I am passionate about all things writing so when Barry Coziahr asked me to join him to talk about my favorite subject on his podcast Real Live Marketing… I grabbed my hat and coat. I am always up for the chance to evangelize the need for good sales and marketing content, but I was also…
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Law firm marketing: Generate clients with landing pages
A lead generation landing page has just one purpose; to capture the contact information of people interested in your legal services. Why? Because less than half of the qualified website visitors you attract through your marketing activities such as blogging, social media and advertising, are ready to buy now. And if they leave your website…
Inbound marketing insights to boost your website’s lead generation powers
Inbound marketing is a pretty big subject area, but Atomicdust, a St. Louis based brand marketing agency, got to the heart of things this morning when they shared insights on conversion-focused websites with an audience of clients, marketers and at least one content strategist – me. Mike Spakowski, Jesse McGowan and Danielle Hohmeier talked about…
Put web content before website development & design
Content is the currency of the Internet. No matter how clever, graphically beautiful, or technically impressive your website, it exists to convey information. Despite this, website content is often an afterthought. A website should look great and it does need to work smoothly, but the Internet is not a beauty pageant. Your website is a…
Will Google’s keyword encryption kill content marketing?
It may have been on the cards for a while, but last week when Google announced it was encrypting all keywords and cutting everyone off from vital organic-search keyword data, it came as a bit of a shock. I won’t deny it, my eyes watered. What is a content marketer to do? You need all…
Learn a quick and easy blog writing technique at Write NOW Sept. 17
I will be joining the Write NOW group next Tues, Sept. 17 at the HIVE44, Fenton, MO. to demonstrate a quick and easy blog writing technique that is perfect for both B2B and B2C content development and creation. This writing structure is so easy and so effective you will be able to use it as a foundational structure for…
Creating an “authority” voice for a thought leadership brand
You are an expert and you know your subject inside out. However, in this digital world, you are only an authority if your audience says so. If you are building your “authority” voice online you need people to talk about you. Put a slightly different way, your authority does not come from you. Authority comes…
Start at the end when writing for the web
Readers move fast online. They scan and digest your website content at lightening speeds. If they don’t find what they are looking for, they are gone in the blink of an eye. The inverted pyramid is a writing structure that puts your most important, useful and relevant information at the top of a web page…
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Board Member since 2012
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Board Member since 2014
American Copy Editors Society (ACES)
