Content Marketing
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3 Important Metrics to Measure Your Content Marketing Efforts
After you’ve planned out and executed your content strategy, there’s one crucial step that needs to be performed next: analytics. Analytics is a marketing practice that you can’t ignore or skimp on. You need to understand how your content is performing to know what parts of your strategy are working (and what isn’t). In a recent report, SEMrush stated that 84% of businesses have a content marketing strategy, but only 11% evaluate their strategy as excellent. It’s not enough to create and execute a content strategy—you need to measure and understand its results as well. By tracking and analyzing your content’s performance, you’ll gain clear insights into your content’s efficiency, and adjust…
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A Guide to Creating an Effective Video for Your Marketing Efforts
There’s no doubt that video is a highly powerful tool to use for marketing efforts. According to a report by Mention, videos account for 80% of all consumer internet traffic in 2019. This presents several opportunities for marketers to leverage on. In most cases, video content captures the attention of viewers, allowing for the flow of communication between a business and its target audience. Videos can teach audiences about a brand, their product or service offerings, and what values they represent. If done right, videos can win over those potential customers—a primary goal for many marketers. Of course, like any other piece of content, creating a video that’s worth watching…
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A Short but Sweet Guide to Content Marketing
The phrase “content marketing” is often thrown around in business circles to describe a new and innovative form of marketing that has achieved great results. Well, there’s no lie or exaggeration there. Content marketing has played a huge role in helping marketers and businesses increase organic traffic, gain new leads, and engage audiences. In fact, according to OptinMonster, at least 91% of B2B marketers utilize content marketing to reach and engage customers. Another study by PointVisible states that 60% of B2C are committed to using content marketing Although content marketing has integrated with digital marketing nowadays, it’s not a new concept at all. Whether in the form of text, presentations,…
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Why Long-Form Written Content is Still Effective Today
With the advent of video, podcasts, and innovative technology, it may seem like marketing is ready to move away from its traditional roots. For example, a recent report from Oberlo states that as many as 87% of marketers use video as a marketing tool. Many businesses are also employing the use of podcasts and even virtual reality to achieve the most of their marketing efforts. Written content, especially long-form, appears to be a thing of the past. However, during a marketing presentation in Oslo, Norway, renowned marketer Ann Handley mentions the continued relevance of written, long-form content. One of the key takeaways she mentions during her presentation include the amount…
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3 Ways Opinion Leaders Can Influence Consumer Behavior
Learning and understanding consumer behavior is one of the most critical aspects of a marketing strategy. Marketers need to understand what influences a consumer to make purchasing decisions. Along with social and personal reasons, culture is an impactful factor that can push a person’s buying behavior. Some cultural factors can include reference groups, family, and social classes. With the rise in social media, opinion leaders also play a huge role in influencing how a consumer selects a product or service. You may have heard of influencers like the ones on social media platforms like Tik Tok or Instagram. It may not seem like it, but these individuals have a lot…
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How to Eliminate Noise in Your Blog Content
Communication is a key part of the human experience. In its most basic model, communication typically involves a person or entity encoding and sending a message to a receiver, who must then decode it. Whether you’re texting friends, posting on social media or ordering food from a drive-thru, there’s always a constant flow of communication that guides us through our daily activities. Unfortunately, today’s world is incredibly fast paced. It can be easy to lose focus and allow noise to interrupt the rhythm of daily communication. When it comes to blog content, this can be tricky—there must be an intent behind each post that resonates with your target audience. To…
