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• Get Your Marketing Content up to Scratch or the UK Market

  Marketing content is country-specific. This article from my archives is getting an airing again because it’s something that’s often overlooked when companies try to break into new markets. Although the focus is on the UK, the sentiment remains for any global market.   Marketing content is country-specific.                 […]

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• Know Your Customer Also Applies To Your Copywriting Audience

  know your customer   KYC (know your customer) guidelines in the world of finance help banks and other institutions verify the identity, suitability, and risks involved in maintaining a business relationship. In other words, it prevents businesses from being used by criminal elements for money laundering. So how does KYC help in the world of […]

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• Content Marketing – How to Keep the Good Times Rolling

  content marketing   Content marketing is probably the most crucial element in your marketing strategy. You start out guns blazing. Your team is overflowing with ideas. The first few months see your team writing article after article. Then something happens. Before you realise it, the ideas have stopped coming. Your teams have exhausted every avenue […]

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• When is Duplicate Content Not Classed as Duplicate?

  Duplicate content   Unique content is one of the best ways to set your website apart from others. It’s your content – something no one else – so it makes you stand out. But, if you use the same content to describe your products and services on other websites, your website is no longer unique; […]

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• Why Copywriters Must Understand to Whom They Are Writing

    Are you talking to me? There are still many people out there who believe that copywriting simply involves writing stuff. I wish it were that simple. The problem is, if I don’t know who will be reading my ‘stuff,’ I have no idea how to write it. That might sound a tad dramatic, but […]

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• Why 49% of Companies Outsource Their Content Production

    Content creation is often seen as a burden, which is why the Content Marketing Institute’s 2020 report showed that 49% companies outsource their content production because they don’t have the time, expertise or resources to do it themselves. When you consider it can take anywhere between three to six hours to write a high-quality, […]

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• Content Calendars – Pain in The Neck or Valuable Tool?

    Your business needs content. A constant stream of relevant, original and topical content on your website will give your company the online visibility you want. Of course, that doesn’t happen by magic. It can either be done in-house or by hiring in a specialist – I’m not going to go into the pros and […]

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• Building Your Brand Reputation Through Content

    Have you noticed that practically all aspects of marketing come down to one thing – content? Even your brand reputation depends on it. Your content says a lot about your brand, so it plays a crucial role in building its reputation. Getting your content right will deliver viral brand awareness, an increased conversion rate, […]

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• Give Your Subject Matter Experts a Break and Hire a Copywriter

  Back in February, I write an article about why every business needs a copywriter. In my list of 17 ways hiring a copywriter will help your business, I touched on articles, white papers and reports.  Many businesses (especially large corporations) have subject matter experts. These people have exceptional knowledge in specific areas of the company and […]

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• Does Google Discover Spell the End for Your Content Strategy?

  Google Discover is the search engine giant’s matching algorithm. Google says you can’t optimise your content for Discover in the same way you can for the search engines, which is leaving content strategists and copywriters scratching their heads. Does this mean the end of content strategies? What is Google Discovery? Rather than showing users search […]

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