Posted on April 23, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Blogging, Content Management, Content Marketing
Last week the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth came out with a report that said that blogging is on the decline and that Facebook and Twitter are taking over… A new study has shown that blogging amongst brands and businesses is in decline as corporations turn to social media to [...]
Posted on April 21, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Content Management, Content Marketing, Thought Leadership, Thoughts
Some people like to make things overly complicated. Me? Sometimes I like to grossly oversimplify things and take them back to the basics. Example? ‘Thought leadership’ marketing. To my mind, if you want to be a thought leader there are only two things you need to do well: Deepen your expertise through a continuous learning [...]
Posted on April 16, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Blogging, Content Marketing
[View the story "Blogging and content marketing for 4/16/2012" on Storify] Blogging and content marketing for 4/16/2012 My weekly roundup of all things bloggy… Storified by Todd Lohenry · Mon, Apr 16 2012 11:13:02 Utexas In the news: Information Obesity: Does Your Audience Really Need Your Content?The use of food metaphors to refer to content [...]
Posted on April 4, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Content Management, Content Marketing, Thought Leadership, Thoughts
I talk frequently about curation and what a valuable tool it is. I teach my students and clients that the time to curate content like this is when you find the paragraphs you WISH you’d written and you can add value to the curated content in the process. Jeff Goins is one of the most [...]
Posted on April 3, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Blogging, Content Management, Content Marketing, Thought Leadership, Thoughts
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The first commandment of social media is ‘share, share, share’. A blog should be designed in such a way as to facilitate that sharing, both for the author AND the reader. Here are some practical tips on how I use sharing from my blog to drive traffic and engagement…
Posted on April 3, 2012
by Todd Lohenry
in Blogging, Content Marketing, Google, Social Media, Thought Leadership
I’m a huge fan of curation as a means of attracting attention to your thought leadership position. Here’s a great perspective from HubSpot on the value of curation done well… Curated content, or content aggregated from various sources into one comprehensive resource (be it a blog post, an ebook, a presentation, etc.) can be a [...]