Transformations That Can Strengthen Weak Content
When it comes to the digital world, content plays an important role in establishing the authority of any business. If we talk about the most popular search engine Google, it is flooded with content and those who can write a strong piece of information get more visibility. There are millions of businesses present on the digital platform and the numbers are rising every day. The competition is so tough here that businesses having weak content on their websites find it very difficult to fight. We always say that content is the king and it is justifiable enough. Without content, a website is just useless as it won’t be able to justify its presence and moreover, it might not even get visibility. With all your digital marketing efforts, if your content is weak you won’t be able to spread the right message and if this is the case all the efforts will just be wasted. So, it is important for every business to have strong content on their website to get the attention they seek and ensure growth. If you are making good efforts to write content and still you are not able to receive benefits, then one of the most common reasons could be weak content. This post will tell you about some transformations along with what you are doing wrong with writing content. Considering these edits will help you strengthen the content and move a step ahead towards success. These transformations will strengthen your weak content Create a strategy One of the key reasons why your content is weak could be the undefined strategy. You might have been writing just for the sake of writing, but this should not be the case. If you are writing something and you don’t know for whom this content is, you are hardly going to get any visibility. And, if this is the case, ask yourself a question, why you have written that content? Thus, before writing anything, make sure that you have a complete strategy in place and you should know who your readers will be. Whatever you write, you must know the objectives of the piece of information you are writing or the goals you want to achieve. Because, without that, you are not going to get the written matter effective. A plan for writing the content will ensure that you know very well about your readers and what they want. This is the first step in creating strong content and you must consider it. Claim what is true Another big mistake that you might be doing is writing the information which is not true or that has no real evidence. Most people do this error with a wish to attract as many audiences as they can just to be popular. But this is not the case, doing this will only bring you down and after that, it will be a difficult task for you to stand again. Thus, you need to know your limits and work on your strengths, because only this will promote your content and make it a strong one. While writing on any topic related to your niche, you need to research well and find out what is true before including that information in the content. Plus, make sure that the title of your post has the utmost relevance to the content present in it. As, if the title is irrelevant, it doesn’t matter how well you have written, you will not find success. Be unique and specific If we talk about generic content, anyone can write it, but not everyone pays attention to it. Google is flooded with generic information about specific niches and if you also write one, you are never going to get the attention you seek. To succeed, you need to be unique as generic information is everywhere. Being generic could be one of the reasons why your content is not so powerful. So, it is advised to include a unique yet specific piece of information in your content. As, if you fill the content with the irrelevant matter, readers will get annoyed, and eventually, they will leave your site. It simply creates a bad impression and the reputation of your brand will drop down. Write something that cannot be easily written by anyone, as, if your content can be written by anyone, how will you get the value. Plus, ensure that you have included some information that is worth the readers and they get to learn something valuable from that. This is one of the keys to strengthen your content. Use subheadings Remember one thing, having long paragraphs without any breaks bore the readers, and in this case, they will not even continue reading below. This is another thing that you might be doing wrong while writing content and that is no use of subheadings. This also makes it difficult for search engine bots to crawl & index your webpages. Subheadings put essential breaks in large content and make it easy to read. Plus, they also make sure that readers easily understand what you want to say. Thus, we can say that having relevant subheadings at appropriate intervals can make the content more powerful. While, adding bullets and explaining things in the form of points will also be great for the content to get desired attention, and including relevant yet interesting images in between will be icing over the cake. Be focused We often try to include too many things in a single post and this is something that lets us down & makes our content weak. In the process to explain too much, we tend to lose our focus and the main purpose of writing the post is not solved. With this, we also make readers confused and end up downgrading our reputation. Thus, it is advised to be focused on the main purpose of why you are writing the content, as that will make it informative and worthy. Even if you want to include any extra information, do it once
What is The Role of Empathy in Content Marketing
