Archive for February 2017
Simple Tips for Sleuthing Your Site Performance Using Google Analytics
Editor’s note: Google Analytics is one of the most critical evaluation tools to aid your web-based content. This back-by-popular-demand post has been updated to continue detailing how to measure up for maximum effect. How do you measure up when it comes to measuring the impact and value of the content you are publishing? Fortunately, for…
Read MoreHow to Use Content to Get Your Audience to Trust You
Why are online reviews so prevalent regardless of industry? It’s because we, as consumers, need to be reassured that whatever we’re paying for is going to deliver on its promises. Integrity is at the heart of this. An honest business that stands by its principles is one that deserves to be trusted. But you can’t…
Read MoreUnderstand How Content is Influencing Buyers: A Primer on Attribution Models
“Whoever owns your attribution model owns your budget” – Lars Hirsch, principal product manager, sponsored products, Amazon In marketing, “attribution” refers to a set of user actions that contributes to a desired outcome, (i.e., a conversion) and assigning a value to each of these events. It helps you understand which combination of events in which…
Read MoreCan you guess what’s inside the box?
Today’s post is a little different. However, it will explain how to create a cycle of ongoing, repeat sales. Let’s begin. I want you to imagine you have a very special box, which you place on a table in front of a prospective client or customer. You explain that the contents of this sealed box…
Read MoreLive Content is Rising in Popularity
Live Content is Rising in Popularity written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing At the beginning of 2016, everybody was talking about how big video will be and how important it will become for every small, medium business or even enterprise. And as we can see, the video has become a big…
Read MoreHow to Use Content Marketing to Improve Your Local Search Ranking
Struggling to get your business to rank high in local search results? Every smart marketer knows that local SEO is the next big thing in digital marketing. The higher you rank in local search, the better your chances of attracting relevant customers to your business. So if you’re ranking low in local search, it’s a…
Read MoreHow Marketing Must Evolve: 19 Leaders Peer Into Content’s Future
What do you envision for the future of content from a marketing perspective, and how do marketing teams need to evolve to prepare? The CMI editorial team recently put this question to the pros who will present at the Intelligent Content Conference March 28–30 in Las Vegas. The answers fall loosely into seven groups: Build…
Read More7 Productivity Killers for Marketers and How to Fix Them
If there is one thing on my mind this year, it’s how we, as marketers, are getting our work done. Not to mince words, but how we work seems broken. I see the issues with the way I work. All. The. Time. I want dedicated time in my schedule to create, but I get interrupted…
Read MoreContent Marketing: Here’s why your readers are already your clients
Thank you for being such a valued client. Yes. I’m talking to you! Consider this for a moment: A client is someone you provide a service to, who pays you. I provide you with a service (ideas to help you grow your business). And you pay me. You pay me with your attention. That’s why…
Read MoreHow to Get More Conversions from Your Older Content
Creating content is a hard work. From planning and brainstorming to actually creating content requires time, energy and investment. But what if you don’t have the time to churn out new content consistently? Are you bound to fail? Not quite, especially if you have existing content on your site. By reusing and reframing older content,…
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