Archive for the ‘Content Marketing’ Category
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
We launched Strategic Communications in 2008, at a time when the country was plunging into a deep recession. It wasn’t a great time to land new clients. But it was a great time to take a deep dive into something that was relatively new at the time, at least from a business perspective–social media. At the time there was an interesting talent gap that represented an opportunity for us. Most businesspeople didn’t have experience in using social media channels for marketing purposes and colleges weren’t yet educating students about these new marketing tools. So we were early adopters and spent quite a bit of time learning about and experimenting with the tools that were best positioned in the business-to-business (B2B) space: LinkedIn and Twitter.
Since that time we’ve built our social channels organically and have helped a number of clients do the same. There’s no real magic to this. In fact, the basic tenets of effective marketing via social channels are really the same as they are for using any marketing tools. We recently responded to a reporter’s inquiry about our top tips for marketers using social media as a lead generation tool. We pointed to six:
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Tags: linkedin, Social Media, social media best practices, social media strategies, social media tips, twitter
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Content is always changing shapes, morphing into something new. Long before there was the written word, people gathered to tell stories around campfires. Before there was a printing press, there were handwritten books. Then, of course, came ebooks. Now, our content comes to us through a dizzying array of devices and platforms. Smart creators are using the growing number of delivery options to continue to reshape content into new—and sometimes improved—forms.
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Tags: content marketing, creating content, EContent, marketing with content, multi-purposing content, publishing
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Humans have been working to automate tasks since the days of Henry Ford. Sometimes, this means coming up with faster, more cost-effective ways to develop automobiles and other products or streamlining operations and reducing the need for manual labor in various manufacturing settings. Other times, it’s spurred by the rampant development of increasingly complex technology to create and distribute content. Regardless, the quest for new ways of getting work done without human intervention is ongoing.
The use of technology for content creation and dissemination is just one more example. It’s an area that is seeing increasing interest from developers and users alike. (more…)
Tags: content marketing, creating content, hiring virtual assistants, remote work, virtual assistants, working remotely
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
While publishers continue to battle for audience, relevance, and engagement, some niche publishers are quietly making an impact—and money—from narrowcasting. Consider, for example, the following:
Emu Today & Tomorrow, a magazine for emu farmers
Twins, a magazine for parents of multiples, which launched in 1984
Spudman, a publication for potato farmers
The Chimney Sweep News, serving a decidedly niche market of chimney sweepers as the name suggests
These and other publications are finding success by casting a narrow net to appeal to smaller, more exclusive market segments. Publishers can draw inspiration and insight from the retail sector.
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Tags: content creation, content marketing, mass publishing, niche publishing, publishing, reaching target audiences, writing content
Posted in Blogging, Content Marketing, Journalism, Publishing | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
With millions of people out of work and countless businesses shutting their doors temporarily, or even permanently, many businesses are wondering whether they should maintain their marketing communication activities.
Our Advice: Yes, But…
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Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Customer Communication, Employee Communication, managing communications, pandemic, public relations
Posted in Brand Management, Client Relations, Content Marketing, Customer Communication, Marketing and Branding | No Comments »
Monday, March 16th, 2020
by Linda Pophal
I have a love/hate relationship with search engine optimization (SEO). I understand SEO. I very often use the concepts in my own writing—and often use the concepts in writing for clients. Sometimes, though, and probably because I was a writer long before SEO was even “a thing,” I balk at what can seem at times to be a misguided focus—a singular focus—on SEO to the exception of everything else. (more…)
Tags: content marketing, copywriting, search engine optimization, SEO, SEO writing, slave to SEO, writing copy, writing for bots
Posted in Content Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing and Branding, Marketing Communication, SEO, Strategic Communications | No Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
by Linda Pophal
Having worked for organizations and their senior leaders and spokespeople for a number of years as director of corporate communications and marketing in various fields I’ve long been familiar—and quite comfortable—with the concept of ghostwriting. Ghostwriters write content for others. That content might be in the form of a speech, a presentation, an email, an article, a letter to the editor, a book-length manuscript, or a wide range of other applications. (more…)
Tags: content marketing, contributed content, ghostwriting, thought leadership, writing
Posted in Content Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Journalism | No Comments »
Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Google Search Console (GSC) (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a free online resource of tools and reports that Google makes available to users to help them improve their websites and optimize them for search. If you have a website, you should be using GSC—or using an agency that can help you uncover valuable insights to help improve your website performance. (more…)
Tags: Google Search Console, how people search, improve rankings, mobile keywords, optimizing web pages, search engine optimization, search engine results, SEO, SERPs, sitemaps
Posted in Content Marketing, Internet Marketing, SEO, Web Sites | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
A lot of questions I see related to digital marketing tend to compartmentalize, or silo, various types of communications. For instance, questions about social media or even about specific social media channels. Or questions about blogging. Or questions about website performance. (more…)
Tags: digital marketing, search engine optimization, SEO, Social Media, website marketing web marketing
Posted in Content Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing and Branding, Social Media | No Comments »
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