8 Tools That Will Help You Get Inside Your Readers’ Heads

By Neil Patel

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Do you hate the phrase “getting inside your reader’s head?”

Although you know you are supposed to be able to do it, you don’t have any specific instructions on how to do it.

Of course, it’s important to understand your current readers and those you are trying to attract with your content, but that’s one of the hardest skills you have to develop as a writer.

It’s going to take years of continuous improvement to become really good at it.

However, there are ways for you to get this information much sooner—namely, formulas and tools.

In this post, I’m going to focus on the latter.

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What Is a Content Marketing Strategy?

By Demian Farnworth

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According to Google Trends, interest in content marketing has been on the rise since January 2011.

But this should not surprise anyone. We all seem to be awash in content marketing.

What’s surprising is that many content marketers don’t have a documented strategy.

So, let’s fix that. Today, content marketer, we’ll help you get a plan in place.

But first we need to clear up a little confusion about content marketing strategy.

Content marketing strategy defined

Some people like to make a distinction between the terms content strategy and content marketing strategy. The distinction, they suggest, is …read more      

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Rainmaker Rewind: New Mini-Series: Things I Love/Things I Hate

By Caroline Early

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I’ve got a good one for you this week.

Sonia Simone, host of Confessions of a Pink-haired Marketer, launched her new mini-series: Things I Love / Things I Hate, and the first episode can’t be missed.

The new mini-series explores things she thinks are awesome and … all the other stuff ?

Sonia covers the art of finding the right self-promotion balance on Twitter — without turning into a shouty boor. She’ll also give you her thoughts on how to create engaging content that isn’t stuffy or fluffy and focuses on your goals instead.

Plus, she gives …read more      

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How to Improve Your Revenue Using Video Ads

By Neil Patel

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As a marketer, you always want to be ahead of the curve.

The most effective tactics are always the ones that the majority of marketers either haven’t adopted yet or haven’t been successful with yet.

One of the current tactics that fall into that category is the use of video in advertising.

Very few marketers have tried to create video ads, but that will change in the coming years.

The consumption of video in general is growing at a rapid pace. Over half (55 percent) of people watch at least one video a day. Some watch several dozen.

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Just 9 Hours Left: Join The Showrunner Podcasting Course Today

By Jerod Morris

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One final reminder. :-)

You have until today (February 19, 2016) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (7:00 p.m. CT, 6:00 p.m. MT, 5:00 p.m. PT) to join The Showrunner Podcasting Course before we close the doors to new registrants.

To learn more about the course, and decide if you want to join the hundreds of others who have already made the investment to learn our proven step-by-step process, click here:

http://showrunnercourse.com

You will learn how to develop, launch, and run a remarkable podcast — the kind of podcast that can build the audience of your dreams and …read more      

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