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Is Your Marketing Consultant Strategic? Tactical? Or Both?

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Does your marketing consultant ask the right strategic questions? He had met with consultants who specialize in his industry, who, after a cursory review, told him they had no recommendations beyond what he was currently doing for marketing. Why did the marketing consultants fail to provide recommendations for improvement?

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B2B Marketers to Spend More on Content Marketing in 2013

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A recent study by MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute shows that over half (54%) of B2B marketers plan to spend more on content marketing in 2013 than in previous years. The study is the 2013 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America. Should you join in this content marketing trend?

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B2B Marketers – Has Your Online Content Been Copied?

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Marketers need to understand their rights – and how to take action – when their online content gets copied. I ran some of my website pages through the program and found that two consultants had copied two of my most popular articles – The Truth About Trade Shows and Why Can’t Sales and Marketing Just Get Along?

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Do’s and Don’ts for Re-Purposing Content to Your Blog

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It’s efficient to re-purpose content into your B2B marketing blog. But, there is some content that really doesn’t belong. Your B2B marketing blog is not a place to cut and paste just any existing content, so you can make your per week blog post quota and bump up your SEO performance. Be careful.

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B2B Marketers: Why It’s Time to Commit…

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At the time, there were some examples of B2B digital (social media, website, content) marketing, but I had to dig for them. We provide strategic planning, consulting and digital marketing execution. Three years ago I did a Social Media Marketing presentation to a group of CEOs, mostly from B2B companies. So, what are you waiting for?

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4 Reasons Your Marketing Plan Saves You Money

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You may hire an expert to consult on the plan or you may research best practices in marketing and look at what your competitors are doing (and how well they do it). First, you don’t take the time to consult with vendors and ask for their recommendations. When the content was created, it wasn’t optimized for any keywords.

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12 Steps and the Skills You Need for Your WordPress Website Update

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You just choose a template, install it, and tweak your existing content to make sure all is working, right? A website update in WordPress might be “easy” if you are the business owner, graphic designer, marketing expert, content writer and web developer who knows SEO as well. Write the content.