With the focus on the digital platform, we humans are somehow losing the face to face interaction with people. If one needs to talk, there is a phone call for that, even one can send text messages or the most common thing WhatsApp could be used. These digital platforms have somehow increased the physical distance but still, the connection between people is more or less the same. We, humans, are emotional folks and when someone is emotional the bond created in between loved ones is always a strong one. We laugh, cry, love, & hate, and that’s what is the part of life and that is something which gives the feeling that we are alive. Emotions can trigger responses in people and play a big role in creating long-lasting & loyal relationships between people. Not only between people but emotions can also help build relationships between a business and its clients. For that, businesses need to show empathy towards them and make them believe that they understand & respect their feelings. This post will tell you how empathy can make your content marketing more effective and the role it plays in building relationships with customers that lasts very long. What is empathy? In simpler terms, empathy is the ability to feel and understand exactly how someone else is feeling. Don’t get it confused with the word sympathy, which means feeling sorry for someone else’s loss. Sympathy doesn’t mean that you can feel how another person is feeling, it only means that you are concerned for some else’s loss but it is not affecting you anyhow. While empathy is to be in the shoes of another person and feel the same as he/she is feeling. That is why empathy can win you people but sympathy cannot because sometimes it appears fake. Why use empathy in your content marketing? Those days are no longer present where the salesperson has to visit people one by one to sell products and introduce the brand. This is a digital world, where most of the things happen online and salespeople don’t have to encounter people one by one telling why they should use their products. With the advancement in technology, people have also become smart and they know what they should buy and what they shouldn’t. But, when the competition is so tough all around, businesses cannot leave on people to decide, as considering this will never get them success and they will never going to establish themselves in the market. Thus, it is necessary for businesses to tell people how they are different, why people should choose their products or services, and what benefits people will get doing so. Everyone wants better and making your brand one will fetch you good attention. Now here’s the catch, if you want to get the attention of your target audience, use empathy in your content marketing, tell them their feelings, and come up with a solution to their problems. When people see that you understand them, they will start creating feelings for you and that’s how your empathy will drive you the success you wish for. How to use empathy in your content marketing Now you know how important empathy is for content marketing efforts. But it is also vital to understand how effectively you can use it to get the best results. Let us see how you can do that: Humanize your brand People want to get heard and they want answers from humans as well. Thus, it is important for you to create a personal touch with your target audience along with automizing your process. People are smart these days, they know to whom they are talking to a bot or a real human. Hence, you need to establish a personal touch with people especially those who have entered your sales funnel and considering to buy your product. Considering this will show your concern towards your target audience and they will see how important they are for you. Plus, maintaining a human touch will also tell you about their needs and problems, and you can examine how your products or services can solve them. Do not consider everyone same Thinking that each of your customers is the same could be the biggest mistake for you. Remember, not all are the same, everyone has their own specific needs, requirements, and purpose of buying something. Even the response of all will be different for various things. Thus, you need to prepare your marketing efforts differently for a different audience. Especially, when you want to show empathy. Wrong concerns at the wrong place could be disastrous, hence, you need to identify the problems faced by a different segment of people and then respond accordingly. Do research Research is the answer to the above point where we have said that identification of needs and problems of different segments of people is necessary. This could only be done by performing the research of your target audience and identify what are the reasons due to which people are choosing a product or service that you offer. For example, if ten people want to buy a car, then the reason for each of them could be different. One might want it to gift someone, another might need for family purpose, the third person wants to buy it to replace his/her old one, and so on. Here, the product is the same but the reasons to buy that product are different. So, it is also important to target people differently to grab attention and that’s why deep research about your target audience is necessary. The research will clear you the purpose of people to look for something that you offer and then you can put their shoes on to give them a strong reason to choose you over others. With this, you will be able to tell them how exactly it feels to be in their position and how the product will make their experience better. This will create an emotional touch with
What Should Be Your Content Marketing Strategy During a Pandemic
We are facing one of the biggest pandemics that has ever happened in the world. This pandemic (COVID-19) has eaten millions of lives across the globe and the numbers are still rising every day. Besides so many casualties, COVID-19 has also affected businesses around the world and many of them are just completely shut. Due to this strange situation of businesses across the globe, the world’s economy has also fallen. But we cannot just wait for this to get completely over, as it is not going to happen anytime soon. To survive, some efforts are required and they should be made as soon as possible because, if not now, then never. This post will tell what should be your content marketing strategy during this tough time of COVID-19 pandemic and how considering those strategies will help you sustain. Content marketing strategy during COVID-19 pandemic Evaluate your existing strategy This is the time when every business is upside down and the strategies, they used to promote themselves have also been affected. Thus, the first thing that you need to do is to analyze and evaluate the strategies you are currently using. You need to see which of them are still working and which ones are just utilizing your resources for nothing. You know that this is not the time to waste your money and resources, thus, it is advised to hold back the strategies that are not working and invest more in the ones that are still delivering results. For example, if you are into food or apparel related business, it will be best for you to focus on social media more than trying out other different things. Because, when most of the people are working from home, their social media engagement has increased significantly. Hence, targeting this platform will get you more attention and when people are avoiding going out, they prefer buying things online. Similarly, you can also guide