Why you need calls to action in your blog posts
If you've been reading this blog for any period of time, you've likely noticed these lovely buttons on the right:
If you've been reading this blog for any period of time, you've likely noticed these lovely buttons on the right:
Once upon a time, marketing was just marketing. It was a fabulous era of big brands, big launches, big parties. Martinis were de rigueur, agencies ruled the world, and three piece suits (that looked MAHHH-velous) were the signs of the professional marketer.
From the moment it launched, Google Buzz generated buzz:
Steve Jobs and gang did a phenomenal job introducing the iPad for consumers. Books! Movies! Music! Games!
Everyone and their cousin in marketing is panicking about your mobile strategy.
I had an interesting conversation last night with a photographer friend who said he faced a dichotomy in his work: on the one hand, he doesn't overly care about others' opinions, and on the other hand, he feels as though he should shoot for views as the best way of seeing how his work is being valued as he doesn't sell his photos.
Fans of the original RoboCop movie remember all too well the searing disappointment with its two sequels. The original RoboCop movie was bloody, intensely violent, dystopian, and wonderful to watch as we saw nearly-deceased police officer Alex Murphy wreak vengeance on his would-be killers and try to find his humanity again inside his robotic self.
...screens got really small and really big at the same time. Check out these two screen sizes from my blog's analytics:
What's next? Is it Google Wave? How should we be using Twitter? Which social networks should we be on? What's next?
No linkbait in that blog title, no sir.