Posts Tagged ‘Content Marketing’
We’ve Lost 17% of Our Social Traffic in the Last 12 Months, But…
This title is of course reminiscent of the now famous Buffer article recently published entitled “We’ve Lost Nearly Half Our Social Referral Traffic in the Last 12 Months.” You read that right; Buffer lost nearly 50 percent of their social traffic, year-over-year. How could this be? What’s happening out there in social land? The article opines…
Read More3 Tips for Creating Content That Speaks to the Reader
When it comes to content marketing, it’s important to get out of the sales mindset in order to reach a wide audience and create a genuine interest in the niche that you are promoting. Of course, your content should draw your readers in and make them want to invest their time or money into the…
Read MoreHow You Can Produce Great Content Every Time
“Content is King.” We’ve all heard this. But is it easy to produce great content every time? Producing quality content is the best approach to marketing a business on the web. It can also be tedious and disheartening. All big organizations have their own content creators who design and write professional content for them. But…
Read MoreThe Story of Content: Focus on Your Customers
I came across this excellent Content Marketing Institute produced documentary about content marketing and wanted to share it with you. The one thing about content marketing you need to know from the start is that it’s been around forever! Content marketing is simply the newest name for what we have called good old-fashioned marketing or advertising. It’s about telling…
Read MoreAre You Leveraging Visual Content?
If any of the trend reports from the last five years are accurate, visual content should be a critical element in your marketing and content strategy. If you’ve mastered this, you’re in the minority. While a picture may be worth a thousand words, marketers have not turned a strategic lens on optimizing the return from their…
Read MoreA Better Business Model: Audience First, Product Second
It’s not really news to say that most businesses fail. If you are like most entrepreneurs, the first startup is surely a failure. According to OnStartups.com, first-time entrepreneurs have just an 18% success rate. Not even a two in 10 chance? Want better news? Henry Blodget, co-founder of Business Insider, places the success rate of…
Read MoreContent Distribution: The Secret War Between Tech Giants Rages On
As promotion and distribution becomes a more popular topic of discussion amongst content marketers, stalwart tech companies are figuring out ways to get their slice. You know them—Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Apple, etc. We’re not talking newsfeed posts, either. We’re talking full-on gatekeeper status of the content consumed and shared on the Internet, period. Take…
Read More7 Big Myths of Content Marketing
Myths are woven into our DNA. We have heard about the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti, dragons and other man made creations and legends that live more within the imagination than reality. But without those tales, the tapestry of our lives would be a little less. Who wants to take away the fairies, super heroes…
Read More5 Reasons to Pursue Inbound Marketing Even if Your Competitors Don’t
B2B tends to be pretty old school when it comes to marketing. For a long time, companies in this realm have built their empires from scratch to the behemoths they are now with only a good product, a great sales team and solid connections. But with the advent of today’s digital age, where everything is…
Read More4 Tips for Developing Branded Content
Keeping consumers engaged in a brand and its content considerably increases brand loyalty and business. But creating engaging, interesting content is easier for some than for others. For companies in the fashion or sports industries, fascinating topics come easy. But for other brands that provide run-of-the-mill products or services, it can be a greater challenge.…
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