By Andy Lowe I have not come across a company that doesn’t have a website – though some haven’t been updated or rebranded since the days of DOS. That’s right; I’m old enough to remember DOS. In general, business owners know what to include: who you are, what you sell and why you do it (a lot of companies have…
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How to Build Thought Leadership
Brianne Murphy Miller, LCI Great ideas in a vacuum are useless. Thought leadership is more than just “blowing your own horn.” It is sharing information with an audience that is actionable, useful and predictive. So, how do you start to be a voice that is heard and trusted? Start with your brand. What are your brand attributes and keywords? It…
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What is paid search marketing – and how can it help your business?
by David Landis, LCI President Often times, business owners ask me: “What is the difference between paid and organic search? And, which one is appropriate for my business?” The simple answer is both. First, some definitions. Organic search results are those that just populate a query on your search engine, such as Google. Ads are labelled as such, are paid…
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Social Media Primer: Which Platform Is Right For Your Business?
“Social Media is ubiquitous these days,” says LCI President David Landis. “I found this post, written by Bailie Pelletier from our Seattle PR Public Relations Global Network agency affiliate, The Fearey Group, particularly helpful. It delineates which platform is right for which business. My takeaways? That males between 25-34 are most active on Facebook; that Instagram is ideal for B2C…
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Content & SEO Predictions for 2017
By Gregory Bortkiewicz, Account Executive Last week I attended a webinar hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), where the three hosts discussed their content and SEO predictions for 2017. CMI’s founder Joe Pulizzi and Chief Strategy Adviser Robert Rose were joined by Conductor CEO Seth Besmertnik for an hour-long discussion which included audience input. Here are three predictions that…
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Native Advertising, Product Placement, Content Marketing, Advertorials: What’s Going On!
By Uwe Schmidt, CEO of Industrie-Contact AG, our PRGN affiliate based in Germany One day when God became so angry with mankind after their vain attempts at building the tower of Babel, to be more in his likeness, he henceforth sent them the Babylonian language of confusion thereby ending their delusions at becoming gods. In actual fact, it was humans…
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