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Is your content good-looking? Fast editing and typographic upgrades
The things that make your digital content look unprofessional are not limited to typos and grammar snafus. If you misuse formatting and typographic conventions your website, blog, brochures and other content will look amateurish and make your readers doubt your expertise. Editors and copyeditors look not only at grammar and spelling but also at content…
Read More5 ways to generate article ideas for your business blog
What is the most important thing you can do for your business blog? Publish fresh, interesting content regularly. Easy to say: not so easy to do. If you find yourself looking at a blank screen and praying the muse will strike, you are making the job of generating blog post ideas harder than it needs…
Read MoreGo from a digital mess to a polished image with a content strategy
Your customers are out there. They are searching the web for you. They are typing what they need into the Google search bar, reading reviews, hunting for information and evaluating companies like yours long before they pick up the phone to buy your services and products. It is a brave new world and people are…
Read More10 ways to keep web visitors reading your website or blog
People move fast online. Their eyes skip over the screen, scanning and filtering for the information they want. Web reader behavior studies show they don’t want to read as much as 80% of your web content. This presents a major challenge for content marketers. How do you make sure the people you have worked so…
Read MoreInbound 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…
Read MoreA website content audit will improve your sales
There are many reasons to do a website content audit but by far the most important is to make sure the dollars you spend on content development are really improving your business. For most businesses this means supporting and growing sales. A content audit allows you to map your website to your business goals. It…
Read MoreMarketing collateral is not useful to sales reps
Is your sales force using all those beautifully designed, expensive marketing materials your marketing department and creative agencies are producing? According to a survey “State of the Sales Rep” published by Barinshark in October, frustrated sales people across America are engaged in productivity-busting activities because they don’t have the sales materials they need to do their jobs.…
Read MorePut 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…
Read MoreContent marketers need to plan like an editor
If you look at a blank screen and wonder, “what shall I write about today”, you are not thinking like an editor. Editors take their responsibility to publish valuable content very seriously. To plan, manage and track their stories, magazine editors use editorial calendars. From the 50-foot overview of upcoming story ideas that are planned…
Read MoreCreating 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…
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