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Best Content Marketers Infographic via Curagami

Best Content Marketers Infographic via Curagami | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
Best Content Marketers is a great quesiton we answer in a different way focusing on best day-to-day content marketers from Scoopit, Gplus & Medium.
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Words That Convert Are Simple (Infographic) via @cendrinemedia

Words That Convert Are Simple (Infographic) via @cendrinemedia | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

"Members only" - "limited offer" - "guaranteed" - "discover" - "check out"... If you wonder what these terms have in common, here is the answer. Brands consider them to be top performers. They are words that convert.

Great @Cendrine Marrouat - https://www.cendrinemedia.compost (one of Curagami's Top 50 Highly Recommended Content Curators)


Via aanve
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, August 6, 2014 11:02 PM

Copywriters and content marketers take note.

wanderingsalsero's curator insight, August 7, 2014 5:59 AM

Very fascinating article.  I've always been intrigued by the selective use of certain words...and their impact.

Nicoletta Gay's curator insight, August 8, 2014 7:01 AM

How important are words for modern marketers?
Take a look at this infographic!

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What Makes Content Relevant & Valuable [Infographic] via @cendrinemedia

What Makes Content Relevant & Valuable [Infographic] via @cendrinemedia | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
Following my second article in my weekly free advice series, I decided to create a simple infographic to make the information clearer for you. I hope you will find it useful.
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Content marketing's biggest challenge may be understanding not all content is equal. And how unequal your content is may be very different than a different website or business vertical. Your content inequality may be different than mine even if we are in the same biz. 

Here is a great infographic by @Cendrine Marrouat - https://www.cendrinemedia.com that helps put content's context in perspective. 

Love the "take note of" section. Marty 

Cendrine Marrouat - https://www.cendrinemedia.com's comment, March 19, 2014 11:29 PM
Thank you so much for sharing my infographic @Martin (Marty) Smith!
Nicoletta Gay's curator insight, March 20, 2014 8:07 AM

See also: http://socialmediaslant.com/what-is-valuable-and-relevant-content/ ;

mark ivey 's curator insight, March 21, 2014 11:45 AM

It's not rocket science. Good content must be compelling/engaging, audience- targeted, timely and consistent (take note of the "take note" section-smart reminder tips) 

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How to Share Infographics on Social Media - Best Practices [Infographic]

How to Share Infographics on Social Media - Best Practices [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
You should share infographics with your readers and social media fans! This post will show you how to do it the right way.

Via massimo facchinetti, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com, Lauren Moss, Grace Ashley
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Cool tips infographic about how to share infographics with attribution and on different social nets. 

Patrick Killian's curator insight, February 3, 2014 10:53 PM

If you thought sharing infographics was beyond you reach, take a look at his simple guide. It gives you some simple guidlines for how to do it and reap the benefits.

Richard Baxter's curator insight, February 5, 2014 4:46 AM

Golden rules or olden rules - innovation in infogrpahics is breaking some if not all of these rules!

Amy Williamson's curator insight, February 6, 2014 4:16 AM

Using infographics in social media, and how to do it right!

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10 Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy | Infographic

10 Corporations Control Almost Everything You Buy | Infographic | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
According to this chart via Reddit, called "The Illusion of Choice," these corporations create a chain that begins at one of 10 super companies. You'v


Marty - Cool and I've worked for 2 of them (P&G and Mars).

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Email Still Trumps Social Media for Online Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]

Email Still Trumps Social Media for Online Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
The customer acquisition landscape is constantly in flux. The introduction of disruptive technologies and tools over the last few years has spawned enormous changes in online marketing.

Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Despite BIG changes in email such as MOBILE email remains #1 customer acquistion and converison tool for most online marketers.

Brien Shanahan's curator insight, October 23, 2013 1:11 PM

SEO still the best way to get customers.

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Everyday Is A Choice: Americans Crave More Meaning at Work (updated) | Infographic

Everyday Is A Choice: Americans Crave More Meaning at Work (updated) | Infographic | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
The Philips Work/Life Survey examined key factors of Americans’ job happiness, with a particular focus on their ability to bring personal interests
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Work is about so much more than money. Most of the ways we compensate and even THINK about employees and work is wrong or vastly outdated says this infographic and Daniel Pink's excellent Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (great book).

http://www.danpink.com/books/drive


Why are we so wrong? Pink notes that 30% of the humans are "mercenary" or interested and motivated mainly by gains for themselves. The vast majority of people believe in the "greater good theory", that doing the right thing is not only the right thing to do but brings some karmic balance.

