
If you are reading this blog post, I assume (and hope!) that by
now you are a master of connecting with customers using Facebook
and Twitter. Have you been hearing all sorts of buzz about
Pinterest, but believe it to be unprofessional to incorporate it
into your content marketing strategy? Well, you certainly
aren't alone in your fear.... but the trend is...
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Does your organization want to look just like everyone
else? If they do, curating someone else's content is a great
way to do it.
Appropriately integrated, content curation can provide value as
part of a content marketing strategy. The key word is
appropriately, because the majority of curation
programs I see do nothing to differentiate the organization...
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I don't think that there is a single marketer that takes the
time to create 'form worthy content' (white papers, eBooks, etc.)
for their company that thinks "Gee....I hope this content
doesn't somehow influence prospects into becoming
customers." Everyone wants those pieces of content they
create to be impactful on the buying process, but the reality...
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By now, most of you are probably aware of the Disqus commenting
platform, but for those of you that aren't, I'm going to shed some
light on why this is a great commenting platform for you to
consider.
1. Allows Commenters to Sign In With Credentials from Other
Sites
It can be annoying and hindering to force your readers to create
a new account in order to post...
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Even if you
work at a Content Marketingcompany like we do here at Compendium, it can be difficult to sit
down and come up with something to write about, promote or develop.
If, in addition to writing content, you manage a team of
those involved in writing, it be can be even more daunting to keep
your content consistent and high quality in nature -- but it...
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You can buy a fancy new putter, but unless you hit the practice
green or work on your game, your score won't get any better.
Blogging is very similar. A blog is only as good as the
content you put into it. You can have the most beautiful blog
template in the world, however, if you decide to only post content
once a month, you will be sorely frustrated...
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Compendium's President, Frank Dale, teamed up with Doug Karr of
DKNewMedia for a Webinar on the Essential SEO Toolkit of 2012. The
premise: SEO is Dead! Long live CONTENT! In this
webinar Doug talks about how search is evolving into a content marketing
strategy. He highlights Google's own Maile Ohve and her
announcement of
Google's Top 5 SEO Mistakes:
1. Value...
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If you've been around the digital marketing space for a while,
you are probably aware that marketing automation helps automate
your marketing efforts, which can save a marketing department time
and money. For a B2B company, the use of marketing automation
software can help you identify the most qualified leads for your
sales reps, as well as enables you to...
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Since our
last Feature Thursday in February, I'm sure you've been on the
edge of your seats waiting for the next installment! Well,
today was your lucky day - our second ever Compendium Feature
Thursday webinar took place!
Every month, I'll be hosting these webinars in order to make
sure you're up to date with Compendium's features and are getting
the most...
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This video below explains how to view CTA Clicks and Impressions
in the new Google Analaytics interface. In order to better
understand CTA statistics, you must know the difference between
clicks and impressions.
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Clicks - The
actual number of times that someone takes their cursor and
clicks on your Call-to-Action (CTA)
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Impressions -
The number of times your...
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