Repurpose and Refresh Your Content for More Website Traffic

Repurpose and Refresh Your Content for More Website Traffic

Blogging
Keeping content fresh is an important part of making content marketing work for your business. A really fast way to boost the effectiveness of the content you already have is to freshen it up, and repurpose it. Content gets old, and information becomes outdated. That doesn’t mean it needs to be deleted, though - it can be salvaged and continue to provide excellent results. Likewise, content can be reused and repurposed in other ways into new formats that help produce more traffic too. Repurpose and Refresh Your Content for More Website Traffic No time to read this entire post? Listen to it on the podcast: Turn Blog Posts into an Report Compile blog posts that are about the same topic into a report. Add some images, nice headers, special formatting,…
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Finding a Professional Tone of Voice for Your Content Marketing

Finding a Professional Tone of Voice for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Strategy
Content marketing consists of creating a lot of different types of content, then promoting it on all your online real estate via many means such as social sharing, pay-per-click marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and more. Content marketing is a really great way to get the word out about your products and services in a natural, organic way. But, it’s important to figure out what your point of view is so that you can create a coherent and professional tone of voice for your content marketing. No time to read the full post? Listen to it on the podcast: Finding a Content Marketing Tone of Voice Step 1: Figure Out Your Core Values What is it that you want to say to the world? What is it that you feel…
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What To Post On Social Media [Infographic]

What To Post On Social Media [Infographic]

Social Media
One of the most confusing aspects of social media revolves around content. People can figure out how to set up and complete a profile, but when it's time to actually post content, many business owners are like a deer in headlights. Completely stumped and scared to screw up. So they either neglect posting at all, or they'll post about their own products and services in a constant pitch fest. That is of course, unless they hire a Social Media Manager to figure it all out. The Challenge: What To Post On Social Media When prompted, the question is a seemingly simple one: What am I supposed to post on social media? This is a simple question that many entrepreneurs have. There are plenty of folks who will not admit that…
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5 Ways Amazing Content Boosts Visitor Retention

5 Ways Amazing Content Boosts Visitor Retention

Marketing Strategy
Every 21st-century business should have a website and a comprehensive digital marketing strategy to set it apart from the rest of the competition. We live in a digital world, with the bulk of the world’s population browsing the web every day, in search of relevant brands, stories, products, and services. Failing to communicate with your online audience would be a terrible waste of your brand’s potential. However, the key to long-term success in any industry is not just about being online. It’s really about building an amazing online presence that will propel your brand towards digital superstardom. This may not be an easy task, but with a solid content strategy in hand, you just might have a fighting chance. 5 Ways Amazing Content Boosts Visitor Retention   Content is the lifeblood of…
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Are You Leveraging the Right Content to Grow Your Business

Marketing Strategy
Marketing your business with online content is the ultimate way to bring traffic to your website. You can use articles, newsletters, blog posts, social media updates, quizzes, FAQs and more to help bring traffic, but there are ways to do it so that you can grow your business the right way. Having a lot of followers isn’t indicative of success: earning money is. So, if you want to grow your business you have to know which content to leverage. And it all starts with a plan. [Tweet "Having a lot of followers is not indicative of success. Earning money is."]   No time to read this entire post? No worries! Listen to it on the podcast. Content Is Still King Everything revolves around content. At this point, we are ALL…
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The Small Business Guide To Effective Content Creation

The Small Business Guide To Effective Content Creation

Marketing Strategy
Creating great content doesn’t come easily. It often takes people years and years to find their own content sweet spot. You know — that mythical place where you are actually creating content that’s aligned with your editorial calendar, not chasing your own tail to get sign off before a big launch date, or just generally weeping in the store cupboard over your lackluster blog visits. As a small business, you’ve got a lot of important things to do. You need to hire staff, pay taxes, go to meetings, grow your sales pipeline, and keep the wheels turning. So we’ve gone and put together some realistic, achievable, and actionable content strategy tips that have been proven to work for small, budding businesses like yours. Let’s dive in. No time to read…
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How to Repurpose Blog Content Like A Machine [Infographic]

How to Repurpose Blog Content Like A Machine [Infographic]

Blogging
If you are publishing quality blog content, you are probably spending at least a couple of hours on creating the content itself. Instead of simply hitting publish on a blog post, pushing that post out to your social media networks, and moving on to the next, revisit that content. Don't let those hours of hard work go to waste on a few tweets. Today's online user wants more than words. She wants audio, video, text, and images too! Give her what she wants by way of a multimedia experience from your brand, starting with your blog content. You can repurpose blog content in many ways, from creating audios, to infographics, and more. The handy infographic below from Pat Flynn at Smart Passive Income provides plenty of ways you can repurpose your…
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Are You A Rude Blogger By Accident or On Purpose?

Are You A Rude Blogger By Accident or On Purpose?

Blogging
Hey bloggers and content creators, how well are you monitoring your brand? Are people talking about you, linking to your content on social media, without tagging you or using your hashtag? Probably! Now comes the bigger question: do you know who's talking? Are you listening? Are you being a rude blogger by accident or on purpose? If you didn't realize that people could be talking about you and your brand without tagging you, then you're accidentally being rude by not acknowledging these shares. However if you know better, and you're not doing anything about it, you're being rude on purpose. Don't be a rude blogger on purpose, that's not cool. It's time for you to monitor your brand mentions. Of course, you can PAY for tools that monitor your mentions,…
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