I am a business blogging evangelist. There I’ve said it. I think businesses should be selling their services through education and building trust with information of value. What better way of achieving this than with a relevant and regularly updated blog? Sometimes I wonder whether I do get carried along with the whole web 2.0 […]
“Google is not a search engine. It’s a reputation management systemâ€Â
The relationship between copywriting and search marketing has never been closer; I now find myself covering the same stories as eminent SEM pros Lee Odden and Andy Beal. All three of us have recently covered issues highlighted in a Wired article about ‘The See-Through CEO’, a story about how being transparent can enhance your image, […]
E-consultancy Roundtable Online-PR report
Discussion of Online-PR continues unabatted with the ever reliable e-consultancy releasing their report on the status quo. A few of the key points: There might be widespread use of Online PR for defensive purposes, such as reputation monitoring, but there is still little proactive use for marketing due to lack of experts and PR agency […]
Brands might want to be loved, but so do consumers
In this age of on demand access to info and people happily airing their views, it has never been more important for brands to get on with their consumers. Failure to do so can lead to a rapid backlash online. Just ask Dell. Jeff Randall, business journalist for the Daily Telegraph, discussed this week how […]
Get Your Pens Ready for the Explosion in Online PR
The web copywriter’s market is evolving so fast that rarely a week passes without new opportunities appearing on the horizon. The requirements of business websites are developing all the time. Static brochure style sites are dated, portals of news and information is what’s needed. It would appear that web marketers are now responding to the […]
World’s biggest advertiser announces, “It’s not about telling and selling…It’s about engaging.â€Â
I often harp about how, in this age of 24/7 ‘pull’ access to information, businesses need to be providing a steady stream of articles to capture prospects and turn them into customers. The internet is about information, not blatant advertising. By harnessing your news, and the power of RSS, it’s never been easier to develop […]
What Can You Learn From Consumer Magazines About Marketing Online?
Many freelance writers have been watching the falling readership of newspapers and magazines and started preparing themselves for the shift of audiences online, believing that the old print medium is dying. I was one of the many eager to be ready for the millions of people expected to start arriving and adopting the internet as […]
The Changing Language of Online Copywriting
Many commentators, myself included, have highlighted that 2007 will be the year that the ethos of engagement marketing spreads. The collapsing level of trust in traditional advertising means it is time for a rethink on how businesses talk to their customers. Both the approach and language needs to change. You now have to barter for […]
Engagement Means Different Things To Different People
Internet marketers have been promoting the use of blogs and podcasts for small businesses for some time now. Discussing your passions and values in an open, transparent manner is an excellent way of building trust and confidence with your audience, and developing the sales process. Now large scale corporations and multinational advertising agencies want to […]
2007 – A Big Year for Engagement Marketing and The Write Words
The festive season is now over. I can finally check myself into a detox programme and ponder on what the new year has in store. 2006 was a fairly major year in the redirection of my career. Towards the end of 2005 I had realised that being a cog in the corporate machine was not […]