April 20, 2024

Blogger insights this week: Content marketing and the new copywriter

YouTube … Tumblr … Instagram … Pinterest … What is to become of the copywriter in the rising tide of visual content? It’s true, visual marketing is now the way of the Web. In response, the role of copywriters is evolving – as are the skills needed to succeed in content marketing. Two of my favorite […]

Blogger insights this week: The brain science of conversion optimization

You could spend a lot of time on this page today, because there were some “wow” posts on the blogosphere this past week. Especially if you are a behavioral science geek. There were two that caught my attention because they both talk about brain science, storytelling and conversion optimization from slightly different angles. They are […]

Blogger insights this week: The paradox of content frequency and content quality

This week saw a continuation of commentary on two hot topics that will be blog fodder for a while. Mark Schaefer kept the discussion of ‘content shock’ going with another interesting post answering some of the arguments against the idea. I also spotted a few more noteworthy posts looking for meaning in the wake of […]

Business blogging: Get rid of ‘dead blog syndrome’ once and for all

It’s a common scenario for many companies. Someone reads the latest statistics on the success others are having with business blogging. Maybe it’s the Hubspot report that says businesses that blog 3-5 times a month have twice the  Web traffic and inbound leads of companies that don’t. Getting in on that action seems like a […]