Tweet Want to know more about online persuasion and how you can write content that gets results? Here’s a quick one minute video promoting my Content Marketing with Blogs ebook. The e-book formatting and design was done by my son-in-law, expert graphic designer and creative genius, Scott Krakoff. Tell me what you think… If you haven’t downloaded it…
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Tweet To be truly persuasive, all professionals must make presentations. Let’s face it, not all marketing is online, nor is all content marketing published information. The most persuasive marketing tool that exists is face-to-face human interaction. Are your presentations truly persuasive, or could you improve? Even if you’re not in sales, and even if you’re…
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Tweet Even if you’ve never been on Pinterest, you’ve probably heard of it—this hot social network is drawing attention everywhere, from newspapers and magazines to television and political campaigns. Since beginning just a few years ago, it has become the fastest website in history to hit 10 million visitors a month—buoyed to success by loyal…
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Tweet There’s an important shift in content marketing tactics that affects professionals who want to get found, get known and get clients online. And that shift means a different mindset. Not too long ago I came across a great blog post. There was a picture of a pair of glasses lying on a bench with this caption: Don’t you wish…
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Tweet You get better results with your content marketing when you speak to the “old brain,” the one that’s also known as the primitive brain or the survival brain. Knowing how the brain works will help you write better as well as help you with presentations to influence others. There are a few principles to remember, and…
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Tweet Content marketing experts and the people who write marketing messages ought to understand how consumers’ brains work if they want to engage and create trust and loyalty. The problem lies in assuming people are in charge of their own choices… Everybody thinks they are in control of their behaviors and decisions. We think we…
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Tweet If you want to know more about how to write content that makes an impact on the brains of your readers, here are some interesting sites and books about the emerging field of neuromarketing. There are new neuromarketing companies and books galore, and I believe most offer important clues for content marketers. Here are a few…
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Tweet The study of the buying decision process, or neuromarketing, has had a tremendous impact on content marketing. More brands are being studied in laboratories around the world as consumers are being hooked up to brain imaging machines, fMRI, EEG and other devices so that they are monitored while they read marketing messages and make decisions. Neuromarketing is…
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Tweet Every time I read about a new neuromarketing study, it seems they’re only confirming what copywriters and marketers knew all along: to get readers to take action, you must address the “what’s in it for me” filter in consumers’ minds. Easy, right? Well… Although we can’t directly cause people to do something, we can use…
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Tweet How do you write good blog posts that connect emotionally with readers and turn them into loyal fans? Oh, heck, that’s easy. All you have to do is: Grab their attention Get them emotionally engaged Make a memorable impact There you go, right? Easy-peasy. This is what you need to do whenever you write any content designed…
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