Posts Tagged ‘content marketing’
Thursday, September 28th, 2017
Despite talk about multichannel and omnichannel marketing, the reality is that content creation and dissemination are often still siloed within organizations. That can lead not only to conflicting messages, but potentially negative brand impacts. Ideally, every consumer experience with an organization-regardless of how large it is-should be aligned and seamless. Messaging should be consistent in terms of content and quality. Clearly, that’s not an easy outcome to achieve, particularly between seemingly disparate parts of an organization (for instance, billing and HR). But what about between marketing and sales-two parts of most organizations that are outward-facing? Wouldn’t it seem logical to assume that their messaging would be aligned and consistent? (more…)
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Tags: B2B content marketing, content marketing, multi-channel marketing, multichannel marketing, omnichannel marketing
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2017
Tracking the engagement of potential customers on a website has become second nature to most marketers. Even a relative novice to online marketing understands the fundamentals: time on page, conversions, shares, scroll depth, etc. But, it’s important for marketers to go beyond the basics.
One of the issues, or areas of misunderstanding, that we often come across is the lack of consideration of the pathway that a consumer will follow in the earlier practice of email marketing. There is a process that most follow as they engage with the email messages that crop up consistently in their inboxes on a daily basis (if, that is, those emails aren’t stopped at a firewall or relegated to a junk mail folder).
Here we take a look at that process: (more…)
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Tags: content marketing, digital marketing, email marketing, email subject line, landing page, landing pages
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
Just as not all restaurants, auto manufacturers or artists are created equal, not all social media marketing efforts are created equal. Some marketers feel like it’s enough to simply have a Facebook page that serves as a relatively static landing point for curious potential customers. Others spend a lot of time, effort and resources to research and develop sophisticated social media engagement strategies that incorporate multiple social channels—and lead to some quantifiable desired results.
Obviously, we strive to encourage everyone to move into the latter camp; however, we recognize this isn’t always feasible and know that there is a wide spectrum of quality and effectiveness. (more…)
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Tags: content marketing, facebook, linkedin, Social Media, social media engagement, social media strategy, twitter
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
So you’ve finally put in the effort to develop a respectable blog. You’re posting regularly and consistently, and you’re posting about topical material relevant to your target audience. But nobody’s reading it. A common challenge we see with businesses trying to beef up their online presence is that they haven’t done enough to drive traffic to their blog. Here are some basic tips to help boost your blog traffic. (more…)
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Tags: blog, blogging, blogging best practices, content curation, content management, content marketing, digital marketing, promoting content, small business blogging
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Sunday, April 30th, 2017
Video has long been touted as a must-do in content marketing, particularly in a business-to-consumer (B2C) environment. Many marketers have used video to capture special moments; showcase products, services, and personnel; and provide how-to instruction of various types. One need only look to the tremendous popularity of YouTube to discern that video communication is something consumers crave. But, can video work in the business-to-business environment? Social media channels, videographers and content marketers are betting the answer is a resounding “YES”! (more…)
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Tags: content marketing, digital marketing, EContent, Facebook Live, live streaming video, Tiger Network, video, videography
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Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Credibility is crucial for marketing efforts, whether B2B or B2C. Just as a consumer needs to be able to trust the business selling a product or service, business partnerships need to be built on trust as well. A great way to build this credibility is to be seen as an expert on a particular subject or in a particular field. A world-renowned heart surgeon who spends time as a medical professor, for example, is likely to be much sought after by those in need of heart surgery. The difference is personal branding. (more…)
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Tags: building expertise, content marketing, credibility, Elon Musk, TED talks, Tesla, thought leadership
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
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AJ Agrawal recently wrote an article for Forbes titled “Inbound Marketing: How To Advertise To People Who Hate Ads.” Agrawal correctly notes that successful marketing “all comes down to one principle. People don’t like to be sold to.” What do they want? They want to be helped to by. “In other words, you are a shopping assistant not a greasy car salesperson,” says Agrawal.
Agrawal offers three strategies for marketers to get their message across to those who hate ads. (more…)
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Tags: Advertising, consumer psychology, content marketing, Marketing, marketing to consumers
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
At Strategic Communications, we are strong advocates for social media marketing. The challenge faced by many businesses — particularly smaller organizations without a sophisticated marketing department with the ability to conduct focused market research — is that it’s not always easy to tell how those efforts contribute to growing revenue. Consequently, it’s hard to know just how much social media marketing to do.
We feel strongly that some presence is generally better than no presence. However, what is the marginal benefit of posting five tweets per day instead of four? (more…)
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Tags: communicating on social media, content marketing, content marketing in 2017, marketing with social media, social media analysis
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
In the world of advertising, perhaps no event is as highly touted as the Super Bowl — or at least its commercials. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), nearly 190 million were expected to tune into the Super Bowl this year, making the four-hour event a prime venue for advertisers. And unlike most events where many viewers use modern technology to fast-forward through annoying advertisements, Super Bowl advertisers have an eager audience. In fact, the NRF reports that 17.7 percent — about 43 million people — say the commercials are the primary reason they watch the game. All that access comes at a price, of course. (more…)
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Tags: B2B content marketing, content marketing, Super Bowl ads, Super Bowl advertising
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