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Simply put, if you’re not measuring, you’re not marketing. 
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Scoop.it!
Great news, marketers! A new infographic from Docurated shows that the work you do pays off: 83% of companies cite high-quality content as a top driver of winning new customers. But there's a slight glitch in the baton handoff to Sales. Those awesome pieces you're putting out? Reps can't find them. According to the infographic, 58% of surveyed organizations agreed that speed of RFI and RFP responses is important to signing new contracts. But unfortunately, salespeople are slowed by disorganization: 65% said the ability to quickly find content was a major sales pain point. The infographic also notes that sales reps can spend up to six and a half hours per week searching for the content they need....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Clearly, a curation strategy and the right curation tool (like Scoop.it) are key to solving this barrier to better sales results.
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Scoop.it!
Everybody talks about the need to provide quality content on your site if you want to rank well in searches. But how do search engines identify quality content? Successive Google algorithm updates (culminating in the recent Panda 4.1) aim to refine results so that they match the intent of the search query and deliver the most comprehensive, accessible and well-written answer. Put simply, Google (and other search engines) are always looking for genuine quality content, and are increasingly smart at finding (and dismissing) pages that try to game the system. For example, Google’s Hummingbird algorithm restructure from last year enables it to better understand the meaning behind search queries as well as the semantics behind content. So what should you focus on if you want to produce content that search engines will recognise as high quality? Here are five key factors that we have identified....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
If you're a blogger or social marketer, this is essential reading. These 5 tips will help you understand how Google ranks content and what you need to do to get better ranking for your content. 10/10
Gerard Downey's curator insight,
November 29, 2014 4:09 PM
#local #seo #small #biz #marketing #advertising #branding #startup #business #fav #CRO #refollow #retweet #google+ www.dgdmarketing.com/blog/ 
Marilyn Moran's curator insight,
December 1, 2014 8:16 PM
Good points and tips here on producing quality content that will make the search engines happy.
Scoop.it!
When it comes to content marketing, your Chief Marketing Officer wants to see real, metrics-driven results. From storytelling to generating thought leadership, facilitating customer engagement and moving prospects through your sales funnel, it’s imperative that you develop a solid analytics strategy to navigate your content marketing maze and measure success. Be sure to pinpoint areas of low engagement so you can make improvements, but also look beyond the numbers to fully understand why performance may be weak. When thinking about virality, look at who made it go viral in the first place and understanding the quality of your audience and those who are reading and sharing your content.Word of mouth is powerful. When people value your services, they are more inclined to make their perspectives known....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Are you measuring what matters in content marketing? This post had some very valuable tips on how, where and why to measure results that matter in your business and in the executive suite.
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Mike King says it's time to throw away the vanity metrics and measure what really matters in social media and social marketing -- business metrics. Recommended reading for marketers. 9/10