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Yahoo To Announce Original Series Deal with Tom Hanks

by Frank Reed on Jan 9, 2012
Yahoo To Announce Original Series Deal with Tom Hanks

So what’s this have to do with Internet marketing you ask? Everything is the correct answer. Yahoo is announcing a deal to bring its first original scripted “series” to the online content producer and they are using a pretty big name, Tom Hanks, to make the splash.

Increasing Your Blog Traffic with SlideShare

by Gregory Ciotti on Jan 4, 2012
If I were to ask you about expanding your content marketing efforts for your blog, and chose you to pick a single “untapped” platform, what would you say? Obviously it’s not things like Twitter or Facebook, and even videos on YouTube are getting utilized by more and more bloggers each day. Want to know the biggest sleeping giant of content marketing platforms? SlideShare!

Louis CK Cuts Out Middle Man and Would Do It Again

by Frank Reed on Dec 14, 2011
Louis CK Cuts Out Middle Man and Would Do It AgainIf you pay attention to how we categorize content here at Marketing Pilgrim you can get a good idea of where we feel a story fits in the Internet space. Most stories can be categorized in several different ways but there is usually one specific area that truly defines the story. In the case of the Louis CK experiment it’s all about a pretty successful job of content marketing.

Google Currents Adds Another Content Curation Option

by Frank Reed on Dec 9, 2011
Google has entered the competition for content packaging in the mobile space with its Google Current offering. From the Google Mobile blog We strive to give you beautiful and simple ways to experience all the content the web has to offer, such as sharing photos on Google+, watching YouTube videos and discovering books, movies and music from Android Market. Today we’re expanding our content offering with the introduction of Google Currents, a new application for Android devices, iPads and iPhones that lets

Social Media and Content Marketing

by Patti Stafford on Nov 15, 2011
Social Media and Content Marketing

If you want your marketing efforts to be more powerful and effective you need to get them working together with your social media efforts. Most bloggers and online business owners have social media accounts and utilize buttons so website visitors can share their content. Do you have them on your own site? Do you ask people to share the information?

5 Sources of Inspiration for Your Business Blog

by Guest Author on Oct 28, 2011
When it comes to content marketing, the number one problem most companies face is coming up with new topics. When you have to write 3-5 blog posts a week, plus articles and whitepapers, produce a video, write a company newsletter and so forth, it’s easy to feel like you’ve run out of things to say in a short while. Don’t be discouraged! Sometimes all you have to do is change the way you look and think about your industry and you’ll discover a whole new bevy of blog topics just waiting to be written about!

Five Great Ways to Segment Your Leads for Effective Marketing Automation

by @HubSpot on Sep 28, 2011
Five Great Ways to Segment Your Leads for Effective Marketing AutomationChanging how you segment your leads using marketing automation could make a great impact on the success of your campaigns. There’s no reason to limit yourself to information from form fields, when the best information you have is about the behavior of your leads and the actions that they’ve taken. Specifically, segmentation gives you the opportunity to target more closely and effectively, and send them unique messages. Here are five creative ways to segment your leads:

Cup of Joe: Content Marketing Is B#$*!t!

by Joe Hall on Sep 24, 2011
Cup of Joe: Content Marketing Is B#$*!t!So you hire an SEO, social media guru, business coach, and who ever else is willing to take your money, and they all tell you the same thing: You need better content. At this point there is a 50% chance that they are right. So let’s take a look at what you should do if they are wrong, and what you should do if they are right. So your consultants have told you that you need better content. But, you know for a fact that you produce amazing products and services, and all the content in the world

How to Build a First-Class Email List in 30 Days — from Scratch

by Ben Settle on Aug 23, 2011
How to Build a First-Class Email List in 30 Days — from Scratch

If you want to quickly build a responsive email list in the next 30 days — especially if you’re just starting online and don’t have a lot of money — the following strategy can get the job done. Here’s the story: Several years ago, I was struggling to build my email list and nothing seemed to work.

Mind Control Marketing: How to Quit Begging and Make People Want to Help You

by Jonathan Morrow on Aug 22, 2011
Mind Control Marketing: How to Quit Begging and Make People Want to Help You

Well, why not? They are the problem, right? Here you are with a blog or a product or a charity you believe will change the world, and yet no matter how excited you are about the possibilities, no matter how much faith you have in yourself, you can’t help being worried: You don’t know. You can’t know. And it bothers you.

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