I had intended to make this a monthly feature on my blog, but I got sidetracked with my video series, as well as a three month stretch of great business traction for Ruth Zive Copywriting.
But in that time, I have read many insightful and helpful articles and blog posts, all instructing how to leverage the benefits of content marketing to drive business.
And so it’s time for me to share with my readers the expertise and brilliance of some of my favourite bloggers and industry thought leaders.
Enjoy!
Social Media Strategy
What can marketers do on LinkedIn that they can’t on other social networking platforms? - LinkedIn is arguably my favourite social media platform. Find out why Brankica Underwood thinks it trumps the others in certain respects.
40+ Tips on How to Become a Social Media Rock Star - If anyone knows how to become a social media rockstar, it’s Kikolani!
Facebook contests – 14 Apps To Help You Out - This post was fascinating for me – as I have several clients looking at Facebook contests as a social media marketing resource. Jens offers a comprehensive list of things to consider.
YouTube – The Untapped Traffic Generation Source? - I’ve written a lot about the emerging importance of YouTube and video as a source of traffic for your blog and website. This post confirms that notion, and more!
3 Simple Ways to Expand Your Blog Through Social Media - I always tell my clients that social media is a vehicle through which your content can be shared. It’s a pipeline, of sorts. Danny Brown explains how to use that pipeline to grow your blog and reach more readers and prospects.
Content Marketing Insight
7 Steps to Turning Large Companies into Content Marketing and Blogging Machines - Brilliant vision; amazing strategy – Marcus Sheridan knows what he’s talking about, and every C-level executive should take note of this post!
How to best engage readers of a blog - Danny Iny’s Naked Truth About Marketing series is jam packed with great information! And this video, in particular, speaks to the fundamentals of blog engagement.
How to Write Content Faster? - Great quick and dirty tips to churn out quality content that resonates with your readers.
How Writing = More Traffic and Subscribers - Every business owner, marketing executive, blogger or independent entrepreneur can leverage the benefits of guest posting to drive traffic. Tom Ewer (via Danny Iny) explain how to do that.
The Real Secret to Optimizing Your Content - An interesting take on Google’s new algorithm, how it puts you at risk, and how you should respond.
Productivity & Entrepreneurship
Are you neglecting an important audience? - Sometimes we overlook the obvious as we build our business. Ameena Falchetto sets us straight and makes sure that you aren’t missing a critical opportunity!
How To Learn Like A Boss: The Hidden Steps - To succeed, you must never stop learning. Jason’s epic infographic tells you how to do that!
Are You Making This Same Mistake - It’s hard to believe that Adrienne Smith has made any career-dashing mistakes. But she did. In this post, she shares how she moved beyond the mistake and found even greater success.
Do you have THIS? If not, you won’t be a successful entrepreneur - Benny tells it like it is, and I agree with him 100% when it comes to this critical quality.
Get pregnant at 25 if you want a high-powered career - I love Penelope Trunk. While I don’t agree with everything she says, I enjoy reading all of it. You will too.
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Twitter: bdorman264
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But why didn’t you link any of your previous posts; I’m sure there were plenty in there that was worthy of mention alongside this group.
Good list, I know most and follow some. You could probably spend quite some time digging through this trying to get all the information available.
I had to laugh, because my Monday post was about lists like these……..:).
Thanks for sharing, worthy group indeed.
Bill Dorman recently posted..A weekly round-up; best of the best
I thought of linking back to my own work (which I did do in the prior post), but there were too many other good resources to acknowledge. Sometimes you need to step aside and let others shine
. Besides, I can only imagine that there is only so much ‘Ruth’ that my readers can tolerate in one sitting…
Twitter: adriennesmith40
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What a great list Ruth and thank so much for sharing all these great posts. Ah, and thanks for including mine as well. I have no doubt that these posts will really benefit us in the areas you have listed here so I have my work cut out for me to check these all out. Okay, bookmarking this one.
Thanks Ruth and you enjoy the rest of your week.
~Adrienne
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I tried to really keep the list short and focussed – but there are indeed some gems included here (especially yours – I really appreciated the message of that post!).
Have a great week Adrienne – we should try to get our group back together just to check in! Don’t you think?
Twitter: adriennesmith40
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Ah thanks, doing my best to get people to thinking.
I will Ruth and you do the same. I would love for us to get back together just to find out where everyone is. Would be great.
Adrienne recently posted..Are You Making This Same Mistake
Wonderful list and round up of posts worth reading Ruth!
I have read few of them and Christians I read just today too. I guess I need to run along and read the ones I still haven’t. And yes, Adrienne’s and Danny’s posts are always wonderful.
Thanks for sharing and reminding me to head over at my writing blog and get things sorted out there now as this blogs picked up well enough.
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Thanks Harleena – I know we travel in the same ‘circles’ and so you can appreciate that some of these bloggers are really extraordinary! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for sharing my post Ruth!
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Always a pleasure Tom – I owe you some dates; I’ll be in touch later today…
Ruth,
I really like the article on Trafficgenerationcafe about Youtube. I have been using Youtube more and more for all my websites and the traffic is huge.
~ADam
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Haven’t seen that article – I’ll have to check it out, but I agree that YouTube is a fabulous content resource.
Thank you for the tips, I needed some new material to read. Some of this looks very promising.
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Thanks Jack – I think you’ll find many of these helpful!
Hi Ruth,
Found my way back here from the trackback to Kristi’s awesome contest entry post. Do me a favor and drop by and fill in the little form in the post I’ve put in CommentLuv so I can get your blog on the appropriate list(s). Thanks.
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Thanks for sharing my post here Ruth!
This is a smashing list of articles!
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I just want to agree with what you said about Penelope Trunk, its nice to visit here blog and find some information.
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Hi Ruth,
Wow, some great content collection you’ve got here. As a freelance writer myself I always try to dig for more knowledge and I’m sure will enjoy some of that!
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Very interesting article, i really enjoyed reading about it and learning more form this article thank you for sharing this information.
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I always find these type of speed-linking posts very useful, Ruth – it’s like having your own customized RSS reader that someone pre-screened for you.
Now the problem is finding the time to check out the posts!
And of course, thanks for the inclusion; always much appreciated.
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Thanks for stopping by Ana – I appreciate it! I find your blog extremely helpful, so needless to say, I was delighted to include you on the list.