Fragmentation Of The New Digital Generation In an article published in this column last August, I raised the idea that to understand the new digital generation, you have to observe the major social transformations spurred by new digital technologies, every four years, rather than the previously considered 16 year cycles. And in the era of…
As a business you want to encourage your visitors to share your content and attract the media and influencers at the same time. This is same whether you are creating press releases, website pages, or blog articles. Digital marketing expert, Neil Patel, defines viral as “relating to a piece of content that is circulated rapidly…
Most marketers are making significant investments in content marketing to drive awareness, with the better practitioners using it to grow leads and revenue. If statistics about how many marketers are making the shift to content marketing are enough for you (and your boss) to move full steam ahead with your content marketing initiatives, then I’ve included some of this…
Influencer marketing, or using key personalities to spread the message of your brand to your target market, is on the rise—and for good reason. It delivers high ROI for your brand, helps you dial in your strategy by really understanding your audience and expands the reach potential for your message. In short, it helps you…
Sometimes more is truly less. When it comes to the state of B2B content marketing and engagement, this proverb is on the mark. According to a recent study by Track Maven, one among a few on this topic, shows both B2B and B2C marketers have increased their publishing of content in 2015 by as much…
Ever wonder why some people’s content goes viral and gets tons of social shares? Is there some content marketing secret sauce you don’t know about? To try to answer this million-dollar question, for a period of eight months BuzzSumo analyzed over 100 million articles, and this is what they found out. Obviously the prerequisite to…
Whether you have just started, are in the process of, or finishing up your business book you may be wondering where you are going to find the time for marketing and publicity? Building a book marketing strategy can become a job in itself, which is why many authors may feel they need to put off…
The original “Choose Your Own Adventure” book was created by Edward Packard called the “Adventures of You.” Between 1978 and 1998, it was a phenomenon for kids (and adults), because it was the first time the reader was given control over the outcome. With so many options to end the story, the unexpected twists brought…
I sat at my desk this morning and looked out the window. The deer were on the porch again. They love eating my wife’s flowers. Even though they have millions of other things to eat out in the woods by my house, they choose to come on MY porch and eat the tops off the…
We’ve talked about Influencer Marketing before, and how important it is to develop relationships with other professionals and brands in your niche. So I’m going to assume you’re familiar with the concept and we’re going to focus today specifically on the various ways you can use Hootsuite to further your relationships with influencers. (Most of…
