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...

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,...

There’s no doubt that packaging is a key aspect of selling any product. This concept even applies to e-commerce businesses, as packaging influences customer retention. As more companies realize the importance of product unboxing, the world of packaging gets more competitive. Let’s explore some product packaging tips to help your brand stand out from the...

Marketing metrics drive the success of many businesses. And in the age of the internet, devices, and social media, the type of marketing driving those metrics is digital. In the old days when billboards, commercials, and print were king, sales were the only metric that mattered. Now, with everyone carrying devices with cameras, microphones, web...

Running a hotel is a labor of love. It has to be: the hotel business is an all-day, every day endeavor. Properties with limited capacity face competition from large hotel brands and other boutique hotel groups. Try some of these marketing tips for your small boutique hotel to build your business and keep guests coming...

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...

Many content marketing writers and strategists focus exclusively on creating new content. That makes sense, given the constant reminders of how much search engines love fresh new content. The result is a constant sense of pressure to keep filling the content pipeline, publishing fresh pieces to attract new users, and persuade fence-sitting prospects. Yet, this...

Successful content writing for brand marketing requires two key factors that can sometimes conflict with each other: First, the content must be easily read, in the way that people have always read text content on the web (i.e., scanning). Second, the content must also be written so that search engines want to reward it with...

If you want to succeed in your business, you’ll need to do more than simply respond to existing trends. You’ll also need to figure out future developments today. Business planning for the future isn’t optional if you want your business to succeed. In fact, it’s imperative to strive for a proactive mindset and plan for...

Marketing writers have a variety of responsibilities, but the right one will depend on the specific requirements of a client. A marketing writer must be flexible in considering the client, the product or service being marketed, and the audience that’s being targeted. What Is Marketing Writing? Marketing writing is more than merely cranking out blog...