2019 Digital Marketing Trends

It’s hard to say what the future of digital marketing will be 12 months from now, but experts appear to agree on a few trends. Here are the top three widely accepted digital and social media marketing trends we are most excited for in 2019! Continue reading 2019 Digital Marketing Trends

How to Rock Content Creation

The art of content creation is what sets great marketing professionals apart from the rest of the pack. Clearly communicating a brand’s unique selling propositions in a way that’s entertaining and visually appealing sounds much easier than it is – done well, it’s magical. It can help to think of content creation like telling a story. Savvy marketers weave together authenticity and amusement to elicit an emotional response and create relationships between brands and their target audiences. Continue reading How to Rock Content Creation

Choosing the Perfect Blog Length

Clients often ask us what’s the perfect blog length as if there’s a one-size-fits-all solution. The truth is quality is much more important that quantity when it comes to content marketing and there are lots of factors that go into the length of a blog post including your industry, the complexity of your topic, and how much rich media you’re including. Continue reading Choosing the Perfect Blog Length

What’s the Difference Between Content & Copywriting?

In the world of marketing and freelance writing, many of us have had to write all sorts of copy in our professional lifetimes, whether it was for a client’s blog post, an email marketing campaign or creating an info graphic, but do any of us really know or understand the difference between what constitutes as “copywriting” versus “content”? Continue reading What’s the Difference Between Content & Copywriting?

Tips on How to Write Faster and Boost SEO

Untitled design-2Want to write more content that is both effective and SEO boosting? The answer could be to re-evaluate your writing preparation and style. To better organize yourself for your next writing project, we outlined a few guidelines from KoMarketing that will get you spending less time writing and more time driving your SEO. Continue reading Tips on How to Write Faster and Boost SEO

Newsjacking: Keep it Tasteful

Newsjacking: Keep it TastefulToday newsjacking is at an all-time high. From Google’s Purple Rain Doodle to the President of the United States posting on Facebook, it’s nearly impossible to avoid Prince’s death as brands and people weigh in on pop culture’s latest celebrity loss. Continue reading Newsjacking: Keep it Tasteful

7 Reasons You Need to Include Images in your Content Creation

The use of graphics in marketing and advertising has increased exponentially over the past few years. Humans are visual creatures and using a strong image can have an incredible positive impact on campaigns.

The importance of of images in marketing and advertising continues to increase. As a direct result of this shift in importance, the four fastest-growing social media sites – Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest and Tumblr – have all placed significant importance on graphic content. Continue reading 7 Reasons You Need to Include Images in your Content Creation

4 Questions to Ask About Your Twitter Content

Gary Vaynerchuk, founder and CEO of Vayner Media, is a social media rock star and passionate proponent of native content creation. He is also a respected author and penned a guide to successful native-storytelling, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook. The book was so well received that Forbes published 13 of its most memorable quotes. Continue reading 4 Questions to Ask About Your Twitter Content

6 Website Copywriting Tips

Website Copywriting Tips and TricksDigital marketing is one part artistry, creating concise messaging, and one part science, using proven truths about how the web functions. While some people are better at content creation than others, these are a few tips and tricks that all digital marketers can use to improve their website copywriting. Continue reading 6 Website Copywriting Tips

Gary Vaynerchuk’s 8 Questions to Ask When Creating Facebook Content

Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most respected social media thought leaders out there. Founder and CEO of Vayner Media, Vaynerchuk has also written some compelling books including Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, a book so good, Forbes published 13 of its most memorable quotes. In the book, Vaynerchuk gives a lot of great insight about the comparisons between boxing and business and helps lay out the foundation of a successful social media strategy across today’s most popular platforms. For each social network, Vaynerchuk gives readers a set of questions to ask when critiquing native content. Here are his 8 questions to ask when creating Facebook content (reposted to this blog with a few, minor tweaks):Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook Continue reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s 8 Questions to Ask When Creating Facebook Content