Fear works. Except for when it doesn’t. There’s no better way to force prospects to pay attention than by striking the fear of God into them. It interrupts patterns and interests the unaware. But. That doesn’t mean it always works. In fact, in many cases using fear or negative messaging can actually backfire. Here’s why, […]

“What is copy?” My wife asked me this a few days ago. I had been going on and on at dinner, hands gesturing, spittle flying, talking about something work-related. She waited patiently until I was finished to ask. Her question jarred me. It had been a while since I’d thought about what “copy” is. And […]

When most people think Facebook advertising, they think B2C marketing. Many tend to assume that B2B marketing on Facebook doesn’t make sense or would not be effective – because it would be too hard to get in front of professionals, decision makers, and the right industry positions, and even if you do, they’re not in […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes The customer-centric focus Over the past few years, one message has been gaining momentum within the marketing world: customer experience is king. “Customer experience” (CX) refers to your customer’s perception of her relationship with your brand—both conscious and subconscious—based on every interaction she has with your brand during her customer life […]

Image via Shutterstock. If you’re an active social networker, you already know that travel photos and social media go together like… aerial shots of brunch and social media. So when we decided to throw a social media contest together for our upcoming Call to Action Conference, it seemed only fitting to make it travel themed. […]

“I got 99+ endorsements, and they all help prove my proficiency in key areas.” That’s what Jay Z might say if he was optimizing his LinkedIn profile. Hopefully you get the reference. But seriously, LinkedIn endorsements are really important. In fact, they’re one of the most effective ways to prove your expertise and back up […]

The last Monday in May is Memorial Day in the United States — a day to remember the men and women who have died in military service. It’s our tradition at Copyblogger to take today off, to honor those sacrifices and to take time for family, community, and gratitude. We’ll have a full calendar of […]

Marketing automation is one of the great recent developments of our industry.  Not only is everyone talking about it, but more and more companies and marketers are trying to use it. "42% of B2B marketers identified marketing automation as a tool they planned to test or deploy in 2016" Despite this upward trend, 59% of […]

Using CoSchedule as a Blogging Tool In today’s episode, we’re going to take a deep dive into a tool we’ve been using on ProBlogger for the last 18 months that has been incredibly useful for our team both as an editorial calendar tool but also to help us with our social media promotion of content. […]