I believe that online marketing consulting is broken – and that you, the clients are the ones that pay the price. The following is why, but let’s start with a short story: “Wait a second. You hired us to help you optimize your online marketing activities, but you are not collecting data… at all? You are flying blind.” That was…
The following is a guest post by Jill Phillips. Jill is a freelance writer from Buffalo, NY. She is an aspiring entrepreneur and tech enthusiast, who loves to share her insight on various topics. When she is not writing, Jill enjoys taking photos and hiking with her dog. Connect with Jill via Twitter @jillphlps For anyone with an eight-hour day job, being…
The following is a guest post by Eileen O’Shanassy. Eileen is a freelance writer and blogger based out of Flagstaff, AZ. She writes on a variety of topics and loves to research and write. She enjoys baking, biking, and kayaking. Check out her Twitter @eileenoshanassy. The first thing to know about online marketing is that it doesn’t happen on its…
We humans tend to stick to what we know. In social media marketing, that can be dangerous. Social media is evolving. There are new platforms rising and shining – and the established social networks evolve and come up with new features all the time. As marketers, we all have to know what is happening – and make educated decisions on…
The following is a guest post by Oscar Waterworth. Oscar is a writer from Sydney and one of the editors at Bizzmarkblog. He enjoys reading and writing about the latest news in the tech, marketing, and business industries. To stay updated with Oscar’s latest posts, you can follow him on Twitter. Content marketing has managed to stay one of the hottest topics in the…
The following is a guest post by Cassidy Hennigan. Cassidy is an HR professional and a fellow Templates Assistant contributor. She loves cracking raw data, devouring marketing and technology advances and pulverizing nagging habits through goal setting, automation, and ethical hacking. You are kindly invited to visit Cassidy’s Twitter @CassidyHennigan. Content marketing is the number one trend that continues to redefine…
The page speed your page loads at after a user has clicked on a link to your site or entered a URL in his/her browser is of vital importance to your SEO results and the user experience your site provides to your visitors. Why is that? It’s really simple: The better Google ranks the user experience on your site, the…
Writing informative, interesting, entertaining and valuable blog posts can be fun – but it is also a lot of work, takes time and effort. Putting so much effort into creating the best possible blog posts for your audience means you want to get as many interested readers to see and consume your content as possible. Actively distributing your content in…
When I first started playing around with Pinterest years ago, what I saw in my feed was simply the pins from people I followed in chronological order. It is not that simple anymore. Today your home feed displays what Pinterest calls the „Smart Feed.“ When Pinterest became more and more popular, it became clear to the people behind Pinterest that…
The following is a guest post by Patrick Foster, eCommerce entrepreneur, coach & writer. Patrick is currently writing on EcommerceTips.org where he shares engaging eCommerce content for entrepreneurs and business owners. You can follow him on Twitter here, or add him on LinkedIn. Got an army of loyal followers and readers? Not quite sure how to broach selling to them for…