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This will be considered ancient news now, but it’s often better to analyze headlines when the buzz is over. The Last Jedi opened before the holidays as one of the highest-rated…
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What metrics do you use to define digital marketing success today? Clicks? Traffic? Followers? Leads? Sales? ROI? Notice what these metrics have in common: they all require some action on…
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Recently, I worked with a big-brand publisher that published print assets to their site. The powers-that-be believed that the content should position just fine. After all, the content was written…
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When creating content for your blog, social media profiles, email subscribers, and other purposes, you don’t want to irritate your readers. Unfortunately, some types of content can send readers running…
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The fake news lesson for marketers: You will be a victim
Fake news made headlines during the election, but the phenomenon is nothing new to marketers. Just ask Procter & Gamble (P&G). In early 2010, P&G’s rollout of the most dramatic…
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8 commonly overlooked ways to make social media work for you
Are you getting the most out of social media? We’ll safely assume that you and your business are using social media. You probably have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google Plus…
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In this webinar with Heather Lloyd-Martin of SuccessWorks, she discusses tips for writing better sales copy. You’ve struggled over your sales copy, created what you thought was a persuasive page,…
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Once upon a time, web writers relied more on guesswork than data. We didn’t have access to keyphrase research until Wordtracker came along. There were no solid competitive intelligence tools….
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Do you know what the most important piece of your content marketing is? It’s not the actual content—it’s the headline that makes people click on your content and read it….
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