Content marketing is a marketing technique that involves creating and distributing valuable content to attract a target audience without directly selling products or services. It aims to engage customers through relevant and valuable information that makes them more knowledgeable. Effective content marketing requires understanding the target audience, creating engaging content, determining appropriate distribution channels like social media and owned platforms, implementing a content plan, and measuring performance through analytics. Storytelling is also an important part of content marketing, as people respond well to stories that simplify complex topics and channel universal wisdom through engaging metaphors and willingness to be vulnerable.