How-to guides, worksheets, and strategies and tactics to help you map out your marketing. Plus the odd philosophical musing on the digital world.

My most recent piece for Small Business Trends is live on that site. It’s a must-read for small businesses who aren’t sure whether a commercial theme makes sense for them. They can be, and the two-figure price tag sounds a lot better than the five-figure tag that can accompany custom work, but there are pitfalls to…MORE >

Yesterday, I read one of Seth Godin’s quick blog posts. The 2% who misunderstand you His point is a great concept for content marketers to keep in mind. If you’re trying to reach a particular slice of the market – your target market – that means there’s a slice of the market you don’t care about….MORE >

My latest piece for Biznology.com is live on that site as of this morning. In it, I look at the current state of content marketing, why yesterday wasn’t the golden age of content marketing, and what you can do to make your content marketing more effective tomorrow. (And beyond.) You’ll find the full article here.

A read an article recently on a very widely followed digital marketing firm’s blog titled something like “Useless Metrics You Shouldn’t Be Tracking.” (The title has been changed to protect the hapless.) I was surprised to see that the basic gist of the article was that you should ignore reach metrics pretty much entirely. Wow!…MORE >

There’s more to SEO than just keyword-focused content on each website page. My latest column on Biznology.com discusses why social media, mobile-awareness and a secure site all matter for SEO success. Read the full piece here.

Sure, we’d all like our content to go viral, but that’s not realistic and quite honestly, it’s not even necessarily effective marketing. (Though it certainly can be – see Blendtec and Dollar Shave Club, among others.) A better goal – and one that’s more achievable – is to create content that is memorable. For content to be…MORE >

Earlier this week, I presented a webinar with the great team for Biznology.com (where I’m a regular contributor) on making your website more productive as a marketing tool in this age of social media, mobile technology, and other, sexy digital marketing tools. The webinar was well attended and well received. If you missed it, you’re…MORE >

Join me and the folks at Biznology for a free 30-minute webinar where we’ll explore why, in the age of social media, mobile advertising, and other hot technologies, your website is still an important part of your marketing. Why Your Website Matters and How to Make It Matter More: A Content Marketer’s Guide to Building…MORE >

Great content is great only if your audience can find it. And if they make it to your site via organic search, PPC advertising, social media or other means, it’s heartbreaking to think they still might not find the most relevant content. That’s why search and filtering features on your website are so important. My…MORE >