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4 Content Marketing Goals for a Coach Website

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How should content marketing be used on the home page of your website? What makes good website copy? More specifically, if you’re a professional service provider, like an executive coach, a consultant, a lawyer, health care or financial adviser… how do you create a website that attracts clients and gets potential new leads? No matter what business you’re in, your…

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A Checklist for 2012 Content Marketing Plans

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2012 Content Marketing – how did we get here so fast?  I’ve been reviewing my 2011 blog posts, email broadcasts, videos, and taking stock. I hope you’re doing the same, so you’ll get an idea of what’s needed for your own business in 2012. (Photo courtesy Rawich/FreeDigitalPhotos.net) Here’s a checklist for reviewing your 2011 content marketing results…

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Content Marketing Tasks: Practice Makes Progress

Written by in Brain Based Content Marketing, Content Marketing, Online Marketing, Writing for the Web, Writing Speeches
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If you’ve spent your career avoiding certain marketing tasks because you don’t think you’re any good at them, you struggle each time you try, and you end up with weak results, take heart. Persistence has been touted by poets for a reason. Your brain learns a lot each time you try something, even if you fail. If…

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Content Marketing Tip: Start with Ready-to-Publish Articles

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Content marketing is easier when you can outsource some of the writing and researching to qualified writers. A great way to short-cut the time needed to research, write and publish quality online content is to find a good writer to supply articles. For example, as a former executive coach and psychologist, I write for other coaches and consultants who are…

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Entering the World of Social Media:
Better Late than Never

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(A guest post by Frank Anderson.) The younger generation is, without fail, the heaviest participant in social media. Born straight into the world of online dependency, the art of social media is considered just another common form of innate communication. (Image by Nutdanai Apikhomboonwaroot, freedigitalphotos.net) However, while Generation Y was spending their younger years amidst…

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5 Reasons Content Marketing is Getting Harder

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I hate to be a purveyor of gloom, there’s too much of that around these days. But I’ve been thinking about this and want to share my thoughts with you. Here are some reasons content marketing is getting more challenging. There exists: A shift away from focusing on your products and services (what you know…

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Top 10 “Ego” Blogs: Get Inspired, Write Better

Written by in About Blogs, Blogs We Love, Content Marketing, How to...Tips, On Writing Better, Writing Great Blog Content
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I’ve been using Alltop.com to find blogs in niches. And I really enjoy their aggregated lists* of top blog personalities, or as they call them, Ego Blogs. I have no idea what their requirement is to get listed as an Ego Blog, but looking at the individuals who are included, I’d say these are all big names…

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Say NO to Auto-Feeds:
Your Blog & Facebook, Social Sites

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Today’s guest post is written by Christine Buffaloe, of Serenity Virtual Assistant Services, a great resource for social media know-how, for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Many people who think they don’t have time for social media use applications that automatically feed their blogs into Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Although this seems like a good idea,…

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Social Proof: Are You Using Client Recommendations?

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This weekend I got a call from a person who wanted to buy a subscription to executive coach articles to use for his newsletter. What sealed the deal? The testimonials from other subscribers. Recommendations, testimonials and client stories are a powerful persuasion tactic. It’s one of the key persuasion triggers that get people to take…

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Blog Writing Tips for Business Clarity:
A Helpful Diagram

Written by in About Blogs, Article Ideas, Content Marketing, On Writing Better, Online Persuasion
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Good business writing should be like a good butler: working smoothly in the service of the reader without calling attention to itself. This means that you avoid language that sounds impressive. This weekend I was reviewing some books on business writing, including Harvard Business Review’s Guide to Better Business Writing. Although these tips are designed…

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