Your blog is your secret social media weapon Thanks to free or inexpensive blogging tools, any individual can be on the same technological footing as the New York Times or Business Week. What I think is less obvious is that your blog is every bit as much a social media tool as Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. In fact, It’s much more powerful than those young whippersnappers–Twitter and Facebook We often talk about the need to develop a content marketing mindset.

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In fact, visitors searching our site for the phrase “content marketing” increased by 85% in 2009 over 2008. 6 Reasons Why Your Blog Is Your Most Important Social Media Tool 5 Reasons an eBook Should be a Core Component of Your Content Marketing Strategy Of course, I’m assuming that you already have a website and are probably doing some business blogging. It’s been a very good year for content marketing. Social media certainly loomed larger in the past 12 months but interest in content marketing strategy accounted for the majority of the most popular

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In the case of the Intersection Marketing blog from Mark Smiciklas, he manages to do both consistently. When I visited Mark’s blog I was intrigued to see that he is a terrific visual thinker. Most of his creative blog posts lead with a graphical representation of the topic that he will discuss. Inspiration from ‘Visual Blogger’ Mark Smiciklas of Intersection Marketing It’s hard to make things easy.

In 2009, most small businesses do have websites and the term, ‘content marketing,’ has gone from obscure to fashionable. This means that, although you will need the timeless content typical of a standard website, you must absolutely have the more timely content typical of a blog. For a small business, building a blog-powered website is the surest way to fulfill this component of your content marketing strategy. How to go from clueless to compelling to transform prospects into buyers In 2007, the mention of content marketing brought as many blank stares from small business

why your blog is your most important social media tool Five Reasons an e-Book Should Be a Core Component Of Your Content Marketing Strategy Of course, I’m assuming that you already have a website and are probably doing some business blogging. 6 Reasons Why Your Blog Is Your Most Important Social Media Tool It’s much more powerful than those young whippersnappers–Twitter and Facebook Thanks to free or inexpensive blogging tools, any individual can be on the same technological footing Proving again that our readers like to dig into a variety of topics under the broad content marketing umbrella.

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"What would you like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009?" That's what Olivia Mitchell, who writes the fantastic Speaking About Presenting blog, asked me last month. She asked us to write one post on this topic. Many have already posted replies at their blogs. (Olivia Olivia promises to organize these posts at her blog later this month, for your finding & reading enjoyment. Now, Olivia didn't ask just me: she also acted as community organizer, posing the question to a plethora of presentation bloggers. When you visit her blog, subscribe, and you'll

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