The Simple Publishing Hack That Gives Old Content New Life (Plus 3 More Tips)

By Rainmaker.FM

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Picture this. You have a publishing deadline looming. And you are fresh out of ideas. Your audience, one you’ve built on the back of a predictable publishing schedule, is expecting an article tomorrow morning. What will you do?

Fortunately, The Lede hosts Jerod Morris and Demian Farnworth have an answer for you. One that they regularly practice, and one that is explained in a recent Whiteboard Friday video by Rand Fishkin.

And you’ll be surprised how simple it is to implement, too.

Plus, they’ve got more content marketing news and advice to share in this episode of The Lede … an episode that …read more      

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John Lee Dumas on Discovering Exactly Who You’re Speaking To

By Rainmaker.FM

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You could be blogging, podcasting, working YouTube, or creating any other type of content. Or … you might just be looking to craft the perfect message to land more customers and clients.

You may have heard of creating personas or avatars as a smart way to better understand how to communicate with your prospects, but blown it off as some artificial marketing exercise.

Today’s episode of Unemployable with Brian Clark will make it abundantly clear that this is actually a core procedure in becoming a more efficient, and more human, business person.

Brian is joined by podcasting superhero John Lee Dumas of …read more      

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The Myth of the Magical Rolodex

By Rainmaker.FM

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The key to an effective content PR program is not having drinks with a bunch of reporters or bloggers.

Sure, it’s fun, but that won’t get you the story.

Discover what will on this episode of PR is Dead.

In this 17-minute episode of PR is Dead, you’ll learn:

  • Why relationships are only a small part of the PR business
  • Why good story pitches are so important
  • How to build a relationship with a reporter

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Learn from the Best: 6 Skills All Great Writers Have (and How to Learn Them)

By Neil Patel

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If you want to be a successful online marketer, there’s one thing you must be able to do:

you must be able to write.

Writing is involved in almost every type of content creation there is.

Emails, blog posts, and books are all primarily written content.

But even for videos, podcasts, and courses, you need to write content as well as scripts.

I’ll be honest with you:

If you’re a terrible writer, it’s unlikely you’ll be successful.

It’s harsh, but it’s true.

The good news is that you probably aren’t a terrible writer. It’s pretty hard to be one.

But at the same time, it’s hard to become a …read more      

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How to Tame Content Creation Chaos with Rock-Solid Workflows

By Charlie Gilkey

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Have you ever noticed that your content marketing activities tend to amount to doing the same types of tasks over and over?

At the process level, there’s not much that changes from one blog post to the next or from one social media campaign to the next, though the content itself may change.

Whether or not you’ve noticed it, your content marketing activities are a collection of workflows.

I hinted at this in my last post, on how to delegate content marketing tasks.

Now, let’s take a closer look at workflows, because it’s a game-changer when you shift …read more      

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