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Content Marketing
Here’s How to Optimize Your Blog for Content Marketing
No matter what kind of content you’re creating, your blog should be the central hub for all things content marketing. But how do you make sure that central nervous system is set up for success? Luckily, there are some simple tweaks that will amplify distribution and ensure that your followers know exactly what they’re supposed to do next. It’s safe to…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Small Business Content Marketing Media Matrix
Content marketing strategies continue to change, especially with advancements in mobile technologies, and access to high bandwidth is becoming commonplace. Marketers need to be more resourceful in their approach to generating content. One thing we do is often work back in complexity… we design an animation and use the content for a webinar, we use that content for a presentation…
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Content Marketing
Content Variety and Formats Drive Results
Your audience varies. While you may appreciate a long-copy whitepaper, another prospect may simply want to review a feature list before they contact you for business. This great infographic from ContentPlus, a UK-based content marketing service, provides an overview of the variety of content offerings that exist, why they work, and some supporting data. They also have an accompanying blog…
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Content Marketing
Stop Hiding the Most Important Feature of Your Web Presence
More often than not, when I visit a corporate web site, the first thing I look for is their blog. Seriously. I don’t do it because I wrote a book on corporate blogging, I’m truly seeking to understand their company and the people behind it. But I often don’t find the blog. Or the blog is on a separate domain…
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Content Marketing
3 Things Run-DMC Taught Me About Social Media
Call me a product of a liberal arts education, but I firmly believe one’s worldview should be informed by as many sources and experiences as possible. Reading the latest book by an expert in your field is great. Consuming as many blog posts and news articles as you can about your industry is helpful. Attending conferences and sitting in on presentations to…
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Content Marketing
7 Lessons Learned in Promoting Your Writing
We were excited to book Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on our podcast but about 20 minutes in, our Internet access went down and we had to discontinue the show. It was disappointing since we were really getting great advice from Jo-Anne. Jo-Anne is a self-publishing promotions expert. After retiring as a teacher, she’s written a series of books… and in the process…
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Content Marketing
The Power of Corporate Blogging for Content Marketing
This morning, I had a fantastic time on the Open for Business radio show with Trey Pennington and Jay Handler, accomplished speakers and consultants assisting businesses to take it to the next level. The topic, of course, was Corporate Blogging! During the show, Dan Waldschmidt asked some fantastic questions that I wanted to share since we couldn’t go into too…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Maybe You’re Just Not Good at This
Every once in a while you’re blessed by someone who takes the time to thank you after you do a speech. I joke with folks who tell me how great a session was by letting them know I’ve never been good at ballet. It always gets a chuckle, but there’s a story behind it. I actually do love to dance.…
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Content Marketing
The Most Important Feature of Your Corporate Blog
Tonight I had a great time at Confluence, an Indianapolis networking event, where we reunited a team to speak on the Do’s and Don’ts of Corporate Blogging. I was joined by fellow industry professionals Rhoda Israelov, Rodger Johnson, Kyle Lacy and Kevin Hood. There were minor differences in agreement over command and control of a corporate blog, but I believe…
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Content Marketing
Video: Blogs in Plain English
Another great video from Common Craft found via Ade’s blog: Some constructive criticism, though… this video really missed the boat on the technology behind blogging – things like pings, trackbacks and search engine optimization. Blogging is the High Octane Fuel for the Search Engine What the video does not speak to is the power of blogging in accelerating topics to…