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- Content Marketing
Add Custom Backgrounds to WordPress 3
This month’s .net magazine arrived with a great section on WordPress 3 features. One of the features is the ability to change your background image on your theme. The code is really simple. In your theme functions.php file, add the following line: add_custom_background(); If your theme doesn’t have a theme functions.php file, just add one! It’s a default theme file…
- Content Marketing
10 Steps to Build a Better B2B Twitter Strategy
I recently read that Twitter still has twice as many users as does LinkedIn. With the plethora of Twitter apps and integration, the ease with which tweets are amplified is also much much greater. As a B2B Twitter user myself, I’m always working my Twitter strategy to continue to build a following and attract the most relevant audience. Here are…
- Content Marketing
The Value of Content Marketing
This is a unique look at content marketing. We shared the Content Grid yesterday, discussing how each type of content can be utilized strategically. This infographic calls for an even more robust strategy because the behavior of readers is changing… becoming more skeptical and frugal. Per the Alinean Infographic: Achieving a return on content marketing investment requires more relevant, provocative,…
- Content Marketing
Viewing Your Content Calendar
Blogging and social media is a marathon of generating valuable content on a daily basis for your audience. The goal is to generate enough authority and content that we have readers, fans or followers eventually convert into customers. That takes a while, sometimes, so it’s important to keep your eye on the goal ahead. One way you can do this…
- Content Marketing
The Content Grid v2
The Content Grid (Version 2), developed by JESS3 and Eloqua, explains the connection between content type and distribution channels, matching content to the buyer’s stage in the purchase process, equipping marketers with Key Performance Indicators for each type of content, and delivering it all in an easily digestible grid. The introduction to the Infographic reads: The buying process begins long…
- Content Marketing
My Facebook Usability Rant
I’m afraid I have no new information to share with the readers of the Martech Zone, just a plea for your help. After watching the video below, please either: Tell me if there is some work-around to this that I’ve missed, or… Retweet this status update until your fingers bleed so that it gets someone’s attention at Facebook. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-90bZXVjw]
- Content Marketing
It’s Not For You…
There’s a Thai restaurant nearby that does a fantastic job on a number of dishes. One of my favorites is their Red Curry. The dish is full of Thai vegetables and is really spicy. I don’t think that it’s one of their most popular dishes… their Pad Thai and Pineapple Fried Rice seem to sell like crazy. I’ve never seen…
- Content Marketing
Do Google Benchmarks Matter?
Today I received a newsletter from Google Analytics, the first edition of the first volume read as follows: This month, we are replacing the standard “benchmarking” report in your Google Analytics account with data shared in this newsletter. We are using this newsletter as an experiment to surface more useful or interesting data to Analytics users. Data contained here comes…
- Marketing Infographics
DIY Infographic Production: A Step-by-Step Guide
Creating impactful infographics is a crucial skill in online marketing. With 200 million people on the FTC’s do-not-call list, diminishing email usage, and 78% of Internet users conducting product research online, infographics have become a go-to strategy for marketers looking to generate buzz, positive PR, and improve their online visibility. But what if you don’t have the budget to hire…
- Marketing Infographics
Mobile Marketing and Advertising
This infographic was put together by the folks at Microsoft Tag. Did you know that a third of Facebook’s users are accessing it via mobile? Or that 200 million YouTube videos are viewed via mobile? Or that, on average, we spend 2.7 hours a day on mobile devices… with 91% of the activity being social? In case you weren’t aware…
