Everyone can have influence, but not everyone can be an influencer. And I say this as someone who has participated in several influencer campaigns but would never claim the label.

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Today, I’ve got a special treat for you, something most companies won’t share: a peek at one of our losses.

Email marketing is integral to any marketing strategy because it’s a great way to generate leads and convert audiences.

You open your computer on a Monday morning, and you have a few Slack messages about a campaign you're launching on Tuesday.

It often surprises people to learn just how unfunny making comedy can be. I worked with this week’s master of marketing some years ago out of The Onion’s HQ, so we’ve both been behind the scenes. A business is still a business, and marketing is still marketing.

In the world of search engine marketing (SEM), I’m seeing a growing number of marketers turn to PPC campaigns. That’s how Google has significantly grown its advertising revenue every year.

When prospects first come to your business page, they probably won’t just click and buy your offering immediately.

I remember running my first A/B test after college. It wasn’t till then that I understood the basics of getting a big enough A/B test sample size or running the test long enough to get statistically significant results.

Developing a consistent brand starts with creating a brand style guide. These branding rule books help graphic designers, marketers, web developers, community managers, and even product packaging departments present a unified vision of the brand to the public.

Every time I work with a new brand, my first order of business is to conduct a competitive analysis. 

Why do you choose to buy products and services from certain brands even when cheaper options exist? It often comes down to a compelling brand mission — like these 35 mission statement examples.

There’s no debate that when it comes to succeeding in digital content, mastering SEO is a must. When I first became a content writer, most of the advice I received was about keywords, backlinks, relevancy, and improving user experience.

A memo is the best way to share news when you have a significant update or important win within your company.
Unlike an email, your memo will go out to your entire department or everyone at the company, so knowing how to format a memo is just as important as what you write. No pressure. (Well, maybe some pressure…)

With 2.5 billion active users, YouTube is an undeniably important channel for your marketing efforts. Knowing how to optimize your YouTube channel can help you increase your chances of discoverability and reach more people.

As a writer, I have to let readers and potential clients know my expertise, my skills, and why they should work with me or be interested in what I say. So, a professional bio is a must in my industry.

As a content creator, I know brand identity is everything. My audience wants to know what makes me different, why I create content, why they should trust the information I put out, and why I might promote a product or service.

I believe that reading sample business plans is essential when writing your own.

I’ve worked in digital marketing and SEO for over a decade. Five years ago, I committed entirely to SEO. I became really passionate about it and have since shared thousands of posts on LinkedIn about all things SEO.

I judge every email subject line that makes its way into my inbox. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the subject line is the sole factor I use to decide whether the content of the email will be interesting to me.

Do you take a good, hard look at your team's marketing strategy every year?

Whether I'm walking into a restaurant, or passing by an advertisement through a windowpane, I seem to run into QR codes just about anywhere these days. I feel like this is the case for everyone now that 45% of shoppers claim to use marketing-related QR codes.

Have you been on a time crunch to create social media content?

The first thing I do every weekday morning is tell my Amazon Alexa to turn off my alarm. In other words, the very first interaction of my day is with artificial intelligence (AI) — kind of surreal now that I write it.

Let me just say this — my LinkedIn profile has provided me with some excellent results. LinkedIn has helped me secure a job, get four-figure freelance gigs, connect with marketing pros, and appear on podcasts.

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I've been editing videos for almost a decade, both professionally and for my passion projects. So, believe me when I say I know how tedious editing even the shortest videos can be.