Tag: social media
-
3 Strategies to Connect With Your Audience (Hint: Start With Mutual Truths)
“I thought I’d start off by telling you a little bit about myself,” the presenter begins. “This is where I grew up. Beautiful, small, lovely.” She shares details about her personal life and professional career. The introduction for Liz High’s presentation, Social Truth: Revealing What Truly Matters to Your …
-
10 Tips From Best-Selling Authors That Will Polish Your Content
The one thing fiction and content marketing writers share is the desire to write something both beautiful and true. Beautiful content marketing captivates readers for years; it’s evergreen , always relevant, and continues to rank in Google’s top three results. It’s the equivalent to a beautiful and true piece …
-
Must-Have Checklist to Creating Valuable Content
Editor’s note: A lot of people love checklists and all marketers love valuable content. That’s why we’re bringing back this post from a few years ago. “Every day, there is more and more to manage and get right and learn.” Who said that? It’s definitely someone in content marketing, …
-
7 Social Media Metrics That Should Really Matter to Your Brand
Your social media pages have thousands of “likes” and followers. You think, “Awesome, this seems to be working.” But sooner or later you think: “Why aren’t we getting more sign-ups on the website? Why are additional sales not coming in? Something must be wrong.” You celebrated the vanity metrics …
-
7 Insider Tips to Jump Social Media Hurdles
In the B2B Content Marketing 2019: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America report, CMI and MarketingProfs found that 61% of B2B marketers increased their use of social media for content marketing purposes in the previous year: For B2C marketers , the growth was higher: 69% increased their use […] read more.
-
How to Get More From Your Livestream After the Broadcast
Over 80% of people say they prefer to watch a live video than read social media posts, and four in five say they prefer to view a video from a brand than to read a blog, according to a survey from Livestream and New York Magazine. Consumers are naturally […] Read more
-
How to Use Quora and Reddit to Fuel Your Content Marketing Needs
Sites with user-generated content like Quora and Reddit can be gold mines for referring traffic to your website, boosting brand authority, and reaching niche audiences for your business. But you better respect what is and is not allowed on these powerful channels for distributing your content and increasing engagement. […] Read more
-
How to Make the Most of Your Paid Content Promotion on Facebook
In the past five years, Facebook’s organic reach has declined significantly – 2016 alone saw a 52% drop . Facebook Pages with over 500,000 “likes” have an average organic reach of 2% or less for each post, according to research from Social@Ogilvy reported by HubSpot. Similar declines are happening […] Read more
-
6 Ways to Use Reviews in Your Content and Pitfalls to Avoid
Want a shortcut to creating content that will convert, resonate with your customers, and save you time? Enter third-party review websites. For content marketers, reviews are like an unending recipe book. They are your golden ticket to efficient content that converts. (A 2017 study by the Spiegel Research Center […] Read more
-
How to Use LinkedIn as a Brand Publishing Platform
Let’s play word association: I’ll say a word, then you answer with the first word that comes to mind. The word is “LinkedIn.” Did you answer “career”? If you did, you’re in the same camp as many LinkedIn users who think of their LinkedIn profile as their online resume […] Read more
-
21 Things to Do (or Not Do) After a Social Media Algorithm Change
In the marketing world, a change in a social media platform algorithm is a breaking news event. Brands’ heavy reliance on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc., as content distribution platforms means even a slight change tightens the social media cuffs around marketers’ hands. What should you do when your […] Read more
-
15 Social Media Management Tools That Can Help Your Business Thrive
In today’s world, social media is one of the best ways for your business to stand out in its field and to reach a wider audience. Having an active presence on all major social networks, from Facebook to LinkedIn and beyond, is a necessity for any brand that wants […] Read more
-
11 WordPress Instagram Plugins for Displaying Interactive Feeds
With over 800 million users, Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networks in the world and has a social stranglehold on quite a few industries. From fashion to music, and cooking to fitness, companies in these markets turn to Instagram to show off bright, vibrant photographs, allowing for a connection beyond that of…
-
Get Your Readers to Stay Longer With These 4 Formats
Getting people to click to read your content is hard, whether you’re trying to entice them in an email or tempt them in the search engine results. But once you finally get them on your page, you must work even harder to keep them there. Lots of technical ways […] Read more
-
Shrink your images
Drag and Drop JPG , PNG & WEBP Why? With Shrink Me you can reduce your image file sizes without suffering visual quality loss, and thus make your sites and apps faster for your users. It is almost impossible for the human eye […] Read more
-
How Digital Video Advertising Will Dominate the Next Decade
You don’t have to dig deep to understand why video advertising is becoming the dominant force in the digital marketing universe. Attention spans are dwindling to a point where people are spurning large volumes of text online, and consumers stare at small portable screens directly in front of their […] Read more