Inbound marketing strategies have fundamentally changed the way we market.  In this digital age we now have the ability to pull consumers to us through the principal strategies of inbound marketing which are, content creation, social media, and search engine optimization.  Consumers today no longer want to be barraged with annoying ads for products and services they have no interest in. They want to be able to easily find specific, relevant information and education about the products or services they are interested in and research them on their timetable.  Inbound marketing capitalizes on how consumers search and shop today, which is why this method of marketing produces much better results than traditional outbound marketing.  So, in accordance with inbound marketing strategies, marketers have been very busy creating a great deal of quality content in order to engage prospects and increase lead generation.  As a result, the competition to get content seen is fierce.  Better promotion of content is now key for continued success.  

We have found an article at Marketo, written by Alan Cassinelli, that you should check out.  The article lists 4 great ways to promote your content in order to increase engagement.  In addition, Allen illustrates why each one works with real world examples.

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What are the latest digital marketing trends you should be paying attention to?  There are now so many digital channels, tactics, and technologies available, that deciding what to focus on can be difficult.  The infographic below highlights the 6 digital marketing trends predicted to have the biggest impact on digital marketing this year.

Writing on the web isn’t the same as writing a book or college report. If you want to succeed with your content marketing strategy, you need to understand your visitors. Here are a few tips for writing on the web.

Email is still the primary way we communicate in business.  So we send and receive a lot of emails.  In addition to the time spent on crafting emails, the time we spend on email received can be significant due to the fact that they usually require some action from us. Whether the action required is answering, forwarding, filing or deleting, the end result is that the average person can spend up to a 4th of their work week dealing with email.  This barrage of email isn't going to end anytime in the foreseeable future.  One thing that may help all of us though, is learning to write effective emails that will produce a higher response rate in a more timely manner.  We have found an article at Act-On, written by Pam Neely, that gives us 5 simple ways to write better emails.  By using these tips you may find dealing with your email a little less frustrating and time consuming.