Greetings Rainmakers!
I hope your February has been a profitable and healthy one so far. We’ve got another excellent issue of The Rainmaker Dispatch for you this month.
And we’re also hopeful that you have been finding value in the weekly version of The Rainmaker Dispatch that we recently began sending out.
Alright, on with the regularly scheduled show…
Content Marketing vs. Copywriting: What Are the Major Differences?
You may wonder if writers are just that, writers. The folks over at The Content Strategist have a great article that outlines the four major differences between copywriters and content marketers.
Facebook Marketplace… Guerrilla Selling
You’ll find some great value from one of our latest articles in our ongoing Digital Marketing for Everyone Else series, where I took a deep dive into Facebook Marketplace with some tips on how you can utilize this space to benefit your business.
How to Write an SEO-Focused Content Brief Your Writers Will Love
If you have a writing staff, this article from Moz is for you. Learn how to create an SEO-focused content brief to guide your writers to create work that hits the mark including the 10 things you must include and a few things you should avoid.
Dozens of Marketers Share How to Get More Views on YouTube
With each passing year, video becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, and in marketing, video is becoming only more prevalent. So how do you stand out from all the noise? The folks over at Databox conducted a survey of dozens of video marketers and drew some interesting conclusions on how to increase YouTube views.
3 Tips for Getting More Value from Your Landing Pages
Nothing is more frustrating than creating a killer landing page that does not convert at the rate you expected, but don’t make the mistake of simply ignoring those visitors who don’t immediately convert. Here’s a powerful read full of great tips on how to use your data and gain incremental conversions.
How to Get Competitors Speaking Your Language
What do you know about “coined concepts?” Not only do these help your audience understand complicated ideas, but by creating unique and authentic catchphrases that take off in your industry, perhaps even your competitors will begin to adopt your terminology, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Avoid the clown suit
Let’s wrap up this month’s issue with a great read from Seth Godin on how to improve your graphic design skills. Start with understanding the difference between graphic design that is considered “good” and just putting ideas on paper.
What are you on working on in 2021?
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All right, see you next month with the next edition of The Rainmaker Dispatch!
Best Regards,
Ed Bardwell
President
Rainmaker Digital Services
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