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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Email marketers are from Mars, email consumers are not
Let’s make it an even half-dozen articles in a row devoted to various aspects of email marketing, shall we? You can see the previous five here, along with my other…
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Should your positioning statement be a video?
“Okay, I know what we are talking about. I get it.” That’s the only response you want to your positioning statement, according to Gartner research analyst Hank Barnes, who has…
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Make your life easier with social media marketing tools and apps
It’s 2018! The new year is here and that means it is time for all those New Year’s resolutions. Most people make personal resolutions, but do you make resolutions about…
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Top 3 LinkedIn profile mistakes that professionals make
When LinkedIn launched in 2002, it was met with a fair amount of scorn, derision, and outright mockery. To more than a few pundits and prognosticators, a “social network for…
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Should you stop (organic) social media activity?
Is your boss wondering why engagement is down and people don’t share your posts? Do you feel disappointed when your carefully-crafted article doesn’t get many (or any) likes? Here’s the…
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Can content written for print position well in Google?
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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Digital marketing channels–whole lotta mediocre going on
We’ve seen data recently–reach out and I’ll share it–that showed a lot of “meh” from marketers who were asked what digital channels worked well for them. On one level, we…
Read MoreCredible or not? 5 questions to evaluate research sources
Scanning through my newsfeed recently, a headline caught my eye. It linked to a blog post covering a topic I’ve been researching for a client, and the study it…
Read MoreBehind the writer’s desk: all the magic happens in the editing
Like most writers, I have an intense love/hate relationship with the blank page. It can be both a source of incredible frustration and a fount of exhilarating hope. Its emptiness – the long scroll…
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