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- Content Marketing
Do Longer Posts Get More Views? A Data-Driven Analysis
Years ago, I analyzed Martech Zone and tried to identify whether my word count impacted the number of post views. The result was a minimal correlation, which encouraged me that the correct word count is the number of words necessary to explain your topic to your audience… and no more. Of course, this contradicts the advice of many SEO experts…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Research: Email List Quality is Top Priority for B2B Marketers
Many B2B marketers know email marketing can be one of the most effective lead generation tools, with research from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) showing an average ROI of $38 for each $1 spent. But there is no doubt that implementing a successful email campaign can have its challenges. To better understand the challenges marketers are facing, email marketing software…
- Public Relations
How to Generate Sales Leads and Boost Growth with Your Next Public Relations Campaign
Every business needs sales leads to survive and many of them turn to public relations as a way to help fill the sales pipeline. However, for many sales teams, there is often a great deal of misunderstanding about how PR actually works. Sales teams expect PR to be a lead-generating tap that produces instant customers, which it can be –…
- Marketing Tools
Keeper: Streamline Marketing Collaboration with Secure Agency and Contractor Access
Marketing teams often collaborate with a network of subcontractors, agencies, and freelancers. While this collaborative environment benefits innovation and efficiency, it can also create security vulnerabilities. Sharing sensitive information like login credentials, API keys, and campaign strategies requires a solution ensuring security and seamless collaboration. Keeper Keeper is a comprehensive cybersecurity platform designed to safeguard sensitive information and streamline collaboration…
- Analytics & Testing
12 Steps to Building Demand for Your New Agency
Last week was an amazing week at Social Media Marketing World where I spoke on the topic of Influencer Marketing. While the audience was mostly corporations looking for advice on how to implement at successful strategy, I returned home and had a good question from one of the attendees curious about how I built enough influence and demand to start…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Subdomains, SEO and Business Results
Here’s a very touchy SEO subject (which I ran into again this week): Subdomains. Many SEO consultants despise subdomains. They want everything in one neat place so they can do off-site promotion easily and focus on getting that domain more authority. If your site has multiple domains, it multiplies the work it takes. In other words, if you’re going to…
- Content Marketing
Copywriting: Ten Steps to Writing Compelling Copy for Business, Marketing, and Sales
Crafting high-performing copy is at the heart of modern marketing and sales. To influence potential customers and drive revenue, developing content that resonates personally, prompts action, and sparks long-term loyalty is critical. Below are key elements that stand out as the foundation for creating effective copy. Table of ContentsKnow Your Audience ThoroughlyHighlight Benefits Over FeaturesUse a Clear, Action-Oriented HeadlineTell a…
- Analytics & Testing
mention: Media Monitoring and Management Made Simple
Todd Wheatland, head of thought leadership at Kelly Services, recently wrote about mention on a post from Social Media Examiner, 14 Social Media Tools used by Marketing Pros. mention is a comprehensive social monitoring and media monitoring platform. mention was developed as a user-friendly replacement for Google Alerts. They’re a textbook example of how to build a platform by doing…
- Analytics & Testing
Google Analytics: Content Grouping for Content Performance Analysis
This feature in Google Analytics may be one of the biggest and most helpful that they’ve released in a long time! As we produce content for clients, we’re always aggregating stats at a topical level to understand what contnet performs well with visits and conversions. We’ve actually mimicked this reporting behavior for clients by creating multiple accounts and adding segmented…
- Marketing & Sales Videos
AT&T: The Next AIG?
Almost every day I get home, I get a beautiful piece of direct mail from AT&T about U-Verse. They’ve sold me. I want it. I want a big ‘ol fat package with increased download speeds, the advanced ability to control my television programming, the DVR… I want it all. But I can’t have it. Following the instructions on one of…
