The revenge of the neglected child of online marketing: content

Shout These days, the importance of content for online marketing and communication is receiving a lot of attention. And I would say: it’s about time. I’ve only been shouting about this from the rooftops for the past fifteen years or so.

Why has it taken so long? Simple. Everyone was so occupied with broadcasting and all these new marketing channels and techniques like websites and email marketing (yes, once upon a time that was something new) that absolutely no attention was paid to the essence.

And that essence is: how can I use interactive marketing more effectively in order to better serve my customers and generate more turnover? Period.

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Simplify and focus: key questions for B2B content marketing

Simplify and focus. That’s been my mantra lately. When I joined Twitter and started blogging early last year, I felt like a sponge, wanting to consume as much as I could.

While I still love to learn and I read as much as I can, I also find myself really focusing on certain things while tuning out others things that may have caught my attention a few months ago. Your prospects are doing this, too.

So, as I was reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, I was struck by one of his conclusions.

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