If the majority of people want to do the right thing why are most of our compensation systems grounded in the whip, gun and chair approach assuming people do what they are told, that people are animals without free will.

Not so much as it turns out and as this great infographic illuminates. We work for connection, meaning and relevance. Most of the people reading this post are Internet marketers, a group who will have more work than they can handle for twenty years.

The web is such a complex and evolving thing rapidly becoming mission critical to every company that those who understand it, to the extent it is understandable, work NOT for money as much as for other benefits such as meaning, appreciation and relevance.

We are SOCIAL and find the most meaningful values of our work in the connections our work creates. If we ever doubted the importance of connection social media is reminding us in a big way. The challenge is to redesign work because every band and company exists mostly in the minds of its employees.

The line between how employees feel and think about their employer and "branding" or "reputation" is becomes thinner and thinner by the day. Companies must create themselves in the minds of their team daily and so each member of the team must create themselves too.

No one creates anything alone anymore, so if you are a President or CEO or CIO or CMO ask yourself the hard question - is your company winning the hearts and minds of your employees AND your customers? You need both to win these days and any brand, company or product is only as strong as their weakest link.

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Set Up a Social Media Listening "Radar" Like This [Infographic] To Listen, Engage & Respond (LER)

Set Up a Social Media Listening "Radar" Like This [Infographic] To Listen, Engage & Respond (LER) | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Build your own free social media command center: free tools to listen, engage and respond #infographic #socialmedia

Marty
More and more I think the only way to manage the NOWness of Internet marketing is with a real time setup like this.


Put your favorite searhes on one screen, your Online Reputation Management on another and competition on the third then rinse and repeat until you can't miss anything and before you know it the wall if full of monitors (sort of like the Network Operations Center at Atlantic BT will take a picture of that soon).  

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Why Every Company Needs Email Marketing [Infographic]

Why Every Company Needs Email Marketing [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Customers acquired with email marketing are loyal and responsive. See on socialmediatoday.com.


Marty - Funny I JUST wrote how email marketing forms the BASIS of the web's future. Want to know how your website will function 36 months from now (or so) you don't have to look much further than email. Here is the link to that post:

http://sco.lt/7r6zkf

I will add to the persuasive argument made by this infographic about why everyone should have email. When I ran a #ecom team email had a full ten points of margin on its closest rival (organic SEO). PPC made NO MONEY but keep the engine well oiled and the list health (so we made money on Lifetime Value LTV). Print was dying and social was nascent.

Email is how I kept my job. Every company should have an active email marketing program since it makes money, but also because email is the future of it all.


Via Gerrit Bes
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Google's Collateral Damage: SEO Cat & Mouse Game

Google's Collateral Damage: SEO Cat & Mouse Game | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Great infographic showing the cascading waterfall of SEO and Google's river responds to a changing Internet.



Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Great infogrpahic of Google's waterfall of changes and their consequence on SEO and Internet marketing.


Robin Martin's comment, June 18, 2013 9:17 PM
Thanks for sharing Marty!
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How and WHEN Links Help or HURT Your SEO.

How and WHEN Links Help or HURT Your SEO. | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Links Are Not Born Equal
Some links come from pages that don't help your SEO (described on the left). Some links REALLY help your SEO (those from PR4 or above websites) and others hurt your SEO (links from spammy neighborhoods or link farms).

Post Panda a link from a PR8 or PR9 website could hurt to if it is all alone. A single link with the proper anchor text from such a highly ranked website must have social signals. Without Facebook likes, shares and other links that PR9 site will stick out like a sore thumb.


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SEO Audit Checklist [Infographic]

SEO Audit Checklist [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
SEO Audit Checklist Tasks Infographic (I would run an error report too).
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

I would do a few more things to check SEO such as:


* Webmaster tools to check errors. 

* Watch heuristic KPIs like a hawk and pounce when they wobble. 

* Check competitor sites for terms you want. 

* Evaluate links. 

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12 Disruptive Technologies That Are Changing The World

12 Disruptive Technologies That Are Changing The World | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
A potential $33 trillion/year impact by 2025.

Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Like this graphic as it approaches the issue of disruption from a more macro view. 

Linda Allen's curator insight, May 27, 2013 2:08 PM

Really amazing!

