The About Us Page in a Social World

Creating a great about us page in a social world

Since my column about the Power of the About Us page (remember 2006 when MySpace was really popular) was written, not a week goes by that I don’t receive a comment about it.  Every website needs an "About Us" page, it’s one of the most important but undervalued elements of a company’s … [Read more...]

Content Marketing: Superheroes Teach the Art of Storytelling

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Last week, I visited ComicCon Austin with my 7 year old son. The people in costumes, the famous actors and characters were not what caught my attention. What fascinated me is the engagement that people had with these characters many of whom have been around for more than 50 years. That is the value … [Read more...]

The Number 1 Rule for Content Marketing

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...or the dog will just ignore you! … [Read more...]

Content Marketing Personas

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It seems like only yesterday that I typed the following words into my computer: Conversion rate is a measure of your ability to persuade visitors to take the action you want them to take. It's a reflection of your effectiveness and customer satisfaction. For you to achieve your goals, visitors … [Read more...]

Content Marketing: Where’s The Value?

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After the first dot-com bust, “content is king” was the rallying cry of any competent Web worker. Back then this revelation was novel online. Soon after, this mantra became a cliché. As it often goes with clichés, they start out as something true and meaningful. Eventually, the words become … [Read more...]

A Tale of Two Publishers: And What Every Business Needs to Know

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It is the best of times and the worst of times for some businesses. Many look at the world and see the opportunities of being data rich, customer centric, and nimble while others imagine they can bring their old school thinking to the new media, always-on connected customer. They sit cross-fingered … [Read more...]

12 Insider Techniques to Increase White Paper Leads

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Are you selling your white papers short with poor merchandising? Many sites offering "free" white papers, case studies, or resources in exchange for some visitor information utterly fail to merchandise their downloads. Yet if your website doesn't treat your white paper as containing valuable … [Read more...]

10 Steps to Optimizing Copy and Content

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If we could spend only a few minutes working together to optimize your website, we'd still get results starting with a process. When evaluating and improving any type of content or copy, there is a quick 10-step process you can use. 1. Headlines. Why are headlines first? They are the critical … [Read more...]

The 5 Rs of Search Engine Marketing

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We came up with 5Rs of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to demystify the process of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This 7 1/2 minute video interview with Dr. Ralph Wilson from Web Marketing Today covers how content on your site must be (1) Relevant, (2) build your Reputation, (3) Remarkable, (4) … [Read more...]

The Future of Publishing and Advertising

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No one knows exactly when the first advertisement was published on a printing press. We do know: In 1609, a British newspaper published an ad for migration opportunities to America. For hundreds of years, ads and print went hand and hand. Then came the Internet. AT&T was the first to pay HotWired to … [Read more...]