Many marketers are banging their heads against the wall
wondering why influencers won’t return their emails or
promote their programs. The reason? Small mistakes can often have a big impact.
To help make your influencer marketing a winner, we have tapped 15 top marketing influencers for reasons they've not responded to a request and included 25 ways to help you win.
#MNBlogCon - The Marketer Abides: 5 Lessons in Creative Content Marketing Fro...TopRank Marketing Agency
Have you been writing blog content targeted at The Dude when your real customer is Mr. Lebowski? Great content starts with understanding your audience, their pain points and finding a way to connect with them on another level. A successful approach to creative content starts with nailing your strategy and carries through to execution and even promotion. It’s time to recognize that a scattergun approach won’t help you grow subscribers, engage your readers and create loyal customers.
In this presentation you’ll learn ways to:
1 – Properly identify your target blog audience
2 – Help your readers solve a problem
3 – Incorporate storytelling into your content strategy
4 – Mesmerize your audience with visual blog content
5 – Amplify your message properly with social promotion
This is not ‘Nam. This is blogging. There are rules.
Modular Content: How to Repurpose Content Personalized for Target AudiencesTopRank Marketing Agency
Repurpose on Purpose: How to repurpose content for your target audience without breaking the bank. A modular approach to content that customizes repurposed content for specific target audiences and stages of the buying cycle. Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Marketing.
SearchLove San Diego 2015 | Scott Edwards, 'Optimizing for Delight'Distilled
We're digital marketers. We think in terms of CTRs and CPAs. But that's only half the equation. Marketing doesn't have to be a boring endeavor. By optimizing for delight, we can turn digital experiences into human ones. In this session you'll see how Simple brings humanity to an inhuman industry: banking, and how you can do so in your own marketing. Let's talk about the emotion behind the numbers.
This is an Intro presentation on "Why Social Media works"
Stats, screenshots, and a short Facebook 101 tutorial in included...
Feel free to download it and customize for your use :)
WordStream founder, Larry Kim, will reveal the strategies you MUST implement if you want to get 10x MORE VALUE from your paid social media advertising efforts!
Join the webinar to learn:
-How to drive exponentially more traffic to your content
-Tips to convert 3-5x more clicks into leads & sales - all for less than $50 per campaign
-Critical insights into how the algorithm of Paid Social Media REALLY WORKS
#MNBlogCon - The Marketer Abides: 5 Lessons in Creative Content Marketing Fro...TopRank Marketing Agency
Have you been writing blog content targeted at The Dude when your real customer is Mr. Lebowski? Great content starts with understanding your audience, their pain points and finding a way to connect with them on another level. A successful approach to creative content starts with nailing your strategy and carries through to execution and even promotion. It’s time to recognize that a scattergun approach won’t help you grow subscribers, engage your readers and create loyal customers.
In this presentation you’ll learn ways to:
1 – Properly identify your target blog audience
2 – Help your readers solve a problem
3 – Incorporate storytelling into your content strategy
4 – Mesmerize your audience with visual blog content
5 – Amplify your message properly with social promotion
This is not ‘Nam. This is blogging. There are rules.
Modular Content: How to Repurpose Content Personalized for Target AudiencesTopRank Marketing Agency
Repurpose on Purpose: How to repurpose content for your target audience without breaking the bank. A modular approach to content that customizes repurposed content for specific target audiences and stages of the buying cycle. Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Marketing.
SearchLove San Diego 2015 | Scott Edwards, 'Optimizing for Delight'Distilled
We're digital marketers. We think in terms of CTRs and CPAs. But that's only half the equation. Marketing doesn't have to be a boring endeavor. By optimizing for delight, we can turn digital experiences into human ones. In this session you'll see how Simple brings humanity to an inhuman industry: banking, and how you can do so in your own marketing. Let's talk about the emotion behind the numbers.
This is an Intro presentation on "Why Social Media works"
Stats, screenshots, and a short Facebook 101 tutorial in included...
Feel free to download it and customize for your use :)
WordStream founder, Larry Kim, will reveal the strategies you MUST implement if you want to get 10x MORE VALUE from your paid social media advertising efforts!
