You’re ready to dive into social media marketing, but before you create your first tweet, Facebook update or post to YouTube, you need to figure out who you’ll be talking to. Randomly posting things to social media is certainly a strategy, it’s just not a good one. Quality over quantity is going to boost your…
It is clear that one of the top challenges facing marketing, especially B2B marketing, is the ability to connect with potential buyers on a personal level. Recent surveys of marketing professionals by Rapt Media, Forrester, Seismic, SAP, IBM, and others all indicate that content personalization remains the biggest challenge for marketers this year and for…
Social media platforms, as tools for communicating news and announcements, are great places to broadcast content to a wide audience. However, the content you place on your social media pages, your blog and your website is passive. You have to rely on your audience visiting your social media pages and website, and consuming that content.…
When it comes to forging high-level business connections online, are you reaching the most influential people? Are there roadblocks to getting your content shared by trusted sources? Influencer Marketing is not just about following the right people, but rather it’s a way to build relationships with key people in your industry whom your audience respects…
A little light-hearted read for Holiday Monday (in the USA and UK)….. Lately, there’s been a lot of hoopla around Facebook Live Video. It was one of things most talked about at #SMMW16, everyone seems to have written a blog post about it, all the podcasts are talking about it, and you’ve probably seen a…
“I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin Steve Rayson wrote something on Moz.com that has really got me thinking about social media “shares.” His conclusion confirmed a lingering assumption I’ve had for a while. My assumption is: What if we have it all wrong? What if…
The internet has forever changed humanity. It might just be the best thing since sliced bread. From a business perspective particularly, it has absolutely revolutionized the way brands do business. Over 67% of consumers are inclined to purchase a product or service on a mobile device. 1 out of 5 people in Africa use the internet…
“Tell us what you think.” In almost every transaction that you complete, you are asked in some way to give your feedback. This is because smart business owners know that gathering feedback from customers, analyzing it, and using that information to make improvements is the best way to ensure that customers are continually receiving the…
Would you like to increase your sales and subscribers through social media? Are your posts getting less leverage than they used to? The new trend in social media marketing is advertising and promoted posts, which is now supported by major networks like Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. In fact, eMarketer reports that businesses spent over…
It can feel like you are in the old lost and found box back in school – you know – that stuff that was never claimed and just sat there forever. You’ve set up your profiles, you’re posting every day, and still no one is coming, even to look through the box. You’re beginning to…
