Content marketing isn’t going away anytime soon, especially in B2B markets that have a  lengthy procurement process (*cough cough* AEC). A recent survey by HubSpot showed the number-one challenge for B2B marketers (with 65 percent of respondents) is generating traffic and leads. That’s because only good content marketing can help. In fact, the Content Marketing […]

So your firm is producing useful, educational, client-centric content. Or maybe you’re just exploring content marketing and wondering if you should incorporate it into your firm’s strategy. No matter where you are on the spectrum, you must ask a crucial question: What is the business development team doing with our content? Your marketing team’s blog […]

Takeaways from HubSpot’s latest e-book, Constructing a Winning Blueprint in 2017     New year, new budget. And if you’re like me, that new diet is already long gone. So, how about a new (or at least improved) marketing strategy? While old habits die hard in industries like hüpfburg kinder kaufen manufacturing, now is a […]

Reputation Ink’s exclusive interview with Carmen Simon, Ph.D. of Memzy   They help us find love online, arrive at our destinations without asking strangers, self-diagnose medical symptoms and find the next round of Netflix shows to binge-watch. They are algorithms.

Reputation Ink’s exclusive interview with Promise Phelon of TapInfluence Consumers today are smart. Yes, regardless of what many YouTube “fail” videos may imply about the intelligence of the human race, people are in fact pretty savvy — and they’re not easily swayed by old-school marketing tactics. In fact, research shows consumers value customer reviews and […]

Reputation Ink’s exclusive interview with Ed Heil of StoryTeller Media + Communications Content may be king, but video has taken the crown for queen. Don’t believe me? Casually scroll through your Facebook feed. Check out a competitor’s website. Sign up to receive INKsights email newsletters from your favorite agency. In November, the Rep Ink team […]

When was the last time you told a good story? What about a good sales story? A compelling narrative can be the difference between a pitch that converts prospects into clients and one that falls flat.

The first of our Content Marketing Roundup series Content creation is a beast in and of itself, let alone when you’re trying to crank out some copy on a Friday afternoon. So, to help with the Mondays, Fridays, and everything between, we’ve pulled together a roundup of writing tools that every communicator should love.

How to deliver content that Google (and your prospects) love Newsflash: Writing great content is NOT enough in the world of search engine optimization (SEO). Wait. Pump the brakes! Have we not been told forever to raise our right hands and proudly swear to produce great content and the rest would follow? In the good […]

Melania Trump’s elephant-sized mistake is trending everywhere, positioning plagiarism as one of the most talked about topics from the Republican National Convention. ICYMI: The wife of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump gave a speech that contained word-for-word pieces of current first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech.