Content Marketing Column
Blog posts, white papers and even your Facebook and Twitter presences – these are all examples of content marketing. More and more marketers are finding success in creating relationships with customers through providing them with valuable content aligned with the brand. Find out how to create and distribute compelling content through our expert columns.
Feedback optimization: A user-first approach to SEO
Feedback optimization is the process of using readers’ comments to improve your content. See how this strategy can improve SEO performance...
Search competition: Who are you really competing with?
Assessing your traditional competitors in search is critical, but you also need to analyze who competes with you purely through search...
Why audience context matters
Knowing what challenges your audiences face and utilizing effective emotional writing to strike a chord is key to developing campaigns that...
4 elements every content medium needs to have
Your topic should be something your users and followers want to learn about with a clear call to action and flexible messaging to recreate the...
Why brands should consider audio marketing as consumers settle into life at home
With behavior shifting, the audio market’s growth offers a unique environment for brands to stay top of mind with...
Pro Tip: How brands can enter TikTok with a viral challenge
Hashtag challenges on the platform are generally top of funnel campaigns designed to create buzz, awareness and...
Pro Tip: How brands can enter TikTok with brand channels
A successful path for brands means they must keep the platform’s content standards top of mind as well as make regular posts and participate...
Pro Tip: How to develop a content calendar that’s relevant with creative leeway
Using this three-step process to identify your audience and topics, you can quickly and effectively publish content that is relevant to each...
Building top-funnel content to influence bottom-funnel pages (with real example)
Each page on your site should have a purpose, and if you are strategic, your pages can support one another and your overarching business...
Pro Tip: Here’s why content audits are so important
Content management is never a one-and-done process so a revitalization plan is simply good SEO...
Systematically upgrade your existing content: Here’s how (and when) to do it
Leverage your current SEO after an analytics review to see what types of search queries generate impressions and...
Pro Tip: Manage writers the way they want to be managed – with structure
Be clear with writers fueling your content marketing strategy about each step of your content development, review and approval...
Is ‘digital empathy’ an oxymoron?
Empathy can be good business, but only when companies proactively apply...
How dopamine fuels the golden rule of content marketing
We can leverage the brain's reward system to engage consumers with value-based...
Are these 5 content marketing myths holding you back?
Although there may include a grain of truth, these myths ultimately stand in the way of content marketing success....
Competitor content analysis: Here’s what you can learn
Understanding your competitors’ content strategies will help you outperform them where it matters most, in the search...
ABM goes mainstream: What have we learned and what’s next?
Account-based strategies and know-how have moved from nice-to-have to critical skills for B2B professionals....
What’s the right approach to online marketing for your business?
Don't fall into the trap of the latest marketing hack. Here's a look at a few reliable marketing approaches that get consistent...
How to advertise to an audience with an 8-second attention span
Here are six strategies that will help guide your digital marketing toward the right balance of brevity and information in the new attention...
Finding content marketing opportunities that influence search performance
Start with your existing pages to identify opportunities, which typically involve some form of repurposing, reformatting and...