It’s My Birthday – 38 Fave Resources for Content Marketers

I don’t usually go crazy and tell everyone it’s my birthday, but I’m feeling pretty good about this one. I’ve got a great life, great family and a great business…so let’s go virtual wild.

To celebrate, here is a list of 38 great  resources for content marketing. From generating traffic, to writing content to selling with words, these all get this old lady’s seal of approval. By the way, if you like the list, be sure to grab your free Profit with Content guide or join us on Facebook or Twitter.
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Web Site Design versus Content – What’s More Important?

I made my first website in 1999. Back then it was all about content for me. Not written content. My first website was for fun and I posted pictures of bracelets and necklaces I used to make out of beads. At the time I had no idea about proper site structure or super quality website design.

Now I run my own website design services business and have created dozens of websites. I’ve also studied what makes a great website. One of the most common mistakes I’ve seen is people focus entirely on the design and forget about the content or vice versa, they focus on the content and forget about design.

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Do You Have a Content Emergency Account?

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the benefits of keeping an editorial calendar. It helps keep you on track and is a great place to plan your content.  However, if you’re like me and you work on a day-to-day basis, it doesn’t take much to throw you off track. (A couple of really busy weeks threw me way behind when it came to blogging.)  For many, a few busy days or weeks and suddenly you’re way behind.

The solution…

…create a stockpile of content or an emergency content savings account, so when life gets busy and unforeseen events arise, your business and your content marketing strategy don’t suffer.

How to Create a Stockpile of Content
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Online Marketing – It All Starts With Good Web Writing

I have to admit when I saw that Alice was starting a new site all about content I wondered how much could there possibly be to write about online content. Well, I now realize how silly that question was because everything starts with content on the net.

Any quality marketing or promotions you can do online starts with the written word.

What Is Web Marketing Content?

Let’s explore:

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7 Ways to Use All That Content Hiding on Your Hard Drive

Not too long ago I did a clean sweep of my computer and decided that I need to either delete or use any and all content I could find. It was like hitting jackpot!

I had old newsletters from defunct websites, reports I’d written but never done anything with, pages from sites I’d long taken down and hundreds of pages of PLR content (most of which I’d never used). So I got to work using it all up.

How I used it should give you some inspiration to go through your own computer files and ideas on what to do with that goldmine of content that might be hiding on your hard drive.

Here’s ten ideas of what you can do with those blog posts, reports, website pages, plr and more that’s just collecting digital dust: Read more…

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