Content marketing is a commitment. Like a romantic relationship, it’s something you have to work on daily if you want to enjoy the results, but that’s not always easy to accomplish. To add to the struggle, your relationship with content marketing will likely wax and wane, taking different amounts of mental energy and time that […]

We love Moz’s Whiteboard Friday, which features Rand Fishkin or someone from the Moz team presenting a short video that answers a specific question about content creation, SEO or digital marketing. The gimmick (and by gimmick, we mean “brilliant concept”) is the use of an actual white board. Here’s a look at why Moz’s Whiteboard […]

It’s no secret that the holiday season drives retail year-over-year, and that’s true online or off. Amazon might boost its summer numbers with Prime Day, but even the Goliath of eCommerce is most hopping come October or November. Just check out this Statista graph that shows Amazon net revenue by quarter: those stair-step peaks all […]

Content marketing is the top inbound marketing priority for 53 percent of marketers in 2017, and for good reason. In fact, companies who publish new content three to four times per week typically get 3.5X the traffic of  those who only publish new content once per week. It’s been said that content marketing is the […]

You might have crowned content as king in your marketing organization, but that doesn’t mean the kingdom will be successful. Many factors contribute to a content marketing strategy that wins, and an equal number of things can cause your content to fall flat with audiences. Here are five common reasons for content marketing fails. 1. […]

When it comes to blog content, size really does matter. Long articles keep people on your page for a longer period of time, and search engines tend to rank them higher than short posts. In fact, according to the Orbit Media Studios third annual survey of bloggers, the length of the average blog post has risen […]

Only about 9 percent of business-to-consumer marketers plan on bringing content generation in-house in 2017, even though almost everyone is boosting content marketing budgets this year. According to Forrester Research, using third-parties for content creation services is a smart move because outside agencies are better judges when it comes to content marketing performance. Outsourcing content […]