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by Verónica Jarski
I a recent Marketing Smarts podcast, author Mack Collier discussed how rockstars inspire devotion in their fans and cultivate new ones, and how brands can do the same. Here's a look at his tips in the form of visual sketchnotes.
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by Suzanne Ritter
So you've created some great content that can be used for natural link-building, but what if you want to give it an extra push? (And if you're an SEO, you're more than likely inclined to want to.)
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by Richard Pelletier
"People who think well, write well," said David Ogilvy. Good writing is the clearest indicator of good thinking. You also need love and commitment.
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by Denise Roberts McKee
With over 72 hours of video content being uploaded every minute, the days of creating a video, posting it on YouTube, and assuming viewers will find it... are a thing of the past. How do you break through the clutter and succeeed in sharing your message?
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by Verónica Jarski
The mobile app market is fiercely competitive. Only businesses that create fresh, useful, and original apps will succeed in it.
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by Verónica Jarski
On the battlefield known as the inbox, emails from all categories compete with one another. To find out which categories are most popular with subscribers, check out the this infographic.
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by Gary Lipkowitz
Customers don't merely like videos... they expect their favorite brands to create them. Check out a few more reasons for adding video to your marketing arsenal.
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by Celine Neulat
Most companies have only a basic mobile optimization strategy, if any at all, so here are five tips for taking your email to the small screen.
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by Jose Sanchez
This video infographic about the state of video marketing and its growth within social media channels provides facts and figures about the growth of video, its consumption on mobile devices, and what these numbers mean for marketers.
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by Mike Volpe
Although websites were introduced over 20 years ago, the vast majority still function on old-school paradigms. Here's where most websites are getting it wrong—and how you can get it right with your own site.
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by Angela Natividad
Just when you think you get social, it changes again. (That's part of its charm.) See two examples of subversive social culture, Facebook's plans to bring internet to the 'net-less, LinkedIn's quest for teens, Diesel's Tumblr cattle call, and—our favorite—technology that puts call-to-action buttons right inside your GIFs (or other ...
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by Verónica Jarski
August 27 is Just Because Day, so you have a week to think about doing something differently in your marketing... just because. No need for drastic change; just do one thing differently. You may find unexpected opportunities.
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by Verónica Jarski
How do you know which pieces of content are working well for your business? The following infographic by Brandpoint walks marketers through the process of measuring their content marketing and explains why each step is necessary.
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by Catherine Sherlock
In Part 1, we began the examination of how emotion and logic operate in the buying cycle, and we covered what sort of content to produce for the Awareness stage. This week, the remaining four stages of the buying cycle...
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by Sue Duris
In Argo, which won the Best Picture Oscar, the filmmakers followed what I now call the Argo rule: Lure them in, keep them engaged end-to-end, and keep them talking about you long after it is over. Your corporate storytelling can do the same.
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by Angela Natividad
Catch the first-ever WhatsApp music video (by Katy Perry), Twitter's latest social TV moves, a GIF library from Reddit, the latest community management gaffe... this time from Domino's, and when to Vine vs. when to Instagram. Also, if you're a Breaking Bad fan, we'll wrap up with a treat just ...
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by Verónica Jarski
In a recent Marketing Smarts podcast, Ian Cleary shared tips about content creation, blogging tools, and building a blog audience. Here's a look at his suggestions—in the form of visual sketchnotes.
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by Ayaz Nanji
Although most webinar registrants sign up within a week of the scheduled date, starting promotions more than seven days before the event can still increase audience size up to 36%, according to a recent report.
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by Perrin McCormick
Though we can't eliminate emails from the business world, we can strive for smarter ones (or "smahter," as they say here in Boston). Consider these 10 tips for wicked smaht communications.
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by Catherine Sherlock
The saying "people buy on emotion and rationalize with logic" has been around so long that people rarely question it. But in content marketing, you need to question it. Otherwise, you run the risk of either not providing people the right information or—worse—alienating your audience.
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by Ayaz Nanji
The popularity of whitepapers as a B2B content marketing format is declining in relation to more interactive, easily digestible formats such as video, according to a recent survey.
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by Angela Natividad
Summer's nearly over, but the social space is just warming up. Get the latest on Geek Week, Twitter, Facebook, Jeff Bezos's WaPo buy, Yahoo's absorption of Rockmelt, and responsive design. Skim up to geek out!
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by Ayaz Nanji
Top-performing brands on YouTube understand that consistent and frequent content production leads to increased views, according to recent report by Pixability.
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by Barry Feldman
Want to get frighteningly good at content marketing? Take a trip with me to the dark side. Off we go... venturing into some scary territory: the human psyche. Who knows what we'll find...
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by Verónica Jarski
If you spend time on social media, you know that the digital world loves animals. Whether the animal is cute, ugly, or grumpy, no one minds. Here's a look at the most popular animals on social media.
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