Social media marketing is not about driving direct sales. Instead, social businesses build and nurture relationships with prospects, leads, customers, advocates and partners. If you apply a pure, sales-driven mentality to your social media marketing campaigns, you will most likely be let down....
Why is digital advocacy important for nonprofits? Donations and soliciting volunteers are just two forms of support that nonprofit organizations can build online, but narrowly focusing on these two may cause a nonprofit to miss the true opportunities available to them online. 42% of online adults...
Brand journalism is increasingly becoming a way for companies to engage with prospects, leads, customers, partners and the public. Many enterprises are making the leap from being advertising centric to being content centric in their approach to marketing. Story-telling can help make brands resonate...
Story-telling can help make brands resonate with customers. People love good stories. Stories help brands feel more "human" and allow brands to build loyalty and attraction. Brand journalism can help all stages of the customer relationship--from the early, prospect stage to increasing retention...
The B2B buying process tends to be longer than most B2C purchases. For this reason, it is vital to understand the B2C buying lifecycle. Here are the four components of the B2B marketing lifecycle: Brand visibility & reach Acquisition Conversion Retention Advocacy or loyalty Brand visibility (reach...
Conversion rate is one of the most important metrics to measure on a business website. There are a number of factors that an organization can optimize to improve website conversion rate. Improve website conversion rates by optimizing these factors: Provide clear calls-to-action. Be clear in what...
There’s no doubt that digital marketing is a fantastic tool to reach audiences far and wide about your products and services. But sometimes even the biggest of companies can experience digital marketing disasters. Workers should know how to approach and handle anything from simply the wrong link in...
Build good will; support great blogs & be more relevant The web has many communities of writers, thinkers and creators. Blogging can be a way to interact with this community, as well as express thought-leadership. Linking to other blogs can build good will and be useful to your readers as well. By...
Destination websites should apply results-driven practices to their marketing strategy online. Measuring ROI or CPA can help make an destination organization more effective --attracting customers, influencers, partners, visibility and building revenue. The Internet has changed the way customers...
Content creation can be central to an Inbound marketer's daily efforts. There are many sources a marketer can turn to for help with creating new content for a brand website, blog, email, campaigns and ads. Finding inspiration for blogging can be a challenge for many organizations. Social media can...