people on how they can stay safe during this pandemic by posting infographics, images, or even videos. As selling products is not everything, sometimes, you need to stand with people and help them in tough times to get loyalty. And, considering this will help you gain some. Remember, this can do wonders for you in the long run. Reconsider your blogs Blogs are always helpful; they ensure your better visibility in the search engine rankings. Blogs help you build authority on the web, plus, also lets you show expertise in your niche. They are best in ranking your webpages for specific keywords and help in link building as well. Simply, we could say that you cannot leave blogs aside with your content marketing strategy. Now, when the whole world is under crisis¸ reconsidering your blogs can help you strengthen one of the pillars of your business. Due to this coronavirus outbreak, the use of the internet has increased significantly. Thus, fueling your blogging efforts can deliver some great results. As people are spending most of their time on the internet, the chances of getting your blogs read are very high. Thus, this tough time can become a huge opportunity for you, and writing informative & unique blogs regularly can give you an edge over competitors. It is simply a win-win situation for you. Find out interesting & trending blog topics related to your niche and prepare worthy content that is admired by people. This will open new gates of success for you in these unfavorable conditions. Show your target audience that you still care about them by providing valuable information, and that’s what matters these days. Use emails to a good effect Those who think that emails are outdated do a big mistake. Remember, whatever efforts you make on the digital platform to promote your business, you cannot keep emails aside, as they are the best source of professional communication plus, you can also promote your products or brand via emails. When the whole world is trying to maintain social distancing, emails have become an integral part for businesses and even people for communication except other social channels like WhatsApp, Instagram, & Facebook Messenger. Being a business, it will be a good time for you to push email marketing by sending interesting & relevant content to your target audience, and the chances are that your emails will be opened, read, responded. You need to remember one thing with email marketing during this pandemic, that, don’t be pushy in your mails, as that will portray you as insensitive and you might lose your reputation. Send a mix of emails including sales, marketing, and informative ones. Show people that you are with them and you’ll gain their trust. Videos can be really effective Visuals are always helpful and out of all, videos are something that gets most of the attention. During this time of the pandemic, videos can be very helpful in building your authority and improving reputation. If you are able to use them in the right way, their effect will last for a very long time. We advise you that the videos you create should not only focus on selling your products, rather, they must also show care and love for your audience. Create videos that are unique and have some important messages for people. Another thing that you can do with videos is to offer discounts on whichever products or services you are offering. Create an engaging video to show your audience about the discounts. Considering this will show your concern to customers & target audience about the financial crisis they are facing due to COVID-19, and you will get more loyal customers. Also remember, that, don’t just create & post videos only about your brands or products/services. Do consider posting some videos educating people about the current scenario and things they should do to stay safe & keep others as well. This is the time to build relationships more than generating sales. Your efforts made during this time will reap you great benefits later on. Create content
Why and How Keywords Are Important for Digital Marketing
The digital world is trending and for businesses, it holds some serious importance. Without a digital presence, it won’t be easy for any business to compete. Almost all businesses have a digital presence and undoubtedly, they are being benefited through that. The digital world is huge, and that is the reason for its popularity among everyone. Considering its depth, businesses easily find people who are best for the products/services they offer. It’s not only one-way traffic, but people also find brands that suit them the best. This means, that not only businesses find people on the digital platform but people also look for businesses that can provide them the best value. Now, we are talking about people and businesses finding each other on the digital platform, but the real question is how it is going to happen? How they will find the correct one for themselves? The simple answer to both of these queries is ‘KEYWORDS.’ Without keywords, neither businesses will be able to appear for searches nor people will be able to find them. Thus, having relevant keywords in your digital marketing strategy is a must for you to be found. This post is dedicated to telling you the importance and relevance of keywords for ensuring a strong digital presence. After reading it, you will come to know what ‘keywords’ can do for your business online. What are the keywords? If we break this word it will be Key+Word, this means keywords are important words that define what your content is all about. They give a clear idea to the people whether the content is relevant for them or not even without reading it. Plus, they are also included in between the content to ensure that it is visible to people when a relevant search is made. Keywords can also be phrases that are generally used by people as their search queries. The type of keyword will depend upon your business’s niche and it is important to have relevant ones so that you don’t misguide people. Being a website owner, it is necessary for you to have most of the relevant keywords on your web pages so that people would be able to find them easily. Why keywords are necessary? As you have seen above that how having keywords in your content will help people to find out whether the content is relevant for them or not, while they are also important for search engine bots to identify the quality of your content and decide whether it is authoritative or not to be placed high on the SERP. Having keywords that match the search query of people will ensure that you are visible to them and they find you as the exact match