Join the webinar to learn:
-How to drive exponentially more traffic to your content
-Tips to convert 3-5x more clicks into leads & sales - all for less than $50 per campaign
-Critical insights into how the algorithm of Paid Social Media REALLY WORKS
SearchLove London 2015 | Wil Reynolds | Using Paid Social and Adwords to Dri...Distilled
Wil and his team spent four weeks promoting one asset using nothing but Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and AdWords. They were able to get rankings without links, outreach, or any other type of promotion. Hear what Wil learnt from his successes and failures, and walk away with a new perspective on paying to promote your content to audiences.
The Quick And Dirty Guide To Creating Blog Posts That Your Audience CravesDominique Jackson
You've been reading about the importance of blogging for a long time. You might have started out with a blog post every now and then, but never got any traction. Most people fail at blogging because they're creating the wrong type of content.
This presentation will show you how to create blog posts that your target audience CRAVES and is STARVING for. The type of content that people look for when they're further into the buying process. And the best part? It's just a simple 3 step process!
Twankers Social Media Agency Sales PitchTommy Twanker
This is a Presentation designed to help both Social Media and Digital Agencies and Businesses wishing to pitch their unique, innovative and thought leading ideas about social media. We've probably all been involved with such pitches, either listening or presenting. This is a reflection of the real and underlying meaning of the slides we've seen many times. Enjoy.
Secrets to building an actionable audienceMark Schaefer
14 experts reveal their secrets to building an actionable audience. Highlights from The Content Code, including Guy Kawasaki, David Meerman Scott, Anne Handley, Chris Brogan and Seth Godin.
Social selling enables marketers and salespeople to leverage social media to interact directly with their leads and prospects at every stage of their buyer's journey; from attract, to convert, close and delight.
HubSpot and LinkedIn have partnered up to bring you this deck on social selling at all stages of your buyer's journey. We'll show you how to use your online presence to attract the right people and help close them into customers more efficiently.
How to growth hack my startup idea tommaso di bartolo slideshareTommaso Di Bartolo
How many of you can embrace the future with confidence when it comes down to getting traction?
Join Tommaso Di Bartolo's Guest Lecture at Stanford, where he provides a framework on how startups can get traction in the age of Snapchat.
Want to learn all about online marketing but not sure where to start? In today's presentation we give you the 101 free online marketing resources that we personally used to learn the craft.
9 ways your auto shop can attract customers on social mediaMoving Targets
Social media for the auto industry changes and evolves daily ─ making it hard to stay current, let alone relevant. Your automotive business deserves an exceptional digital presence. Reach thousands, create fans, captivate your audience, broadcast your brand, engage your community and define your competitive advantage. It's not about how much you're sharing, it's about WHAT you're sharing. Your fans’ expectations are getting higher & higher. And the quality of content your competitors are sharing is getting better & better. Here are 9 ideas of what to share.
The Social Lifecycle: Consumer Insights to Improve Your BusinessHubSpot
Our new survey of almost 600 consumers revealed some pretty nifty new insights on using social media to improve your business's sales, marketing, and customer service. Here's all the data plus what it means for you.
Sales 2.0: Is Your Sales Force Ready for the Digital Age?James Burnes
Traditional lead generation and sales processes are rapidly evolving with new technologies. Is your sales force prepared to outmaneuver your competition? You cannot afford to be outwitted or outplayed by competitors who are using these new tools to generate leads and steal market share.
It is time to act. It is time to empower your sales force for the digital age.
Go Long: How to write uncomfortably long and stunningly high-converting copyJoanna Wiebe
In this talk at Learn Inbound (Oct 2016), Joanna Wiebe talks through case studies for ecommerce and SaaS emails. The common theme among the studies? The winning copy was 2 to 3x longer than the control. Watch and download - and get your team on board with using more words to create high-converting websites and emails.
Successful marketers know how to use psychological principles to understand their customers, in order to deliver exactly what those customers need and want. All it takes is a little psychological insight, and you're ready for roll. Psychology is power, and applying the following principles to your business can define a whole new approach, and lead to more marketing success than you ever thought possible.
Here is our annual piece - 50 Content Marketing Predictions for 2014. Produced by the Content Marketing Institute.
See if the following predictions come true at
Content Marketing World 2014
contentmarketingworld.com
#cmworld
To heck with the vague predictions...here’s three specific predictions:
- Microsoft will buy one, maybe two, media companies in certain industries. The outcome will pave the way for further media purchases throughout the year by non-media companies.
