Building a B2B Content Strategy for Comic Relief US

At Comic Relief US, I developed a B2B content strategy designed to generate and nurture leads among mission-aligned corporate partners, moving the organization beyond traditional fundraising asks toward a more sophisticated, content-led approach to brand sponsorship and co-funding.

At the center of the strategy was a sizzle asset that did double duty: sharp enough to anchor a paid LinkedIn campaign targeting prospective partners, and polished enough to work in boardroom presentations and branded sales materials. LinkedIn was the primary channel — chosen deliberately to reach decision-makers where they were already engaging with purpose-driven content — but the ecosystem was designed to pull audiences through to the full breadth of Comic Relief US’s content, partnerships, and impact work.

Alongside this, I developed a content series under the Partnering for Purpose banner, collaborating with purpose-driven organizations to create co-branded editorial that gave prospective and existing partners a clear view of what meaningful collaboration with Comic Relief US looked like in practice.

Together these assets laid a strong strategic foundation for Comic Relief US’s partnership development — creating the tools, content, and channels needed to generate leads and keep the right brands engaged at the right level.

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My African travel diaries series for Essence.com

Screen Shot 2018-07-05 at 11.23.30One of my favorite things to do… writing about awesome women who inspire me. This travel piece for Essence.com was such a labor of love and admiration for my passport gang woman crush Lerato Mogoatlhe.

Oh and I can’t wait for her book Vagabond coming out later this year.

Obama in Africa series for Africa.com

 

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Another momentous media moment I forgot to post!

I recently oversaw africa.com’s coverage and social marketing of Barack Obama’s historic round trip of three African countries last year collated under the banner Obama in Africa. Africa.com CEO Teresa Clarke was in the press corp, a massive honor for a small online publisher!

I was so happy that even with all the crazy coordinating of writers, planning stories, working on video and liaising with the Whitehouse I was able to cover some events and do some writing. My pieces are below.

Covering Michelle Obama’s round table with youth leaders hosted by MTV Base 

Live blog of Barack Obama’s address at the University of Cape Town working with youth activist Sindi Leigh McBride.  

Obama Africa visit first on Instagram 

 

 

 

Fit and curvy love for True Love magazine

I loved working on this health feature on curves and am so happy with how it turned out! As a curvy girl myself it really reaffirmed my ongoing fitness mission!

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We may love bootilicious curves but are they healthy?

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Khwezi’s story was featured on the October 2011 cover of True Love magazine

I even got a shout out on the contributor’s page – so cool!

This piece should be controversial

I’ve started freelancing again! I pitched this piece to True Love after watching family and friends go through lobola and wedding proceedings. I was so fascinated with the politics of the whole thing and decided it was worthy of further investigation, this was the outcome. Waiting for the tribalists to get on my case.

click on the permalink button in the gallery to read the article in full.