Here are some of the more impressive WordPress statistics and facts I've been able to dig up recently. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated … [Read more...]
Blogging Tips and Strategy
Here is a collection of our latest Blogging Tips and Strategy articles. I am constantly adding and updating articles, so be sure to check back regularly!
How To: Get Your Site Found in Google Search Results
These days, getting found in Google search results is more important than ever. Social referrals are nice, but are getting more and more expensive and other search engines like Bing and Yahoo are … [Read more...]
Here is How You Write a Killer Blog Post
Whether you are new to blogging or a seasoned scribe, you no doubt on an endless quest to identify ways to improve your posts and attract more readers. I certainly am always searching and in my … [Read more...]
How and When to Use LinkedIn Long-Form Posts in Content Marketing Campaigns
Earlier this year, LinkedIn announced they'd be opening up their publishing platform feature to their 300 million+ users. Essentially, this feature allows you to write a blog post directly on LinkedIn … [Read more...]
5 Good Reasons Why You Need to Back Your Website Up (Infographic)
Backing up your website regularly should be a no-brainer, but for many publishers, it is often put off in favor of more content generation or adding site functionality. It is very similar to backing … [Read more...]
Online Immortality: 5 Ways to Creating Evergreen Content
Online content, whatever type of media it may be in, should be born out of effort. It must strive to provide thought-provoking question and answers or show solutions, all from deep-seated industry … [Read more...]
Calling In To Tumblr With Audio
The 90’s was an interesting era, to say the least. While technology was not exactly as intuitive as we know it now, there were innovations made that were developed upon. Video games, television, and … [Read more...]
Why Your Headlines Are Hurting Your Blog and How to Fix Them
The title is perhaps the most important component of a written piece. It’s the title that draws in a viewer, hopefully sparking their interest at a mere glance. Writing a catchy, intriguing headline … [Read more...]
Five Reasons You Should Write Less and Promote More
How many blog posts should you write a week to be a successful content marketer? One? Five? More? It is, in fact, a trick question. Unless you have an already established audience through a mailing … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Self-Hosted Video Is Better Than YouTube
Most of the videos on the internet are hosted on the world’s second largest search engine, YouTube. The platform has many advantages including a great community and making the process of uploading … [Read more...]
Guest Post: 9 Tips for Content Marketing Success in 2014
The premise that everyone already engages in content marketing (93% of marketers claim to use content marketing) and that there is more and more content out there (2 million blog posts a day) is the … [Read more...]
96 Amazing Tumblr Stats and Facts (2018) | By the Numbers
Every Major Google Search Update From 2013 in One Infographic
These days in digital marketing, the world still revolves around search. Yes, you can see nice shortish term bumps and spurts in web traffic from various social networks and email, advertising and … [Read more...]
How To: Speed Up Your WordPress Site (Infographic)
When it comes to generating web traffic, speed matters. For every additional second it takes for your page to load, exponentially more of your visitors bounce. Digital marketers love blogging … [Read more...]
1,000,000!!!
I am excited to announce that DMR just crossed 1 million pageviews for 2013...and no, I didn't hit refresh 999,999 times. While some marketing sites see over a million pageviews a month, I am very … [Read more...]
What Should Be the Center of All Activity For a Successful B2B Marketing Campaign?
If you guessed social media, think again... With social networks like Twitter, Facebook and others adding and removing features at the drop of a dime, the need for B2B marketers to own your content … [Read more...]
How To: Embed a Facebook Post in a Blog Post
Update 8/21/13: Facebook announced on their developer blog earlier today that the post embed option is now open to everyone. If you had been having trouble finding the option on your posts, you should … [Read more...]
The State of B2B Content Marketing (Infographic)
Being in the business of marketing a risk funding and employee benefits consulting firm (my real job), business to business (B2B) content marketing is something that is near and dear to my … [Read more...]
Everything You Need To Know About Content Marketing (Infographic)
It is safe to say that content marketing is fast becoming a large component, if not the main focus, of just about every successful marketing plan. For businesses of all sizes and just about every … [Read more...]
Guest Post: How to Build a Community for Your Blog
Increase your reader participation According to study done by one Jakob Nielsen on internet usability, a majority of online users are ‘lurkers’; the ones who stay at the background reading your … [Read more...]
Everything You Need to Know About Content Marketing (Infographic)
It is no secret that content marketing works and is quickly becoming a key component in just about any sales & marketing plan. It doesn't matter if your business is B2B or B2C, content generation … [Read more...]
