If you are your own boss and work from home writing your blog, productivity might be a common issue in your life. Not that it doesn’t affect people with a 9-to-5 job. But if your bed isn’t that far, and there isn’t anyone in your case, it is easier to lose track of what you […]
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There are some smart content marketing strategies, but the best one by far is to have great content. It doesn’t matter how much you write, or how well you market the content if you can’t actually put onto paper anything that people want to read. Then you might as well be throwing your work down a
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Some people think that all it takes to have an effective content marketing campaign is writing and publishing blog posts, telling their family about it and then going do other things. If that’s your strategy, then boy are you missing out! Content marketing is so much more than that. So how do you effectively content market
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With a major election occurring in a few short days here in the United States, we are seeing an amazing amount of coverage in the media and commentary on social media. It’s simply astounding to see the dialogue playing out right before our eyes. Given the current environment in this country, I felt it was
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For our follow-up to last week’s Expert Round Up about the utility of white papers in content marketing, we’re pleased to present friend of the blog, Tim Walker, with the “How To.” Tim is an expert content marketer, author, speaker, and all-around Renaissance man. He has been learning the business of technology since he joined
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A couple months ago I was working with a client on my very first freelance “white paper.” Two things: On one hand, I feel like this is such a major milestone that I should get a Christmas tree ornament. On the other hand, my degree is in English. I started writing novel academic research (it
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In last week’s cliffhanger, my buddy Sparky, the erstwhile electrical contractor / data-comm-installer / cabling tech, challenged me to hit him with my best shot. My best shot, that is, in terms of content marketing. Eyes on the prize, people. How Do You Come Up with Blog Post Ideas for Any Business? Especially for Obscure, Niche, Non-Glam,
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In our recent 2016 Content Marketing: Back to the Basics post, we riffed on at least thirty dozen questions which you can ask yourself — and your team, your partners, your clients, your friends, your mammy, your pappy, and your dog — and which you can answer in the form of a blog post. Those are great
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I hear this so often: “Okay, I get it. I’m supposed to write a blog. My SEO guy told me to do it. Something about page rank or search engines or whatever, dude. Fine. I’ll blog. But just what exactly do I blog about?” When I hear this from clients and prospects, they don’t sound
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Tired of your WordPress website running too slowly? Before you give up and start looking for another content management system (CMS) to power your website, it pays to evaluate what your options are for speeding up the site. But before tinkering with WordPress itself, it’s important that you understand why it is so important. Especially for businesses,
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