- Red Bull will announce a series of daredevil movies to be produced by Amazon.com.
- At least three Fortune 500 brands will hire a Chief Content Officer.
JOE PULIZZI
@JoePulizzi
FOUNDER
CONTENT MARKETING INSTITUTE
Social Media & Reputation Management: The Why and The HowDaniel Riveong
Presented at Social Media Marketing Summit in San Francisco, this presentation present approach to actual reporting on understand a Social Media Reputation Management campaign.
This presentation offers insight into the art and science of romancing B2B industry influencers to collaborate, co-create and advocate content using leading influencer marketing tools. Presented at MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2016 by Lee Odden, TopRank Marketing.
SearchLove London 2015 | Wil Reynolds | Using Paid Social and Adwords to Dri...Distilled
Wil and his team spent four weeks promoting one asset using nothing but Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and AdWords. They were able to get rankings without links, outreach, or any other type of promotion. Hear what Wil learnt from his successes and failures, and walk away with a new perspective on paying to promote your content to audiences.
The Quick And Dirty Guide To Creating Blog Posts That Your Audience CravesDominique Jackson
You've been reading about the importance of blogging for a long time. You might have started out with a blog post every now and then, but never got any traction. Most people fail at blogging because they're creating the wrong type of content.
This presentation will show you how to create blog posts that your target audience CRAVES and is STARVING for. The type of content that people look for when they're further into the buying process. And the best part? It's just a simple 3 step process!
Twankers Social Media Agency Sales PitchTommy Twanker
This is a Presentation designed to help both Social Media and Digital Agencies and Businesses wishing to pitch their unique, innovative and thought leading ideas about social media. We've probably all been involved with such pitches, either listening or presenting. This is a reflection of the real and underlying meaning of the slides we've seen many times. Enjoy.
Secrets to building an actionable audienceMark Schaefer
14 experts reveal their secrets to building an actionable audience. Highlights from The Content Code, including Guy Kawasaki, David Meerman Scott, Anne Handley, Chris Brogan and Seth Godin.
Social selling enables marketers and salespeople to leverage social media to interact directly with their leads and prospects at every stage of their buyer's journey; from attract, to convert, close and delight.
HubSpot and LinkedIn have partnered up to bring you this deck on social selling at all stages of your buyer's journey. We'll show you how to use your online presence to attract the right people and help close them into customers more efficiently.
How to growth hack my startup idea tommaso di bartolo slideshareTommaso Di Bartolo
How many of you can embrace the future with confidence when it comes down to getting traction?
Join Tommaso Di Bartolo's Guest Lecture at Stanford, where he provides a framework on how startups can get traction in the age of Snapchat.
Want to learn all about online marketing but not sure where to start? In today's presentation we give you the 101 free online marketing resources that we personally used to learn the craft.
9 ways your auto shop can attract customers on social mediaMoving Targets
Social media for the auto industry changes and evolves daily ─ making it hard to stay current, let alone relevant. Your automotive business deserves an exceptional digital presence. Reach thousands, create fans, captivate your audience, broadcast your brand, engage your community and define your competitive advantage. It's not about how much you're sharing, it's about WHAT you're sharing. Your fans’ expectations are getting higher & higher. And the quality of content your competitors are sharing is getting better & better. Here are 9 ideas of what to share.
The Social Lifecycle: Consumer Insights to Improve Your BusinessHubSpot
Our new survey of almost 600 consumers revealed some pretty nifty new insights on using social media to improve your business's sales, marketing, and customer service. Here's all the data plus what it means for you.
Sales 2.0: Is Your Sales Force Ready for the Digital Age?James Burnes
Traditional lead generation and sales processes are rapidly evolving with new technologies. Is your sales force prepared to outmaneuver your competition? You cannot afford to be outwitted or outplayed by competitors who are using these new tools to generate leads and steal market share.
It is time to act. It is time to empower your sales force for the digital age.
Go Long: How to write uncomfortably long and stunningly high-converting copyJoanna Wiebe
In this talk at Learn Inbound (Oct 2016), Joanna Wiebe talks through case studies for ecommerce and SaaS emails. The common theme among the studies? The winning copy was 2 to 3x longer than the control. Watch and download - and get your team on board with using more words to create high-converting websites and emails.
