There’s been a lot written about content creation, placement, and promotion in recent months. In fact, you know Content Marketing is gaining in importance when universities start creating CM course…
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Why don’t more marketers use keyword research?
I recently had the privilege to sit in on FIR B2B episode 45: a podcast by Paul Gillin and David Strom. When my wife heard it, she said they sound…
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Surefire Social introduces SurePulse “webmaster tools”
Surefire Social is about to offer an all-in-one social media, search, reputation, review, analytics tool in the form of SurePulse, now in beta. I get to play with a lot of…
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Help Google help you optimize your content for search
It’s really hard to get Google’s attention. Content marketing is indeed a silver bullet — why do you think I’m writing this — but there are ways of wooing search…
Read MoreRe-branding the Republican Party
The Republican Party is in turmoil, no doubt about it. White males in suburban and rural areas, their core base, are fed up with Government and want an “outsider,” even…
Read MoreScarcity and what it means to online marketing
As marketing people, we are often reminded of the principles of supply and demand. With the advent of digital marketing we’ve become pretty good at applying market timing (right time,…
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Don’t silo link building
Link acquisition isn’t meant to be done in a vacuum. In the past, link building was often done separate from other marketing activities, since all links moved the needle. It…
Read MoreHow data supports the Mobile Conversion Strategy
Choosing Customer Lifecycle vs. Funnel Analysis. Recently, I found myself at a local auto dealer service desk looking at the numerous cards and flyers on the counter for casual inspection….
Read MoreAttention, hamsters! Get off the content treadwheel
Content is king, to be sure. But how did we end up on this crazy treadwheel, cranking out B2B content for content’s sake? Daily blog posts. Three tweets a day….
Read MoreIntegrating mobile video branding into the auto purchase funnel
Many of us can recall moments in our childhood when we accompanied our parents to go shopping for a new car. I remember how everything was in the presentation from…
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