for the answer to their queries. For example, if you sell different types of shirts and someone searches to by ‘blue check shirt’, and you have included this keyword or a related keyword in your content, the chances that you will be visible on the search engine results are high and it is likely that people will open your web page watching that keyword. This is just an example of how things work with keywords on the web, more relevant keywords you have in the content, more are the chances of its visibility to the search queries. In other words, we could say that keywords serve as a bridge between what people search and what you provide. Plus, they are also helpful in driving organic traffic on your site which is of most importance to build authority and get the attention of search engine bots. Remember, for every type of content whether it is textual or visual, having the right keywords are necessary, as without them you won’t be able to come in front of your audience, it doesn’t matter how well you have prepared. How to find the right keywords? To find the right keywords for your business’s niche, you need to do intensive keyword research, and for that, you can take the help of several free or paid tools that are available in the market. Before that, you need to have a clear idea of what types of products and services you are offering. Because that will only help you out in finding the most relevant keywords that appear when someone will make any query on the search engine related to your niche. Keywords can be defined by two parameters, one according to the volume of their searches and two the level of competition they have. Strategically measuring both these parameters and defining your keywords will get you a lot of success. While using software to find keywords, you will get both these details, all you need to do is select the most relevant ones and use accordingly in the content. You can also find some keywords on your own without taking the help of any tool, and this could be done by searching for products or services you offer on any web browser. Considering this will not only give you suggestions for more related keywords but also tell you about the top results and the quality they are serving. Plus, at the bottom, you will see some related search queries along with long-tail keywords. In this way, you will also be able to prepare better content having your targeted keywords. How to do keyword research? Above, you came to know that to find the right keywords, keyword research is a must and that could be done using tools and through manual search. Now, the question is how keyword research should be done? Because the approach you will adopt for the keyword research will define the quality and relevancy of them. let us see what things you need to do for keyword research: Study your niche First and the foremost thing that you need to do is to have in-depth knowledge about the niche of your business. Because without that you won’t be able to identify which keywords will be the best for
Everything You Should Know About SEO-Friendly Content
If we talk about the digital platform, content is everywhere or we must say it is flooded all around the digital world. That is the reason we say that ‘content is the king.’ Businesses need to put content on digital channels like social media and their websites to tell people what they offer and in which field they are experts. Because that’s how they will come to know about your business. The digital platform is ruling these days and it won’t be wrong to say that its rule will be there for many more coming years. Every business wants to have a strong presence on the digital platform and for that, they need to prepare and post content for their target audience. But what do you think, that any kind of content you post will establish your business strongly? Especially, when there is tough competition out there and everyone else is also posting content to make their presence felt. The answer to the above question is simply a big NO. Because you cannot post anything and get the attention of your target audience. Your content must be relevant, qualitative, informative, and unique. Above all, it must be SEO friendly so that it can appear in the search results and people can see what you have to offer. Reading this post will tell you some important facts about having SEO-friendly content on your site and even on social media profiles. After going through this post, you will know, how to prepare SEO-friendly content and why it is necessary for your effective marketing strategy. What is SEO content? The word SEO content is made up of two separate words, SEO and content. SEO is abbreviated for search engine optimization which is important for any website to be found on the internet. While on the other hand, content refers to the information businesses provide on their website to tell people about what they do. Now, when these two words are combined, it becomes more important and effective for the digital marketing strategies of businesses. Every business wants to appear on the top of the results page for the relevant searches made by people. And that’s where SEO content comes in for the rescue. SEO content or SEO-friendly refers to the information provided by businesses on their website in such a way that search engine bots can easily find it authoritative than others and place at a higher position on the SERP. To prepare SEO content, it is necessary to use relevant & trending keywords that people use often to search for something. Let us see some tips to prepare SEO-friendly content. Tips to prepare SEO-friendly content Keyword research As you’ve seen that in the above paragraph, we did talk about using relevant keywords, and that is the first step to prepare SEO-friendly content. It is important to ensure that you use appropriate keywords in your content for which you want to rank it in the search engine results. There are many tools available in the market that’ll help you out with finding the right keywords to prepare SEO content. If you don’t include correct keywords that are relevant for the content, you are never going to appear in front of the right people. Some factors you need to consider with the keywords are the volume of searches in a particular time period, the type & quality of the content that appears after searching those keywords, and long-tail keywords to make your content more search-friendly. With your deep keyword research, not only you will be able to create SEO-friendly content but also you will be able to deliver what people are looking for. In this way, you can build better