Building the Foundation for an Effective Content Marketing Strategy
Content marketing is a brand-focused campaign designed to engage a specific target audience. This concept can grow your market and business, but too many people jump into the activities of content marketing without creating a strong foundation. Without this base, content marketing becomes a scattered activity that does not achieve your true goal – expanding […]
How Your Company Should Approach A Website Redesign
Your website serves many purposes. It introduces your business to potential clients, allows web-based purchases and supports current customer needs. Over time, your website may lose its effectiveness and will need to be updated to successfully perform its functions and engage your target audience. Approach the redesign process by considering what currently works, what can […]
How Associations Are Using Personal Data to Grow Membership
It doesn’t take a great leap of faith for me to bet that your association is looking for ways to grow membership. It’s also an easy bet that your association is looking for innovative ways to improve retention of your current members while also working to attract new members. And, since it’s also likely that […]
How Digital Presence Assessments Impact Business Priorities
“There is no digital strategy anymore, just a strategy in a digital world.” That quote, by Antoine Lhosmot of Potentialpark Group, hits on the need for publishers to develop integrated print and digital communication. Chad Beatty, business development manager for Walsworth’s Commercial Division, assists with digital opportunities for publishers. To help business and organizations get […]
Help Your Publication Score with a Content Assessment
The purpose of print publications has always been to deliver content to readers. Now, with the Internet, email, social media, apps and more, there are many ways to reach readers with your content. If you know how to do a color check on your publication, but are not aware of how website navigation affects your […]
Is Your Digital Presence Good for Business?
When you find a few minutes to consider your organization’s digital presence, do these thoughts race through your mind? “I don’t know how my website is performing.” “I’m not getting enough traffic to my website.” “I don’t know how my email newsletter is performing.” “How do I attract more subscribers to my eNewsletter?” Or, do […]
How to Harness the Power of Case Studies
When marketing your products or services, don’t neglect case studies and their basic ingredients, which give potential customers or clients feedback on the benefit of learning from someone else’s experiences. Potential customers won’t rely just on your say-so that your products or services are terrific. They want to hear what people have to say, both […]
How to Spark Interest With Effective Blogging
Maintaining a blog is still the best inbound marketing strategy for your company. Effective blogging attracts interest in your business or organization, promotes your brand and drives traffic to your sites, and you can do it with storytelling rather than selling. Blogging effectively can reap significant rewards. Reach the readers you want to engage by […]
Investing in Print Magazine Pays Nonprofits Dividends
Nonprofit organizations have a never-ending job of getting their word out to attract supporters. Letting people know about your organization – why it exists, what it does, who it helps and how they can support it – increases interest, participation and funding. The Internet, email, digital publishing and social media have greatly increased the ways […]
Techy Ways to Increase Productivity
Having helpful technology, from hardware to software to gadgets, there are many tech tools to help you work smarter and increase office productivity. Here are some tech tools to consider that could be helpful to both your business and your staff to streamline work, make tasks more efficient, and limit employee discomfort. They may even […]
