3 Things Your Audience Wants You to Know about Useful Content

By Rainmaker.FM

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Publishing useful content is the backbone of any content marketing strategy. But what does it mean to be useful?

Useful content boils down to three things: education, entertainment, and inspiration. And if you can combine all three … you have a winner.

Sometimes, though, you don’t need to entertain. You just need to educate. That’s the case with, say, an irrigation company.

But other times, you need to educate and entertain. That’s exactly what Jon Rimmerman does to move cases and cases of very expensive wine.

These are both winners when it comes to useful content. In essence, useful content respects …read more      

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How to Accidentally Start (then Scale) a Business

By Rainmaker.FM

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Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is the President of the Statements Brand, which includes Statements the Salon, Statements the Academy, Statements Photography, and The Statements Project.

She has been in the beauty industry 24 years and an “accidental” entrepreneur for 17 years after accidentally opening a salon at the age of 18.

She still works behind the chair with her team of 50 stylists, as well as educating, managing, and transitioning new talent into the cosmetology industry.

Her salon has been named Best Salon in Prince William County and Northern Virginia for more than five years running and is due to …read more      

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A Reporter Called Me Back … Now What?!

By Rainmaker.FM

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You did it! You pitched a reporter, and he or she called you for comment.

In this episode of PR is Dead, you’ll learn best practices for making the most of this exciting opportunity.

In this 19-minute episode of PR is Dead, host Doyle Albee discusses:

  • How to answer a reporter’s call
  • What you need to think about before sitting down for an interview
  • Some do’s and don’ts for doing interviews

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Rainmaker.FM is the premier digital marketing and sales podcast network. Get on-demand digital …read more      

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4 Clever Ways Videos Can Help You Attract Customers

By Neil Patel

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Most people would rather watch a movie than read the book that it’s based on.

In general, video is an entertaining and informative type of content that people love.

It’s strange, then, that so few businesses use video to improve the results of their online marketing.

Videos can attract more attention than regular text content can. And since people can’t really skim videos, most will watch the entire thing if it’s interesting.

The biggest benefit of using video is that it typically raises your conversion rate. A video on your landing page will increase your sales, while videos on your blog posts will improve …read more      

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A Sneak Peek at the Redesign of Copyblogger.com

By Pamela Wilson

Here's what's coming in the Copyblogger website redesign

Over the past few months, the team at Rainmaker Digital has been working hard to redesign Copyblogger.com.

We’re creating a new interface that will be easier to read and use. And we can’t wait to show it to you!

The new site isn’t quite ready yet. But in this post, we’re going to give you a sneak peek at what’s coming and why we’re making the changes you’ll see.

An easy-to-read serif font

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For the first time in the history of Copyblogger, our text font will be a super clear and easy-to-read serif font.

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