AI-Driven Search Is Replacing Traditional SEO. If You Rely on Content Marketing for Traffic, It’s Time to Rethink Your Strategy Before Your Audience Disappears Into Someone Else’s Ecosystem.
The End of Organic Search: Rethinking Your Content Marketing Strategy in the Age of AI Read More »
Welcome to the Marketing Quiz! This quiz will test your knowledge of marketing concepts and strategies, and help you gauge your understanding of the field. Are you ready to put your marketing knowledge to the test?
How Well Do You Really Know Small Business Marketing? Find Out Now! Read More »
There Are Three Stages of a Customer’s Journey as You Build Your Relationship with A Prospect. The Three Stages Are Curiosity, Enlightenment, and Commitment.
3 Unique Stages of a Customer’s Journey Marketers Need to Know Read More »
There Are 3 Content Marketing Goals; Attracting New Customers, Retaining Existing Customers, And Building Brand Authority. There Are Also 3 Content Marketing Types; Inbound, Addictive, And Tentpole.
How To Integrate Content Marketing Goals and Types into Effective Strategies Read More »
Many Naive Entrepreneurs Think That All Web Traffic Is Created Equal and Fail to Correctly Target Traffic. Traffic Can Be Divided into Traffic You Attract, Rent, Or Own. The Goal of Every Business Is to Get a Prospect into Its Communication Funnel to Build Trust.
How to Correctly Target Web Traffic to Drive Growth Read More »
Pull Marketing Creates an Environment of Cooperation Between the Buyer and The Seller. Push Marketing Is Endlessly Bugging Prospects.
Use Pull Marketing for Easier and More Productive B2B Sales Read More »
Experienced marketers expect change. If you continue to use the same strategies and tactics today that worked 20 years ago, you will get buried.
The Future of Content Marketing is Already Here Read More »
Most consultants are good at their core competency but not very good marketers. Using an automated lead generation video will have you rolling in prospects from which you will cherry-pick the best and most lucrative clients to engage with.
How To Promote A Consulting Business with a Lead Generation Video Read More »
When it comes to Social Media marketing, there is an unexpected and often overlooked platform… Reddit.
Reddit Marketing – What You Need to Know Read More »
When it comes to driving greater reach and engagement, Twitter might be the answer. Just using an @mention is better than using an @reply for your content.
How I Use Twitter to Extend Reach and Engagement Read More »
When it comes to content marketing there are three primary goals, search engine optimization, customer retention, and authority. In this post, we explore the three content marketing goals as well as review the content marketing strategy types so you can develop a solid content marketing strategy that will pay dividends for your business.
How to Define Your Content Marketing Goals to Pay Dividends Read More »
When it comes to content marketing there are three broad content marketing strategy types you may want to consider; inbound, addictive, and tentpole. In this post, we explore the three content marketing strategy types so you can understand how to apply them in your business.
How to Crush The Competition With 3 Content Marketing Strategies Read More »
At its core, content marketing is the creation and distributing of online material that will attract the attention of a prospect. By design, content marketing exists to help the prospect come to know, like and trust you. Once they trust you, they may come to buy from you but not before. This post looks at five more forms of content marketing.
5 More Helpful Content Marketing Ideas to Attract New Customers Read More »
Many new businesses are starting to find content marketing indispensable. At its core, content marketing is the creation and distributing of online material that will attract the attention of a prospect. This post looks at five popular forms of content marketing.
5 Helpful Content Marketing Ideas to Attract New Customers Read More »
Many new businesses find content marketing strategy indispensable. At its core, content marketing is the creation and distributing of online material that will attract the attention of a prospect. By design content marketing exists to help the prospect come to know, like and trust you. Once the prospects trust you, they may come to buy from you but not before. Sounds simple but the devil lies in the details.
