online marketing – Robin Goel

Bigger, Bolder. And it looks much more like Facebook

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Robin Goel

Twitter began the rollout last Tuesday of a new look profile pages features— and it appears quite similar to Facebook’s lite version users. The advanced look, which Twitter was tested in February, adds a ton more user information and several new features, one being highlighted each user’s best tweet. Nonetheless, it just applies to the desktop adaptation of Twitter, not the mobile version used by Smartphones and Tablets being the foremost way that individuals utilize the service.

The new profile features a larger user photo and customizable header image. Above all, the header picture is more even and shallow. Twitter proposes a size of 1,500 pixels by 500 pixels up from 1252 x 626 in past configuration, yet the picture will be automatically resized to fit. Twitter highlights your tweets that have the most engagement by showing them somewhat bigger than the rest. Case in point, when a tweet gets huge amounts of retweets and answers, the font of the tweet will expand fundamentally.

The new setup lets you pin a tweet at the top of tweet section. It’s sort of like favoriting your own tweet and putting it on display.The thought behind the pinned tweet is to allow increased interactivity between an account holder and his or her followers. Here’s how a pinned tweets look, John Legend thanking Billboard Music Awards on his nomination.

Furthermore, you can now choose which timeline to view when checking out a profile page. You can view original tweets, tweets plus replies to others, and tweets with photos or videos. Twitter bio max out at 160 characters versus the traditional 140 while you still need to communicate in 140 characters or less through your tweets.

The new profile configuration is as of now live for a handful of Vip’s and celebrities, including The First Lady- Michelle Obama, Channing Tatum, Weezer, John Legend, and it will likewise appear for new tweeples. The rest of you will be offered a chance to switch over to the new design in the coming weeks.

My six step approach to Content Marketing

Posted on April 12, 2014April 13, 2014 by Robin Goel

With the increasing importance of content to commercial success online, content is not something to pull up stakes to an intern; it takes a strategy to ensure it really supports marketing.

Like all marketing activities, the objective of content marketing is to convert prospects into customers and establish more loyal and relevant relationships with existing audience. While the ultimate goal is to drive increased revenue for companies, content marketing is more focussed on presenting information and advice that enrich people’s lives.

Here’s a six step approach to a business content marketing strategy that I have been following since past few years.

Theme selection: define what you want to be celebrated for. There is a content overload in the world. Your content must be valuable by educating or informing the audience on a deeper level. The magic occurs when you encounter a subject you are knowledgeable in and that the market is still waiting for. Choose your content domains smartly and be consistent in your selection.

Content conversion strategy: content marketing has to contribute to an increase in revenues. Think upfront about where conversion should take place. Define a top conversion point and lead people to this point through your content. Make sure you are not using your content marketing strategy as a hybrid sales strategy; readers will look properly through this and click away from your website in search for conversions.

Content planning: once you have defined the themes and the conversion strategy, create an editorial calendar. Put up a roadmap so you recognize when and where content will be dealt. If you’re too busy to run the program yourself, assign a member of your team to prepare it for you. Streamline the content calendar with all other marketing actions in order to increase impact.

Create shareable content: once the content is established, people will respond to it. Be candid to this engagement from your audience and be ready to answer questions or to give feedback. Good content does not constantly has to be entertaining, but humans learn in an inborn appreciation for the content that induces them to cringe, laugh, or cry. Users also tend to discuss and share content a lot more when it impresses them on an emotional level.

Facilitate content conversation: The content needs to be easy to share and worth sharing. You require to remain in front of your audience as much as possible, without being an irritation.Masses tend to broadcast content that is positive, relevant, appealing and contains a benefit. Don’t be afraid to filter out what isn’t working and write more about the subjects that are gaining traction. Take that into account during the creation of the content.

Measure success: the moment the content strategy is up and running you can measure its impact through a set of relevant KPIs. As you work to push out timely content, look at performance and engagement based on analytical data, not common sense assumptions.

The recipe for success is simple: provide people the information they desire, when they want it, and where they want it. Yet, in reality, following this formula can be difficult and complex. Even so, I am following these 6 steps in approach to content marketing, helping me creating successful content strategies for brands I work with.

The Targets of Modern Day Content Marketing

Posted on April 11, 2014April 13, 2014 by Robin Goel

Content marketing has already been acknowledged as one of the key challenges companies facing these days in their communication strategy. Most companies realize the need to change their communication model due to the increased influence of social media and their competitor’s web presence. Top marketing managers of these companies are busy finding ways to become more responsive towards questions and feedback’s from consumers on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Companies as well realize that they should not just be proactive in distributing with their customers, but regularly feed customers with conversation-worthy content. The latter is the main problem while approaching customers. Most companies don’t know what content marketing means and how it can be leveraged to achieve business objectives.

In this part, I would like to share my experience on why content marketing could be enforced in whatever sort of business.

Here are the objectives to achieve with content marketing.

Being recognized as subject matter expert: Being aware of the latest trends, tools and technologies lead to innovation and keeps you ahead of your competition. Your clients are invariably looking for more in terms of comfort, satisfaction and quality to enhance their lifestyle and ease. Being relevant and coherent with your content marketing model will enhance the brand positioning and will assist you to be recognized as an expert in your area of occupation and therefore will increase worldwide awareness of your brand.

Building healthy relations with your customers: Sharing new and fresh content at regular intervals is a must to build effective content marketing model. This will not simply encourage your customers to stay in contact with your brand but will also open a door for positive feedback and recommendations. Supplying them with information that is relevant, interesting and useful is often conceived as result driven strategy in the long-term as compared to bothering them with new offers and coupons every other day. Offering relevant and valuable content in terms of marketing collaterals will make it more acceptable to establish a promotion every once in a while.

Grow business by drawing in new customers: Like they say bad feedback reaches thousand and nice feedback reaches fewer. Your content is usually shared with existing customers and fans. If the content is strong enough, it will reach new sets of customers in the form of your customer’s family, friends and colleagues. This is how community is built and content plays a central part in getting contacts with young people. Solid and creative content arouses the curiosity of young panoramas, which progresses to them want to learn more about your brand and your offerings. In the end, content marketing should lead to an increase in business.

Converting customers into brand influencers: Just a quality and price competitive product is not enough to satisfy a client these days, your competitor might also be doing the same and it won’t guarantee his loyalty towards your mark. Your marketing objectives should be such that it can fulfil the customer’s emotional needs as comfortably. Informed customers convert into brand influencers.

Increasing online reach: Finally, strong and relevant content will automatically ensure that your company receives a more extensive reach on the internet and makes a substantial brand. This will increase visibility for your content and increase its impact. A wider online reach makes it easier to accomplish the first three objectives mentioned above.

Hope this piece of content help you in building successful content marketing model as the same has been helpful to me in leading successful marketing efforts for the brand with whom I have worked with. You may also share your experience while dealing with your customers or anything that I may add to this post.