relationships with your audience and they will start trusting you. You can also do it by searching over the internet on your own using related keywords. That will give you a better idea of what search results the search engine is showing for those keywords. Thus, you can see what others have posted and can prepare a better content to increase the chances of overshadowing them. Here, you will also get some examples of long-tail keywords at the bottom of the search page on Google. Title is important Another key thing to create SEO-friendly content is the title of your content. It should be interesting and unique because that’s how you can create a desire in people to read it. The title of your content must create curiosity in people to see what’s in there. Along with the title, it is also important to make sure that headings & subheadings of the content are also relevant yet interesting. Considering this will increase the chances of getting it to read completely. It is best to create titles that show you are explaining something important or something people want to know. Another way to create interesting titles is by showing something beneficial for people and this will create a desire in people to get acquainted with the information. Remember, while creating titles, make sure that they are clear, concise, and self-explanatory. Avoid using long titles of more than 60 characters. A title that appears completely in the search results is good. Content organization Once you have collected trending & relevant keywords to prepare your content, it’s time to create a structure that guides people from top to bottom in a meaningful way. To create the structure of your content, the first thing you need to identify is the main information for which people will land on the web page. Such information should be at the top because if people don’t find what they are looking for, they will simply move to another platform. Thus, at first, it is necessary to give people what they want, and if they find it worthy, the chances of going down in the content become high. After providing the most relevant information at the top for which people will land on your site, you can make your content lengthy by
Here’s What You Need to Know About Email Marketing Funnel
Every business is in the race to acquire as many customers as they can because that’s how they will grow and create a strong foundation for them in this competitive market. But it is not as easy as it sounds. For creating a loyal customer base, businesses need to target which ones are right for their brand, connect with them, convince to buy your products or service, and deliver great quality. That’s how the process works and those who understand this process well have higher chances of reaching their goal. There is one thing every business must remember, that without having a structured and strategic approach, it will be really difficult to make a mark. Thus, they need to create a plan for everything they do from targeting customers to promoting their products. One of the most effective and most widely used tactics to connect with the target audience and product promotion is email marketing. Sending emails is one of the best ways to connect with the bulk audience at the same time and it has worked for businesses for years. As we have said above that there needs to be a strategic approach for everything you do, similarly, email marketing also requires a structure so that it’s progress can be checked anytime. The structure we are talking about is known as ‘email marketing funnel.’ Let us dig deep into it. What is the email marketing funnel? The email marketing funnel is a strategy that drives your target audience into customers. As the name suggests, it makes use of emails to deliver the right and interesting content to the audience for getting their attention. This funnel helps businesses send emails with the most relevant content at the most relevant time to the target audience and that’s how they will improve engagement. The same content is not ideal for all people, some of them might require more information than others, and that could be well defined by the email marketing funnel. The timing is most important during the email marketing campaigns and that’s where the importance of this funnel multiplies. The main goal of using email marketing funnel is to get the attention of people whom you have sent the emails. You can only get recognition when receivers will open your mail and see what’s in there for them. If your mails get unnoticed, you will get nothing but frustration and to avoid such a scenario, it is advised to use email marketing funnel in your email marketing campaign. How does email marketing funnel look like? The email marketing funnel can be broken down into several stages: Gather emails To run an email marketing campaign, the first thing you need to have is a list of email addresses of your target audience. As without email addresses, whom will you send the content? So, the first thing you are required to do is to gather email addresses and that could be done in several ways. Opt-in forms The first method to build your email list is via opt-in forms. They are short lead capturing forms having fields of the name of the person and his/her email address. Such forms can pop-up on any page of your website as set by you. They are one of the best ways to get the basic information of your target audience and also to get the traffic into the marketing funnel. A defining way of using opt-in forms is on one of the popular blogs or the most visited landing pages of your site. That’s how you will be able to show the form to a wider audience and get a high number of emails to build your list and put them in the funnel. With opt-in forms, one thing you need to ensure is that at which position and on which page it does well. For that, you need to place the form at the top, at the bottom, as a pop-up and anywhere else you find it feasible to place. With automated marketing tools, you can check the progress of each of the form placement and analyze which works the best for you. Dedicated landing page Another way of getting email addresses to start your email marketing funnel is by creating a dedicated page to collect the information of visitors. But one thing you need to consider while creating the landing page is not to make them long enough that instead of filling, people leave that. A great idea to improve conversions with the landing page is to display the offer you have for them. Besides keeping the form short on the landing page, you can also brief about the benefits of choosing your products or