Content Marketing: Page 158

  • 7 SEO Mistakes We're All Making

    Search Engine Optimization (SEO): the process of getting traffic to your website through "free," "organic," "editorial," or "natural" results on search engines. The term "SEO" gets thrown around a lot in this digital age. It's seen as a short-term solution to bolster page hits and up website traffic. It seems to me, though, that what SEO really requires is a long-range perspective - one where what we're doing now benefits us in the future.

    By • May 26, 2015

  • 6 Steps to Writing Product Descriptions That Sell

    Getting users to your product pages is always the prime focus, but keeping them on the page is just as important. This post will educate you on how to write engaging product descriptions that sell.

    By • May 25, 2015

  • 20 Ways to Effectively Market Your Small Business

    Marketing a small business can sometimes seem like a foreign language to small business owners, especially since a lot of small businesses are startups and have never been tasked with spreading the word about their company. Here, you'll learn the top 20 ways to effectively market your small business online.

    By • May 23, 2015

  • How Entertainment Companies Can Use Social Media Video to Attract Audiences

    As video grows in importance across social media platforms, there's great opportunity for entertainment brands to attract new audiences by offering snippets of shows or movies about to hit the screen. But rather than trying to second guess who might engage with the promotional video, why not target those who you know already have an affinity for the subject?

    By • May 23, 2015

  • Vine Genius Zach King: How Brands Should Be Addictively Entertaining on Vine to Reach a Young Audience

    Magician Zach King can defy the laws physics, turn his emojis into actual objects, and teleport from his bed to the red carpet at the Oscars. And he can do all these things in 6 seconds. Known as the "Vine Magician," King has made an art form out of the six-second digital video, doing what he calls "digital slight of hand.'

    By • May 22, 2015

  • Is Twitter Making a Comeback? Some New Treats for Marketers

    For anyone who pays attention to the stock market (which I don't) or the news (which I do), it's clear that Twitter hasn't been looking so hot these days. Last month, the social platform fell short of its projected revenue for the first time as a public company. Somewhat embarrassing, right? Twitter's much younger cousin Instagram even surpassed its monthly active user count when it hit 300 million monthly active users back in January.

    By • May 22, 2015

  • Why No One is Reading Your Content

    Two quarters down. Completed: 24 blog posts, 6 email newsletters, 4 checklists, 3 drip email campaigns, 2 eBooks, 1 webinar. Victory is yours. Except no one is reading your content.

    By • May 22, 2015

  • Punch Up Your Headlines

    Disappointing headlines aren't good for anyone's business, particularly people who blog, write, and rely on social media to market their expertise

    By • May 22, 2015

  • 4 Social Marketing Lessons From the Bachelor Franchise

    The 11th season of ABC's The Bachelorette premiered this week to the kind of social media fanfare normally reserved for a royal birth or a political scandal. It got me thinking: how did The Bachelor do it? How did they manage to build and captivate a rabid social community? And what can social marketers learn from it?

    By • May 22, 2015

  • Marketing Automation Is Essential to Feeling in Control [VIDEO]

    Do you feel like business keeps getting more and more complicated and you can't keep up? There is a solution: marketing automation. Even choosing what kind of automation to use is a challenge, but once you understand what is possible, you can prioritize what to implement.

    By • May 21, 2015

  • #RedNoseDay, Kim Kardashian, and the Value of Guerrilla Marketing

    Kim Kardashian broke the Internet once. Ask her to participate in your charity, and she might break that, too.

    By • May 21, 2015

  • 8 Experts Share Their Favorite Strategies for Facebook Ads

    What do a few respected experts have to say about paid social media strategy? Here's some tips.

    By • May 21, 2015

  • Bad Blood: Great Marketing or Great Flop?

    It seems as though the one and only clear message here is: do not get on the bad side of Taylor Swift unless you want to be the focus of one of her songs.

    By • May 21, 2015

  • Google Buy Button: Retailer's Boon or Devil's Bargain?

