I got into my job because I’m a writer. Not only do I not have a marketing degree. I kind of loathe marketers. I think of them as phonies. Professionals adept at playing a good mind game. And I like to think that writers are the opposite. Writers are good listeners, honest, and exacting. Continue reading Balancing Story and Selling in Social Media
Boy, do I wish this were true… and that my life was really like Mad Men without the blatant sexism.
Social media marketing isn’t just for your business, it can be a great tool to help you market yourself. Instead of trying to cram all of your accolades and achievements onto one eight and a half by eleven inch piece of paper, embrace a digital resume using LinkedIn. Continue reading Market Yourself using Social Media
Seth Godin has a pretty great formula for putting together a successful website.
I wish I had his blog post, Q&A: What works for websites today?, to refer to when I was designing a website eighteen months ago.
It’s really hard to juggle the aesthetics and the expectations of the client but what marketing professionals know is that our personal investment (and that of the brand) doesn’t mean a thing.
What matters is what the people who visit your website think, and ultimately if you build a user-friendly site with rich, useful content you’ll find success.
The famous line from Field of Dreams applies to digital marketing success:
If you build it, they will come. Continue reading The Secret to Digital Marketing Success
