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Events: Are Your Marketing Visuals Telling a Good Story?

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Trade show and event planners, let’s talk about visual promotion for a quick second. How big is your photo and video budget? How specifically do you plan the photos and videos you want taken during the event? When was the last time you made any changes to either of these areas?

For many planners, the focus is on the here and now, getting everything together for the current event. I get it. There’s a lot going on. But it’s time to put more thought into the visuals you’ll use for promotion of the next event. Too often, I hear, “we have photos, but they aren’t great” or “video would be nice, but we didn’t shoot any”. Why? At this point, there are few more important marketing expenses.

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Is Writing Long-Form Blogs Good Strategy?

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For years we’ve accepted blog posts need to be short—grab attention immediately and get the message across quickly, because, well, people are pressed for time, have short (8 second) attention spans and have a lot of other choices (aka clutter) of things to read. BUT, lately, I’ve noticed more and more blog posts that are long—thousands of words long—and provide a lot of detailed information on a specific topic. Why the change? Continue reading “Is Writing Long-Form Blogs Good Strategy?” →

Content Marketing-What’s the Point?

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Content marketing is the marketing industry’s latest go-to strategy. Never before have we had such an opportunity to target our audiences so directly or create such a personalized experience for them. Therefore, a lot of marketers have jumped right in and are furiously creating content—videos, graphics, case studies—and launching accounts on social media networks.

But what is really the point of content marketing? What should a content marketing strategy seek to accomplish? Continue reading “Content Marketing-What’s the Point?” →

3 Myths about Facebook Advertising

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After conducting dozens of paid advertising campaigns on Facebook for clients in a range of industries, I can attest that they can offer a range of benefits for marketers, including detailed targeting, near real-time tracking and ad monitoring, the ability to make changes to targeting or ad creative at any point and affordable pricing. Still, some marketers are leery to test the platform for their audiences.

I’ve compiled the top three concerns I hear when discussing Facebook advertising and offer explanations to quell those concerns so that more marketers can feel confident testing the platform’s paid advertising opportunities.     Continue reading “3 Myths about Facebook Advertising” →

Change Your Perspective: A 3-Point Test to Ensure You Think Like Your Audience

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When was the last time your read a press release that started with “XYZ Corporation announced today…”? Now, when was the last time you read an article published by a media outlet that led with the organization first? It’s very common within organizations to look at messaging from the inside out. But, organizations that are truly in tune with their customers look at their messaging from outside in. And this change in perspective is critically important in content marketing and social media. Continue reading “Change Your Perspective: A 3-Point Test to Ensure You Think Like Your Audience” →

5 Questions Your Content Marketing Partner Should Ask (and 1 You Should Ask Them)

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You’ve found and maybe already hired the right content marketing agency or consultant. They’re curious, experienced, knowledgeable of the industry and you’re ready to go. What’s next? Get ready to get personal (about your business anyway)! A content marketing partner, whether hired to implement a comprehensive content strategy or work on a one-off project needs to be brought into the big picture in order to achieve maximum results with their work. The more intimate of a picture you can give them of your business’s inner workings, the better output you’ll receive in the end.

A content marketer doing their due diligence should ask the following five questions at a minimum before diving into any strategies or projects: Continue reading “5 Questions Your Content Marketing Partner Should Ask (and 1 You Should Ask Them)” →

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Welcome to glee Content Marketing

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Content marketing has become an essential business function for today’s economic gleemarketplace. If you’re looking for someone to build, manage, or support your content marketing and social media strategies, you’ve come to the right place! glee Content Marketing provides clients with strategic support and content creation as well as paid and organic social media management. Learn more about our services or contact us to advance your content marketing efforts.

At glee, you’ll also find resources to help you implement effective content marketing and social media campaigns. Follow our blog to keep up with trends and best practices in content marketing.

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