Stop dreaming big when it comes to your influencer marketing program. You don’t have to pay $1 million for Kylie Jenner to post or even $2,500 for Martha Stewart to do one. Design your campaigns around microinfluencers. Continue reading
6 Instagram Mistakes That Keep Your Brand From Growing
More than 25 million business profiles exist on Instagram. It isn’t the easiest social media channel for brands to master and many make common mistakes that can be easily avoided. Here are six of them. Continue reading
How to Create a Successful Native Advertising Campaign for Your Content
Native advertising can be a valuable tool in a marketer’s arsenal to help distribute your content, but only if you do it right. And a lot goes into that – all revolving around these six pillars. Continue reading
Why Google Keyword Rankings Still Matter for SEO
Do keyword rankings matter anymore? SEO changes over the years, but that hardly means it makes sense to overlook search engine rankings. Here are 10 things you need to know (or be reminded of). Continue reading
7 Insider Tips to Jump Social Media Hurdles
Most B2B and B2C marketers used social media more in the past year. An effective way to distribute content, it’s a challenging space. Here are seven secrets from North Coast Media’s audience engagement director to help jump those hurdles. Continue reading
Looking for Industry Influencers? How a B2B Brand Built Its Own
It started with a challenge. Lincoln Electric wanted to create an influencer marketing program. The brand’s out-of-the-box thinking focused on makers who knew how to produce good content and taught them to weld. Find out how it worked. Continue reading
Stop Wanting to Be Liked (Instagram May Do It For You Anyway)
Instagram’s experimentation to stop showing “like” counts has teens and influencers wringing their hands. But what’s a content marketer to do? Take these seven suggestions to strengthen your social media program. Continue reading
Deliver a Better Pitch to Get Your Content Noticed by Media
A press pack or media kit sounds simple and obvious for public relations pros pitching media to write about a company. But many marketers don’t think about how a press kit can be helpful to their content promotion. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading
Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Search Intent Optimization
Too often, marketers speak about search intent from an e-commerce perspective. But where does it fit in content marketing? It’s critical if you want an audience to find your content through search. Continue reading
Get a Plan: How to Make the Most of Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing campaigns can be tricky and time consuming without the right plan. If you want today’s social tastemakers to amplify your content’s reach and power of persuasion, here are some key considerations to keep in mind. Continue reading