Successful marketers know how to use psychological principles to understand their customers, in order to deliver exactly what those customers need and want. All it takes is a little psychological insight, and you're ready for roll. Psychology is power, and applying the following principles to your business can define a whole new approach, and lead to more marketing success than you ever thought possible.
Here is our annual piece - 50 Content Marketing Predictions for 2014. Produced by the Content Marketing Institute.
See if the following predictions come true at
Content Marketing World 2014
contentmarketingworld.com
#cmworld
To heck with the vague predictions...here’s three specific predictions:
- Microsoft will buy one, maybe two, media companies in certain industries. The outcome will pave the way for further media purchases throughout the year by non-media companies.
- Red Bull will announce a series of daredevil movies to be produced by Amazon.com.
- At least three Fortune 500 brands will hire a Chief Content Officer.
JOE PULIZZI
@JoePulizzi
FOUNDER
CONTENT MARKETING INSTITUTE
Social Media & Reputation Management: The Why and The HowDaniel Riveong
Presented at Social Media Marketing Summit in San Francisco, this presentation present approach to actual reporting on understand a Social Media Reputation Management campaign.
This presentation offers insight into the art and science of romancing B2B industry influencers to collaborate, co-create and advocate content using leading influencer marketing tools. Presented at MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2016 by Lee Odden, TopRank Marketing.
This eBook is the second of three from TopRank Marketing & Content Marketing World. Inside you'll find valuable advice from some of today's top marketers on how to take your content from supporting cast, to leading character.
Keynote presentation by Lee Odden: Participation Marketing: The New World of Content Co-Creation, Influencers & Integration for Public Relations. PRSA Strategic Collaboration Conference, Chicago 2016.
Modern civilization was built on the backs of great cities. Likewise, great businesses are now being built on the backs of B2B marketing. Cities like Rome, Athens, Hong Kong, and New York have been our models of culture and progress. And from the outside, these cities appear to function effortlessly. The truth is quite the opposite.
In order to build a successful B2B marketing empire, you must have a solid foundation in place. This eBook will cover the foundational elements of how to build your:
- B2B Marketing Strategy
- Marketing Career
- Marketing Squad
Gain insights and advice from top B2B marketers like Ann Handley, Michael Brenner, Chris Moody, Scott Monty, Lee Odden, Jason Miller and more!
Winfluencer Marketing - How B2B companies are winning hearts and minds with influencer content. Presentation at UFX2016 Toronto, by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing.
Influencer marketing is one of the most valuable types of marketing AND is the best type of social media. Why? Because it comes from the most trusted source - Word of mouth.
Messages and calls to action that come from your organization's influencers can drive powerful action. These are some of the best people to drive the reach of your content and raise funds for your organization.
Webinar Takeaways:
• Latest research and why influencers are game changers
• The 3 types of influencers
• Approaching influencers
• Why influencers are important for fundraising
• The best calls to actions for VIPs, Professionals and Citizen Influencers
See the deck to explore this new way of thinking about extending the reach of your email file by tapping into the social networks of your influential supporters!
In the Easy-as-Pie Guide to Content Planning, we offer simple tips and recipes that will improve your content planning and effectiveness. These recipes include:
Recipe #1 – Easy-as-Pie Content Planning
Recipe #2 – Easy-as-Pie People Planning
Recipe #3 – Easy-as-Pie Wins & Losses
Along with these recipes, you’ll find insights from the most brilliant content marketing chefs on the planet.
The power of integrating B2B influencer marketing with content marketing, a presentation given by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing at the Oracle Modern Marketing Experience MME16 conference 2016.
How to crowdsource content for integrated marketing and public relations: tools and tactics for participation marketing with influencers. Presentation by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing at the PRSA International Conference, Atlanta, GA 2015.
This eBook is the final of three from TopRank Marketing & Content Marketing World. Inside you'll find valuable advice from some of today's top marketers on the importance of content marketing measurement, and what you should be measuring now.
