Michael Brenner on Content Marketing, Strategy and Social
If you interact with brands or organizations on Facebook, there’s a good chance you’ve come across a chatbot for customer acquisition at least once: You comment on a page’s Facebook post. A few hours later, a message bubble appears. The page messaged you with a question. It might feel strange at first – you know it’s a bot on the other side of the...
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I’ve run across some pretty shrewd business owners, managers, and executives that balk at the idea of using hero-villain brand stories to drive conversions. You know the “no-nonsense” types that just don’t get why simply focusing on their products doesn’t sell as well as stories. So, they don’t buy it. It doesn’t make sense to them. (It’s why I wrote...
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As a content marketer, there are numerous channels and strategies at your disposal. One of the most critical aspects of using content marketing is managing your paid, owned, and earned media. They actually all work together to drive traffic and conversions. Some come with a higher investment, and others have a more impactful ROI (return on investment)....
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Attention is a limited resource. People only have so much to give, and if your emails don’t have immediate appeal, you can kiss your click-through dreams goodbye. Recent research shows email open rates dropped in 2020. That trend may reverse, but the number of emails in the world will continue to increase significantly. You don’t just need people opening...
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Does standing out online against competitors feel like a game of cat and mouse? They publish an interesting guide – you rush to publish something similar with slight changes. They expand to a new social media platform – you develop a strategy for that platform to make sure you have a presence. Their thought leader publishes an opinion piece in a...
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You probably already know how powerful customer retention can be for your business. Cultivating new leads and clients can be much costlier and more time consuming than retaining or upselling current ones. However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical...
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SEO is something content marketers have to tweak and refine continuously. SEO practices that matter today can change tomorrow. Looking at SEO as only keywords doesn’t provide you with the big picture. In developing or improving an SEO strategy, companies need to consider the differences between E-A-T vs. YMYL. In this post, we’ll break down the two...
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Even in our connected 24/7 digital universe, local communities haven’t lost their stamp of uniqueness. Learning how to tailor your marketing content to a local audience, therefore, is critical to content marketing success. Whether you’re entering an overseas market with a different culture and language or expanding into another city in your state,...
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When you hear the phrase “product marketing,” what are some of the first brands that come to mind? You might think of Coca-Cola, Apple, Nike, or Dove – each one a giant in its respective industry. Product marketing is all about the consumer. To be a successful product marketer, you must pull the consumer into your narrative. They must see themselves...
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Let’s talk about the term “logo acquisition.” As you probably know, it’s a sales euphemism for landing a new client, as opposed to upselling an existing client. Acquiring a new logo is cause for celebration. It means you’ve broken through to a new organization and can include them in your roster of clients, and potentially be able to sell them more...
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