing articles,” Bushnell explained.<\/p>\n

The Contently platform allowed Bushnell to manage writer pitches, assign stories, follow story progress, and oversee the entirety of Lifetime Daily’s editorial production in one place.<\/p>\n

\u201cEditing is a time-consuming endeavor, and this simplifies the process,” Bushnell said. \u201cThe fact that I can assign a piece, give it a workflow, give it due dates, send them out the door, and be notified when a story comes in to edit\u2014there’s just no way we could do that efficiently if we didn’t have a comprehensive editorial process with an assigned workflow.”<\/p>\n

This combination of specialized talent and comprehensive technology has helped Lifetime Daily grow to meet the needs of a trillion-dollar senior market<\/a> and compete with the industry’s biggest players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn today’s market, quality is key,” Bushnell added. \u201cWe need to efficiently create articles that are that are credible, intelligent, and informative, but do it in a cost-effective manner.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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