Search engine optimization (SEO) isn’t what it used to be. Modern SEO is a combination of the art of writing to please readers and the science of making a search engine respond to your content. To generate good SEO writing, you need to have a solid strategy and a sound tactical approach. This article will...

Strategic content works especially well for small vs. large business marketing teams. It helps build both brand awareness and an active, loyal audience of users. That audience already has a certain level of interest in your offer so it’s a much simpler process to sell to them, and turn them into repeat buyers. Yet, small...

Many resources on how to improve your brand’s content marketing efforts focus on publishing your work on your own sites and other digital platforms that you control, such as your social media accounts, YouTube channel, document publishing sites, and the like. But these days, that’s usually not enough to attract enough attention to raise your...

Consider some of these actual historical examples of tabloid headlines: “Headless Body in Topless Bar” (New York Post, April 1983) “Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious” (The Sun, February 8, 2000) “OVER £100M! Is this the rail price? Is this just fantasy? Caught up in land buys; No escape from bureaucracy!” (The Armagh Gazette,...

Let’s face it. We’ve never been more divided as a species. And yet, in a world ravaged by a coronavirus pandemic, political conflict, and division, people everywhere still gleefully joined together in a single, united purpose: to “Free Britney.” And great news: mission accomplished! So what’s next for the celebrated and newly liberated Ms. Spears?...

Copyright infringement is always in the news. A few cases in point: Taylor Swift and her hit “Shake It Off” will face trial in a suit brought by the writers of a girl group’s 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play.” Khloe Kardashian’s fashion brand Good American has been sued by a photography company claiming that Kardashian’s...

Content marketing, inbound marketing and digital marketing: These three phrases are often used interchangeably, but they don’t refer to the same thing. This can create confusion when implementing your brand’s marketing plan. These strategies do share some things in common. They’re all designed to grab user attention, build your brand, increase traffic, attract qualified leads...

As a content marketer, you need to maintain a steady stream of fresh, reliable content that’s targeted to your audience at each point of the buyer’s journey. What you might not have discovered yet is the busy content marketer’s secret: Keeping your content calendar and your production process organized is essential to ensuring that content...

Content marketing is no longer a peripheral practice that helps set your brand apart from competition. It’s now at the core of most digital marketing campaigns. Content marketing involves creating, publishing, and distribute content over multiple channels your audience uses. It increases brand awareness, reach, sales, customer interactions, and loyalty. Content can include videos, podcasts,...

It’s crucial to stand out in a crowded field. Whether you’re a freelancer, a content marketing agency, or an in-house marketing professional hired to manage a brand’s content, you need to make the most of your existing strengths in content marketing creation, but you also need to shore up your weaknesses and develop your lesser...