Marketing Podcast with John CorcoranPodcast Transcript My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is John Corcoran. He is a lawyer, former writer in the Office of Presidential Letters and Messages for the Clinton administration and former speechwriter in the California Governor’s office during the Davis administration. HeRead More

“ROI” can be a blurry idea in the world of content marketing. With often hard-to-measure costs and returns, content marketing ROI or value isn’t always crystal clear. Dealing in metrics like pageviews, time-on-page, organic impressions, and others aren’t always directly translatable into business revenue, which — let’s face it —Read More

Traditionally, the marketing and sales funnel had the approach of taking a large target group and getting a few clients out of it (i.e. the funnel analogy). Of course, the funnel concept won’t ever go away, but about ten years ago I defined what I think is still a muchRead More

It’s important to convert as many of your visitors into leads or sales the very first time they land on your website, because it may be your only chance. Between 70 and 96 percent of your website visitors will never return once they leave after that initial browsing session. TheRead More

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

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

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

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

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

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