Tag Archives: storytelling

6 Awesome Ways to Rejuvenate Old Content on Your Blog

There is one thing that Google and its assorted trawling bots love, and that is fresh content. If that fresh content is also linked from established websites, then Google has every reason to believe the content is quite good, assumes it has some kudos, and will rank it higher. This, of course, is brilliant goodContinue reading “6 Awesome Ways to Rejuvenate Old Content on Your Blog”

Driveway moments – how podcasts capture listeners in a content-laden world

With so much digital content competing for our attention in multiple social networks how do brands connect with their audience. What is the key? In this era of disposable content, memes, vines, snaps, whispers, secrets and now ‘YO‘s, many brands are swinging to the polar extreme to keep users attention and to keep them interested. ThankfullyContinue reading “Driveway moments – how podcasts capture listeners in a content-laden world”

Three pillars to a great online presence

Yesterday I visited New Zealand’s first 6 Green Star Office – Geyser, in Auckland. View this post on Instagram Visited Patterson Architects' Geyser user green building. Nice courtyard! A post shared by Nick Allen (@nickwallen) on Jun 10, 2014 at 9:03pm PDT Geyser is created as 6 separate parts with courtyards to let natural lightContinue reading “Three pillars to a great online presence”

Image is everything online. Be it words, images, audio or video.

Image is everything. Conveying the right message to visitors irregardless of the page or area of your website they land on is paramount. Your site needs to sing your brand message. That’s not just through SEO optimised prose, but also each and every media element on your site. Be that images, colour palette, videos, audioContinue reading “Image is everything online. Be it words, images, audio or video.”

Brand Storytelling – Part of a Marketing MIX

This week I received a copy of the book ‘Around The World in 80 Brands’. It’s a great selection of brand stories from around the world as the authoring pair travel and interview the people behind the brands. Letting readers understand what they stand for and how they have come to get where they are.Continue reading “Brand Storytelling – Part of a Marketing MIX”

5 ways to have the freshest marketing and sales materials

For many, finding the time, source or quality for consistent content marketing can be a problem. Your editorial calendar might be perfect and you have lined up authors to pen or record videos. Content for each of your buyer personas is scheduled weeks ahead and it is connected to the various stages of the purchaseContinue reading “5 ways to have the freshest marketing and sales materials”

Excite customers with video storytelling in your content marketing mix

Storytelling has been around for many years and used by smart marketers to hook you on their brand messaging. Aligning your message with stories that: resonate, entertain, educate or delight your clients, can be used to pull clients through the purchase cycle and enforce bonds with brand advocates. Typically they focus on a company’s history,Continue reading “Excite customers with video storytelling in your content marketing mix”