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Create Customer Personas for Improved Targeting (Websites, Products and Services)

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In our marketing-saturated age, precise targeting is a necessity. To personalize your messages for the benefit of your bottom line, customer personas are an excellent starting point. Read on for greater understanding on why and how to deploy your... Read More »

Delivering quality content…the whys, whats and hows

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The following post reiterates the 3 tenets of content in your marketing 1) Content as social opportunity, 2) Content as differentiator, 3) Content as driver of loyalty and awareness and rehashes the 5 rules to following ensuring high quality content... Read More »

3 Questions to Ask When Planning Your Website

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A company website is an investment of no small significance; time or money. Read on for 3 seemingly all too simple questions you ought to ask prior to getting started that promise to aid in your planning and set the groundwork for the criteria by... Read More »

5 Reasons Your Website Isn’t Attracting Leads

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While you've likely reviewed and strategized what new campaigns you will run in 2011 have you taken a good hard look at your website? The very site you are driving these hard won eyeballs to? Here are 5 considerations (with solutions) you ought to... Read More »

E-Commerce Copywriting: The Guide to Selling More

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The benefits to good, unique product descriptions on your product pages are vast (& measurable). Read on for 6 tips to good e-commerce copywriting that has proven to increase search traffic by over 50% and conversion rates by over 30% on most... Read More »

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IA Strategy: Addressing the Signatures of Information Overload

Posted by: uxmatters on February 16, 2012
By Nathaniel DavisPublished: February 6, 2012 “The rapid rate at which people and organizations create and propagate information complicates our getting a grip on information overload….” The one thing we know about information overload on the Web is that we don’t know enough....

Don’t Launch Your New Site Before Using These 4 Website Marketing Techniques

Posted by: verticalmeasures on February 16, 2012
Many businesses that are new to Internet marketing start with building out their site and then look at the type and volume of content they will deploy. This approach is exactly backwards. Many brand sites that we work with have thousands of pages that are, quite frankly, ineffective...

The History of Content Marketing – How Brands Have Become Storytellers [Part 1]

Posted by: Joe Pulizzi on February 16, 2012
  Content marketing is not easy. Over the past twelve months, we’ve been noticing. . .  more The original post is titled The History of Content Marketing – How Brands Have Become Storytellers [Part 1] , and it came from The Content Marketing Revolution .

Ecommerce Mistakes That can Nuke Your Business

Posted by: Search Engine People Blog on February 2, 2012
Making sure that your website is built in such a way that gives you the best possible chance of ranking is difficult and requires careful planning. Post from: Search Engine People SEO Blog Ecommerce Mistakes That can Nuke Your Business

Building a case for premium content

Posted by: eMedia Vitals on February 2, 2012
Premium content is making a comeback. The signs are appearing with more frequency, across multiple digital channels: Main Image:  http://emediavitals.com/sites/emediavitals.com/files/Grantland_0.png read more

Setting Content Marketing Guidelines: 5 Templates to Drive the Process

Posted by: Joe Pulizzi on January 19, 2012
When you develop a process for your content marketing, you want to do it. . .  more The original post is titled Setting Content Marketing Guidelines: 5 Templates to Drive the Process , and it came from The Content Marketing Revolution .

The 5 Golden Rules of Content Marketing

Posted by: The Next Web on January 12, 2012
If you’re a marketer or serve any function of marketing, the term content marketing has most probably passed your desk within the past year. It’s not a new item, but…

Content Marketing for B2C

Posted by: MarketingSherpa on December 29, 2011
Content is becoming an important part of consumer marketing efforts. To illustrate just how important, we will present several case studies and how-to articles from this past year.

5 Tips to Keep Your Content From Dying an Untimely Death

Posted by: MarketingProfs on December 22, 2011
In a world of short attention spans, massive filtering, and the sheer volume of blog articles shooting out every available channel, it’s a good idea to have a support system in place to make sure your content has a fighting chance. In addition to writing about trending topics and...

Content Marketing: Case studies are stories — so be a storyteller

Posted by: MarketingSherpa on December 15, 2011
Every good story needs struggle. What engages us is our connection to the character’s feelings. We relate to them and we want the character to win.This is why customer testimonials are powerful.