Sat.Jan 05, 2019 - Fri.Jan 11, 2019

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216: The Art of Storytelling with Scott Harrison from charity: water

Jeff Goins

Has a really good story every moved you to feel or to act? That is the true art of storytelling. Someone who knows this well and has honed this art is Scott Harrison of charity: water.

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7 Marketing Mistakes That Nearly Broke Me… Literally

Neil Patel

When you look at me, what do you see? Someone who is a marketer… maybe even an entrepreneur. As you may already know, I’ve co-founded a handful of companies. I’ve received a handful of awards from people like President Obama and the United Nations. And I am a New York Times bestselling author. The list keeps going on and on. In other words, most people see me as successful.

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These 7 Visual Tactics Can Boost Landing Page Conversions

Content Marketing Institute

Creating visuals for a landing page is kind of like dressing for a job interview. Job candidates want the interviewers to see them as well prepared and a good fit for the company. You want the visuals on your landing pages to communicate to visitors that you’re delivering what they want in a manner that reflects your overall brand. Another similarity between dressing for a job interview and finding the best visuals for your landing page?

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One (Surprising) Blogging Resolution You Should Make for 2019

ProBlogger

The post One (Surprising) Blogging Resolution You Should Make for 2019 appeared first on ProBlogger. It’s the start of a brand new year (give or take a week or so), and chances are that at some point you made some New Year’s resolutions. As a blogger, you may have set yourself some goals ( something I recommend ) such as: “I want to double my traffic.” “I want to create an ebook to sell on my blog.” “I want to write five posts a week (and publish three) so I c

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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The Most Transformative Year Of My Life

Jeff Goins

It was late that night as I sat on my friend Ian’s porch and poured out my heart. What I had to share, though, I hadn’t told anybody, and it had been eating me up inside for a few years now. It was time somebody knew.

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What Happens When SEO and CRO Conflict?

Moz

Posted by willcritchlow Much has been written and spoken about the interplay of SEO and CRO, and there are a lot of reasons why, in theory, both ought to be working towards a shared goal. Whether it's simple pragmatism of the business benefit of increasing total number of conversions, or higher-minded pursuits such as the ideal of Google seeking to reward the best user experiences, we have many things that should bring us together.

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How to Deal With the Blasphemy of Email Unsubscribes

Content Marketing Institute

You send a well-designed email with a meaningful subject line, follow all the best practices, and somebody still clicks on unsubscribe — the worst nightmare for any email marketer. While you cannot have a zero unsubscribe rate, you can mitigate your unsubscribes. A good unsubscribe rate is less than 0.5% (0.2% is within the norm). An unsubscribe rate above 0.5% indicates you need to work on the issue.

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How to Use Scrum for Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Certain Agile concepts and ideas have been part of the content marketing conversation for some time now. Scrum is one concept that’s often part of these conversations. But bundling it with Agile causes all kinds of confusion. This article focuses on how a Scrum-based approach to content marketing could work, as told through the experience of a hypothetical content marketing team.

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Opportunities for AI in Content Marketing Easily Explained

Content Marketing Institute

Until recently, the closest I’ve come to understanding artificial intelligence is knowing that it powered tools in my martech stack (e.g., marketing automation, predictive lead scoring, etc.). Beyond that, I found the concept hard to grasp until Chris Penn’s presentation at Content Marketing World, How to Use AI to Boost Your Content Marketing Impact.

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How to Get Into Google News - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Posted by Polemic Today we're tackling a question that many of us have asked over the years: how do you increase your chances of getting your content into Google News? We're delighted to welcome renowned SEO specialist Barry Adams to share the framework you need to have in place in order to have a chance of appearing in that much-coveted Google News carousel.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Taking Local Inventory Online: An Interview with Pointy’s Mark Cummins

Moz

Posted by MiriamEllis Let’s go back in time 20 years so I can ask you the question, “How often do you look at a paper map every month?” Unless you were a cartographer or a frequent traveler, chances are good that your answer would be, “Hmm, maybe less than once a month. Maybe once or twice a year.” But in 2019, I’d wager there’s scarcely a day that goes by without you using Google Maps when planning to eat out, find a service provider, or find something fun to do.

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