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  • How to Discover an SEO Cheater in Your Midst
    When you're thrilled with the results your SEO program generates, you might not ask many questions about how it's done—and let potentially problematic practices go undetected until it's too late. "Companies may not realize [when] employees may be taking shortcuts," writes Douglas Karr at the Marketing Tech blog. "And companies ... more
  • What We Can Learn from Watching 'Undercover Boss'
    by Drew McLellan
    The show "Undercover Boss" explores what a CEO can learn from working side by side with his employees in the trenches. What can we, as viewers and marketers, learn, too? more
  • Give Your Story a Happily Ever After
    Marketing on multiple platforms reveals your storytelling savvy, and it has the potential to make your business more relevant to prospects. But it also demands finesse, consistency, and elements of surprise. It's a game of long-term seduction rather than "one and done" communication—that is, a short-term message via a single ... more
  • Five Tips for Creating a Productive Subscriber Experience
    "[F]or most messages," writes Carolyn Kopprasch at the Emma blog, "email is just a starting point for a customer who will then go on to purchase, donate, share, comment, or RSVP." So how do you consistently encourage subscribers to take action without turning them off? "From the email itself to the ... more
  • Six Takeaways From a TEDx Event: Experiential Marketing Done Right
    by Magdalena Georgieva
    Those of us who spend a significant amount of time watching online video are likely smitten with the inspirational TED talks. But the local TEDx events are equally enchanting, and they offer great lessons in experiential marketing. more
  • Sales and Marketing Alignment: Seven Steps to Collaborative, Right-Time Revenue Optimization
    by Joe Cordo
    Sales and Marketing alignment is not a new issue, but marketing and sales organizations should not ignore some of the newest best-practices for creating a strong, collaborative revenue engine. The steps outlined here will fuel that engine by helping to align sales and marketing teams. more
  • In Defense of Fun: Humor Is Serious Business for SMB Marketers
    by Anna Sawyer
    Big brands use jokes to market their products all the time. But, sadly, many small and medium-sized (SMB) marketers have lost their sense of humor. Why is that? Maybe SMB marketers sense they have too much to lose. But there's much to gain, too. more
  • Before You Plan: Four Vital Questions About Your Content Marketing
    Although he has helped numerous clients  formulate content marketing plans, Mike Sweeney encountered what he terms "planner's block" when attempting to devise a plan for his own company. How could that happen? "The answer was simple," he writes in the Marketing Trenches blog. "I wasn't asking myself the right questions, and ... more
  • Is Stirring Up Viral Controversy Worth the Risk?
    How far would you go to create the sort of shareable content that goes viral? Would you—for instance—risk your reputation with a video that's almost certain to invite accusations of fakery? In a post at ReelSEO, Jeremy Scott discusses a video that attracted plenty of hits—and skepticism. Did a GForm case ... more
  • Five Ways Interactive Images Can Enhance Brand Engagement
    by Neil Vineberg
    If you're not using interactive images in your marketing, you should be. Learn how they can drive engagement, retention, and sales. more
  • by Matthew Grant
    Want to differentiate yourself from your competitors? MarketingProfs blogger Matt Grant shares tips from an interview with Mark Levy regarding his client Captain Inferno. more
  • Four Questions to Ask About Your Inbound-Marketing Response Plan
    So you've developed a groundbreaking inbound content marketing effort that's pulling in prospects in droves! Congratulations! But here's a question: Have you adapted your internal processes to match your prospects' newly acquired expectations? As Ardath Albee notes in a post at the Marketing Interactions blog, when a clever new outreach effort ... more
  • Three Common Email Errors, and What You Should Do About Them
    A few minutes after sending an email to thousands of subscribers, you notice that something isn't right. Perhaps it's a typo that slipped through your copyediting process; or maybe you sent your message to the wrong list. What should you do? "Exactly how you respond depends on the degree of severity ... more
  • Key Mobile Marketing Stats and Trends for 2012
    The year 2011 was pivotal for the mobile industry, marked by a near doubling in smartphone ownership, consumers' growing appetite for mobile social content, and tablets emerging as a formidable fourth screen, according to a new report by comScore. more
  • Four Tips for Social Media SEO
    You probably optimize the content at your website—but what about SEO for less formal interaction at blogs and social networks? "B2B marketers should be looking to expand the reach of their social media efforts to drive more traffic back to their websites (and their calls-to-action)," writes Jeffrey L. Cohen at the ... more
  • Free Friday: A Free Holiday Campaign Planner for You
    by Verónica Jarski
    Need some colorful inspiration for planning your campaign strategies in 2012? We can help! On this Free Friday, we're giving away a free holiday campaign planner. more
  • Is This the Year Your Business Gets Smaller?
    by Drew McLellan
    MrketingProfs blogger Drew McLellan reminds marketers why bigger isn't always better when it comes to business. more
  • Three Ways to Augment the Effectiveness of Your B2B Content Marketing
    In an age when prospects and clients want product and service information right here right now, B2B marketers have increasingly embraced content marketing to deliver it. According to MarketingProfs' latest study, B2B Content Marketing: 2012 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends, nine out of 10 B2B marketers are using content marketing to help ... more
  • Give Them Something to Talk About: Create a Community Around Your Site's Content
    by Nicolas Gremion
    Are people talking about you? If you can get people to talk about your company and its website, half of your marketing will be done for you. The best way to attract that attention is to start a community around your content. more
  • Hispanics Most Avid Social Network Users
    In the US, Hispanics are more likely than blacks and Caucasians to log in to various social networking sites on a daily basis or more often, according to a new American Pulse Survey from BIGinsight. more
  • Five SlideShare Tips for Getting Your Content Noticed
    You've produced content for your website, blog, and social networks... but why stop there?  Extend your content's reach to SlideShare's 60 million monthly users, who view a whopping 130 million pages on the site. How can you best make use of SlideShare? David Armano offers these five tips for "Optimizing ... more
  • Four Email Marketing Trends That Remain Strong
    If you've been an email marketer for awhile, you know how swiftly the landscape can change and evolve: What worked in 2011 won't necessarily work in 2012. Scary thought, yes. But some trends do indeed prove timeless. In an article at MarketingProfs, Maciej Ossowski offers a list of 2011 trends that will ... more
  • Before You Name Your Company, Consider How Google Will Rank It
    Naming a company or a product used to involve a number of factors—none of which related to SEO considerations. But no longer. "It doesn't matter whether your brand is online or not, "[I]t will be googled, " says Ann Smarty in an article at MarketingProfs. "So, before you choose your brand ... more
  • How We Should Think About Marketing. A New Model [Prezi]
    by Charles Gold
    To say that marketing execution has changed dramatically over the last 10 years is about the grossest kind of understatement. Then why do all the models of the marketing function look about the same as they always have? more
  • How Not to Think About Thought Leadership (and How to Do It Right)
    by Haydn Shaughnessy
    Thought leadership—if done correctly—can prompt sales leads to come to you. But some companies still get it wrong. Learn why that happens, how to avoid major mistakes, and how to excel in thought leadership. more

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