In an age where marketing currency equals digital consumption, the content marketing game has never been more intense or competitive. And while we can’t all claim to be as viral as a scandalous Kim Kardashian photo spread, we can aim to create and curate content that speaks directly to our audience in a new and incredibly valuable way. In this crowded social landscape, your content must provide serious value to capture the customers’ attention, and must be uber-relevant to stand out among the noise. This webinar isn’t going to give you a magical content formula, but it will help you get into a mindset to design a content strategy that has the potential to “break” the hum drum normalcy of the Internet.
Join us in this webinar as our content experts discuss:
Why content is your organization’s biggest asset when it comes to earned media;
Different content styles and categories, and how your business can produce in each;
How to organize and execute a strategy, including defining your brand story, sticking to an editorial calendar, and understanding performance analytics;
And what kinds of content lead directly to organization growth (and what that even looks like).
14 insights on B2B Marketing for 2015 and beyond from @MarketingProfs B2B Forum speakers. Contributors include:
Ann Handley of MarketingProfs, Jeannine Rossignol of Xerox, Joel Book of Salesforce, Seth Lieberman of SnapApp, Tom Webster of Edison Research, Susan Emerick of Brands Rising, Steve Garfield, Jennifer Sable Lopez of Moz, Kerry O’Shea Gorgone of MarketingProfs, Jason Miller of LinkedIn, Jim Greenway of T.D. Williamson, Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing, Jon Miller of Marketo and Brian Massey of Conversion Sciences.
This is a Visual eBook produced by @TopRank Online Marketing.
5 Ways Your Sales Team Will Make the Next Webinar a SuccessMarketo
Check out these slides from Marketo's LaunchPoint partner, ReadyTalk, and customer, Egencia, on how you can better utilize webinars to increase engagement and revenue.
A snapshot of internet, social media, and mobile use in every country in the world. This report is part of a suite of reports brought to you by We Are Social and Hootsuite - read the other reports for free at http://www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/presentations
In the past week, I’ve felt the power of the influence shifting in the social business marketplace. It seems that most brands have figured out that it’s more authentic, genuine, and real to partner with an influencer than to run more social media advertising. I’ve literally had 4 different brands reach out to partner on Twitter & Instagram with content, and they want me to feel rewarded for sharing their awesome content. It’s a new strategy to really deliver to the social media audiences based on the niche of the influencer. Also a term you might start to hear more is “micro-celebrity”, these are folks that have a following that is smaller than 100K on any platform. We all want to partner with Taylor Swift but to keep it real, not many brands can afford the endorsement with such a superstar. So the alternative is to work with 5-10 micro-celebrities that are all focused in a niche that serve your CUSTOMERS!
Influencers are people who are credible, authoritative and and popular in a genre or niche community. They must also be effective in being able to inspire action in that community. If we get influencers to share our posts, we potentially draw thousands more eyes on our content than otherwise. This presentation is all about Influencer Building from many credible, expert sources on the Internet. See last slides for source links to these sources.
A well-promoted blog is a great way to generate leads and acquire customers. Here are 9 tips to help increase your blog readership.
Visit www.ReferralCandy.com to learn how your existing customers can help you do the same!
Content Marketing World 2014 Recap: What Libraries Need to Know!Angela (Shoup) Hursh
I attended Content Marketing World 2014 #CMWorld in Cleveland, Sept. 8-11. This is a recap of the presentations I attended, most of which related to my work as a Content Team Leader in the marketing department of a major metropolitan library. Includes main points from key speakers, photos and video! Talk to me about your experience on Twitter @Webmastergirl or email me at Angela.Hursh@CincinnatiLibrary.org.
32 Marketing Tips That Never Go Out of StyleRich Brooks
Tired of chasing the next “big thing” in marketing? Maybe it’s time to get back to basics.
It’s that time of year again. All the prognosticators are telling us what’s coming next. All the “10 Marketing Trends for 2015″ posts. All the advice to make you nervous that you’re falling behind.
But the truth is, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
So, in the spirit of uncovering timeless strategies, we asked 32 of our all-time favorite marketers to share with us their best tips that never go out of style.
OK, we included ourselves, but that’s just because we wanted to rub shoulders with these luminaries.
Is your “evergreen” marketing tip in this list? If not, make sure you share it in the comments below.
