The Better Marketing Blog

Ayodeji Onibalusi knows marketing. His work on Effective Inbound Marketing is focused squarely on building a great search reputation on great content. He was kind enough to speak with us about the basics of inbound marketing, and what to do with it. Hi, Ayodeji ! So tell us, what is inbound marketing? Inbound marketing is… Read More…

In a digital world full or recycled ideas, one way to help your business stick out among all the other would-be lemmings is to establish yourself as a thought leader. If you’re not the market leader for your product – and you have a limited amount of time to establish yourself in this role –… Read More…

Would you spray paint a Ferrari? You just might, if you were a creative content marketer. A new Ferrari, the California T, is causing quite a stir. It’s the most recent addition to the luxury car line’s California lineage that was launched in the 1950s. As a company, Ferrari wants the California T to come… Read More…

With 50,000 page views, 35,000 unique visitors and nearly 72,000 combined social media fans and followers, TheItMom.com Daisy Teh knows a thing or two about creating web content people will actually read. And she says the No. 1 rule to remember is to stop focusing so much on yourself and what you want to share… Read More…

As of January 2014, 58 percent of American adults owned a smartphone, 32 percent owned an e-reader, and 42 percent owned a tablet computer, according to Pew Research Center. And as the use of mobile technology explodes, sales for traditional PCs continue to drop, according to ComputerWorld.com. What does that mean for small business owners?… Read More…

Lynn Sharafeddine started by building websites, but over time, she’s become an expert on how to use them to bring in customers as the content manager for Market8. We recently talked with her about some of the benefits of inbound marketing and how to use it. Hi, Lynn! So, what’s great about inbound marketing? There… Read More…

We asked M. Shannon Hernandez – content Strategist, copywriter, speaker and trainer, and author – for a bad habit wannabe writers need to ditch, and she offered not one, but four. Don’t worry about making your writing perfect on the first, second and even third rounds. Stop editing while writing. Don’t sabotage yourself by telling… Read More…

Daniel Flamberg has been staying on the cutting edge of marketing for years now, working both as one of the top marketing minds in the corporate world and as a consultant for brands building their digital future, not to mention offering intelligent commentary on the marketing world on his blog Manhattan Marketing Maven. He took… Read More…

How important is it that you believe in your business? Wearing-socks-in-the-winter important. Even if you’re a brand new startup, the goal for your company should be “We are going to own this space.” Whether it’s being the the best resource for flowers, custom jewelry, homeowners insurance… you name it. And yes, you can and should believe you… Read More…

The Internet is chock full of mommy blogs covering everything from green mothering to urban mothering to techie mothering. In fact, according to Mashable.com, 3.9 million American mothers say they are bloggers. But these days, more and more dads are firing up their laptops to share their parenting stories with the world. We recently checked… Read More…