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Content Marketing vs. Marketing with Content

Content has always been a part of marketing. B2B technology marketing in particular relies heavily on content like white papers, demonstrations and case studies to explain the technology. This fact leaves some marketers wondering about the distinction between marketing with content and…

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What’s your bicycle pump?

The bicycle shop in my town puts out a bike pump in front of their store on weekends, so passing cyclists can inflate their tires. The bike pump is a great way for the store to contribute something to the…

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Business blogging: The power of the series

When maintaining a business blog, it’s really useful to have a few blogs in reserve. Keeping the blog ‘fed’ is by far the biggest challenge for most businesses. Blogs are like firewood — it’s nice to have a stockpile. One strategy…

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A simple strategy for feeding the corporate blog

The single biggest question most companies have about creating a blog is this one: who has time to create content for the blog? Consistency is important – you need to keep providing fresh (and relevant) content on your blog. One…

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Using webinars in your content strategy

Webinars or webcasts are hardly a new technology, but they’re still hot in technology marketing.  Content marketing as a marketing strategy has breathed new life into the whole idea of webinars and webcasts. In a new study published by the…

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Business blogging pays off

Not sure whether it’s worth your time to create and maintain a blog for your business? HubSpot’s latest survey on inbound marketing answers that question with a resounding YES. The survey highlights the fact that blogging is a remarkably effective…

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How do I get the developers to blog?

Today’s topic is one that plagues B2B technology marketers everywhere – how to get meaningful content out of engineers/developers/subject matter experts. More specifically, how do you get these content experts to contribute to a corporate blog?   by  digitalrob70  The blog content…

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Market to your customers: a WordPress example

Here’s a timely example of good content marketing from WordPress, the service that hosts this blog. They sent me a link to a personalized annual report for my blog. Why is this content marketing? Because it’s useful and personalized information…

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Time saving tools for business blogging

  by  londoncyclist  I’ve been really short on time lately, for both work and personal reasons. But I’m not alone. We’re all pressed for time at some point.  So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite tools that help me…

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