When it comes to online marketing, many of us continue to hear that content is still King and with over 60 trillion web pages on the internet, it appears as though the deck is stacked against us. But there are many ways to help increase the odds in our favor and get more out of our online content. The focus here will be on how to create the best content possible and then measure results using free or low-cost analytical tools.
Content Curation
If you want to be competitive as a copywriter, your work needs to be optimized for SEO. What is the point of writing an amazing and compelling article if people can’t find it on the web?
92% of marketers say that content creation is very effective for SEO. It is definitely effective, but only if you know how to create content that’s perfectly optimized for the latest rules of SEO.
If you are a newbie to the world of SEO copywriting, this is a must-read list. If you are a professional at SEO copywriting, I’m sure you will still discover new tips and information for yourself.
Are list posts part of your content marketing strategy?
If they’re not, they definitely should be! List posts are the second most-shared form of content, after infographics. They’re easy-to-digest for readers, and have an instant viral quality. That doesn’t mean you can sit down to pen the perfect list post without effort, though. There are tactics you can use to improve your content’s performance. Here is some of the latest data to improve your approach:
SEO and blogging form the backbone of content marketing, something that every serious business and marketer should be doing today to grow their online presence. Have you heard the term? Learn it well. Unless you are satisfied with your current cyber status.
Having a good-looking website is not enough. It’s hard to attract business with a few static web pages; those won’t bring you traffic, leads, and sales, or develop your brand.
If you’re an online business and quality content development isn’t part of your digital content strategy, you’re a step behind. That’s what search engines want in 2014 – that is what consumers want. If you plan to “ride the gravy train,” you had best follow suit.
The truth is that content has always been king on the Internet. However, whereas the focus was always on quantity in the past, quality now holds the trump card and determines the success of marketing campaigns. A somewhat logical progression, it seems like.
Many factors influence the success of your content: a shareable and clickable headline, the quality of your content and the visual assets to support it. But more often than not, people overlook one of the most important part: distribution. Getting that content in front of your target audience. Publishing content is just the beginning…
When creating a content strategy, understanding the marketing funnel is your number one priority. If you’re not already familiar with the marketing funnel—also sometimes known as a sales funnel—there’s a good chance you’re losing many of your potential buyers. Before we take a look at where most content marketers lose the bulk of their qualified leads, let’s take a look at the anatomy of a marketing funnel.
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.
Content curation isn’t a quick fix for your staffing woes, or a way to escape your company’s need to think in campaigns.
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. For many companies, it’s no longer enough to blog three times a week and release a white paper once a quarter. The average B2B marketer is using 12 different content marketing tactics, and a curation strategy can boost the volume of information shared without dramatically increasing the workload. We’ve compiled some of the most fascinating stats and facts on the state of content curation: