June. School is out (was it ever in?) No more warm weather teasers. Accordions abound (What? We’ll get to that later). June is filled with freedom and fresh air, so you can’t afford stale marketing campaigns! While it’s important to identify and harness content types and topics that resonate with your audience, it’s equally as important to step out of your comfort zone and add some color and authenticity to your communication. And thankfully, June has…

Read More

Looking for sage writing advice from authors like Toni Morrison, Stephen King, and Haruki Murakami? An infographic (below) from Ivory Research provides nuggets of wisdom from these famous writers and a dozen more. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

Read More

Getty Images Chief Marketing Officer Gene Foca joins Kerry O’Shea Gorgone on the Marketing Smarts podcast to talk about how stock photos and videos can boost the effectiveness of your branded content, and how preferences about content are changing. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

Read More

The Facebook Ads platform has been around for nearly a decade now and over that time, it’s gone through a number of iterations. Best practices come and go, new features are constantly being added, and it’s easier than ever to make a simple mistake that could cause your ad campaigns to fall short of your goals. In this post, I’m going to cover seven common mistakes advertisers make when running Facebook ads: Letting your ad…

Read More

Static images and regular voiceovers are not enough to succeed at virtual events. Attendees’ attention spans are in danger of waning without the inclusion of interactive tools in your presentations. Here are four possibilities. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

Read More

Median and average conversion rates for landing pages vary significantly by industry and by type of page, according to recent research from Unbounce. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

Read More

We’ve all been there. You have slots on your blog calendar to fill, but all your keyword research feels meh and all the titles on your to-do list feel uninspired. And if it’s boring you, it’ll bore your readers. You need some inspiration, sure, but more importantly, you need some unique blog ideas—fast. In this post, we’re sharing how to stop waiting around for inspiration and start figuring out which post you’re going to write…

Read More