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In 2005 I had a crazy idea, to build an HD video hosting website for gamers. The website launched into a private beta in 2006, I called it GamersTube. The concept was to build an on-demand video hosting website with unparalleled video quality and eventually add-on live streaming...
Every now and then a really fun thing happens on Reddit where someone just wants to explore smaller websites on the internet instead of browsing the same monolithic sites every day. I wanted to bring you the a list of the top websites you’ve never heard of according...
Joe Youngblood Consulting has acquired PRHunters, a SaaS tool based in the UK that seeks to help connect journalists and sources. PRHunters is similar to other journalist outreach tools you’ve used, but instead of requiring that journalist submit requests to an email list and that pr people /...
The developer of Redective has responded to my questions about his tool here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Redective/comments/49k3ce/i_feel_stupid_for_not_coming_here_first_i_should/d16hbk9 The timezone is based on your device (Computer, Phone, whatever). Whatever it has it set to, that’s what the hours will be converted to. A quick way to test is to try the user...
This week I wanted to showcase a really simple and free content marketing tool, FaqFox. Essentially this tool crawls a website and scrapes it’s content, then displays content that matches the keyword you enter. This is probably a good time to note that FaqFox only gives you 50...
NOTE: I’m aware of the choppy audio. The recording software I use updated just before this recording and appears to have either changed some settings or use more resources. I’m working on correcting the audio skips and will have a better solution for next week. We can’t all...
The problem with Brainstorming Brainstorming sounds like a great idea. Get your smartest people together, put them in a room, and have them work together to come up with ideas. First developed and used by famed advertising executive Alex Osborne who discussed it in his 1942 book “How...
Content marketing is a strategic approach to creating and distributing valuable and relevant content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience. It is a vital aspect of any modern business’s digital marketing strategy, and it plays a significant role in increasing brand awareness, driving traffic to a website, generating leads, and ultimately, increasing revenue.
Here are some reasons why content marketing is important:
Increases brand awareness: By creating and sharing high-quality, informative, and engaging content, businesses can increase their brand awareness among their target audience. Consistently publishing content on various platforms helps to establish the brand as an authority in its industry and improves its online visibility.
Boosts website traffic: Content marketing can help increase website traffic by providing valuable information to the target audience. If the content is valuable, informative, and engaging, it can attract more visitors to the website, which can lead to increased sales.
Improves search engine rankings: Search engines favor websites that have high-quality and relevant content. By consistently publishing valuable content on their website, businesses can improve their search engine rankings, which can lead to increased visibility and traffic.
Builds brand loyalty: By creating content that is relevant and valuable to their target audience, businesses can build brand loyalty. This is because customers appreciate businesses that provide them with useful information and advice that helps them solve their problems.
Generates leads and conversions: Content marketing can be used to generate leads and conversions. By creating content that addresses the pain points of their target audience, businesses can attract potential customers and encourage them to take action, such as subscribing to an email list, filling out a contact form, or making a purchase.
When done correctly, content marketing is a critical aspect of any modern business’s marketing strategy. By providing valuable and relevant content to their target audience, businesses can increase their brand awareness, website traffic, search engine rankings, brand loyalty, and ultimately, their revenue.
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