services. The chances of getting leads are high if people find the products good enough for them. Another good thing you can do to improve conversions is to offer something in return for signing up with you. The offerings could be free subscription, free e-book download with beneficial content, or even discounts. Awareness The real game starts from here. Now when you have built the email list, you need to make people aware of what you offer, because if they don’t know about the products or services you provide, how will you bring them bottom to the funnel. While creating awareness about your brand, don’t try to fill the email with the benefits of your products or services only, rather try to be educative and helpful. Because people need to know why they should buy something and how that will help them. If you only talk about your brand, you will sound pushy and that’s not a great sign for your business. The goal of creating awareness should be to show the expertise in your business’s niche not to sound self-obsessed. If people find you knowledgeable enough in your field, they will automatically get attracted. Be genuine with your awareness mails, as more effective they will be, much easier it will be for you to bring them
How Chat bots have Transformed Customer Service
We are living in a world surrounded by technologies and we cannot ignore them. We have become so much addicted to technologies that without them we will be incomplete. This post will talk about one defining technology that has transformed the way businesses used to interact with their customers. Yes, you guessed it right, we are talking about chatbots. Chat bots have made it easier for companies to connect with clients and audiences 24/7 without hiring a special staff. This is just an example of how they have helped businesses, here is a lot that we will talk about in this article. We must say that introduction to chatbots is just revolutionary for businesses and their marketing strategies. Let us start with a brief of what chatbots are before moving on to their benefits for customer engagement. What is a chatbot? You might have come across a chatbot on many websites you have visited and even had an interaction without knowing that you are talking to a bot. A chatbot is a programmed system designed to mimic human conversation on digital platforms and answer to the queries of people. One of the most important things about chatbots is that they can be customized according to the needs and requirements of companies. They do not require any human intervention for interacting with customers for basic questions asked by customers (but they need to be programmed too). Plus, they are known for delivering instant response irrespective of the time when the query is asked. How chatbots have transformed customer service? Chatbots are the future of customer service and the time is not far when they will completely take over human customer service agents. You will completely understand the reason why we have said that by reading this post. Seamless experience One of the reasons why chatbots are becoming popular is because of their seamless performance. They don’t even let the user feel that he/she is talking to a bot. The interaction is so smooth that it looks like one to one communication between a client and a customer support executive. They can also be used with your social media marketing strategy to improve results and ensure better customer engagement. Round the clock service As we have also shared this example above, one of the most important benefits provided by the chatbots is their round the clock availability. Placing a bot on your website or mobile app lets you ensure your presence 24/7 to the customers. This not only creates trust but also tells your client that how important they are for you. This means, that your clients don’t have to wait for the response until your company’s working hours and this will create your identity of being there for customers anytime. Multiple interactions This is one of the strongest points of having a chatbot installed on your website. It can take endless queries without getting tired and can handle more than one customer at a time, or even hundreds of customers simultaneously. This probably is impossible for any efficient and highly experienced customer service agent, or we must say that it will sound ridiculous if we ask any of our employees to even handle 10 customers at a time. That’s where a chatbot becomes a revolutionary introduction to the customer service field. Keeps anger aside Being a programmed bot, it has zero chances of using any rude or abusive language even when a customer is angry and talking rudely. We, humans, are emotional folks, it doesn’t matter how much we try, we somehow use our emotional sense while talking to someone and it depends on the language they are using. So, when an angry customer is talking to a service agent, especially when the query raised by the customer is not of the company’s fault, it becomes quite difficult for the service agent to solve the issue politely. And if anyhow the service agent uses angry tone, it will directly affect the company’s reputation and that could be serious as well. In such situations, chatbots are the best as they just interact with customers the way they have been programmed. So, there is no chance of making a customer unhappy. Reduced cost of customer support If we look in the long run, chatbots can significantly save the cost of customer support without compromising the quality of your service. Implementing a chatbot will ensure fewer numbers of customer support executives and thus, you will save the cost of their salary. Considering this could be highly beneficial for businesses that experience a high number of customer queries throughout the year or for a particular time. Plus, as we mentioned earlier, with the implementation of a chatbot, you would be able to handle more queries than your entire customer support team can. Customized customer experience Not only with solving queries, but chatbots can also help customers while making the purchase. Chatbots have numerous features and one of the interesting features is that they can pop up on any webpage to give suggestions to the customer, a discount coupon, or something else of their use. They can also analyze the search pattern of users and accordingly deliver the customized user experience. This will probably help drop down cart abandonment rates. Highly convenient Everyone wants to get things done in an easy manner and this pleases them as well. So, if people find interacting with you convenient, they will trust you more and rely on your brand. That’s where a chatbot comes in place. It can ease things for your customers related to any question they have regarding your brand or product. To get answers, all they need to do is type their query in the chatbox and an instant response will be there. Another convenience that chatbots offer is that you don’t have to worry about network issues as in the case of on-call customer support. With an active internet connection, customers can get answers to any of their queries related to your products/services. Automize
