by Andy Beohar March 31, 2016 Follow @sevenatomsbuzzMarch 31, 2016 If you’re not using a social media calendar to schedule your content, you’re missing out on streamlining your process for maximum effectiveness. Dedicating just a small amount of time to creating and maintaining a calendar can save you big in the long run, and can … Continue reading How to Create an Effective Social Media Calendar in Just 5 Steps
by Debra Murphy March 17, 2016 Follow @MasterfulMktgMarch 17, 2016 People understand the value of having an in-house email list, but many small businesses haven’t started building their list or planning their email marketing strategy. Remember that there are only two things a business owns in the online world – your website and your email … Continue reading Email Marketing: Getting Permission is Just the Beginning
by Olivia Mccollum March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 There isn’t a single part of our lives the Internet hasn’t reached. Like a spider web, our digital world has grown and clung to most traditional practices. Our culture, economy and society as a whole have all migrated online – whether for better or worse, we can’t … Continue reading More Than Just a Gut Feeling: Using Sentiment Analysis in Risk Management
by Mandy Movahhed February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Many B2B wholesalers and manufacturers inaccurately assume that social media is mainly for companies that need to engage directly with end consumers, but it definitely has a place in B2B marketing as well. According to Harvard Business Review, “useful content distributed through digital channels can be as … Continue reading B2B Social Media: Why Social Media Isn’t Just for B2C Marketing
by Sunil Bagai February 4, 2016 Follow @ZenithtalentFebruary 4, 2016 Sales and marketing have evolved into business development. Why shouldn’t recruiting mature into talent acquisition development? It’s difficult to pinpoint when organizations started using the term “business development.” Some historians tie the concept to the young enterprise models spawned by the Industrial Revolution. Others, perhaps … Continue reading Candidates Are Customers: Don’t Just Market Open Positions, Sell Them!
by Susan Gilbert January 28, 2016 Follow @SusanGilbertJanuary 28, 2016 The New Generation of SEO Marketing Have you abandoned your SEO strategy after being affected by Panda, Penguin and whatever new algorithm was thrown into the mix? If so, now is the time to include this important element in your business marketing plan, and recognize … Continue reading Why SEO Is No Longer Just A Google Strategy
by Helen Edwards January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Google isn’t wasting any time this new year in rolling out new features. I found the first update to the AdWords user interface in 2016 today while adding converting search queries to my keyword lists for a client. Under the search terms tab, you can now add … Continue reading New in AdWords: Adding Search Queries as Keywords Just Got Easier
by Arik Hanson January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 My internal and employee comms friends aren’t going to like this post. Not one bit. But, before you take my head off about the headline, let’s have an honest discussion about corporate intranets. You know, those vast wastelands of information that are supposed to serve as a … Continue reading Why Can’t Corporate Intranets Just Die Already?
by Zach Robbins January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 In 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge generated immense awareness for a nonprofit that previously hadn’t been at the forefront of many minds. It was a marketer’s dream (albeit a freezing one): You come up with one great idea and, with little or no monetary investment, watch … Continue reading Digital Marketing Is Still Just Marketing
by Heather Steele January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 So, you’ve got a website (or you’re in the process of getting one) — great! Now it’s time to sit back and watch the business roll in, right? I mean, that’s how it works in the movie — he builds the baseball field in the middle of … Continue reading Your Website is Not a Cornfield… Just Because You Build It, Doesn’t Mean They’ll Come
