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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Should Web 2.0 Design be Scrapped?
Elliot Jay Stocks is putting out the battle cry for designers... abandon the Web 2.0 look and fight your clients who push for it. NOTE: Be sure to visit Elliot's site , the design is absolutely stunning. I disagree with…
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Blogs Versus Forums: Which One Is Right For Your Marketing Efforts
A frequent concern that is brought up when discussing corporate blogging as a business strategy is the fear of customers airing their complaints. When this question was posed in a class I did last week; I missed a critical point…
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How to Eat a Gourmet Pretzel?
Utilizing humor in product packaging can be a highly effective strategy in sales and marketing for several reasons: Attracts Attention : Humorous packaging stands out on the shelves, catching the eye of potential customers. This can be particularly effective in…
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How To Build Anchor Tag Regions Over A Background Image Using CSS
In the days of Web 1.0, a collection of links like this could be built by splicing up your image with links on each graphic, then trying to sew it all back together with a table. It could also be…
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Hey Mike! Marketing Is Also About the Make-Up
Yesterday, I received an email from a reader, Mike, who asked why I would post a picture on my blog that makes me look dark-haired, fit, and trim when, in reality, I'm graying and overweight. Ironically, the image you see…
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Top 3 Key Elements to Remember for B2B Blogging
In B2B , corporate blogging has proven to be one of the most effective tools for building brand authority, generating leads, and driving long-term engagement. However, simply publishing content isn’t enough—your blog must stand out in a crowded space, resonate…
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Free Download: Numbered and Alphabetized Google Map Markers
I'm finishing up a mapping site for a client this weekend and decided the current marker (icon) collections out there were pretty plain, lacking any dimension. While I was taking a break, I decided to make a new collection. Feel…
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Marketing Has Evolved Beyond The 40/40/20 Rule
I was organizing my bookshelf this morning and flipped through an old Direct Marketing book, Direct Mail by the Numbers. The USPS published it and was a pretty good guide. When I was running a direct mail business full time,…
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GoDaddy Claims Trademark Infringement For Go-Daddy Domain Purchased From… GoDaddy
Today, I received a call from a gentleman who wondered about my relationship to NoDaddy.com, a site that lambastes GoDaddy for its business practices. After speaking to John, I was amazed at what was happening to him. John purchased GO-DADDY-DOMAINS.COM…
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Gannett Needs to Get its Head Out of its Butt
Everyone has heard of the expression having your head up your butt . With Gannett , they really have brought the expression to reality, though. Ruth Holladay is a wickedly sarcastic blogger with a sharp tongue... and she's dead-on, especially…