Last week I wrote about the 4 (and only 4) possible rationales for agencies to get deep into content marketing. Clearly understanding these rationales is important because content marketing isn’t free. The opportunity costs are significant, which is what we’ll explore in this post. Can agencies truly benefit from a commitment to content (which often [...]
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I'm Jay Baer. A hype-free marketing strategist, speaker, and author. I'm the founder of Convince & Convert, a social media and content consultancy.
Since 1994, I've worked with more than 700 companies on digital marketing strategy, including 29 of the FORTUNE 500. We are social and content accelerators here at C&C, helping companies tie new media to real business.
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The new book from Jay Baer
The difference between helping and selling is just two letters. But those two letters are critically important to your company’s success.
You’re not competing for attention only against other, similar products. You’re competing for attention against everything. To win in this hyper-competitive environment, you must ask “How can we help?”
If you sell something, you make a customer today, but if you genuinely help someone, you create a customer for life. This is Youtility.
Includes interviews with dozens of companies practicing Youtility, and provides 6 blueprints for building Youtility in your company.
Available for pre-order soon (get up to 7 exclusive bonuses) at http://YoutilityBook.com
Can Spam Survive in a Social Media World?
Guest post by Indra Gardiner (@bgindra), President of Bailey Gardiner in San Diego. An award-winning PR and marketing pro, she leads BG’s social media efforts and writes on their Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid Blog. There’s always someone who wants to ruin it for everyone else. Know what I mean? And in the world of social [...]