Content Marketing
Content marketing is a strategic approach to creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience, ultimately driving profitable customer action. Effective content marketing involves a combination of content creation, management, and promotion across various channels, such as blogs, social media, email, and more. Key subtopics within content marketing include content marketing systems (CMS), content strategy, content creation, content distribution, and content performance measurement. By delivering high-quality content that resonates with your target audience, you can build brand awareness, establish thought leadership, and nurture relationships with potential and existing customers. Explore the articles below to learn more about how content marketing can help you achieve your business goals.
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Is the next President of the United States running Linux?
Earlier today I read a post about Ron Paul’s website. Interestingly, his site is less of a typical candidate site and more of a mashup of other sources of information about him. What a fantastic idea, and it shows additional transparency.…
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Bow Thrusters, Blogging, and Business Communication
While in the U.S. Navy, one of my tasks as an electrician was to stand bow thruster control. A bow thruster was a propeller in the middle of a tunnel that ran from one side of the ship to the…
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5 Marketing Lessons Learned from Curse of the Golden Flower
My son and I rented this amazing movie, which got me thinking. The 2006 Chinese historical drama Curse of the Golden Flower , directed by Zhang Yimou, tells a story of palace intrigue, secrets, and betrayal within the imperial family…
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Would Your Company Blog If Your Life Depended On It?
Some folks think bloggers are hunkered down in our basements with boxes of pizza and Mountain Dew everywhere. There's another view of bloggers that you might not be aware of. Bloggers are social people who crave communication (and sometimes attention!).…
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The Best Resources to Ramp Up Your Corporate Blogging Strategies
In preparation for speaking to a local business group about Corporate Blogging, I've gathered quite a few resources from many sites. I would be remiss if I didn't publicly thank them. I'm also providing a handout to folks with resources…
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What is Net Neutrality?
The term Net Neutrality was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003. The questions raised in discussions of open access and network neutrality are basic to both telecommunications and innovation policy. The promotion of network neutrality is no different than…
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The Blogging Triangle: 3 Elements of Success
I've been working on my presentation on Corporate Blogging this week. The book discussion today regarding Digital Aboriginal really sparked both my enthusiasm and my thoughts on what my theme should be. Though I'm going to discuss the advantages and…
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WordPress: How To Check If The User is Logged, Determine Their Role, And Modify Content
We have a lot of authors on Martech Zone but not all of them are familiar with WordPress and how to log in and publish on the site. WordPress can identify whether or not you're logged into the platform using…
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SPAM of the Day
Even with all the SPAM filters in the world, I still get SPAM. I hate SPAM, but I have to admit one of my guilty pleasures as I scan through the SPAM, I tend to read some. I quickly scan…
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WordPress: How to Build And Publish A Tag Cloud
It may seem a bit outdated, but I still appreciate the usefulness of tag clouds. Internally, tag clouds visually display what the focus of my content has been and allow me to identify whether I'm writing too much content about…
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Blogs: Written by Fools to be Read by Imbeciles…
Mr. Rago, assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal, eloquently addresses the blogosphere as: The Blog Mob: Written by fools to be read by imbeciles. Joseph Rago This may be the most pretentious attack I've seen by a…
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Copyrights and The French Revolution
Copyright law has undergone significant transformations since its inception in the printing press era, evolving through historical milestones such as the French Revolution to contemporary challenges posed by artificial intelligence. For businesses today, understanding and complying with these laws is…
