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Martin (Marty) Smith
May 1, 2015 7:12 AM
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Content marketing must serve a higher purpose & featuring people not things is how websites win hearts, minds & loyalty creating online community.
- Ask for HELP.
- Create An Ambassador Program (with some gamification).
- Curate 90%, Create 10% (make your content about THEM).
- Reward, Value, Encourage & Listen to PEOPLE.
- Create a Weekly, Monthly and Yearly CONTEST to Reward Contributors.
A new marketing automation infographic has been released by digital agency Position 2. The infographic is called 'State of marketing automation 2015'.
Via Liana Ling, massimo facchinetti
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Martin (Marty) Smith
April 4, 2015 9:57 AM
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Marty Note: Email Matters Your email list is something you own. You've earned the right to NOT pay Google or anyone else when you communicate with your email list. The value of the list is HUGE.
We saw a monetary value of $100 a subscriber recently and there are times when you email list can be worth many multiples of that such as:
* When your organic rankings take a huge hit thanks to an algorithm change. * During peak sales times. * To create sustainable online community. * To increase sales. * To bolster SEO and then increase sales.
Here is a great and simple list for how to increase the size of your email list:
1. Subscribe Button 2. Ask Your Readers 3. Give Incentives 4. Speed Up Website 5. Offer A Free Course 6. Squeeze Page 7. Guest Blogging 8. Implement Hello Bar 9. Video Call To Action 10. Scroll Box 11. Feature Box 12. Sumo Me 13. QR Code 14. Trade Shows
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Agnipravo Sengupta
March 21, 2015 12:23 PM
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What is a listicle? It is a post arranged in a list format, and each point is supported with a relevant (and quirky) image or GIF to keep readers engaged. So if you find a post titled something like ‘15 Things Every Woman Should Do Before She Turns 25’, you are looking at a listicle. Just like America’s fascination with twerking, many people had predicted that the booming popularity of listicles was just a passing fad. Contrary to the prophecy, use of listicles have expanded so much so that they are now being touted as the “new face of content marketing”.
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Martin (Marty) Smith
March 15, 2015 2:15 PM
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If you need to know why ecommerce is broken and what you can do about it download Why Ecommerce Marketing Is Broken.
Wondering what happened to SEO? Curagami Fellow Phil Buckley explains in How Conversations Became The New Links white paper.
Bot white papers are free, easy to download and on our homepage. You don't HAVE to join to get at 'em, but we love it when you do (join that is).
Http://www.Curagami.com
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Martin (Marty) Smith
March 9, 2015 12:32 PM
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Marty Note Excellent bricks vs. clicks rant here by Scott Galloway. We agree with about half of what he says and note our disagreements here: http://www.curagami.com/news/the-future-the-4-horsemen-amazon-apple-google-facebook/
Biggest disagreement is defining Amazon as a "e-retailing pure play". That is nonsense. Amazon is an INFORMATION pure play and they are agnostic about where information takes them. Professor Galloway is going against trend here.
Are we really all going to start piling in our cars and buying on our phones to ship to store? Maybe and I like his Best Buy example, but Amazon can zero out any advantage bricks and clicks brings in about a day.
As I noted in the post, we all can. There is so much SPACE out there waiting for stores we could start up a multi-point store system in a matter of days. We don't see bricks as the distinct advantage Scott does. Not by a long shot.
We see the world moving to digital goods and away from hard goods. That doesn't bode well for anyone NOT in the information business. Galloway even notes Amazon functions as a search engine as much as an e-retailer. That advantage doesn't erode fast. He needs to see my pagespread chart showing Amazon with millions of pages indexed vs. next closest competitor (Apple).
His points about mobile, search and Google feel correct. Search is changing and he gets one of the forces right - appification. Apps = search less, so appying up is a good idea. Run out and open 100 stores? Not so much, at least not unless the Renaissance Galloway preaches looks like a reality.
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Orson.io
February 21, 2015 1:37 PM
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Why do you need your business on Google Maps?More and more users prefer Internet to Yellow pages to find a company or service online o (...)
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February 21, 2015 1:36 PM
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Are you looking to boost leads on your real estate website? If yes, this blog is the most readable for you as it contains 6 highly effective ways to generate more leads on your real estate website. Check-out this blog and share your views.
