In a wide-ranging report, The Future of Video, Feng Li of London’s Cass Business School writes that “video is not simply an important part of the online experience. Increasingly, video is the…
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I have been doing long-tail blogger outreach since 2006. Ten years later, I am still at it in earnest. Even more, I play so far down the long tail of…
Read MoreContactually is a flawed secret weapon
While online influencer marketing is my raison d’être, business development is my new jam. As you may have read previously in I put my Sales money where my CRM mouth is and remember to…
Read MoreIncreasing customer engagement with videos just got easier
Increasing customer engagement with video is not the same as upping the level of charm in the video. It’s getting the customer involved. On the interwebs this generally means clicking…
Read MoreSocialize your videos for business development
People spend more than 100,000,000 hours every day watching video on Facebook, which will soon be 100% video, according to Mark Zuckerberg. Sales and marketing people take note: video is a medium…
Read MoreRemember to market to your own influencer network
I really love influencer marketing. Too much. So much, in fact, that I often forget to do the sales and business development work required to keep Gerris Corp moving forward….
Read MoreJanet Thaeler & Maryanne Conlin on Influencer Marketing
Yesterday I had a lovely chat with two fellow influencer marketers, Maryanne Conlin and Janet Thaeler. Both conversations were quite different but both really reassured me that my practice at Gerr.is and…
Read MoreIf you post it will they come (to read your blog)?
I work harder promoting my online content than I do writing the posts themselves. And so does everyone else, including mainstream media. If you build it, they won’t come unless you…
Read MoreKindness opens many doors online
There are a lot of assholes online, though very few of them are dyed-in-the-wool. They’re simply exceptionally guarded, armored against all the other assholes online. It’s a vicious cycle. We’ve all…
Read MoreHow to implement a Video 1st content marketing strategy that drives action
Because of the importance consumers and business decision makers are putting on content, many marketers and business owners are challenged with how to create the ongoing flow of quality business…
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