Who’s reading your blog? According to a recent NY Times article, Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter, younger bloggers and readers are moving from blogging to more social and easier to use platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Continue reading
– By Steve Robins
Content marketing is a core part of the educate and engage phase of the SIVA or SEVA model.
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to hear Jon Kranz present at BPMA (Boston Product Management Association) Content Marketing. I’ve heard Jonathan present before and once again, he didn’t disappoint, adding new insight to content marketing (i.e., marketing using content). I recommend two of his eBooks, the eBook eBook (seriously) and The Content Marketing Playbook (coauthored). If you’re a solution marketer, sooner or later you’re going to need to use content marketing. Here are 5 things that you need to know about content marketing: Continue reading
– By Steve Robins
Check out The Solution Marketing Blog’s Integrity Policy, posted today courtesy of Blog with Integrity.
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– By Steve Robins
This past weekend, I attended the inaugural WordCamp Boston at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. WordCamp was a great opportunity to dig deeper into the WordPress platform that powers The Solution Marketing Blog. The conference offered a special bonus as well: ten years after the Cluetrain Manifesto was first published, two of the authors, Doc Searls and David Weinberger, participated in a discussion with the Boston Globe’s Scott Kirsner. The conference had an interesting mix of attendees – both technical consultants/developers and business bloggers. As is the case for most xCamps (ProductCamp, CloudCamp, etc), the atmosphere and program was informal, collegial and educational.
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By: Steve Robins
Your solution marketing strategy should include “information,” the process of informing, educating and engaging with your customers, prospects, and key influencers. In many cases, social media, such as blogs, will form a key component of the “Information” element. But how do you get started? What should you write on? And how can you break “Blogger’s Block?” Continue reading
The Strategic Role of Product Marketing
Presentation at ProductCamp ON>LINE Friday June 11 at 1:15 pm ET
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 Steve Robins has been helping companies to transform their marketing focus from technology platforms to customer solutions -- for over 10 years as a tech analyst and marketer at EMC Documentum, KANA and The Yankee Group. More... |
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