Corporate Journalism, your lifeline to business growth
Imagine for a second you owned a newspaper. You have reporters hitting the streets finding and telling great stories. Publishing great stories leads to credibility which in turn increases subscribers and grows advertising revenue. If your reporters simply started writing articles about how wonderful your newspaper was, you’d quickly lose readership. Strangely though, many companies embrace a “look at us” approach and share self-serving information about how wonderful they are. If you’re a news organization with this mantra, you won’t be viable for very long. This approach is also mirrored in...
read moreSales Pipeline Plumber
Are your leads not flowing in? Prospects dripping away because your SDRs are under water? Are your customers spilling away to your competition? Let video be your 24/7 pipeline plumber, ready to work on all stages of your sales funnel. It works for both inbound and outbound marketing efforts and can make the job of your entire sales team easier. Lets take a fun look at a home plumbing system. There’s supply (water entering your home), distribution (getting water where it needs to go) and waste, (those nasty bits you don’t want ruining your fresh water supply). Your SDRs need a great set of...
read moreYou put links in emails but why not your videos?
Most of us would never think about sending a business email without adding a call-to-action (CTA) link to a webpage, newsletter or event sign up. BUT, did you know you can embed links in videos as well? There are definitely some tricks you need to know, but we’re here to help. We feel every video should have embedded CTA links to capture interest when your prospects are engaged with your content. Think about it. Hollywood doesn’t promote a film by showing the entire movie. Instead, they build powerful trailers that get people excited about the story and to entice people to go...
read moreWhy your videos aren’t converting leads
Video can be a very powerful tool for getting new people into your sales funnel. In fact, many people discover new companies simply though a Google search when a video shows as a top result. Unfortunately, video content isn’t always taken seriously. Frequently, companies choose to focus on internal content more suitable for employee recruitment, than customer acquisition. Does your prospect really want to watch your employees drink and play foosball on a Friday afternoon? Show prospects how you can help them solve a problem and generate more business. Show the WIIFT (What’s in...
read moreTell them, don’t ask them!
Be active with your call-to-actions. Stop using “for more information” and use phrases like: – Contact us today – Sign up now for your free demo – Donate now to start helping… – Learn more at Also consider sending people to specific landing pages vs. a home page. We’re passionate about calls-to-action and love showing clients how to make their content work harder. Identify what you want your audience to do and we’ll do our best to make them do it. New features within YouTube and other video services are great at converting tire kickers...
read moreThe other half of great content
There’s no doubt great content is a key driver for inbound marketing but there’s a critical second part to great content — a strong call-to-action. CTAs are easy to forget because you’re so excited to be finished with content and eager to get it in front of your audience. And by strong CTA, we don’t mean your company homepage URL and phone number. Instead, consider these favorite tips to convert content readers into qualified sales pipeline. – Make a landing page on your website that’s customized for your CTA. Your homepage might look great but it might not be the...
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