    ​Google meets Amazon; an interesting concept in theory which may become stark reality in practice soon enough. In a much anticipated move, Google is apparently preparing to incorporate buy buttons within some of its sponsored search ads on mobile devices. First reported by Alistair Barr and Rolfe Winkler in a recent Wall Street Journal article, many are reading the move as a proactive attempt to stop the steady bleed of users turning away from its heretofore desktop friendly search platform in favor of more mobile-focused ecommerce apps like Amazon and eBay.

    By • May 21, 2015

  • eConfused? How Marketers Can Leverage Freelancing Sites

    There are millions of articles out there on how to use freelancing websites like Elance, Fiverr and others to help sell your goods and services. The articles detail how a freelancer can offer his or her services online and set a bid price for the work they promise to do. Understanding how to navigate these waters is vital for the success of any marketer willing to dip into this pool of talent.

    By • May 20, 2015

  • 5 Incredibly Effective Facebook Ad Targeting Tips

    Facebook has more data on every user than the next two networks combined. How can you harness that to make your Facebook advertising more effective?

    By • May 20, 2015

  • Marvel vs. DC: Who's Winning on Social Media?

    Between DC Comics and Marvel Comics, Marvel is winning the social media war. Because Marvel is the one having the most fun.

    By • May 19, 2015

  • Truth Be Told: Transparent Marketing is Here to Stay

    A number of companies have recently taken up transparent content marketing and have started sharing internal information on campaign performance and internal stats. Adopting an "upfront" marketing attitude in which real numbers and reports are published is the quickest ways to build trust with your audience.

    By • May 19, 2015

  • Negative Comments and Reviews Could Be Good for Your Business

    "Problems are cleverly-disguised opportunities," goes a popular saying. When you receive negative feedback it may appear bad, but if you learn from it you can turn it into an advantage.

    By • May 19, 2015

  • Nostalgia Marketing: What is it?

    As Millennials become increasingly important as customers, brands have started to incorporate nostalgia into their campaigns to win them over. Used correctly, nostalgia can be an incredibly powerful marketing tool, but what makes today's nostalgia marketing unique compared to the past?

    By • May 19, 2015

  • The Content Marketing Challenges Sinking Your Ship

    Failure is an option. In content marketing, the fails outnumber the successes 2:1. I'll assume you want to be on the right side of this ratio. But recent history suggests it's more likely you'll go left and meet the fate of the majority. There are a number of reasons content marketers fail. If you want to summarize them all in one swoop for the sake of simplicity, it'd go something like this: Content marketers want shortcuts to success, but there are none.

    By • May 19, 2015

  • 4 Small Business SEO Hacks To Use To Rank #1 In Google

    What would you do if I told you that you could combine tried and true PR tactics right alongside your small business SEO campaign to see better results without doing much more than you're already doing? Want to learn more? I'm guessing that if you've read this far, the answer to that question is YES.

    By • May 18, 2015

  • 7 B2B Website Best Practices to Enhance Your Online Presence

    If you're in the professional services industry, you already know that the competition today is fierce. What many executives don't know, however, is just how critical a B2B website is in helping professional services firms stand out from the rest of the pack. So, how important is it? The Hinge Research Institute has found that 80% of professional services buyers check out a firm's website to evaluate them as a potential provider.

    By • May 18, 2015

  • A Mad Men Postmortem: Don Draper's Story Ends Where Coca-Cola's Begins

    Last night's series finale of Mad Men signaled the end of one era, at least an era that involved a Sunday night TV-viewing ritual. But what did it say about advertising and humanity? Is it ultimately a cynical ending or an optimistic ending?

    By • May 18, 2015

  • What Is Content Marketing? An Explanation in 5 Images [INFOGRAPHICS]

    Businesses and organizations across the globe are using content to build awareness, generate leads and delight customers. And with so much hype and growing budget centered around content marketing, it's important to have a clear grasp on exactly what content marketing is. So, whether you're a business owner who's looking to gain a better understanding of content marketing, or a marketer who needs a helpful, shareable overview, this collection of infographics will be right up your alley.

    By • May 18, 2015