Confused About Content Marketing? Here Is What You Need to Know Read More »
Most companies utilize website marketing as part of their lead-to-revenue (L2R) process. Whether you use your website for creating awareness, educating prospects, generating leads or selling directly you need to maximize its efficiency and effectiveness.
10 Quick Fixes to Make Your Website Marketing More Effective Read More »
When it comes to marketing channels there are five channels which can help you make the most of the contact list that you already own.
5 Marketing Channels That Make The Most of Contacts you Own Read More »
When it comes to marketing channels there are 12 channels which can rent you access to their audience for a fee. These 12 marketing channels attract a particular demographic based on their content and will rent you access to their customers for a fee. Previously we discussed the first six channels.
6 More Powerful Marketing Channels That Rent You Access to Prospects Read More »
When it comes to marketing channels there are 12 channels which can rent you access to their audience for a fee. These 12 marketing channels attract a particular demographic based on their content and will rent you access to their customers for a fee.
6 Powerful Marketing Channels That Rent You Access to Prospects Read More »
When it comes marketing channels designed to attract prospects to your brand, there are nine primary channels. These nine marketing channels rely on the type of content prospects will find via some form of search. Search Engine Optimization (SEO), therefore, is essential to create the kind of gravity to attract people to your business.
9 Marketing Channels to Find Contacts You Attract to Your Brand Read More »
No matter where you turn social media is making an impact on small business marketing. While social media is not the “be all end all” of marketing efforts it does have some significant advantages over more traditional marketing. This post looks at six reasons you need to consider social media marketing for your business.
6 Reasons Why You Need to Use Social Media Marketing Read More »
There are three questions you and your company need to ask to be a successful content marketing practitioner.
1, How do we get people to read our marketing content? 2, How do we get people to engage with our company? 3, How do we measure results and get better over time?
How to Get Prospects to Read and Engage with Your Marketing Content Read More »
There are 3 essential questions about content marketing that need to be answered to determine your go vs. no-go content marketing strategy: 1, Can we be industry thought leaders? see the benefits of being a thought leader/branded authority but aren’t sure how to get there. 2, If so, what do we talk about? 3, Can we create enough quality content?
Use Content Marketing to Establish Thought Leadership Read More »
When you are deciding how much of time and financial resources to allocate between push and pull marketing strategies, keep in mind that the battleground has shifted and the prospect is the one who holds the high ground. Rather than fight this reality, just accept who has the real control and find the best ways to help people buy in the way they want to buy, instead of the way you want to sell to them.
PULL Marketing vs. PUSH Marketing – The Shifting Battleground Read More »
Asking the right questions is crucial to your ability to optimize or turnaround your B2B marketing and sales operations. But even if things are going well, it is a good idea to periodically test your assumptions. Competitors are not standing idle and technologies, channels and customer needs are constantly shifting. Here are eight important questions to get you started:
8 Essential B2B Marketing Questions: Ignore these at your peril Read More »
Should you be Credible or Incredible? Lets’ face it, it is a free market where you can say anything you want about your product or service, true or untrue. Making incredible claims can snag you some customers, but today “Trust” is a business’s most valuable commodity. Here are six strategies to build and keep trust and credibility:
When It Comes to B2B Marketing, Should you be Credible or Incredible? Read More »
Some recent research has caused me to completely rethink my marketing strategy. For years, I have heard that email marketing has a greater Return On Investment (ROI) than social media marketing. However, with my social media fans measured in the thousands and my email subscribers measured in the hundreds, I was sure that trying to
Is Social Media Really a Better Marketing Strategy than Email Marketing? Read More »
Your content marketing efforts may not be aligned with the VARK modalities of your audience. Content should appeal to Visual, Auditory, Reading, and Kinesthetic learners.
VARK – Why Your Content Marketing Is Falling on Deaf Ears Read More »
The type of customer relationship that is right for your business depends on your customer acquisition costs, customer retention goals, and need to up-sell the customer on an add-on or related products in the future.
Choosing a Customer Relationship Type Read More »
