Last week, I was asked to help a fellow marketer out with a new video project. At the time, I assumed he needed help recording some talking heads or something simple like that, similar to the videos we create on OpenView Labs. As it turned out, what he was hoping to do was create a…
Back in March of 2011 (remember 2011? Seems like it was only last week), Brody Dorland wrote a 12-step checklist for the Content Marketing Institute on promoting your blog posts. It’s one of the most popular posts on CMI, and for good reason, as it presents a simple way for marketers to ensure that they…
Check out any “SEO basics” article these days, and the word “longtail” is bound to pop up. And if by chance you haven’t bothered to read any of those tips, longtail keywords basically refer to unique phrases around a popular search term. In other words, something ridiculously general like “business” isn’t going to help you…
This week, the Content Marketing Institute published a great article by Carl Friesen on “The Types of Content That Grab Attention.” It’s a good read that breaks down some of the best content formats to take advantage of, with details on why they work. One of the formats Carl recommends (and one of the most…
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“What should we write about?” Coming up with valuable blog content ideas; it’s one of the most common content marketing challenges that companies face (and heck, all publishers in general when you think about it). But does it really have to be? Earlier today I had a great conversation with Marcus “The Sales Lion” Sheridan…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted a short series at OpenView Labs on the Sandler selling method based on a great conversation I had not long ago with GuruGanesha Khalsa. Ganesh is the CEO of the Sandler Training Institute of Virginia and considered one of the top authorities on the world of Sandler. In…
While a tremendous amount of content is generated everyday on the technical or algorithmic aspects of SEO, the “human element” is one that seems to get far less attention. I’ve known for a while that Google employs teams of actual living, breathing people to help rate the quality of pages in search (in fact, I…
Last week, HubSpot posted a blog article titled “Confessions of a Content Marketer” that’s caused a bit of a stir within the online marketing community. First, the bad The post paints what many consider to be a false and somewhat unfair picture of content marketing and the people who align themselves with it. It basically…
I write a lot about the process of content marketing on this blog. But while tips for creating cool posts or getting more Twitter followers are fun, it’s important not to forget that the real goal at the end of the day is to help the company make more money. And while there’s no denying…
Tweet better, tweet often Did you know that there ‘s a limit to how many tweets you can post per day? As Lauren Dugan wrote not long ago on MediaBistro.com, the almighty Twitter cuts you off at 1,000 tweets (including retweeted content) to reduce the strain on its poor, over-worked servers. The good news, obviously,…
