Posts Tagged ‘content marketing’

Small Business Marketing Guide: Types of Traditional and Online Marketing

Ross | May 1st, 2013

Many small business owners and young entrepreneurs are intimidated by marketing. There’s a good reason for this: marketing is expensive, can be time-consuming, and can be a waste of time. But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. Whether you plan and execute traditional and online marketing strategies [...]

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The Small Business Content Marketing Paradox

Ross | February 6th, 2013

“Content marketing” refers to creating information (content) that has value to others. The creator of the content ultimately wants to sell a product or service to prospective buyers who benefit from the content, but the goal of content marketing is rarely to sell directly. Instead, the goal of content marketing is to encourage people to [...]

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The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America

Ross | January 30th, 2013

MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute recently released a report on 2013 Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends for North America. It’s a fascinating report with insights into the challenges faced by B2B marketers and how they are leveraging content marketing to promote their businesses. Although the sample size (1,416 respondents) wasn’t huge, it represented [...]

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Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013

Ross | December 20th, 2012

Whether you run an established small business or startup, or plan to start one in 2013, you will need to understand how to leverage digital marketing to find new customers and increase sales. Market firm eMarketer recently put together a helpful slideshow, highlighting digital marketing trends they believe to be most important. The five key [...]

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How To Grow Your Business With Content Marketing

Ross | October 2nd, 2012

If you’re not creating content on the web, you don’t exist on the web. A 140 character tweet is content. A 1,000 word blog post is content. A commend to a blog post is content. Your website is content. Some content is compelling, reflects your knowledge and authority on a subject, and earns trust and [...]

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