The Better Marketing Blog

With a runtime of 220 minutes, Cecil B. DeMille and Charlton Heston did a good job covering the Ten Commandments. But where oh where were the lessons about article writing? We’re not sure what’s tougher: writing an article on a stone tablet, writing an article on a tablet computer, or staying awake through that entire movie. Regardless, the demands of writing articles for the Internet… Read More…

They say that it takes around 10,000 of your precious life hours to truly master a skill to the point your friends will be all like, “Whoa, that guy has skills!” We know that not everyone has that kind of time, or even those kinds of friends, so we’re trying to teach you enough to… Read More…

Recently there have been some doubts raised about whether one does truly need 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in their field. That’s all well and good, but sorry, we’re not gonna change the name of our expert interviews to ‘8,433 Hours in 10 Minutes.’ So we move on. Today we’re gleaning the expertise… Read More…

We know that not everyone has complete and utter faith in every little piece of advice we give—it’s just most people. With that in mind we decided to scour the web and track down 20 pieces of advice from a slew of content writing heavy hitters to make sure there’s at least one thing new… Read More…

They say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in your field. That’s a long time. Now 10 minutes, that’s much more doable, and that’s how long it takes to enjoy one of our expert interviews. Susan Johnston is a prolific writer and journalist whose blog, The Urban Muse, has twice been named a Top 10… Read More…

10,000 hours is a long time isn’t it? That’s how long it takes to become an expert in something. Anything. While you’re spending those 10,000 hours learning how to perfectly frost your cupcakes, why not take 10 minutes to learn some stuff from an expert in the blogging world? Today we’re talking to self described mom… Read More…

10,000 hours is a long period of time, and according to science it’s the estimated amount of time it takes to truly master a skill or become an expert. 10 minutes is damn site shorter and it’s the time we say it should take to learn a little something by reading today’s interview with self-described Italian firecracker… Read More…

Once upon a time, a group of researchers sat down and calculated that it takes roughly 10,000 hours to become an expert in something. We got a group of our interns to sit down and work out that it only takes 10 minutes to learn something from our expert interviews. Today we’re speaking with blogging… Read More…

Initially, people called it the “Facebook of business” or an “online resume start-up” and didn’t give LinkedIn much notice. But now, looking at LinkedIn’s business plan going forward, and its phenomenal growth (two new members every second; 225 million users in May 2013) it’s become a brilliant solution for fruitful B2B marketing, realistically providing much… Read More…

For anyone over the age of 35, the word “Instagram” likely conjures up images of self-absorbed whipper snappers taking pictures of themselves or their food at the mall. Sure, users of the wildly popular photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service do tend to skew young, but that hardly means you should sit on the sidelines while the puberty set has all the fun. If used right,… Read More…