• No One’s Engaging With My Content

      Frustrating, isn’t it? You put your heart and soul into the content you produce and yet you’re not getting any comments, likes or shares. What’s wrong with it? You’ve given it to your colleagues to read and they think it’s great, so what’s happening? Part of the problem is the amount of content there […]

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  • How to Make Your Writing More Readable

      What are you talking about? Of course my writing’s readable.   It should be to you, after all you wrote it, but what about everyone else? You know what you’re trying to say because it was in your head as you wrote it. The problem is, your ideas could have got muddled on the […]

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  • Stop Wasting Money on Content That’s Useless

      Is there such a thing as useless content? Surely every piece of content is valuable to you – otherwise why would you write it? The problem comes down to perception. Take your typical company. On one side you have the marketing department. They are tasked with creating and developing every piece of external marketing […]

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  • Why Small Businesses Are Getting Their SEO Wrong

        Oh God, not SEO again! Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before – get a bunch of keywords, stick them in your site, people will find you… Err, no – if that’s what you think you’re in trouble. And no, SEO isn’t particularly time consuming, ridiculously complicated or impossibly hard. If you get […]

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  • Long Copy Results in Better Rankings

      I don’t have a lot of patience when it comes to reading stuff online. The posts I like to read are short, succinct and get to the point. It’s a bit like my shopping style; unlike a lot of my girlfriends, I know what I want, head straight to where I’m most likely to […]

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  • Why Is Your Content So Crap?

      Oh dear, come on, take a seat and let’s talk. Why do you feel that way about your content? Is it because someone said that if you’re not getting at least 8 social shares it’s failing? You know what? There’s loads of excellent content out there that doesn’t get that many shares and it’s […]

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  • Are White Papers Going The Way of The Dinosaurs?

      “A white paper is an authoritative report or guide informing readers in a concise manner about a complex issue and presenting the issuing body’s philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision.” Wikipedia   White papers are regularly produced by large corporates […]

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  • The Biggest Content Marketing Trends of 2015 – Infographic

    Content marketing is growing. It’s vital these days that you engage with your audience through helpful and entertaining information. That doesn’t mean you can just write something and push it out through Twitter and Facebook and just wait for the phone to ring. Wide publication and interacting with your readers is essential. When they comment […]

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  • The Quick Way to Better Web Writing

    Writing for the web isn’t difficult, but it is something you need to get to grips with if you want your content strategy to be effective. Below is a list of the most important things to think about when writing for the web. Important information first Forget story structures, your readers don’t have time to […]

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  • This is Why Content Marketing is Important

    OK you’ve heard it all before. Content is vital to the success of your online marketing strategy. Is it though, or is it just one of those things marketers and copywriters tell you to drum up business? Yes, it is important because it gets you in the search results so this happens: Joe enters “wooden […]

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