Social media SEO is a hot topic right now, as it should be. Conversations around search engines and social media marketing have been happening for years, and it’s about time social media and SEO unite. As an SEO consultant with...
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How to build an email list from scratch: 15 incredibly effective strategies
When I set out to build an email list from scratch for MarketingIdeas.com, I didn’t have a product. No pricing page. No polished brand. Just a one-liner and a waitlist. Within a few weeks, that waitlist had grown to hundreds...
I tried 8 AI project management tools to see if they’re worth it
Choosing the right AI project management tool for your team can help you save hundreds (even thousands) of dollars per year. I’ve managed projects across a variety of businesses — scrappy startups, agencies with 50+ team members, and enterprises like...
You can make money doing this?!
A couple years ago, a YouTuber and artist known as Ten Hundred reached his $10k Kickstarter funding goal in 3 minutes. That’s 180 seconds, y’all. It took longer than that to write this intro. Brandon Smithwrick, Kickstarter’s then-director of content...
How to get sponsored on Instagram [what 500+ social media marketers are looking for]
At my job at Nickelodeon, I’m fortunate enough to get to work with a variety of influencers and creators — from family influencers focusing on parenthood to beauty influencers to comedy sketch creators. You’d be surprised to see that they...
B2B Reads: Sales & Marketing Alignment, Lead Nurturing, and B2B Digital Marketing Success
Every Saturday morning we share some of our favorite B2B sales and marketing posts from around the web last week (so it’s fresh!). We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing...
12 ebook templates for InDesign, PowerPoint, and Google Docs [free download]
I’m no designer. Sure, I dabble in Canva and can whip up a quick event invite when I need to. But when it comes to pulling together a full ebook design: layout, flow, and visuals, that’s not exactly my forte....
How to write an effective communication plan [+ templates]
An angry, influential customer tags your company in a LinkedIn rant about a buggy product release. You watch the impressions climb fast. Comments pile up as others vent their frustrations and feed the frenzy. Welcome to a social media communication...
How to keep your emails out of the spam folder
Back in 2003, I was working with my first big consulting client, Hasbro. (Yes, that Hasbro. And yes, it was as fun as you'd imagine.) Sitting on my desk at the time — dog-eared, tea-stained, salsa-splotched — was a multi-page...
The AI revolution killed your website traffic. It’s also your biggest opportunity.
Small business owners are all saying the same thing: “My website traffic is tanking, and the stuff that used to work just doesn‘t anymore.” And they’re right. Nearly 60% of searches don’t end in a click — people are getting...