All About Asking The Right Questions While we’re huge fans of digging into Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools for visitor behavior, sometimes the best way to get answers about your website is through a survey. A website survey can provide insight on content that visitors read and value. In this post I’ll share our best …
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How to Write Marketing Personas
For Engaging Content That Converts We’ve found that using content marketing personas — fictional characters that represent your idea client with regard to demographics, attitudes and behavior — help create content that resonates and converts. According to a HubSpot study, using marketing personas in email campaigns improved click-through rates by 16 percent. Coming up with specific …
Content Marketing ROI
Ways to Demonstrate Value to Leadership Typically leadership wants to know content marketing ROI as part of its investment of resources. Before you screenshot the latest Analytics report, think about your audience. A group of executives or managers isn’t likely to be impressed with a day-by-day blow of site traffic or your epic story about …
Branded Content Tips
3 Trends for 2014
According to eMarketer, around $118 billion was scheduled for use in content marketing during 2013. Online visibility requires quality (and quantity) of branded content. In this post we’ll share tips to make the most of your original blog posts, white papers, social media posts to get attention.
Hummingbird Content Tips
Writing for Search Intent Artificial intelligence is creeping into search. The SEO world changed last September with Google’s Hummingbird algorithm release. Gone are the days of keyword stuffing. Say hello to search intent. Hummingbird content now incorporates intent rather than simple keyword matches. In the post I’ll explain how a non-bear and tiny bird changed …
Is Content Marketing Sustainability In Question?
Keeping Pace Executing a content strategy can feel like an ever-increasing treadmill. Google demands fresh, relevant content for organic search rankings. Given this environment, is content marketing sustainability realistic? Especially for small to medium-sized businesses? An Artificial Demand? If a business wants to increase organic visibility there are really only two ways of doing it: quality content …
Finding Creative Commons Images
Finding quality creative commons images can be a challenge. If you’re adding new content frequently, you need a steady stream of pictures and artwork to make your words stand out on a page. In this post I’ll explain the different licensing types, a couple of free reliable sources, as well as some advice when using creative commons images for your website and/or blog.
Can-Spam Act Compliance Considerations
Is Your Email Marketing Breaking the Law? Your business likely uses email blasts in your marketing campaigns. Many small businesses start out their email marketing campaigns by researching and studying what other marketing professionals have done. However, what you might not know is that there is a law that regulates your use of email marketing …
8 Tips For Spring Cleaning WordPress
So, it’s that time of year again. The sun’s starting to come out again, and you’re thinking about doing a bit of spring cleaning. Well, don’t just limit your clean up to closets and garages. Why not have a look at your website too? Spring cleaning WordPress is typically ignored until something goes wrong. So, take …
6 Ways To Make Your Content Headlines Stand Out
Writing a good headline can make or break your blog posts. Your headlines appear on the search engine results page as adverts for your writing, either pulling people in or putting them off. So the minimal characters you’re allowed need to be used wisely to sell your content to as many readers as possible.