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Brand or sell? Entice or inform? Taking a Topical Approach to Blogging - Expio

Brand or Sell? Entice or Inform? Taking a Topical Approach to Blogging

[author title="About the Author"] Brand or Sell? “Branding” has become one of the murkiest marketing terms on the Internet. It can basically mean anything. Branded content can mean a dozen different things. Branding can easily become inbred company rhetoric that only increases customer boredom. But branding can also lead to a direct approach to blogging that helps users get what they need. For our purposes, we’ll refer to branding as any written emphasis that speaks directly about a business or its services. In...

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6 Strategies for Writing Great Business Blogs - Expio

6 Strategies for Writing Great Business Blogs: For Agencies and Marketers

[author title="About Joshua"] There are thousands of new business blogs being published online everyday. To earn a new customer from blogging as a business, it takes strategy, and attention to detail. Competition is fierce. And the "noise" is loud. Attention from readers is hard to come by. If you're writing new blog content for an agency, or your own business, this post is for you. Do You Care Enough? It might seem over simplistic, but do you care enough about this content? It's easy...

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Facebook Post “Reach” Is Declining and What to Do About it

Consider "Boosting" Posts regularly As you may have noticed, while social media use and engagement continue to rise, Facebook organic (not boosted) reach has been on the decline.

 Some see this as a negative, but it's not. Facebook, now a public company, has had to grow up and actually meet quarterly earnings. So, they've decreased the ability of brands to get the kind of reach they once had without spending some money. We've tracked our client pages and we've seen this decline first...

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How To Attract Influencers, Not Freeloaders, In Facebook Contests

How to Ensure Your Facebook Contests Attract Genuine Fans By Emeric Ernoult Published June 10, 2013, Social Media Examiner #1: Award Appropriate Prizes Don’t offer attractive prizes that have nothing to do with your brand. #2: Choose Your Winners Wisely Many contests use a system of votes (photo competitions) or point accumulations (quizzes) to identify finalists or winners. These methods animate your campaign, boost engagement and can increase the chances of the contest going viral. But they should never be the only methods used for choosing your...

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Giving Purpose to #Hashtags

Post by Expio Consulting. We see all sorts of applications for the use of hashtags in the Twitter world. What do they all mean? Using hashtags is clearly a top tactic for the world's largest events and platforms. The Super Bowl and the Olympics are both markedly saturated with different hashtags. Just this week, Nike released a video that's gone viral with a dramatic portrayal of Lebron James and the first-time release of hashtag #JustDoIt - the brand's iconic catchphrase. Bunches...

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Social Networking Should Be Clear and Meaningful

Clear and Meaningful Social Networking So you've heard back from a follower on a social site like LinkedIn or Twitter. Great! They've been watching your posts and want to know more about what you do. Now, you've got their attention. But, how do you keep it? And, more importantly, how do you turn attention into a closed deal? Most deals take a minimum of 7 or more attempts to close after making a proposal, statistics say. That means you have a long...

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Future of Social Media Strategy

happily shared via On The Record Future of Social Media Strategy with Brian SolisEric Schwartzman: Monday, April 22, 2013 | 1:43 p.m.  [Listen here] To make sure our online Social Media Training Bootcamp stays timely, I spoke to social media marketing analyst Brian Solis about his new book What’s the Future of Business – Changing the Way Business Create Experiences, which redefines the key elements of an effective social media strategy. (more…)

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Structure of stories: Every great story will follow a predictable pattern. The five elements to any great story.

5 Crucial Elements To Any Good Story

Recently, we were able to hear from Matthew Luhn, a former member of Pixar Studio and a key cartoonist for the Toy Story Movie. He was speaking in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of the Seeds Conference. He focused on teaching the timeless elements to any great story. What stood out to us was how simple - even predictable - they were. Exposition This is the character development phase of any story. In Star Wars terms, this is our first glimpse into the dull life...

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