How Marketing and Advertising Are Bound to Change In 2018

Digital marketing hasn’t seen any major shifts in a while. Sure, we had to optimize our websites for mobile user experience, tweak SEO a little as the algorithm gods required and make a few other minor changes. Social media has been booming, too — but nothing very thought-provoking. This newRead More

One Easy Way to Create Great Content That You’re Not Utilizing

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Greg Rollett uses Times Square as a backdrop to make a great point about powerful content you could be making but aren’t. Rollett reminds viewers to use their current surroundings and fun experiences for content — what Gary Vaynerchuk calls documenting, rather than creating.Read More

New Year, New Outlook: TopRank Marketing’s 2018 Integrated Digital Marketing Predictions

The new year is barely underway and already we’re already seeing significant shifts in digital marketing. Facebook recently announced their decision to favor friends over brands in news feeds and YouTube has tightened the reins on what channels can be monetized. And this is just within the first few weeksRead More

When You’re Customers Are Talking, Quiet Your Brand Voice and Listen.

We’ve all heard that writing according to the company style guide is good for customers because it creates brand voice consistency. But does that still apply when customers are looking for help? When it comes to self-service, the brand voice can often be tone deaf. It may be time toRead More

Hitting the Marketing Email Sweet Spot With Millennials (Infographic)

While it might seem like millennials are on their computers or smartphones 24/7, that doesn’t necessarily mean they are checking their email every second of the day. As a marketer, it’s important to know when to send an email, what to include in it and ultimately, how to get someoneRead More

Here’s How to Wring Value From Outdated Blog Posts

Over the past nine years, I have consulted dozens of clients on their marketing campaigns. A lot of my assignments have been related to organic brand building and content marketing. Today’s question comes from Gregory Bullock from TheraSpecs. He asks, “What is the best strategy for dealing with outdated/low performing blogRead More

Weekend Favs January 20

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for theRead More

This Entrepreneur Built the Hottest Celebrity Spot on the Planet — and a Brand With Staying Power

Mark Birnbaum is the co-founder of the EMM Group, owner of the Catch restaurant chain, which are arguably the hottest restaurants in the world with A-list celebrities visiting weekly. He recently sold 50 percent of his company to Tillman Fertitta, the Texas billionaire who’s the man behind the CNBC show Billion Dollar Buyer andRead More

Digital Marketing News: 2018 Creative Trends, Organic Facebook Dead, YouTube Tightens Up

2018 Creative Trends – Shutterstock’s data and creative teams analyzed their customers’ billions of searches for images, footage, and music search and download data to discover the biggest year-over-year increases. What are the top trends? Fantasy, New Minimalism, Space, Natural Luxury, and Punchy Pastels among others. – Shutterstock [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A2vMwMq0cY] ‘Organic reachRead More

The Winning Formula For Content Creation

When I was growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, information was a valued possession. It was rare and hard to get. You had to go to the library if you wanted to find information in any vast quantities. In the late ’90s, I got my first computer with aRead More