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30 Proven Small Biz Content Marketing Tips

Writtent Blog

For entrepreneurs and small business owners, content marketing can seem out of reach. Although proven to be an effective way to attract prospects, generate leads, and retain customers, content marketing appears to require more time and money than you have to invest in it. The basics 1. Know thyself. Do your research. Convey emotion.

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How a social media consultant can help your business

Sherrilynne Starkie

It can seem like social media is a waste of both time and resources in a world of competing priorities. The framework connects a range of communications activities covering four main categories: Owned media is digital content a business owns and has full control over, such as a website or blog. Usually, the issue is a lack of strategy.

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Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

I hope the updates help this growing group of solo-preneurs who recognize the value of creating and monetizing content. Identifying The Tools And Resources. 2) Listening and Engagement Tools like Hootsuite, Curata, Sprout Social, Brandwatch. 5) Organic Content Analysis Tools like SEMRush, Moz, Ahrefs, or Screaming Frog.

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15 Key Facts about Content Curation

Writtent Blog

For many content marketers, curation is something of a silver bullet. Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz has joked that we’re in the midst of a content arms race; companies across all industries have realized the power of custom content , and are actively competing to produce better-quality materials. Content Curation: Everyone Is Doing It.

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Top 10 Content Marketing Tools for Serious Marketers

Kikolani

As recently as decade ago, “content marketing” was an unknown term to the average marketing executive. Today, virtually no company, large or small, can deny the importance of content marketing or the need for a strong web presence. But content marketing delivers the relevant information more as a service than a sales pitch.

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Content Curation Tips: 6 Places to Find Content to Share on Social Media

Writtent Blog

75% of marketers don’t have the time to create custom content. According to the experts at Curata, time and resource constraints are a major barrier for many companies who want to build a content empire, but lack the time. That’s enough content to fill a 25-million page book! Perform Keyword Searches.

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Social Media Trends 2012 – Content Curation in PR

Proactive Report

In her post about social media trends in 2012 Beverly Macy says content curation is important because people want to know what’s important and they want to discover interesting and relevant content. ” There are already a slew of tools that enable curation of content. .” This is not a new idea in PR.

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