Social Media to Enable Sales for Natwest Summer Time TalkJane Frankland
Social Media Marketing is an enabler for sales but only if it's used strategically - as part of a sales and marketing campaign. Without a sales plan and a sales strategy it's a time suck - a total waste of time. Participating in a social media marketing campaign can deliver a return on your investment. This presentation looks at this. It also hints at how social networks can also be used to improve business processes and internal team training. With 7 platforms to cover along with key wins for each of them it's sure to entertain.
84% of millennials don't like advertising and it's easy to see why.
No one likes to be bombarded with videos, banners ads, and promotional pop-ups solely set on selling something. It's invasive and quickly drives visitors away.
What's a solution? According to research, consumers trust each other more than a brand. Hearing from a trusted source about a product or service is more valued than a statement from a company. Knowing firsthand what someone else's experience was like saves time, money, and effort.
That's why you need to take a closer look at influencer marketing. Working with someone who has a dedicated following will allow your business to grow the right way, without the need for intrusive advertising.
Building Influence on Social Media is possible, and can be highly rewarding. This guide discusses the fundamentals of social media for influence. click this link to download the guide http://bit.ly/2o9RLoT
Influencer Marketing Tricks - 20 Growth Hacks to optimize your influencer cam...Kirsty Sharman
This slideshare is a collection Influencer Marketing tips and tricks. Compiled after running 500+ Influencer Marketing campaigns. I have used many tactics over the years, but these 20 (on average) tend to drive the highest ROI when running influencer marketing campaigns. Hopefully they can add value to your next campaign!
Credit goes to:
Slide 4 - Josh Fletcher (and his hat) - incredible growth hacker, follow him here > https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuafechter/
Slide 6 - Great Instagrammer, follow her here > https://www.instagram.com/beccadutkiewicz/
Want the last 10 tricks? Pop me a mail > kirsty@wepushmedia.com
Want to know more about Influencer Marketing? Connect with me on LinkedIn here > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstysharman/
Similar to Influencer Engagement: 15 Ways to Fail & 25 Ways to Win (20)
How to create more credible and engaging content for B2B audiences featuring top interactive content formats, influencer engagement best practices and case studies from TopRank Marketing. Presentation given at B2BMX 2019 by Lee Odden.
Webinar on how B2B marketers can drive better content marketing performance with a "Best Answer" content marketing strategy. Includes examples, case studies and practical tips. Presentation by Lee Odden, CEO at TopRank Marketing in partnership with BuzzSumo.
Formulas for success with B2B influencer marketing featuring industry statistics, models and insights from interviews with senior marketing executives at SAP Ariba (Amisha Gandhi), Konstanze Alex (Dell) and Luciana Moran (Dun & Bradstreet). Ebook developed by TopRank Marketing.
In Ashley Zeckman's presentation from the 2017 Social Brand Forum, you'll find 5 key content ideas to help you overcome some of today's biggest marketing hurdles.
Influencer Marketing is a hot topic but for B2B marketers, is it mighty hype or great hope for B2B companies?
Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing is the recognized authority on B2B influencer and content marketing. In this presentation, he outlines top influencer marketing trends, research and 3 examples of how major B2B brands like Dell, Oracle and SAP are raising the bar on content marketing by working with influencers.
Presentation on the Strategic Role of Content, Social & SEO in Integrated Marketing hosted by Crescendo Content Marketing Software and delivered by Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Marketing.
Evolution of Public Relations Through Content Marketing - Congreso PRORP TopRank Marketing Agency
LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL PR A TRAVÉS DEL MARKETING DE CONTENIDOS
Presentation by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing on the Evolution of Public Relations Through Content Marketing - Congreso Internacional De Relaciones Publicas, Mexico City, June 8, 2015.
15 thought leaders presenting at the Authority Rainmaker conference share integrated marketing advice on Design, Content, Traffic and Conversion.
Authority Rainmaker conference is May 13-15 in Denver, CO featuring nationally known experts including Daniel Pink, Sally Hogshead, Chris Brogan and Henry Rollins. Marketing experts include Brian Clark, Ann Handley, Joe Pulizzi, Danny Sullivan, and many others.
This eBook was produced for Copyblogger Media by TopRank Online Marketing.
How to use blogging more effectively as a content marketing tool. Includes brand examples and advice on topic targeting, hub and spoke promotion, repurposing and co-creating with influencers. Produced by TopRank Online Marketing.
