Today’s guest post is by Lucjan Zaborowski. Project prioritization sucks. This is a frustration shared by both technical and non-technical teams. However, mastering prioritization is crucial to successfully working with your developers because it is vital to their workflow. So if you’ve caught yourself saying, “Why won’t the tech team push my marketing campaign live?” while overhearing an equally frustrated tech team say, “Marketers do not understand ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Unmana Datta. I’ve always felt interview-style blog posts are a great way to create content for a business site. But I’d only taken advantage of them in an ad hoc way until a few months ago, when I started a regular interview series on my business blog. Based on my experience, I wanted to share with you the top six reasons ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Breena Fain. As someone who loves a good story, I’ve always been an advocate for content driving an organization’s public relations efforts. There is no better way to connect with an audience than engaging them through illustrative, relevant content that drives home the importance of your product or service. When our blog was in need of a boost, our team sat ... Read More

One Friday night in 2011, I was on Twitter when I suddenly started seeing a flurry of tweets from friends in Boston about a concert they had been to that night. It was a ‘secret show’ given by Amanda Palmer, and as I watched dozens upon dozens of tweets flying by, I decided to see what the big deal was. What Amanda had done was organize ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Chuck Kent. Spin sucks so much author Jonathan Salem Baskin contends it’s an endangered species. Truth be told, I dissemble as much as the next guy. Nonetheless, Truth with that capital T has always been my greatest interest, the Grail in my unholy professional life. I firmly believe nothing creates more convincing marketing messages – or greater long-term shareholder value – than ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Erica Moss. My name is Erica, and I’m a Warby-holic. As in, Warby Parker. And it’s all their fault. They started by offering a trendy product that I wanted: Hipster chic glasses for just $95. Then they made me swoon with a clean, user-friendly site design. Then they upped the ante with a winning combination of social media savvy and in-person ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by George Zlatin. There has been a paradigm shift in the SEO community during the last year. Google has made their algorithm more favorable for companies that focus on creating unique quality content. This content can be created in many forms (blogs, infographics, videos, etc) and can be leveraged in different ways. Google has always preached about content, but now they have actually ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Lindsay Bell. How y’all doing today? Satiated? Stuffed full of turkey (or tofurkey)? Spinning from chocolate overload? Yes, it’s the day after Christmas 2012, an event that crept up on us with the stealth of a hungry jungle cat (at least it did in this household), and BOOM, just like that, it’s over. But it’s not really over. At least not ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Mark Nicholson. While engaging through social media is essential, few things measure up to creating a dialogue on your own website that create referrals, repeat visitors, and even a sense of community. The value this can provide is a huge win for your brand, although difficult to achieve. In some markets, it might not be feasible to attain a level of regular ... Read More

Today’s guest post is by Whitney Adams. Over the years, smartphones and tablets have changed how people shop, bank, chat with friends and family, and surf the web. There are about 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide, which accounts for eight percent of website hits globally. In the United States, mobile web users make up about 25 percent of Internet users. These numbers are very significant, ... Read More