Why do people share content? However, in trying to answering it, one can find a lot of value for his business and “target groups” in this social media and multi-channel marketing age where content plays an increasing role and content marketing is a hot topic. Content is an enormously broad concept that we use every day without really defining it. We talk about how it should be: how important relevant and share-worthy content, how crucial it is in lead nurturing, how it makes or breaks our email marketing programs and even how it has become a currency. MORE >>

Tweet Many businesses run a blog as a part of their social media strategy. But amidst the hustle bustle of the day, how do we ensure that our blog is up and running with the right amount of content inflow? In the following post, I will share some research findings on optimal frequency of blog posts for customer acquisition and how to ensure that the frequency is maintained. In order to understand this first, we need to find answers to the following questions: What is the right frequency of posting the content on the blog? What you should do. MORE >>

Despite the fact we all might get writer’s block from time- to-time, there is no shortage of ideas, or places for inspiration for content topics. But let me ask you this: Do you have a mission for the content you provide? In either situation, there is plenty of content, but it’s important to define the mission. It is the guiding light for the chaos of your content library. It’s fairly easy to figure out what to include in your content mission. Write Your Content Mission Statement. Your content mission is entirely customer-centric. MORE >>

Tweet Content marketing is on the rise and many people say that “content is king” It seems that more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of great content since ‘content marketing’ has expanded at an exponential rate in 2011 alone on Google. The people at Bluegrass made this infographic illustrating how content marketing is gaining a foothold and how it is used by brands. For brands, content marketing is mostly about creating brand awareness, generating leads and acquiring customers. MORE >>

spoke at a content marketing conference a while back, and sat horrified in the audience while another speaker advised an audience full of newbies that 50 short, keyword optimized posts are better than a few longer pieces. understand his intentions, and that he probably wasn’t condoning crap content. This is the mentality that is creating our global content pollution problem. If this is the way we’re going to conduct our content marketing initiatives, then we’ve missed the point of content marketing altogether. ” Bait content does not get shared. MORE >>