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  • How to charge for content – or not

    How to charge for content – or not

    You may have considered how content can be used to attract new members, new clients, or new partners.  But for all of the talk about Inbound Marketing, you have reservations due to two simple questions:  If the content is so valuable, why should we give it away for free?  And [More]

  • Three Digital Strategies

    Three Digital Strategies

    Most organizations invest in their external digital footprint.  They start with a strategy, then execute it, monitor it, and if they are good, they feed these results back into the strategy.  A feedback loop is critical, as it both injects market knowledge into the organization, and enables continuous improvement. Unfortunately, [More]

  • Does it (Google) Translate?

    Does it (Google) Translate?

    If you are reading this, the chances are very high that you understand English. But what if you didn't? What if your target audience didn't? Or what if your target audience did understand, but felt more comfortable in their own mother tongue? The obvious solution: translate your content. The not-so-obvious [More]

  • 27 Year Internet Anniversary

    27 Year Internet Anniversary

    What were you doing on the Internet 27 years ago, circa 1993/1994?  At that time, there were only between 200 and 2000 websites, depending on how you counted.   Most people had no idea what the web was all about, and email was still a big leap for many organizations. 27 [More]

  • Cutting Through the Digital Clutter

    Cutting Through the Digital Clutter

    How much spam do you get in your email box each day?  Probably too much.  How many Social Media "updates" do you read each day?  Probably too many.  And how relevant are they?  Not. In the past, the challenge that marketers faced - cutting through the clutter - was solved [More]

  • Viewpoint: Competing with Free

    Viewpoint: Competing with Free

    Are you involved in your professional association? Or do you run one - either as a director, staff, or volunteer? If so, you're probably concerned with one aspect of today's digital world, and particularly social media: How do you compete with free?  (Or perhaps, you're concerned with a more existential [More]

  • Avoiding Social Incrementalism: Six Digital Strategy Insights

    Avoiding Social Incrementalism: Six Digital Strategy Insights

    If you are ahead of the curve in your digital strategy, you know there is no magic bullet: your days are spent making minor changes to improve SEO, more minor changes to improve on-page conversion, and A-B testing to improve email response rates.  Once each year, however, it makes sense [More]

  • Insight: Marketing Beyond Commitment with the Trust Chain

    Insight: Marketing Beyond Commitment with the Trust Chain

    The Trust Curve is one of the most important Marketing 2.0 concepts around.  It states that as trust builds over time, the relationship strengthens and the target person (prospective client, prospective member, prospective employee, etc) moves through the stages of awareness, preference, trial, and commitment. The job of marketing is [More]

  • Marketing Insight: White Papers and Inbound Marketing

    Marketing Insight: White Papers and Inbound Marketing

    Nowadays, a white paper can be just about anything. In the olden days of the 1980s, it typically meant a definitive exploration of a specific topic, often 20 pages or more. The author (and their organization) would be recognized for this knowledge by the marketplace, resulting in queries, and eventually, [More]

  • Content Marketing and Thought Leadership

    Content Marketing and Thought Leadership

    One of the most important elements of a modern marketing strategy is Content Marketing.  The idea is that if your "content" is everywhere, then would-be clients would be easily attracted to you as they begin looking for solutions to their problems. Unfortunately, many marketers miss a crucial aspect of this: [More]

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