Generative AI has revolutionized content marketing, making it easier than ever for content marketers to create powerful and compelling content. By leveraging generative AI technology, content marketers can create high-quality content faster and with less effort than ever before. In this blog post, we’ll look at some of the best tips for getting the most out of generative AI for content marketing. Read the rest of this entry »
Content Marketing Hack: Using Generative AI to Create Powerful and Compelling Content
June 2nd, 2023Working With Influencers
May 30th, 2023
What do Richard Simmons, Ron Popeil, George Foreman, and Kim Kardashian have in common? Many readers may not have even heard of the first three names, but they do share something in common with Kim Kardashian: They are early examples of influencers.
While influencer marketing often seems to be a factor of the digital age, it’s a concept that has been around for decades—ever since people began selling products and looking for ways to spread the word. In the digital environment, influencer marketing can be both more challenging and riskier. Marketers have only to do a search for “influencer marketing lawsuits” to learn about thousands of lawsuits that have been filed against influencers—and the companies that have used them. Read the rest of this entry »
Best Practices for Leveraging Content Across Multiple Social Media Channels
May 23rd, 2023
There are a wide range of social media channels available to today’s marketers. There are so many that it can be challenging to decide which to use—and how to use them most efficiently and cost-effectively. Yes, there are costs involved in posting to social media, even if you do it yourself. Time is money, and, especially for do-it-yourselfers, time spent on social media means an inability to spend it on other potentially higher-value activities that uniquely require your expertise. Let’s take a look at some best practice recommendations from social media experts and business owners who have learned how to juggle posting across multiple channels. Read the rest of this entry »
AI for Content Creation
May 16th, 2023
A Facebook headline reads, “How to Generate Blog Posts in 1 Minute Using AI.” It’s a sponsored post from Jasper (more about this later), and while the concept is certainly intriguing and tempting—especially when facing a mountain of blog posts to create for various clients—there’s a certain amount of skepticism that goes along with it. Is the hype too good to be true? Read the rest of this entry »
Zigging When They Zag: The Potential of Traditional Marketing Communication
May 9th, 2023
The digital environment is quite cluttered these days and becoming more so. Consumers benefit from access to a massive amount of information literally available at their fingertips—and often being pushed to them by marketers yelling “pick me, me, me.” But with so much activity in the digital environment, sometimes it takes a different approach to stand out: Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t Assume Your Customers Know What You, or “Everybody,” Knows!
May 2nd, 2023
“You don’t pay unless we win!”
That’s the compelling marketing claim made by a large and very successful law firm. If you’re a consumer thinking about suing someone—an individual or a company—for a loss or injury you’ve received, such a no-risk offer would be compelling indeed.
But here’s the thing. Read the rest of this entry »
The Role of Social Media in Your Marketing Efforts
May 2nd, 2023
Every once in a while, I’ll come across a post suggesting that social media is dead. With all of the recent buzz about Twitter—given Elon Musk’s takeover of the company and predictions of doom—I wondered if marketers’ usage of social media is declining. The short answer is no.
A longer answer is that while social media still makes up a significant part of most marketers’ communication efforts, how they use it and which channels they use have shifted. That is likely to continue. The effectiveness of marketing channels ebbs and flows; newer channels and newer entrants to the space tend to reap the benefits of early adoption, while laggards may never experience the same results. This means that marketers of all kinds—and especially content marketers—need to stay up-to-date on these shifts and continually evaluate their social media strategies to ensure they’re making optimal use of these platforms. In this column, I look at some insights from experts in the field about how their social media use is shifting and how they stay on top of new trends. Read the rest of this entry »
Getting Local With Your Social With a Customer-First Approach
April 26th, 2023
Social media can be a great way for businesses of all types and sizes to connect with their audiences and stay connected with them! In fact, for small businesses in particular, a social media strategy focused specifically on customers (rather than prospects, or the masses) offers the greatest potential to not only keep but to grow business.
The Trouble With E-Mail “Sequence” Campaigns
April 24th, 2023
I was working with a client recently to develop an e-mail campaign that they wanted to send out to a list of prospects in a particular order. We were spending quite a bit of time discussing the order and the variation—and progression—in content for these emails.
And then it dawned on me!
5 Ways to Harness the Power of LinkedIn for Your Job Search
April 21st, 2023
Job seekers can think of LinkedIn as a search engine. Their goal should be to show up in searches that recruiters, HR pros, and hiring managers use to find talent. There are five primary things job seekers need to do to increase their odds of showing up on these searches (without their current employers or colleagues knowing they’re in job search mode).
Here are our top five recommendations for effectively harnessing the power of LinkedIn for your job search. Read the rest of this entry »
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