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Every operation of a business rests on fundamentals. This includes marketing, and especially content marketing. However, unlike functions such as bookkeeping, content marketing changes. So what are the "must-have" components of a good strategy?

 

Topics: Business Blogging, SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing Strategy, content distribution

You need great content for a successful content marketing campaign. But great content alone isn't enough. You have to build an effective distribution strategy to make it work.

Topics: content distribution, distribution channels, paid media, earned media, owned media

Everyone wants to see more visitors to their website. And, while there are many tools to make this happen, visual content has proven to be one of best ways get social shares and drive traffic. 

[This post was previously published and has been revised and updated here]

Topics: social media optimization, infographics, repurposing content, graphics, visual content

Email marketing is a viable and powerful tactic for generating leads and nurturing prospects. But every marketer utilizing email is faced with a variety of competitors for their recipient's time and attention. 

 

Topics: email, call-to-action, nurturing leads, email marketing, email marketing strategy

You already know that your target market is essential to your marketing success. But how do you figure out who those people are?

 

Topics: content marketing, Target Audience, target market, target segment, personas

Content marketing as a term is relatively new. Content marketing as a strategy is a bit older, but still recent. Content marketing as a tactic is quite old, however. And, while some things never change, many things evolve over time.

 

Topics: content marketing, inbound marketing, Marketing Plan, Content Marketing Strategy, content distribution

A content strategy is critical for an effective inbound marketing plan. And getting the word out about your business is the main objective.

It's been said truthfully that “No one cares about your business as much as you do.” And because this is true, it stands to reason that no one is going to care enough about your business to talk about it as much as you do.

Topics: inbound marketing strategy, Marketing Plan, content creation, Content Marketing Strategy, promotion

Content marketing as a term is relatively new. Content marketing as a strategy is a bit older, but still recent. Content marketing as a tactic is quite old, however. And, while some things never change, many things evolve over time.

One of the failings of many small business marketers (and quite few large ones!) is the lack of cohesiveness and structure to their content marketing efforts. Because the truth is that survey after survey continue to show that the majority of marketers have embraced content marketing to some degree.

Topics: content marketing, Target Audience, Marketing Plan, content creation, Content Marketing Strategy

Your brand can be communicated, enhanced and built through your content marketing efforts. But it's not enough to simply produce great content that reflects and embodies your brand. Somebody's got to see it!

Content creation is critical for building your brand with content marketing, as we established in the first part of this two-part series. But simply publishing a blog post or uploading a video isn't going to cut it. If content is king, as we believe it is, then distribution is the royal chariot!

Topics: Guest Blogging, Social Media, Branding, PPC, content distribution, distribution channels

Brand building is nothing new in the marketing and business world. But it has taken on a new life of sorts in recent years and it seems that everyone wants to help you "build your brand." While this is a good thing, the truth is that there are "home-grown" ways for you to build your own brand.

 

Topics: brand awareness, Brand, Branding, content creation, Content Marketing Strategy