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Ann Handley
5 Content Marketing Strategies to Fill Your Editorial Calendar
Face it—it’s tough to fill the ever-ending need for content and that’s before you consider your social media plans.
What’s a marketer with limited budget and resources to do to ensure that there’s always a sufficient supply of fresh, effective content to satisfy your marketing needs? The answer is to employ a mix of the following five content marketing strategies. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
7 B2B Content Marketing Gems (B2C Can Also Use!)
Content marketing doesn’t just happen nor is it a silo off on the side of your business. Content marketing must be an integral part of your organization’s corporate strategy, allocated appropriate resources, both human and financial, because it creates strategic corporate assets that in turn help build your revenue stream. Content marketing’s strategic role in an organization was the core message of Demand Gen Report’s B2B Content2Conversion Conference in New York. While targeted at a B2B audience, the lessons of these B2B rockstar presenters apply to B2C and Not-for-Profit (NFP) organizations as well. Here are the top seven content marketing gems. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Social Media: 10 Influential Women You Need to Know
In honor of International Women’s Day, here are ten women who have changed and shaped how we view social media. While many of these women aren’t household names, don’t let that fool you. Each is a powerhouse in her area of expertise. They’ve learned by being in the trenches and it’s worth your time to follow them and read what they have to say.
Top Marketing #FAILs of 2012
While marketing made significant gains in 2012 in terms of social media, content marketing and mobile, not every campaign was a winner. There were notable marketing #FAILs in 2012.
Based on how effectively a marketing campaign’s executed, there’s a range of potential results from excellent to poor. But to fail in today’s always-on, connected social media ecosystem means the marketer is tone deaf to what’s happening in the world or hasn’t focused on the appropriate elements of their marketing plan.
Here’s what seventeen top marketers viewed as the top marketing #FAILs of 2012. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Infographics: How to Guarantee Content Marketing Success
Infographics are content marketing magnets. They reduce text to visual content while simplifying complex information into an easy-to-digest format. As a result, they magically seem to build your brand and position you as a thought leader. The reality is that infographic success requires more than attractive content. Here are the seven steps to ensure your infographic’s a winner. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
Tags: Ann Handley, ClickToTweet, Infographic, Neil Patel
7 Content Marketing Rockstars Give Their Tips For Success
Content Marketing rocks despite being around for years. Content marketing consists of human communication transmitted from one person to another. Don’t take my word for it, here’s what seven content marketing rockstars said about the subject at Content Marketing World. Source: Heidi Cohen’s Actionable Marketing Blog
21 Content Marketing Definitions
Content marketing is grounded in the Mad Men’s principles. Content marketing takes it’s cue from David Ogilvy in that it looks like editorial. Following the teachings of Leo Burnett, content marketing integrates important brand attributes. Content marketing provides prospects, customers and the public with useful information, while shopping or after purchase, without shouting its promotional messages. As a result, content marketing breaks through the advertising clutter that consumers no longer trust. Here’s how twenty-one marketers define content marketing.
Tags: Ann Handley, Ann Holland, Anna Maria Virzi, Arment Dietrich, Barry Graubart, CC Chapman, ClickZ, content marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Content Marketing How to THink LIke a Publisher, Content Marketing Institute, Content Matters, Content Rules, Dan Bergeron, Dan Blank, David Meerman Scott, David Ogilvy, Definition, Healthcare Chaplaincy, Heidi Cohen, Jason Falls, Jim Siegel, Joe Pulizzi, Keith Blanchard, Kelly Hungerford, KeySplash Creative, Lee Odden, Leo BUrnett, Likeable Media, Lisa Gerber, Marketing Profs, Mass Relevance, Online Marketing Blog, Paper.il, Rebecca Lieb, Sam Decker, Social Media Explorer, Spin Sucks, Story Worldwide, Susan Gunelius, Which test won, WIlliam J. ward
30 Branding Definitions
Brands have a wide range of uses for businesses, products and individuals in today’s dynamic marketing landscape where publishing and message distribution are no longer limited to media entities. Through the use of social media platforms, every consumer is a publisher and has his own brand to promote. Each brand is competing for time and attention—today’s scarce resources—to break though the message clutter in order to build relationships with their target audience(s). By itself, a brand isn’t a marketing strategy. In their own words, here are thirty (30) branding definitions from marketers and visionary leaders (aka the original Mad Men) to help you understand what branding entails.
Tags: Al Ries, American Marketing Association, Ann Handley, Ashley Friedlein, Augustine Fou, Becky McCray, Brand, Brand strategy, Bryan Eisenberg, Cheryl Burgess, Dave Kerpen, David Meerman Scott, David Ogilvy, Donna Antonucci, Gini Dietrich, Heidi Cohen, Jay Baer, Jeffrey Harmon, Jim Siegel, Josh Moritz, Leo BUrnett, Lester Wunderman, Lisa Buyer, Lois Geller, Margie Clayman, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Michael Pinto, Neil Feinstein, Paul Biedermann, Phillip Kotler, Rebecca Lieb, Sergio Zyman, Seth Godin
What is Social Media?
What is social media? Ask any group of social media savvy individuals and it’s likely that they’ll all give you a different answer. Here’s 12 points that define social media based on 30 Social Media Definitions.
Tags: Ann Handley, Augustine Fou, Bryan Eisenberg, Gini Dietrich, Heidi Cohen, Howard Greenstein, Jim Sterne, Joe Pulizzi, Lee Odden, Liz Strauss, lurking, Mark W. Schaefer, Michelee Chmielewski, Mobile, Rebecca Lieb, Rob Peterson, Sarah Hofstetter, social media definition, Tablet, what is social media
30 Social Media Definitions
The definition of social media continues to evolve as the platforms and technologies continue to change and expand. Here are thirty social media definitions to help clarify these trends. What would you add to this list?
Tags: Adam Kleinberg, Angie Schottmuller, Ann Handley, Arment Dietrich, Augustine Fou, Barn Raisers, Blue Focus Marketing, Bryan Eisenberg, Cheryl Burgess, Chris Garrett, Clayman Advertising, Content Marketing Institute, Dave Kerpen, Deborah Weinstein, eMetrics, Gini Dietrich, HARO, Heidi Cohen, Howard Greenstein, Jim Sterne, Joe Cothrel, Joe Pulizzi, Lee Odden, Likeable Media, Lisa Buyer, Lithium Technologies, Liz Strauss, Marjorie Clayman, Mark W. Schaefer, Marketing Sciences Consulting Group, MarketingProfs, Mass Relevance, Michelle Chmielewski, Online Marketing Blog, Peter Shankman, Pressfeed, Rebecca Lieb, Riverside Marketing Strategies, Rob Petersen, Sally Fallow, Sam Decker, Sarach Hofstetter, SOBcon, Social Media Club, Strategic Objectives, Synthesio, The Buyer Group, Traction, Trey Pennington, Wikipedia
5 Tips to Create Company or Group Blog
Corporate and group blogs face different challenges from individual ones. Often they exist solely as a promotional vehicle which translates to a lack on motivation. This column outlines 5 corporate blogging hurdles and 5 corporate blogging tips to help readers enhance their company’s blog. Please keep reading…
Tags: Ann Handley, Blog, blogchat, Company, Group, Mack Collier, MarketingProfs, Woot