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Suzen Pettit
February 21, 2015 1:29 PM
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Welcome to the 6th in the Monday Marketing Masters series, bringing you my take on the best of the best marketing and branding strategies out there today. Still chugging! I was watching a TED talk today on a topic only a geek like myself would be attracted to, I thought…until, it occurred to me that, […]
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February 21, 2015 1:27 PM
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February 21, 2015 1:26 PM
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Igniyte explores the role of content marketing in reputation management. Protecting your online reputation depends on your ability to build optimised content.
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Bill Gassett
February 21, 2015 1:25 PM
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What a Real Estate agent should not being doing in the social media networks. Here are the real estate social media blunders that so many agents make that should be avoided at all costs if you want to be successful in the social space.
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Martin (Marty) Smith
from Digital Brand Marketing
February 19, 2015 10:10 AM
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Take a step-by-step look at how to quickly build relevant buyer personas and easily create resource-rich content aligned with your audience needs.
Via Pedro Da Silva, Os Ishmael
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Martin (Marty) Smith
April 22, 2015 1:25 PM
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Everything Is Harder Suddenly everything online seems harder. Or there may be a slow drip with energy and value leaking out seemingly unrecoverable. Google’s algorithmic haircuts hurt no matter how realization dawns. This post is about how to recover, regain and reposition your website after traffic, conversions and money are dealt an injury by an algorithm change by the Google Gods.
Follow these 5 Easy Steps to Recover:
- Stop, Wait & Listen.
- Analytics Deep Dive.
- Create New KPIs.
- Back In To Blue Oceans.
- Create Community.
Possibly "easy" is the wrong word (lol). First STOP whatever you've been doing since "old SEO" tactics don't work anymore. Next figure out where to go that new and start testing. This Curagami post shares several Haiku Decks and explains each of those 5 "Recovery" tips.
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Martin (Marty) Smith
April 8, 2015 8:22 PM
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Does your website have game? It is going to because gamification and games are how you win hearts, minds and loyalty over time online. This Curagami post welcomes SweetToothRewards.com, a new add-on to Magento, Shopify and others, and affordable gamification. Gamification is in your website's future because its benefits win hearts, minds and loyalty over time and help create sustainable online community.
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April 2, 2015 7:20 PM
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Whether you are a designer, developer or tech savvy, you must have require free software to share desktop screen or join an online meeting.
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Martin (Marty) Smith
March 17, 2015 9:42 AM
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Martin (Marty) Smith
March 10, 2015 11:51 AM
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Are you using SlideShare as a social media marketing option? This article shares how to use SlideShare to improve your marketing and lead generation.
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Martin (Marty) Smith
February 26, 2015 10:33 AM
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This original research by Internet Retailer offers insights into whats driving growth in sales conversion among Americas leading web merchants.
Marty Note Listening to David Payton discuss the cool conversion report FedEx created with Internet Retailer:
1. Free Shipping = top way to convert visitors to buyers. Some will even opt for a slower time for free shipping. Some want ship to store. Free shipping is "essential" said VP Marketing David Payton at SMB Conference today.
2. Responsive = device agnostic. The ability to see the site and have the site function across platforms is key. Company in David's slide deck saw a 40% increase in conversion from responsive design.
3. Email Marketing Still Matters David's and FedEx's study shows email is still very important. Persoans and personalizing emails is key. No more batch and blast.
4. Ratings and Reviews Ratings and reviews boost online sales 62%. David referenced a Bazaar Voice review. Add one product review = 10% product review. From 0 to 30 increase 30%, 0 reviews to 100 = 37% sales increase.
5. Loyalty Easier to sell those who are already in the boat. Make sure you value and reward those who are loyal to you.
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Dan Liles
February 21, 2015 1:36 PM
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For the veteran B2B sales person here’s a news flash: Selling as we knew it a few years ago is dead. Here’s an oxymoron to live by: If you want more sales, quit selling.
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Esther Coronel De Iberkleid
February 21, 2015 1:34 PM
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Esther Coronel De Iberkleid
February 21, 2015 1:28 PM
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Learn how to successfully develop Clarity, Confidence and Self-esteem in your daily life
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Sam
February 21, 2015 1:26 PM
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Every Project needs management for its better execution & project management software online are very helpful, easy to use and much more flexible to manage.
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simon wadsworth
February 21, 2015 1:25 PM
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In the social media era, LinkedIn provides several specialised features and tools that make it an ideal network for reputation management.
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Bill Gassett
February 21, 2015 1:25 PM
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Another great piece from one of the "Marketing Illuminati", and his daring exposition of the "Tyranny of Perfection".
You're placing too much focus on achieving perfection, you lose track of exploring a project's full creative potential.