Daniel Jimenez Zulic's curator insight, June 5, 2013 8:19 AM
Muy interesante, y me parece genial que aparezcan las energias renovables en el grafico, aunque a mi juicio el nivel de impacto seria deseable fuera mayor de aqui al 2025.
Alfredo Corell's curator insight, June 6, 2013 8:20 AM

Quizás sería esperable que las Renovables tuviesen más impacto en los próximos 12 años.

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BANG Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic - 5 Tips To Prevent #seo Pain via @Curagami

BANG Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic - 5 Tips To Prevent #seo Pain via @Curagami | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Bang Ouch Blow Up SEO Infographic
Our post (http://www.curagami.com/bang-ouch-blow-up-seo-infographic/?v=7516fd43adaa ) and infographic shares how easy it is to blow up had won seo due to inadvertent code, name or content changes. DON'T DO THESE 5 things!

We've done 3 out of these 5 (and we know better). It is EASY to damage your relationship with Google's spider and not even know it. Don't do these 5 THINGS and you will avoid some of the SEO pain we've experienced.  

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How To Build A Social Media Marketing Funnel [INFOGRAPHIC]

How To Build A Social Media Marketing Funnel [INFOGRAPHIC] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
How can you use social media to boost your brand?

Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com, donhornsby
Brianne Mellon's curator insight, May 7, 2014 10:44 AM

How to use social media to boost your brand. Good visuals! This post really speaks for itself. 

EZSelect's curator insight, May 7, 2014 2:34 PM

Very good layout showing who's using which social media channels.

Luis Cano's curator insight, May 25, 2014 6:35 PM

Social media marketing funnel...

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When Content Marketing Becomes Visual Marketing via Forbes [Infographic]

When Content Marketing Becomes Visual Marketing via Forbes [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
I have to admit that when I first read the results of a survey of marketers done by PR firm Matter Communications, I was tempted to write this article in a very satirical voice - even more satirical then I normally do. Essentially the survey revealed that when it comes [...]
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Great Forbes post with an excellent Matter Communications infographic about visual marketing buried in it 

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State of Digital Marketing 2014 [Infographic] - SocialTimes

State of Digital Marketing 2014 [Infographic] - SocialTimes | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
A survey of 500 marketing pros found that while digital gets the most lip service, it receives only 1/4 of the budget.
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Surprised to see ad budgets still 75% traditional meda, 25% digital. Should be other way around. Like turning a battleship. Love the "Have Generated Revenue from Social Media" stat as if anyone would know (lol).

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Everything About Tech Startups In An Infographic

Everything About Tech Startups In An Infographic | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
An infographic summarizing some of the latest research reports on tech startups. Why they start, quit, struggle & what keeps them going. Startup perso
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Love this infographic about tech statps espeially how they plan to monetize and why scared or excited to start.

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Seize The High Ground: Marketing Success with Google+ [Infographic]

Seize The High Ground: Marketing Success with Google+ [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Google+, the world’s second biggest social network, is changing the online landscape.

The Google+ Guide from Vocus provides everything you need to know in a step-by-step format, from setting up your page to engaging better and measuring success.


Via Lauren Moss, Antonios Bouris
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Google plus remains the most disruptive social network. I do a lot of SOWT (Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Threats) analysis. One thing comes up over and over. Many competitors are killing each other on Facebook and or Twitter, but few seize the high ground that is Google plus.

Business and Marketing's comment, September 13, 2013 1:39 AM
I love infographic .It is the easiest way to explain what we are trying to say or what we have achieved in our life time or business.
IOANNIS APOSTOLOU's curator insight, September 13, 2013 9:12 AM

New statistics for google+!!!

Jean-Marc Trésor's curator insight, September 27, 2013 12:03 PM

Search

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The Anatomy of a Great Infographic

The Anatomy of a Great Infographic | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
For centuries infographics have been used to convey information in an easy to digest manner.

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Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Infographics are among the most viral content any content marketer can create. An infographic can remain relevant for a long time too. Here is an infographic about how to  make a great infograhic. 

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The Zombie Economy | Infographic

The Zombie Economy | Infographic | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

British businesses are shrugging off their “zombie” label by solving the critical financial problems that have plagued them since 2007. 

Marty
I think "Zombie" is a perfect description for many businesses in America too. I just visited a favorite gift store the other day to buy a funky shower curtain and the store was a shambles. 

