Ever since moving to Boston a few short months ago, I’ve allowed the Internet — Yelp reviews, social media messages, food blogs — to guide almost all of my of restaurant choices. Empowered by the vast amount of information at my fingertips, I’ve been able to dodge cold steaks and rude waiters while uncovering some of the best grub in the city.
For businesses, this concept is both intriguing and concerning.
As a marketer, you know by now that most (if not all) of your potential customers are likely a part of Facebook’s massive community. There are 890 million people signing into Facebook every single day. So, whether your target audience is college students or CEOs, they’re probably using Facebook — and some of them are using it daily.
The trouble is, posting on Facebook alone isn’t enough anymore for most brands, especially for those just starting out.
We’re always looking for examples of subscription pages for new ideas and inspiration. After browsing through hundreds of different publishers websites, we came across these 10 subscription landing pages we think are pretty cool. Publishers have been in the content marketing business for hundreds of years, and as they come online, they’re bringing their savvy with them. Without further ado:
In Velocity’s latest SlideShare, “Insane Honesty in Content Marketing,” we argue for a little-used but hugely powerful strategy: taking the worst attributes of your company, product or service … and highlighting them for all to see.
I really, really, REALLY believe in this approach and I’m amazed more brands don’t practice it.
In the perpetual race to stand out on social media, visual content is pulling in front and kicking up speed.
According to Socially Sorted, the image-focused Instagram is now surpassing Twitter in daily mobile traffic. And Facebook posts with images generate an estimated 53% more likes that solely text-based posts.
Scale.
You hear the term often in marketing. It basically means increasing results disproportionately to the time or effort previously required to achieve them. Companies like Dropbox and Airbnb are often held up as shining examples of marketing scale, which they accomplish by hardwiring user referral incentives into their products.
You’ve decided to launch an online store and join the ecommerce revolution. The very first questions you need to answer are all about your product: what will you sell, where will you get it and how will you get it to your customers. Amazing marketing and incredible customer service won’t get you very far without sourcing, inventory management, order fulfillment and shipping processes in place.
You have a better chance of hearing a venture capitalist boast, “We’re bullish on professional services” than read a reporter confess to missing a PR person. Yet in 2010, when Facebook’s longtime head of PR, Brandee Barker, stepped down, Kara Swisher, then of AllThingsD, wrote just that. Then last year The New York Times dubbed her, “the most sought-after image consultant in the start-up world.”
Content marketing is nothing new to marketers all over the world. Many of us know it’s the fuel that drives many of the key inbound marketing techniques across web, search, social, and email marketing. But because content has become a well-established part of global companies’ overall marketing strategies, the online content space is becoming more and more competitive.
To get ahead and stand out, the key is knowing where in your content strategy to invest.
The way people buy has changed, so the way businesses market themselves has also needed to change. And as an educator prepping students to enter the workforce, this means that your job has changed, too.
Truthfully, this change can be tough. There are so many marketing strategies, tools, and tactics out there, and you need to assess them all and then learn them yourself so you can knowledgably educate your students.
