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Brand marketers need to understand the reality of retail

Brand marketers need to understand the reality of retail

Retail giant Alibaba recently announced its target to hit a gross merchandise volume of $1tr by 2020 – crediting it success so far to a ‘New Retail’ business model which entails the merger of physical and digital commerce, and digitisation of retail

3 Types of Social Video That Work for Any Business

3 Types of Social Video That Work for Any Business

Want to add more video to your social media marketing? Wondering how other businesses use video? In this article, you’ll discover three types of video that work for any business on IGTV, Twitter, and LinkedIn. According to a 2019 survey by Wyzowl, 87% of

The Future of Content Marketing - The Social Media Monthly

The Future of Content Marketing - The Social Media Monthly

The following article has been made possible by a sponsorship from Marketo. Download the special ebook “Pin for the Win: How To Market Your Brand On Pinterest” here. The Future of Content Marketing By Howard Tullman I’ve seen the future…and it’s

7 Proven SEO Reporting Best Practices That Boost Client Retention

7 Proven SEO Reporting Best Practices That Boost Client Retention

“Let’s hop on a call to go over this report.” Did you hear that? That was the collective sigh of SEOs everywhere. If we’re being honest, most of us probably view reporting the same way we view taking out the trash or folding the laundry. It’s a

Social Media For PR: Why It's Vital You Embrace It

Social Media For PR: Why It's Vital You Embrace It

Recently, I presented at PubCon on the intersection of social media and PR.  The session title was “experts on PR and Twitter,” however the session description went on to discuss a variety of networks.  Therefore my interpretation was to speak on the

7 Tips to Using YouTube for Marketing Purposes #smlondon

7 Tips to Using YouTube for Marketing Purposes #smlondon

In a world that is almost fully HD, with countless uploads every second, the fastest way to reach masses is through YouTube. Aside from being a video repository, YouTube has an enormous marketing potential. Its users are ten times more likely to engage,

4 Instagram Best Practices for Increasing Sales

4 Instagram Best Practices for Increasing Sales

Instagram is undoubtedly one of the fastest ways to reach a huge number of specific users and have them familiarize with a brand. Numbers don’t lie. Instagram has more than 1 billion active users and more than 500 million accounts are active every

Three Famous Entrepreneurs Who Can Teach You A Lot About Failure

Three Famous Entrepreneurs Who Can Teach You A Lot About Failure

It’s almost a cliché by now. Every book, every blog and every lecture by every entrepreneur seems to feature the same story: before the big lucky break that took that person to the top, they experienced a series of crushing, discouraging failures. The

5 Digital Marketing Tactics that are Wasting Your Time

5 Digital Marketing Tactics that are Wasting Your Time

I’ve never met someone who wouldn’t like more time. And, in the fast-paced, ever-changing world of digital marketing — with all of its technological advancements and constant iterations — time is an incredibly valuable resource. We have a