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Blogging Best Practices: How to Get More Blog Readers

ShareOne question I’m often asked when talking about blogging best practices is, “How do I get more blog readers?” My answer? Writing great content for your corporate blog is, in the grand scheme of things, the relatively easy part (and please don’t read this that writing is easy–it’s not). However, getting it read is what [...]

When To Shut Up And Let Video Do The Talking

ShareWhat do a goldsmith, a luxury cabin and an INC 500 company have in common? I’ll answer that after a few words (to set the stage). We are at war. I recently read a slide deck that revealed some powerful digital stats. Every minute: There are 2 million emails sent 5.6 million messages texted 2.8 [...]

Digital Marketing Trends: 2013 The Year Of Content

ShareAccording to an annual survey of digital professionals, content marketing is the single most significant digital marketing trend of 2013. Although trend reports certainly aren’t the end-all, be-all for business strategy, they can help guide your clients’ or company’s goals and processes. I don’t know any marketer worth his or her salt who’s not laser [...]

Writing Workshop: Before You Hit Publish

ShareWhile my Kansas City friends are stuck with more snow, I’m soaking up the sun and fun in the Gaylord Biodome at Blissdom (where is that sarcasm font when you need it)? At V3, we work with agencies and brands and do a lot of blogger and influencer outreach. Today’s workshop: Writing for the Web: What, Why and [...]

4 Steps to Guest Blogging Success

ShareYou’re likely no stranger to writing content for your blog. As you adapt to a writing schedule that works for you, take your content creation strategy one step further by submitting guest posts to other blogs. After all, when it comes to the Internet, the wider your digital footprint, the better. And regularly contributing content [...]

YouTube Videos Replacing The Printed Manual

ShareThere’s no denying video is huge—consider, for example, that 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. This sort of rich media isn’t just a vehicle for hilarious cat videos or an effective addition to your integrated marketing strategy. Videos might just be replacing printed manuals as customers turn more quickly to online [...]

LinkedIn Unveils New Followers Feature

ShareIn an effort to build the site’s content library, LinkedIn unveiled a new followers feature that lets users follow selected industry leaders who will post original content to LinkedIn. “We know millions of conversations take place on LinkedIn everyday,” writes LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky. “Today, we’re providing another way for you to get even more value [...]

DemandCon Boston: How B2B Marketers Overcome Persona Panic

ShareDo buyer personas make B2B marketers nervous? If you ask Jay Gaines, Group Director at SiriusDecisions, the answer is clearly yes – and that’s not good. Gaines tackled this question during his keynote at this year’s DemandCon event, held in Boston this week. “When I bring up personas, a lot of my clients get a [...]

Facebook Channels Digg with New Recommendations Bar

ShareIn Digg withdrawal? A new Facebook feature, the recommendations bar, provides a similarly social experience. The tool shows you stories from around the Internet based on what your friends are reading. The feature is now live, so there’s a good chance you’ve noticed it on your Facebook page. As Jeffrey Spehar writes for the Facebook [...]

Video: A Key Component of Your Integrated Marketing Efforts

ShareHopefully you’re either already using video and/or exploring the use of video in your integrated marketing efforts. Rich media content as part of your content marketing efforts, video in particular, is extremely effective at driving traffic, driving views and generating leads that can be converted to sales. You know, the stuff that matters. In other [...]

5 Types of Blog Content That Drive Engagement

ShareIf you write content—whether for yourself or for a client—then you’re well aware that writing can be tricky—heck, even downright challenging. But it’s what comes after you hit “publish” that can be even more daunting for marketers. If no one reads, shares or comments on your blog post, you’re not likely to get much leverage [...]

Mobile Devices Are Key to Content Consumption

ShareWe work with clients all the time to ensure their content is as consumable on mobile devices as it is via traditional means. It’s always a challenge. And when I stumbled across this video about user experience called “A Magazine is an iPad That Does Not Work,” well, I loved it. And, apparently, so did another [...]

Identifying The Best B2B Social Practices

ShareBy now, surely you get it—your business needs to have a social presence and a larger digital marketing strategy to succeed in today’s socially driven digital landscape. Yet knowing that is only half the battle; you’ve got to identify and implement best practices, too. Digital and social strategies are critical regardless of whether your company [...]

Tumblr for Brands: Pros, Cons and What to Consider

ShareThere’s no denying that Tumblr continues to become an increasingly popular blogging platform. Recent statistics indicate that Tumblr has nearly doubled in size since last fall and now has 50 million blogs (and 20 billion posts). Founded four years ago, Tumblr, microblogging platform, is becoming a more popular option for both personal and business blogging. [...]

Brand Storytelling: How Crop Ventures Got My Attention

ShareGreat products solve problems. And great brand storytelling sells them. It’s a no-brainer: when you can market in such a way that customers quickly and easily see the problems your product or service solves, the chances of selling them are exponentially increased. It really is as easy as that. This is a conversation we have [...]

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