How to Avoid Being Shadowbanned On Instagram
If you are a digital marketer “what’s trending?”, don’t be surprised if he/she says “social media”. Because, for digital marketing, social media is not only trending, but it is the key to success as well. Without a social presence, it is just impossible for a business to look forward to its growth. When we talk about social media, then Instagram is surely in a few of the topmost platforms that businesses never fail to use. Focused on visuals like images, GIFs, infographics, and videos, Instagram gives the opportunity to brands to build their authority and grab the attention of the target audience by creating interesting visuals related to their business’s niche. But, in the race to win clients on this very popular digital platform, some businesses tend to use unethical practices, and, in the end, they get banned. Thus, it is important for any business to avoid such practices that lead to their social media account ban, as if it happens, all your efforts will be in vain. On Instagram, there is a thing known as ‘shadowban’ and if you don’t know, it is not a normal ban on your Insta account. This post will give you insights into the Instagram shadowban and what you can do to avoid it. As, if you are not aware of it or don’t know how to recover, you will keep making efforts for nothing in return. What is shadowban on Instagram? It won’t be wrong to say that Instagram shadowban is a kind of mysterious thing that could happen to you, especially when you don’t know what it is. Shadowban is a ban posed by Instagram on a user’s account in such a way that anything posted by the user will only appear to followers and hence, businesses won’t be able to reach a wider audience. The most interesting fact about the shadowban is that the account user doesn’t know that it is happening to him/her. This is unlike a normal account ban where Instagram sends you the notification that your account has been blocked due to so and so reasons. In this scenario, it just happens without any notifications or hint and you just keep using it normally. Let us see how you can detect whether your account has been shadowbanned or not. How to tell if you are shadowbanned on Instagram? Engagement is dropping Now you know that posts by an account that is shadowbanned will only appear to a limited number of people, and those are the followers. So, in this case, the visibility of posts will drop down and so does the likes & comments by viewers. Limited visibility means limited engagement from users and this will show up in significantly less numbers of likes and comments on your posts than before. If this continues steadily even when you are not doing anything different than before or anything wrong, then this could be a sign of shadowbanning. Thus, you need to check for other signals that are mentioned below. Now new followers Now, with this point, the theory is simple, when your account cannot be seen how will you get new followers? Thus, if you see no increase in the number of your Instagram followers for a while and you find it unusual, then the reason could be that your account has been shadowbanned. Post does not show up with the hashtag We can say that the above two factors can also happen normally with Instagram accounts due to posting of irrelevant content or some other reasons. It is not sure that reduced engagement and having no new followers can assure that your Instagram account is shadowbanned. But along with the above two signs, if you are not able to see your post having an unpopular hashtag on the news feed of any other person, then you can confirm that it is because of shadowbanned by Instagram. For this, you have to post an image on your account with a hashtag which is not so popular. Now, use someone else’s account and search for that unpopular hashtag you have used in your post. If you are not able to see your post after properly searching for that, then you are shadowbanned. Reasons for being shadowbanned by Instagram Facing a ban in anything is the result of infringement or violation of policies set by a particular authority. Similar is the case in shadowbanning on Instagram as well. If a user adopts false tactics to get the required attention and increase reach, then he/she is liable to face shadowban. Here is a list of reasons for a shadowbanned on Instagram: Use of bots Remember, the success you get with the quality of your products or services and genuine efforts made by you will stay for long, and the same is admired by social media platforms as well. While on the other hand, if you are not getting the desired success with your efforts and plan to use automatic tools to increase engagement & reach, then you are doing it wrong. Use of bots or any other Instagram growth tools is considered as a spammy practice and when noticed, you might face shadowban. Use of banned hashtags There are certain hashtags banned by Instagram due to some reasons and if knowingly or unknowingly, you are using those hashtags in your posts, your account will be banned. Sometimes, when a popular hashtag is being overused to get the attention especially with irrelevant posts, Instagram limits its use or even removes it. Now, if you use such a hashtag in your posts, this could also lead your account to shadowban. Before using any hashtag, it is important for you to do enough research to see whether it is banned or not. Your account is being reported so often Another reason for the shadowban of your Insta account could be that it is being reported by people every now and then. If an account is reported frequently by users, it gives a sign to
How to Ensure Creativeness With SEO-Driven Content Strategy