Presentation by Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Online Marketing on The Future of Digital PR is Integrated - How to win hearts, minds and wallets with integrated marketing. PRSA International Conference 2014, Washington, D.C.
Come learn how YOU can Animate and Illuminate the World with Generative AI's Explosive Power. Come sit in the driver's seat and learn to harness this great technology.
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
A.I. (artificial intelligence) platforms are popping up all the time, and many of them can and should be used to help grow your brand, increase your sales and decrease your marketing costs.In this presentation:We will review some of the best AI platforms that are available for you to use.We will interact with some of the platforms in real-time, so attendees can see how they work.We will also look at some current brands that are using AI to help them create marketing messages, saving them time and money in the process. Lastly, we will discuss the pros and cons of using AI in marketing & branding and have a lively conversation that includes comments from the audience.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
Unleash the power of UK SEO with Brand Highlighters! Our guide delves into the unique search landscape of Britain, equipping you with targeted strategies to dominate UK search engine results. Discover local SEO tactics, keyword magic for UK audiences, and mobile optimization secrets. Get your website seen by the right people and propel your brand to the top of UK searches.
To learn more: https://brandhighlighters.co.uk/blog/top-seo-agencies-uk/
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
Digital Commerce Lecture for Advanced Digital & Social Media Strategy at UCLA...Valters Lauzums
E-commerce in 2024 is characterized by a dynamic blend of opportunities and significant challenges. Supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages are critical issues, leading to increased shipping delays and rising costs, which impact timely delivery and squeeze profit margins. Efficient logistics management is essential, yet it is often hampered by these external factors. Payment processing, while needing to ensure security and user convenience, grapples with preventing fraud and integrating diverse payment methods, adding another layer of complexity. Furthermore, fulfillment operations require a streamlined approach to handle volume spikes and maintain accuracy in order picking, packing, and shipping, all while meeting customers' heightened expectations for faster delivery times.
Amid these operational challenges, customer data has emerged as an important strategy. By focusing on personalization and enhancing customer experience from historical behavior, businesses can deliver improved website and brand experienced, better product recommendations, optimal promotions, and content to meet individual preferences. Better data analytics can also help in effectively creating marketing campaigns, improving customer retention, and driving product development and inventory management.
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Influencer Engagement: 15 Ways to Fail & 25 Ways to Win
1.
2. If the internet has taught us anything, it’s that when you
fail, everyone from your grandmother to your boss will
know by the end of the day. Maybe you didn’t think twice
about the email that you sent to Janice in Accounting
asking for her to complete a large task with an impossible
deadline. Unfortunately, the joke is on you. She is going
to tell everyone she knows.
Sure, that type of personal experience is painful, but
imagine how much worse it would be if you made
the same type of mistake with an influencer outreach
email. That type of mistake can seriously damage your
credibility with that influencer, their friends and their
online community.
Many marketers are banging their heads against the wall
wondering why influencers won’t return their emails or
promote their programs. The reason? Small mistakes can
often have a big impact.
Marketers, we feel your pain and we want to help!
While we can’t keep Janice from shooting daggers at you
from across the office, we can help you fail less and win
more with influencer engagement.
To help make your influencer marketing a winner, we
tapped 15 top marketing influencers and asked them
to share their biggest reasons for not saying yes to an
influencer request.
TopRank Marketing’s experience creating influencer and
content marketing programs for some of today’s most
successful brands can also help you win with influencer
marketing. We’ve condensed these into snackable tips
to help you create better relationships and provide more
value to the influencers that you’re currently working with,
and those that you want to begin working with.
What do you say? Are you ready to find out how to fail
less and win more with influencer marketing?
WILL YOUR INFLUENCER MARKETING
FAIL HARD OR WIN BIG?
4. OUT-OF-
THE-BLUE
ASKS.
ANDREW DAVIS
Founder, Monumental Shift
@TPLDrew
“I get requests from people I know really well every
week. What makes you think I’ll make time to work with
you if I’ve never interacted with you before? Take some
time to comment on my posts, rate my podcast, review
my book. I’ll return the favor in a heartbeat.”
5. INAPPROPRIATE
ASKS.
CARLOS GIL
Head of Global Social Media, BMC Software
@CarlosGil83
“As in asks for promoting your product (books,
webinars, conferences, etc.) in exchange for affiliate
revenue; please DON’T.”
