By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media
Ten articles written about the same topic. One goes viral. Why? What makes one piece of content get shared thousands of times while others slowly fade into obscurity? (Or get lost in your blog’s archives…) The folks at Uberflip teamed up with Buzzsumo and analyzed thousands of posts to find the three types of content that get […]
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By Joel Widmer | Authority & Thought Leadership , Content Marketing , Social Media
There’s no such thing as a boring conversation with Ryan Williams. Ryan is a former stand up comedian, founding member of a social media marketing startup that got acquired by Disney, marketer at Machinima.com and too many other things to list. On top of that, he’s interviewed over 100 elite influencers from Youtube stars with millions of followers, […]
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By Joel Widmer | Lead Generation , Social Media
A recent survey has shed more light on the habits of top salespeople on LinkedIn. The survey studied how they use LinkedIn compared to everyone else. The LinkedIn search feature turned out to be the main reason top sellers use LinkedIn. The results showed 76% of the top sellers use LinkedIn to identify potential contacts, 58% […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media
By now you’ve probably decided if your company is going to use social media channels like Facebook or LinkedIn in your marketing. But have you thought about exactly why you are putting the time, money and resources into creating content for those channels? And what exactly do you want to get out of them? The […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media
Last week was a fun and busy week for us. Fluxe was featured in an Entrepreneur.com article about starting an online business. I shared some of my favorite tools and strategies that helped me get started and some that I still use today. In the article I also talked about what your website needs to […]
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By Joel Widmer | Social Media
LinkedIn is no longer optional for growing and managing your network effectively. In fact, we’re to the point where it’s hard to separate someone’s network and their LinkedIn connections. For most, it’s one in the same. That’s why it’s important to constantly grow and nurture our network, especially using the access that LinkedIn gives us. When […]
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By Joel Widmer | Social Media , Tools & Resources
For most people, monitoring their brand online is an afterthought. Until there’s an emergency. It’s not that their online reputation isn’t important, it’s just not a priority. The opposite is also true. If you aren’t monitoring your brand actively and an opportunity comes up that could significantly help you and your business, you won’t be […]
Continue ReadingBy Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media , Tools & Resources
Until now, there really hasn’t been a free tool to quickly tell you what the most popular content is for any given subject during a time period. Why would you care about such a tool? A few reasons: Easy headline research to find what’s getting read, content trends you can capitalize on, easily finding the […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media , Tools & Resources
It’s a little known fact that a small percentage of YouTube channels actually contain useful content that can help your business. And you thought it was all funny cat videos… This is a roundup of those special few channels that WON’T waste your precious time. These are 22 of the best channels for small businesses and […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Social Media , Tools & Resources
If the thought of writing an article for a magazine or website terrifies you, you’re not alone. A few years back, there was nothing wouldn’t rather do. I remember when debating whether to make the leap, I started to make a list of what scared me the most. As I listed my biggest fears, and […]
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