Curatti Best Articles of 2015 – Part 1
As 2015 draws to an end, all of us at Curatti would like to offer a big thank you to all of our readers and advocates. More than anyone, however, we’d like to thank our great writers, who make this site what it is. Happy New Year to all! Here is Part One of a…
The Importance Of Content In Modern Marketing
Brands today simply don’t have the luxury of sitting back and hoping that their brand identity will be enough to bring customers their way. Not only is transparency increasingly important in the modern world of marketing, but consumers today demand increased interaction – if your brand isn’t able to deliver this type of interaction and…
How Brands Have Successfully Used Quizzes In Their Marketing
Content marketing has steadily become the most important trend in 2015. For marketers, that’s a clear indication that higher quality content can make a difference in any marketing strategy. The only problem is, how do we as marketers find the time to sift through the extensive options of content available? What piece of interactive content…
The Life Cycle of the Brand Advocate
Developing a dynamic action plan that optimizes marketplace opportunity is a top priority for any business owner. Implementing this plan most often translates to creative tactical strategies that competitively position a product or service for conversion. With more and more consumers relying on social media to drive their purchasing habits, the endorsement of a qualified…
Mapping Buying Experiences To Align With Buyer Goals
Engaging new buyers and repeat customers are the lifeline to achieving growth. While the context of these fundamental challenges has changed via digital technologies, they nevertheless are constant pressures. Recent surveys of CEOs by IBM, PWC, and KPMG all point to major concerns and priorities in expanding the lifeline to growth. Creating distinctive and engaging…
How Digital Competency Defines Marketing Success
Digital competency sounds like marketing speak. It is not. Today, as never before, barriers to entry for small biz brads are defined by your ability or lack thereof to shape technology to fit your business rules. Over 37% of small business owners plan to spend more on digital the next 12 months. Technical competency…
5 Essential Social Media Marketing Tools
Many professions are defined – at least in some small way – by the tools connected to the trade. Carpenters, for instance, bring to mind hammers, nails, and power tools. Stethoscopes characterize doctors almost too often, and there is a deep connection between police officers and their guns, badges, and handcuffs. But what about social…
How B2B Marketers Can Help Buyers Achieve Their Goals
Many CMOs today are faced with a dilemma. As digital interactions and media become more intertwined into everyday life, marketers need to respond. Respond with content and media that fits into the new world of digital commerce. Yet, as CMOs invest and allocate more to content and digital media, the returns are not occurring as…
3 Social Media Pet Peeves You Need To Avoid!
Pet peeves. You know, those “little” things that end up annoying you like nothing else? Even to the point where you feel like screaming or banging your head against a wall? Of course you know what I’m talking about, because we all have a pet peeve…or more than one. Or many of them. One of…
Marketers: Rethink The Customer Decision Journey
In 2009, McKinsey & Co. proposed what was touted as a radical shift in marketing practice they called the consumer decision journey. The article called into question the long held concept of the purchase funnel in favor of a new model that incorporated customer experience and advocacy. “If marketing has one goal, it’s to reach…
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