Gating content —requiring site visitors to provide their email address or other information before they can access or download the information— is a critical part of the conent marketing equation….
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Does a soft sell conflict with content marketing analytics?
I was recently leading a client workshop where I get a question that I had never heard before, “Why are you emphasizing such an aggressive use of analytics if content…
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Your content marketing must sell solutions, not stuff
I’ve written in the past about the importance of selling solutions rather than stuff, but it’s an idea worth diving into from another angle. Said in another way, to be…
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Why do you need to automate your content tagging with AI?
If you have content, you tag it. If you have web content, you tag it in your content management system. Your authors do it every day. And it feels somehow…
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Concentrating on customer experience
‘Customer experience’ refers to putting the customer and their needs at the center of everything a company does. It means identifying all the touchpoints – individual interactions – throughout each customer journey and designing…
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Keeping your email subscribers engaged
Building a large email list isn’t enough – for successful email marketing, you have to keep the subscribers you win engaged. Here are a few things to keep in mind…
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Leveraging digital for customer-focused insights
Most companies conduct various types of research to understand the needs of the market. These may include primary research, 3rd party research, brand wave studies, voice of the customer, and…
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Business video trends worth noting in 2018
If you’re calculating, or recalculating, this year’s video content marketing strategy, Vidyard’s 2017 Video in Business Benchmark Report suggests some practical business video trends worth your attention. The report’s insights are…
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3 marketing lessons learned from home improvement bloggers
Those who are offering home improvement services face a stiff competition. With this, it is critical to think of a way to stand out from all others and be on…
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Branding can help local businesses avoid the “growth trap”
Local businesses have a very pragmatic attitude about branding: they ignore it. Many of them are more worried about meeting payroll, making rent, paying taxes, and other cash crises than…
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