Five Really Useful Checklists for Content Marketers (+ Tools Suggestions)
I am a checklist addict, and I can’t deny it. My Pinterest account is full of boards dedicated to infographics, cheat sheets, and checklists. So much so that I have created multiple boards and numbered them, just so I can more easily navigate through them all. Does that sound strange to you? It shouldn’t! These…
Time Management Tips for Content Marketers
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. Overall, this advice from Sam Levenson is great. But, many content marketers stick only to the part up to the semicolon. And before they know it, tasks start piling up. It happens to the best of us, and we’re all familiar with that feeling when…
What Content Marketers Can Learn From An 8 Year Old Boy
Another in our “Great Articles You may have missed” series. In this article, Scott Aughtmon tells a great story for content marketers in his unique and entertaining manner. It’s a fun, light read that packs a message at the end. Not an earth-shattering one – Scott hates overstatement – but he certainly find the lesson…
4 Simple Free SEO Study Resources For Content Marketers
Content marketing and SEO are very interrelated. Every marketer is aware of this truth, as well as the fact that if you know the basics of SEO, you can success. However, not everyone is ready (or able) to allocate time to study it. This article will hopefully stimulate you to drop all excuses and increase…
Cautions and Advice for Guest Bloggers & New Content Marketers
This post starts as a bit of a rant. It isn’t so much aimed at Content Marketers, as those who talk about Content Marketing (but probably don’t do it). It is also a friendly nudge to would-be guest bloggers, searching for the right blog for their content. How Not To Do a Guest Post As…
Content Marketers: This is How Your Prospect’s Brains React To Stories
Another in our “Great Articles You may have missed” series. In this article, Scott Aughtmon shows us how stories affect our brains. Food for thought, indeed, in your efforts to write engaging content that converts. This Is Your Brain on Stories “The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up…
It’s a Publish or Perish World for Content Marketers
By Lee Traupel So, you just uploaded some great content to your blog post and shared it across you social accounts expecting a signal back from the universe. But nothing: a ping with no echo. Instead the old hawk and drone story hit you upside the head. #realization You remember, the one your grandad used…