There’s a lot of buzz about millennials today and how to market to them. Marketers often tell you that to appeal to millennials, you need to get on Snapchat and other popular social channels. You need to learn how to create a video that will go viral. You need to make sure you’ve got enough [click to continue…]
If you’re a content marketer of any type, you know how crucial it is for your blog posts to make a splash. If you were to look over my shoulder any day of the week, you’d see me checking my social sharing metrics. Just this morning, I logged in to Buzzsumo to take a look [click to continue…]
On the surface, blogs appear to be fountains of free-flowing information. You read lots of rich and valuable research. You collect plenty of juicy data. You discover how to do a valuable task. And, sure, some blogs are happy with lots of traffic and satisfied visitors. But most content marketers know that blogs have the [click to continue…]
The dreaded 404 error page. We’ve all encountered it at some point. And in my opinion, there’s no bigger buzzkill than getting hit with a 404 error when browsing a site. You’re right in the middle of exploring interesting content, and all of a sudden, you’re thrown a curveball. If you’re not sure what a [click to continue…]
Trust is everything. If you can’t earn consumers’ trust, you’re fighting a losing battle. And what’s a specific area that makes many consumers wary? That’s simple. It’s the way in which businesses handle payment information. In fact, a lack of trust in credit card processing is one of the top reasons for checkout abandonment. Research [click to continue…]
Your About page. It’s one of those requisite elements of your website that’s easy to overlook. But really, is it even that big of a deal? How many visitors will actually take the time to check out your About page? Well, here’s an interesting statistic. According to a study from KoMarketing, “52% of your visitors [click to continue…]
As of 2017, the overwhelming majority (89%) of B2B marketers use content marketing in some form. As you can imagine, how well marketers execute their campaigns varies quite a bit. Or, as The Content Marketing Institute would put it, there are differences in “content marketing maturity levels.” As you can see, a fairly small [click to continue…]
If you give it away—offer it free—they will come. This should perhaps be the quote to encompass the business model of freeconomics. It’s a model that involves giving away your best content. Believe it or not, more and more companies are integrating and seeing amazing results with freeconomics today. At first thought, it may seem ludicrous. [click to continue…]
Who doesn’t want something for free? It’s a very enticing proposition. Some of my best business-boosting hacks have taken place when I’ve offered something free. I’ve given away free tools, free software, free headphones, free trips, free cash, and hundreds of free resources. Free is amazing. And hardly anyone will turn down a free gift, [click to continue…]
I feel SEO has a reputation for being meticulous and painstaking. And perhaps that’s true to a certain extent. The initial phases of an SEO campaign can, in fact, be grueling. There’s on-site SEO, off-site SEO, and—everyone’s favorite—technical SEO. So, yeah, it can be kind of a pain. But here’s the thing. There is a [click to continue…]
We live in a digital age. Each day we’re bombarded with an endless stream of online ads via social media, websites, search engines, videos, and so on. Marketing companies spend billions upon billions each year researching, analyzing, and pushing ads to consumers. But you know what? No matter how sophisticated and streamlined digital marketing becomes, [click to continue…]
The entrepreneurial lifestyle is often a hectic one. Some “treps” easily end up working 50, 60, or even more hours per week. Don’t get me wrong. I love almost everything about running my businesses and blogs, but time is definitely at a premium. And I’m sure many of you know exactly what I’m talking about. [click to continue…]
Conversion rate optimization has never been bigger than it is today. Just look at how much interest in conversion rate optimization has increased over the past decade: And there are more and more conversion rate optimization (CRO) agencies popping up every day. A quick search on Google for “conversion rate optimization agency” gave me nearly [click to continue…]
Marketing tools are essential for streamlining and automating the more arduous aspects of the process. The only issue is that you’ve got to actually learn how to use them. You have to learn their capabilities, their limitations as well as their nuances. It’s no biggie if you’re tech-inclined. But what if you’re not so tech-savvy? [click to continue…]
The term “content marketing” is a wide umbrella. It encompasses a plethora of different strategies and techniques. But at the end of the day, one of your primary goals is to create content that ranks as highly as possible on search engine results pages (SERPs). This is important because organic traffic is the number one [click to continue…]
