Have you put any thought into taking your inbound marketing strategy to the next level? Even if you may be a bit behind the trend, it is never too late to get started!
Does blogging sound daunting, confusing, or boring to you? Does the word "blog" sound dull to you? Then this is for you. “Blog” originated as slang for “web log.” A blog could be a piece of writing that showcases a project you are passionate about, for an entrepreneur’s platform to highlight their creativity, or for an expert to express thoughts and ideas from their education, career and life journey.
We all want to build our blog audience and get smarter with our content. One of the biggest challenges bloggers and content marketers face is writing content that’s optimized for search engines (i.e. SEO – which should always be taken into consideration when you write), AND that will also appeal to people.
According to one who has done it, Dave Schneider, in his article titled “How To Create A Post In A Few Hours That Gets 100’s Of Shares” he details a few pointers and lessons learned that are GREAT for us to share here as well. No one ever knows when an article post is going to be a killer idea and will be shared hundreds of times, but here are some tips.
Dave’s blog posts that have done the best have the following features:
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To continue on with the third blog from our series, from questions asked during the May LinkedIn Power Formula for Sales & Marketing Success seminar, we have written this to debunk three myths.
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To continue on with the blog series formed from questions asked during our LinkedIn Power Formula for Sales & Marketing Success seminar in May, we have written this blog to share a question from one of our attendees: how is SEO is determined on LinkedIn?
Sometimes in the world of social media, it's easy to get caught up in the idea that a greater following equals greater success for your business. So many people focus on "getting the numbers up" - increasing Twitter follower numbers, Facebook fans, YouTube channel subscribers, and so forth. However, there may be a sobering wake-up call if you manage to get your following to snowball somewhat, but aren't managing to convert those followers into customers. As so many social media marketers can tell you, just getting the following isn't enough - those numbers don't mean anything unless you can also engage with your audience in an effective way.
Analytics gives us key insights that help drive the evolution of our products and services. It shows exactly how people use the service or product on each platform, website and social media account. Twitter has become one of the most valuable tools on the web today. Its highly public form that immediately expands your reach to a targeted audience is the primarily reason for its success … and the reason I’m writing this blog.
Over the past few years, online marketing, and especially social media, has developed into a situation where there is less "businessy" talk, and more real human interaction between businesses and customers. Spouting slogans and pasting logos everywhere is no longer the best way to get customers - you have to have actual conversations with the people you are marketing to, and let them know that they're dealing with real humans, not some corporate machine.
Social selling is salespeople + social media + interaction with prospects = helping social buyers become customers.
It’s a whole new ball game in today’s sales race. Top producers from all over the business landscape have learned how to tap into the power of prospecting and social selling on LinkedIn. In today’s competitive market, B2B sales pros are overwhelmed and learning that building a prospect list is becoming more difficult.