6. TOO SOON.
KIM GARST
Best Selling Author & Keynote Speaker
@kimgarst
“My pet peeve is when someone follows me on
Twitter or Instagram and/or fans me on Facebook and
immediately reaches out to me with a request to check
out their business.”
8. IMPERSONAL
PITCHES.
CHAD POLLITT
Co-Founder & VP of Audience, Relevance
@ChadPollitt
“When companies send out generic en masse pitches,
like a robo-call, but via email. The personal touch can
make or break an influencer’s decision to engage.”
9. LACK OF
CREDIBILITY.
LEE ODDEN
CEO, TopRank Marketing
@leeodden
“Competition for effective influencers’ time is high,
so reaching out using a Gmail address and pointing
to a little known brand hosted on a hyphenated
domain with poor design isn’t going to motivate
anyone to engage.”
10. LAZY
DUPLICATION.
JOHN JANTSCH
Founder, Duct Tape Marketing
@ducttape
“When you get that really interesting Tweet inviting
you to take a look at something and then when
you click through to it you also see that they have
composed basically the same message to 579 other
people on Twitter.”
11. HEIDI COHEN
Chief Content Officer, Actionable Marketing Guide
@heidicohen
“Reach out to me directly yourself. Do NOT delegate
this critical step to your marketing agency, PR
professional, team member, assistant or intern. Do it
yourself and make your note personal. If you want me
to respond, I expect you to do the asking yourself.”
DELEGATED &
IMPERSONAL.
12. EXPECTING
TO GET
WITHOUT
GIVING.
JOE PULIZZI
Founder, Content Marketing Institute
@JoePulizzi
“Not greasing the skids. Influencer’s are most likely
to add commentary if there is some kind of existing
relationship. This means at least some kind of history
where the person reaching out has already been
sharing the influencer content.”
13. CLOAKED
SALES PITCH.
ARDATH ALBEE
CEO & B2B Marketing Strategist, Marketing Interactions
@ardath421
“Asking for 30 minutes of my time to discuss a
“partnership”– which actually means you want me to
sell your stuff to my clients.”
14. ASK THEM
TO SELL.
GERRY MORAN
Global Head of Social Media, Cognizant Technology Solutions
@GerryMoran
“Your influencer is there to help you increase the
awareness, association and consideration of your
brand in a certain space – not to shill for you.”
15. TOO MUCH
FOCUS ON
THEIR BRAND.
TED RUBIN
Social Marketing Strategist, Evangelist & Acting CMO, The Rubin Organization
@TedRubin
“Don’t tell me your story, let me tell my story. ‘LESS
fabrication, MORE facilitation’ = a boost to your Return
on Relationship, #RonR.”
16. ABUSING THE
KINDNESS
OF AN
INFLUENCER.
BRYAN KRAMER
President & CEO, PureMatter Brand Marketing & Interactive
@bryankramer
“Set the tone and rules upfront. Influencers can’t be
expected to take part in everything you do, so say that.
Set the ground rules and expectations.”
18. FAILURE TO
FOLLOW UP.
REBECCA LIEB
Principal, Conglomotron LLC
@lieblink
“Not following up with that blog post, ebook, or
copy of the interview the influencer contributed to.
Influencers are indeed interested in seeing the fruits of
their labors.”
45. Learn to Win at Influencer Marketing:
Social Media Marketing World
Learn why companies like Dell, LinkedIn and Traackr
trust Lee Odden and TopRank Marketing for influencer
marketing consulting.
Lee will provide insight into best practices for influencer
content marketing in his presentation “The Influencer
Marketing Playbook”.
In this presentation you’ll learn about:
• An influencer marketing framework
• Influencer marketing tools
• Best and worst influencer recruiting practices
This presentation is sure to make your next influencer
marketing program a game winner.
GET EVENT INFO
Presentation Details
Title: Influencer Marketing Playbook: How
to Identify, Qualify & Recruit
Effective Influencers
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Time: 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Track: Social Strategy
Room: 28ABCD
46. Your Influencer & Content Marketing Experts
TopRank Marketing has created successful influencer content marketing
programs for some of today’s most successful B2B and B2C brands. If you’d
like to learn more about how adding influencers to your content mix can
improve marketing performance, we’d love to chat.
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