Service is The Bridge to Meaning and Purpose in Business
By Gideon Rosenblatt To be of service is to become bigger than the way we normally see ourselves. Our attention shifts. We set aside our preoccupation with ourselves and turn our focus outwards, towards others. Being of service through a business is really no different. We expand our sense of the firm beyond the narrow…
8 Don’ts of Podcasting
In podcasting there are many things you can do, and there are many things you don’t do. Last week talked about 8 items that will help make a great podcast. This time we look at what ‘not to’ do, that will hurt your show. Don’t sell to your audience Many small business owners, who start…
Marketing Strategy Begins with a Buyer Persona Profile
By Lee Traupel A buyer persona profile identifies who you are targeting with marketing initiatives. It’s the go to foundation of all your marketing. You may have more than one. Your surveys, samples and interviews will flesh out the optimum profiles which can be converted to actionable marketing profile docs. Four Critical Steps for Building…
Why Podcasting is Important for Your Business
If you have kids you know that hollering and screaming does no good. Many small business marketers act like parents, and think they have to holler scream shout, and froth at the mouth, to get people’s attention. This is not needed in any scenario. Unless, that scenario is overly crowded, and then I still don’t think that yelling…
Slideshare: The Biggest Opportunity In Content Marketing
By Michael Brenner At a marketing conference last year, I was asked my opinion on what is the biggest opportunity in Content Marketing? Without hesitation, I answered “Slideshare.” Slideshare is one of the top websites in the world and should be a key focus of any B2B content marketing program. According to Comscore, Slideshare is…
Amplify Your Messaging With a Less is More Strategy
By Lee Traupel I can’t believe the amount of content shared targeting small business that rhapsodizes about the endless rewards bigger brands are generating with social media marketing like Toms, SAP, Cisco, Intel, SalesForce, et al. Many of you do not have the marketing resources, staff and/or technical expertise to create and deploy this…
The State of Social Media: What B2B Marketers Need to Know (Fall 2014)
With Autumn before us, also comes the holiday season. Whether you’re a small business, corporation, or somewhere in between, this means campaigns, content, and craziness for marketing departments alike. Luckily social media changes quarter to quarter too, and we deliver the big changes in our quarterly report. Check out what’s new: The Death of Click-Bait…
The Importance of Emotions in Social Sharing
By Bryan Kramer We live in a time when emotions are high because they’re publicly shared, and displayed, in social media. In essence, we’ve opened up “Pandora’s Box” filled with emotions, both positive and negative, for all to see. Regardless of the sentiment of the emotion shared, sharing our feelings with each other builds connection,…
4 Ways to Maximize Your SlideShare Presentation
As we’ve discussed many times on Curatti, the rise of visual content plays an important part in any company’s content marketing strategy. Whether its opting for an informative infographic, snazzy cover photo, or meme to project a company value, what a company places visually on its social channels can be interest generating or drive people…
Can Subscriptions Smite The SEO Giant?
Invisible Giant BLOWS UP Last week’s Curatti post The Invisible Giant: Why the New SEO Is So Hard To See blew up on and off Curatti. With over 200 social shares (“flares) on Curatti and support from great friends such as Mark Traphagen, Phil Buckley, Jan Gordon, Andy Capaloff along with a group of great…
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