**** Amazon #1 Best Seller in Marketing in 2013 **** The Internet has changed marketing for good. People no longer wait to be told what to buy. Instead consumers proactively do research online to make their final purchasing decisions. The best way to reach this new consumer is to provide them with that key information. You need content that will educate, engage, and entertain your consumer about your products and services to make the sale. Content Marketing: Insider's Secret to Online Sales & Lead Generation is a step by step guide that will teach you the correct way to start and run a content marketing program. It will show you how to attract new customers and keep them engaged with your brand. "Content marketing is the only way to become a true thought leader. This book provides all the fundamentals of how to think about, generate, distribute, and measure the results of great content. There is no substitute for a well-executed content marketing strategy, especially for B2B and SAAS businesses. Rick Ramos spells out everything you need to build a great content foundation." Peter Hamilton, CEO of HasOffers.com "Rick Ramos has created a concise, step-by-step guide for marketers that explains how brands can create and leverage content to increase leads and generate sales. A must-read for any marketer navigating today's content-fueled media landscape." Steve Hall, Adrants.com - Editor and Publisher “This book is about more than just content marketing. It's about making your business become a part of the conversation. Through this book you learn how to inform your customers to make intelligent decisions. I think that every business should adopt the strategies that it outlines.” Clark Landry, Co-founder and Chairman at SHIFT.com
""Secrets of Social Media Marketing"" is a handbook for marketers and business owners to use in deciding how to employ the new social media for online marketing. Social media has quickly moved from the periphery of marketing into the forefront, but this is a new and quickly-evolving field and there are few established formulas for success. Building on the lessons set out in Gillin's acclaimed and oft-reviewed ""The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media,"" this book provides practical advice on strategy, tools, and tactics. It is a hands-on manual that will educate marketers on how to extend their brands, generate leads, and engage customer communities using online tools.
Master the science of funnel building to grow your company online with sales funnels in this updated edition from the $100M entrepreneur and co-founder of the software company ClickFunnels. DotCom Secrets is not just another "how-to" book on internet marketing. This book is not about getting more traffic to your website--yet the secrets you'll learn will help you to get exponentially more traffic than ever before. This book is not about increasing your conversions--yet these secrets will increase your conversions more than any headline tweak or split test you could ever hope to make. Low traffic or low conversion rates are symptoms of a much greater problem that's a little harder to see (that's the bad news), but a lot easier to fix (that's the good news). What most businesses really have is a "funnel" problem. Your funnel is the online process that you take your potential customers through to turn them into actual customers. Everyone has a funnel (even if they don't realize it), and yours is either bringing more customers to you, or repelling them. In this updated edition, Russell Brunson, CEO and co-founder of the multimillion-dollar software company ClickFunnels, reveals his greatest secrets to generating leads and selling products and services after running tens of thousands of his own split tests. Stop repelling potential customers. Implement these processes, funnels, frameworks, and scripts now so you can fix your funnel, turn it into the most profitable member of your team, and grow your company online.
Win online by attracting the right customers and getting the right performance measurement Digital Impact answers the critical questions marketers have about connecting with and influencing consumers online. Written in an easy-to-read, approachable format, this helpful guide presents provocative content along with practical, commonsense methods that can be followed by any businessperson at companies of all sizes. The discussion hones in on two keys to success: building a performance measurement approach that will let you get maximum impact out of your online marketing and ad dollars, and creating magnetic content that attracts customers and keeps them engaged with your brand. Leverage trust and build ROI in social media and mobile spaces Get actionable data, best practices, cases studies, anecdotes, practical coaching tips and strategic insights Engage customers who typically resist advertising messages Learn from authors who have extensive experience across major industries and accounts, giving them a wide business appeal Whether your budget is corporate-sized or on a shoestring, you'll want to achieve the measurable bottom-line improvements that come with having Digital Impact.
Content marketing is any marketing that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire and retain customers. This information can be presented in a variety of formats, including news, video, white papers, e-books, infographics, case studies, how-to guides, question and answer articles, photos, etc. Content Marketing has been defined in multiple ways. The meaning of the term depends a lot on the purpose and context. One of the most used definition is "the technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire and engage a clearly defined target audience in order to drive profitable customer action" Content marketing creates interest in a product through educational, entertaining or informative material. Successful content marketing relies on providing "consistent, high-quality content that solves people's problems." Table of Contents: Preface 7 1 Introduction to Content Marketing 8 1.1 Old vs. New Rules of Marketing 9 1.2 Defining Content Marketing 10 1.3 Who Uses and Publishes Content 11 1.4 Where Content Marketing Is 12 1.5 The Benefits of Content Marketing 14 2 Content Marketing Strategy Development - How to Prepare and What to Use 15 2.1 What Does Content Do? 15 2.2 Preparing for a Content Marketing Strategy 16 2.3 Media Tools Available 18 2.4 Forms Used in Media Tools 20 2.5 A Final Word on Content 23 Content Marketing Search Engine Optimization in Content Marketing 24 3.1 Basics of SEO 24 3.2 What are Keywords? 25 3.3 Determining Keywords 26 3.4 Placing Keywords 28 4 Website and Profiles 31 4.1 Your Website 32 4.2 Social Media Profiles 33 4.3 Blogs 35 4.4 Email Content 36 5. External Sites 37 5.1 Benefits of Content Beyond the Organization 37 5.2 Common External Sites and Media Tools to Use 38 5.3 Article Directories 39 5.4 Open Source Content Sites 41 5.5 How-To Sites 42 5.6 Guest Posting (On Blogs, Newsletters, etc.) 45 5.7 Affiliate Programs 46 Content Marketing User-Generated Content 47 6.1 Where is User-Generated Content? 48 6.2 Creating a Space for User-Generated Content 48 6.3 Customer Reviews 49 6.4 Handling Negative User-Generated Content 49 6.5 The Pros and Cons of User-Generated Content 49 Resources 51 Executive
The Hidden Funnel Strategy... That Easily Attracts The RIGHT People, Who Are SO SUPER INTERESTED In What You're Selling, They Actually Raise Their Hands And Ask You To Sign Them Up!This book will take you behind the scenes of the three funnels that have built 99% of ALL successful network marketing companies, and show you how to replicate them online with simple sales funnels. You'll be able to plug your network marketing opportunity into these funnels within just a few minutes. I'll also tell you the one step that everyone forgets. Miss this step and your funnels will never gain the momentum you need to be a top earner. Ready? Good. Me too!