I ended up buying Girl with a Pearl Earring from CafePress.com. The gift businesses, like many businesses, have been through several waves of "Zombie-ficaiton" including the first web wave and now the platforming of the business by Etsy.com, CafePress and the like. 

That the brick and mortar store I used to love is now a Zombie (walking dead) is sad but a result of the inability to the single store to compete without the Internet's help. Where once a crazy funky buyer (like my ex) could create relevance and buzz simply by BUYING now a story is needed, a coherent story with great hooks and emotional impact. 

Mostly a story that must be told online first since attention is THERE and won't be shared with a Zombie unless the zombie can wake up and smell the aroma of that scented candle :). M  



Related
Platforms Vs. Websites
http://scenttrail.blogspot.com/2011/09/internet-marketing-platforms-vs.html 

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The Power of Color In Effective Customer Service [Infographic ]

The Power of Color In Effective Customer Service [Infographic ] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
By applying color to all of their customer processes at the moment of truth, communications service providers can take the next best actions relevant to each customer.
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

This is an interesting approach. Color the process and you color the result. Never thought of a process or color as such a means to a customer service end before. A definate #StealThis.

Intriguing Networks's curator insight, June 25, 2013 5:49 PM

The joy and the power of colour

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This Is Your Brain, This Is Your Brain On Infographics: 13 Reasons You Crave Infographics [Infographic]

This Is Your Brain, This Is Your Brain On Infographics: 13 Reasons You Crave Infographics [Infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
This is downright spooky. It's an interactive infographic all about why your brain craves infographics. Food for thought!

Via Gust MEES, Sanisha Hurrisunker
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This Is Your Brain, This Is Your Brian On Infographics
Infographics work and they work over and over, good and bad (even bad infographics get a solid response, a response higher than bad almost anything else). Many wonder if success will kill the infographic. This infographic suggests not.

ghbrett's curator insight, July 23, 2013 8:49 AM

As the old saying goes: "A picture is worth a thousand words." This also reminds me of Malcomb Gladwell's book, "Blink." Amazon: http://amzn.to/13AalVQ

Andrea Remmert's curator insight, July 31, 2013 1:41 AM

It's all about images now. 

Bruce McDuffee's curator insight, August 20, 2013 2:53 PM

It's important to keep in mind your audience and how the ideal prospect likes to consume content.  Scientists or engineers for example my consume or respect different media than consumers of clothing or electronics.

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WHAT WOMEN WANT...in Communication | Visual.ly

WHAT WOMEN WANT...in Communication | Visual.ly | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

Women control Word-of-Mouth and about 90% of purchases in most households. If an Internet marketers communication doesn't resonante with women the idea, campaiign or website is SUNK. 

Tysa Fennern's curator insight, June 2, 2013 5:05 PM

Connection is KEY no matter how you do it.

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SEO: Do Top Listings Still Matter? A: Yes, No and Maybe

SEO: Do Top Listings Still Matter? A: Yes, No and Maybe | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
#Google Search - How Important Is It to Be on the Top? (Really, with the float, #1 isn't what it used to be since multiple websites could be #1 depending on the receiving computer.


Marty Note
Couple of important things to remember when looking at this infographic:


`1. Since the Google float* several websites can be presented as #1 depending on the RECEIVING IP.

2.Only way to know true absolute reference in SEO is use a tool like Mike's Keyword Checker (free) or SEOmoz (paid).

3. Match Mike's or SEOmoz with your Google Analytics to see the VALUE of being #1 (how much traffic your website received).


All of that said, I still fire Mike's at critical keywords to see where we stand. It is helpful to be able to trend especially not that "Not Providing" is climbing past 50% (Not Provided in GA is the growing group of people that visit your website signed into Google).

* Google Float - Google's index now "floats" based on the receiving device. You and I can type the same search at the same time and receive different results. This infographic, while helpful, speaks as if we exist in the old static Search Engine Result Pages days.

Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Top SEO Listings Yes, No & Maybe Because ...
The key to knowing IF a top listing matters and if you have one is NOT looking at the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) with your computer logged in since you will see SERPS manipulated to look like what Google thinks you want to see.

At the very LEAST log out. Logging out helps some, but your IP still has a shadow, so if you want to know the truth use a tool to know your position and then check your analytics to know how many times you were shown and how many searchers came to your website as a result of that key.

SO, Yes top listings matter. No they don't matter as much as they used too. Maybe they matter, but it depends on the term.

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