With millions of passionate users, Tumblr is a social media powerhouse that can’t be ignored. Even if you’ve never read a Tumblr blog, I’ll walk you through the steps you need to take to create an awesome Tumblr blog from scratch. I’ll also go over how you can promote your blog within Tumblr without being [click to continue…]
Color and visual cues can have a dramatic impact on conversion rates. On Quick Sprout, for instance, the Hellobar — a red bar on the top of the page accounts for 11% of all new leads. The same is true for KimberlySnyder.net — she generates around 20% of her revenue through a bright, red Hellobar. [click to continue…]
If you’re running a business or marketing team, you’re probably focused on three key metrics: cost, revenue, and profit (or margin). Your goal is always to minimize costs while maximizing revenues. You may even work with a finance leader to set aggressive growth goals for your company. For many business leaders, pricing is something practical. [click to continue…]
ClickBank is a minefield of shady offers and over-hyped information products. But within the ebook jungle there are several world-class products that you can promote to your email list or website visitors. I’ll you how to sift through the low-quality junk so that you can find top-notch products that you can make money from while [click to continue…]
Forum marketing might be the most underutilized traffic generation strategy on the planet. Industry forums are a watering hole of potential leads and customers. However, simply creating a signature and leaving generic posts isn’t going to get you a tidal wave of traffic. I’m going to show you how you can drive targeted traffic to [click to continue…]
You’ve heard the term tossed around a million times. Content marketing. The phrase seems simple enough, but what exactly is it? Content marketing is just what it sounds like. It’s the process of engaging and growing your customer base through high quality content. Content marketing is an investment. It’s part of a larger marketing framework. [click to continue…]
Creating a content marketing strategy isn’t as easy as it may seem. You can’t just throw hundreds of articles up on the web and expect them magically to rank well on Google. Yes, understanding that you should be leveraging content marketing is the right first step, but before you launch your campaign, there is a [click to continue…]
Not everyone will have to solve a specific problem for their content marketing, but most companies will. You can often learn methods to make your current or prospective content marketing more effective. The way to achieve this is to study other people who have successfully used content marketing to grow their own or their client’s business. There [click to continue…]
Have you noticed a trend of people creating more detailed guides? You know, ones similar to my guides on SEO, growth hacking, content marketing, or landing page optimization that I have released on Quick Sprout? Vero just released a guide on email marketing, and Qualaroo released one on conversion optimization. What you may not know is that although I was the [click to continue…]
Some jobs are easy to define and prepare for: Want to be an engineer? Go to school and get an engineering degree. Want to code for Google? Go to school and study computer science. What do you do when you want to be a content marketer? Go to school and study content marketing? Hmm…there doesn’t seem [click to continue…]
Content marketing is different these days. You used to be able to publish blog posts on just about anything, and you’d get at least some traffic. But now, you won’t get any. Quality content marketing takes a lot of time and effort—there’s just no way around it. But there are, of course, some marketers who accomplish more [click to continue…]
Content marketing is different these days. You used to be able to publish blog posts on just about anything, and you’d get at least some traffic. But now, you won’t get any. Quality content marketing takes a lot of time and effort—there’s just no way around it. But there are, of course, some marketers who accomplish more [click to continue…]
There is a big misconception that content marketing doesn’t drive sales. But if it didn’t work well, none of my companies would exist. Content marketing is an absolute necessity for brand survival and I’ve grown each of my businesses through content marketing. If you want to generate hordes of sustainable, long-term traffic without spending too [click to continue…]
One of the biggest myths in SEO is that quality content generates natural links. It doesn’t. Thousands of site owners bang out hundreds of pieces of quality content every single day…without a single backlink to show for it. To earn links in today’s crowded content world, you need to take your stuff to the next [click to continue…]
One of the biggest myths in SEO is that quality content generates natural links. It doesn’t. Thousands of site owners bang out hundreds of pieces of quality content every single day…without a single backlink to show for it. To earn links in today’s crowded content world, you need to take your stuff to the next [click to continue…]