"This book is a getting-it-done guide for going big in small, manageable steps. Marc has put the playbook together for you." --Andy Crestodina, author of Content Chemistry "Quality content is the lifeblood of any Internet-based business. With "Content Marketing Secrets," you will get a step-by-step blueprint on how to create great content AND use to these 'digital assets' to grow your online brand. It's a simple read, chock-full of actionable advice!" --Steve Scott, author of Habit Stacking: 127 Small Changes to Improve Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness Many content creators love creating their content but wonder why they don't see much traffic. They love what they do, but a lack of income forces these same individuals to pursue income generating activities that take them away from the work they love. In Content Marketing Secrets, you'll learn how to grow a content brand that garners attention and revenue. This book covers the four critical components of all successful content brands: 1. Content Creation 2. Content Marketing 3. Social Media Marketing 4. Content Monetization Regardless of your experience with crafting and marketing content, you can use the insights in this book to take your business to the next level and beyond.
The NEW Rulebook for Entrepreneurial Success What’s the surest way to startup failure? Follow old, outdated rules. In Content Inc., one of today’s most sought-after content-marketing strategists reveals a new model for entrepreneurial success. Simply put, it’s about developing valuable content, building an audience around that content, and then creating a product for that audience. Notice a shift? Author Joe Pulizzi flips the traditional entrepreneurial approach of first creating a product and then trying to find customers. It’s a brilliant reverse-engineering of a model that rarely succeeds. The radical six-step business-building process revealed in this book is smart, simple, practical, and cost-effective. And best of all, it works. It’s a strategy Pulizzi used to build his own successful company, Content Marketing Institute, which has landed on Inc. magazine’s list of fastest growing private companies for three years straight. It’s also a strategy countless other entrepreneurs use to build their own multi-million dollar companies. Build an audience and you’ll be able to sell pretty much anything you want. Today’s markets are more dynamic and customers are more fickle than ever before. Why would you put all your eggs in one basket before securing a loyal customer base? Content Inc. shows you how to get customers first and develop products later. It’s the best way to build a solid, long-lasting business positioned for today’s content-driven world. This is the simple but profoundly successful entrepreneurial approach of one of today’s most creative business minds. A pioneer of content marketing, Pulizzi has cracked to code when it comes to the power of content in a world where marketers still hold fast to traditional models that no longer work. In Content Inc., he breaks down the business-startup process into six steps, making it simple for you to visualize, launch, and monetize your own business. These steps are: • The “Sweet Spot”: Identify the intersection of your unique competency and your personal passion • Content Tilting: Determine how you can “tilt” your sweet spot to find a place where little or no competition exists • Building the Base: Establish your number-one channel for disseminating content (blog, podcast, YouTube, etc.) • Harvesting Audience: Use social-media and SEO to convert one-time visitors into long-term subscribers • Diversification: Grow your business by expanding into multiple delivery channels • Monetization: Now that your expertise is established, you can begin charging money for your products or services This model has worked wonders for Pulizzi and countless other examples detailed in the book. Connect these six pieces like a puzzle, and before you know it, you’ll be running your own profitable, scalable business. Pulizzi walks you step by step through the process, based on his own success (and failures) and real-world multi-million dollar examples from multiple industries and countries. Whether you’re seeking to start a brand-new business or drive innovation in an existing one, Content Inc. provides everything you need to reverse-engineer the traditional entrepreneurial model for better, more sustainable success. Joe Pulizzi is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, and podcaster. He is the founder of several startups, including the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), recognized as the fastest growing business media company by Inc. magazine in 2014. CMI produces Content Marketing World, the world’s largest content marketing event, and publishes the leading content marketing magazine, Chief Content Officer. Pulizzi’s book Epic Content Marketing was named one of Fortune magazine’s Five Must Read Business Books of the Year.
The result of thousands of conversations about web marketing with hundreds of companies, this handbook is a compilation of the most important and effective lessons and advice about the power of search engine optimization, social media, and email marketing. The first and only comprehensive guide to content marketing, this book explains the social, analytical, and creative aspects of modern marketing that are necessary to succeed on the web. By first covering the theory behind web and content marketing and then detailing it in practice, it shows how it is not only critical to modern business but is also a lot of fun.
