Category: Content Marketing
Make Content the Hero and Put a Hero in Your Content
Maybe a little hero worship is a good thing.
Blog expert, Brian Clark, talks about a great storytelling technique–Introduce a hero in your story and describe how he/she solves a major problem. It sure worked for Robert Ludlum and Steven Spielberg. It will work for you, too.
Although he makes the case for introducing heroes in […] Read More »
Content Marketing is Fashionable--No Really!
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What the Heck is Web 2.0--and How Does It Relate to Content Marketing?
What’s often called Web 2.0 involves lots of leading edge technology and tools that drive two way communications on and beyond the Internet.
Great, but why is all this relevant to your content marketing strategy?
These Web 2.0 tools enable information to flow from your customers back to you. What I think of as the third generation […] Read More »
The Death of Newspapers & The Rise of Content Marketing
Newspapers are toast according to Paul Gillin, a veteran tech journalist.
Gillin provides a thoughtful analysis of the economic and demographic trends that are dooming the newspaper industry as we know it today. He notes that they have an unsustainable cost structure which forces them to charge exorbitant advertising rates. What’s worse is that […] Read More »
Don't Hide What You Do--Your Visitors Won't Dig for It
Your visitors are busy and impatient. You have less than 10 seconds to engage them. They want to know exactly what you do and how you can meet their needs. And, depending on what you do, a strong graphic is equally important.
An example of a site that most visitors won’t dig, is this […] Read More »
A Canadian Surprise from Microsoft: An Online Home Magazine
These days Microsoft delivers valuable online content to small business. But who would have thought that they would be delivering a wonderful Home Magazine on its Canadian site?
It’s full of fun, folksy stuff that your family from six year olds to sixty year olds can do at home. Well, yes technology is often involved–but not […] Read More »