How To: Add a Follow on Feedly Button to Your Blog (and Why You Should)
OK kids, the day we have all been dreading for month is almost upon us. Next Monday, July 1st is the day that Google Reader is no longer. There are a number of potential Google Reader replacements … [Read more...]
MySpace Deletes Old User Content…and Some People Actually Care
You may have missed the announcement, but if you had a MySpace account, the odds are good that your old content has been deleted. To the surprise of its active users, MySpace migrated to the its … [Read more...]
A Key (Overlooked) Component to Content Marketing Success: Quick Decision Making
The effectiveness of content marketing is no longer a secret. What the digital marketing world has been doing and talking about for years has finally caught on universally and is an accepted part of … [Read more...]
What to Look for in Selecting a Digital Agency
5-10 years ago, the trendy way to refer to yourself as a marketing agency was "full service." The term "full service" often made an agency look larger than they were. Often, more than half of the … [Read more...]
How To: Use Google+ for Content Marketing
Even though it has been with us for almost two years, Google+ is still an enigma to many businesses and some marketers. Because Google+ is so heavily interwoven in everything Google does these days, … [Read more...]
RIP Snip.it: Content Curation Network Purchased by Yahoo
Over the past year, I haven't exactly hidden my fondness for Snip.it. The content curation social site was a great place to meet and share with like-minded curators. In case you are not familiar with … [Read more...]
30 Ways to Promote Your Blog Content (Infographic)
There is nothing more frustrating than writing a killer post or spending a bunch of time and resources on an infographic and not being able to gain any traction with it. You put your heart and soul … [Read more...]
How To: Generate Organic Backlinks (Infographic)
Let's face it, a large part of what we do everyday as digital marketers is aimed at improving web SEO and generating more site traffic- either for our clients or ourselves. As we all know, having a … [Read more...]
How To: Embed an Instagram Photo in a WordPress Blog Post
WordPress recently added a feature that is sure to be a useful one to anyone looking to show off their photography skills on their blog. You can now embed an Instagram photo on your blog and it is … [Read more...]
3 Important Benefits of Digital Public Relations. Benefit 2: Content Generation
In my last post, I highlighted the SEO benefits of bringing your public relations (PR) efforts online and part of your digital marketing plan. In this, the second installment of a three-part series, … [Read more...]
9 Steps to Making Pinterest a Top Referrer of Traffic to Your Website
Note: This post originally appeared on my other site pinterestinsider.com. Please visit the Insider for more of the latest Pinterest news and tips. No doubt about it, Pinterest is hot in 2012 and … [Read more...]
How to Write the “Perfect” Marketing Blog Post (INFOGRAPHIC)
I recently found this helpful infographic from Social Triggers that dissects the "Perfect" blog post. There is a bunch of good stuff in here that gives you insights into the psychology of content … [Read more...]
How and Why Corporations are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
94% of corporations are using social media to further their business interests, as told in an infographic from MBAprograms.org that breaks down why corporations use social media and how they use … [Read more...]
14 Tools You Should Be Using to Generate Blog Traffic
The old cliché “Content is King” has never been more true in the digital marketing world. New, fresh, sharable website content not only builds your brand and generates potential leads, but it also … [Read more...]
How To: Add a Google+ Share Button to Your WordPress Blog
Google launched the Google+ share button today, which is exactly what it sounds like- a way to share a page or post directly with your Google+ circles. The share button looks very similar to the … [Read more...]
How To: Embed Spotify Music in a WordPress Post
In case you wanted to spruce up your blog posts with a song, album or artist, Wordpress announced recently that you can now embed Spotify and Rdio music. Essentially, it is a simple link copy/past. … [Read more...]
How To: Add a Facebook Subscribe Button to a WordPress Blog
A few months ago, Facebook enabled subscriptions for personal profiles. Subscribers only see what you make 'public' on your Facebook profile. Much like the anyone you put on your restricted list, … [Read more...]
How You Can Raise Autism Awareness On (and Off) line
Autism Speaks is working on a campaign to promote autism awareness that integrates digital and traditional marketing pretty well. The Light it up Blue campaign encourages people to show their blue … [Read more...]
Watch what you post…everyone is watching you!
Social media is, and should be, social. No doubt about it. If you are a broadcaster and fail to listen and engage, you will have a lonely social media existence. That being said, when posting to your … [Read more...]
SEO is for more than websites: Optimize Everything!
For years, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been almost exclusively reserved for websites. Brand managers paid SEO consultants big bucks to get their websites ranked as high as possible in search … [Read more...]