Why do you need to care about storytelling in 2018? Let’s begin with a story… Picture this: you’re camping out in a forest. The smell of toasted marshmallows lingers as you gather around the flickering flames of a recently lit fire. Some people are talking, others are laughing but the group falls silent as a
Creating content is easy, creating content that’s a pleasure to read is harder, creating content that drives traffic is really tough. Whether you are driving traffic from social media to a website/landing page or from email to social media, the rules are the same. There are plenty of ways to boost the power of your
“Quick! I need a 1000-word PR by 11am” shouts the CMO to the Content Manager at 10.45am. Because obviously it’s easy to source, write, edit and fact check an assignment of this size in 15 minutes. Sadly, there are many business leaders out there and indeed employees who think writing interesting, informative and on-brand content is
If you’re friends with a writer then you will know that we can be a strange bunch. One minute serenely staring out to sea, notepad in hand and the next mumbling character ideas and scribbling random words on a receipt. No two writers are ever the same but we do share certain similarities. Here are
2018 is shaping up to be an exciting year for online marketing, as the rise of data analytics, live video streaming and native advertising permeate a wide variety of business strategies. With online marketing becoming more crowded, businesses are looking for more effective ways to reach their target market, making segmentation more critical than ever
Social media writing can’t be hard, right? ‘LOL’ isn’t hard to spell and we all know where the # button is on a keyboard and mobile – so what’s the issue? Well, producing readable, engaging and original content for social channels that people want to interact with and share is not as easy as it
Creating engaging headlines is one of the most important aspects of copy writing, it’s also the most challenging part and the part in which most businesses fail. If you don’t write a compelling headline then your email or blog post won’t get opened and your entire digital marketing funnel will be void. So how do
Whatever your brand is about and whatever you’re selling content is KING! Your content writing is the key to grabbing attention, gaining interest, increasing web traffic and adding to your sales figures. However, professional writing isn’t as easy as you think so here’s 10 content writing secrets from professional writers to get you started. Research
Content is King right? Yes it is but what happens when you write great content, publish it and nothing happens … do you ever sit back to wonder why nobody read your content? It’s heartbreaking to publish a blog piece only to find that nobody read it, shared it, liked it or cares about it.
What type of content attracts links? When it comes to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), backlinks are of paramount importance. In a world where online competition is fierce, gaining quality inbound links to your site is a bit like winning the lottery (just on a much geekier scale). Why? Well, because Google uses quality backlinks to
