The document discusses threats, opportunities, and the future of content marketing. It identifies key challenges like ad blocking, viewability, and load times that marketers face. However, it argues the best way to triumph is through good planning, engagement, and creative content. Good planning involves understanding consumer behaviors and conversations. Good engagement bases messages in culture and optimizes for each channel. Good creative sparks surprise, is part of a greater whole, and disrupts expectations. The future of content marketing will involve new formats like AR and VR as well as changes in distribution, personalization, and social commerce.