We should say that the digital marketing platform is not as old as other marketing tactics are. But, in a decade, this platform has grown so much that traditional practices have become the second choice for businesses to promote themselves. The popularity & huge audience base of the digital platform has helped it grow so much and undoubtedly this is one of the key reasons as well. The digital platform is easily accessible and most importantly, people enjoy spending time here, and this makes it a big plus for businesses to attract and interact with the target audience. But things are not as easy as they sound, it requires some effort to grab attention and maintain that reputation for businesses. One of the most important factors to drive success in the digital world is search engine optimization (SEO). Without SEO, you will not get the desired attention of the target audience neither the visibility on the search results. Another key factor is the content by which you will explain people who are you and what all you provide. But as we said earlier that it is not as easy as it sounds, similarly, to prepare content you need to strategize things on how you can make it creative so that people stop and see what you want to say. Creative and unique content is something that has a high chance of winning. It doesn’t matter what you do, creativeness is always admired. Now, here’s something that you should pay special attention to, keeping SEO in mind is important while creating any type of content to ensure visibility, plus, to get the attention you need to be creative as well. Thus, maintaining a balance between SEO and creativeness is a must in the content to get success. This post will tell you how you can stay creative with your SEO-driven content strategy. How to balance creativeness and SEO while preparing content Most often, it is seen that to be creative people ignore SEO and that’s where they lose the race. We know that creativity and uniqueness are important for content that needs to be posted online but we cannot forget that SEO is important too. Below are some tips that’ll help you maintain a good balance between both SEO & creativity. Seek help from experts Before you start something new, it is always suggested to take help from the experts who have already established their place for that particular thing. Similar is the case with maintaining a balance between SEO & creativity, if you are finding it difficult to do, simply take advice from an expert or even more than one to get a better idea. You can find and read posts related to your niche written by experts and see how they have maintained a keyword-centric approach while still being creative. Reading such posts properly will guide you a lot about how experts have managed to maintain a balance between those two important parameters for digital marketing and what all they have used in their content that is providing them visibility as well as the attention. It is suggested to examine as many examples as you can until things become clear to you. Because learning is the best practice to become perfect and you should know that. Tell stories about leaders Another best thing that you can do to be creative and stay with SEO-driven strategy is, tell inspiring stories of leaders around the world. Here, you need not pick any particular industry, any story that you think can inspire you and people, just share that. While having some stories of the leaders in your business’s niche will be good. For this, you will require interviewing those leaders to hear directly from them and that might not be an easy task for you to do. Try to interact with them over the phone, email, or even texts if possible. Request them to answer some questions and tell what they feel about them. You need not find only big guns or someone very popular, rather, just try to find out some of the top experts in your city or area and make efforts to connect with them. For example, if you are running a digital marketing business, try interviewing experts from some of the top-rated digital marketing companies near you. As including their stories and mentioning them could do a great job for you. Humanize your connection We know, how important keywords are for your digital marketing strategy and what role do they play in any content. But, when your content is boring, it will not get much attention, and eventually, its ranking will drop down. Thus, having an interesting touch in any content is a must to get the attention of your target audience. One of the best ways by which you can ensure that people will give your content proper attention is by finding the human touch. Show empathy, write in a way that makes readers feel connected, and be helpful & informative. Considering this will make people more engaged while reading the content and you will get a very low bounce rate. To find a human touch in your content, you need to ask why people will search for the topic that you are going to write. Think like your audience and then start writing. In this way, you will be able to make your content more reader-friendly plus, people will understand better. It is always better to start with something that people are facing and how your post will be going to help them with the problem. In this way, readers can analyze that you know what problem they are facing and you have come up with a solution to that. Multimedia and visuals can help Whether you are writing new content or trying to edit an old post, adding visuals & multimedia can always help. These elements are also considered good by SEO plus, they can make your post creative & interesting as well. Multimedia
20 Content Marketing Strategies You Should Consider Immediately
You cannot get away with the content whether you are a business or a customer. Content is everywhere and that’s how things work. Without content, you cannot even think of starting your business. Content is the most important part of marketing strategies adopted by businesses and even it has a dedicated branch known as ‘content marketing.’ That’s how vital it is and every business needs to take it seriously. Whether you want to increase traffic on your site or boost sales, content is a must and it should be qualitative enough to drive the attention of your target audience. This post will tell you 25 content marketing tips that you need to implement with immediate effect to see some great results. Considering these tips will increase traffic on your site and ensure better reputation & brand recognition. Tips You Must Immediately Consider with Your Content Marketing Strategies Workable content marketing strategy The first thing you need to ensure is that your content marketing strategy must be actionable. While planning the strategy, you need to think about what could work and what not. This is important because if you don’t have a workable plan, things will not move the way you want. Here, you need to make sure that you have a defined & achievable goal because that will decide how things will move further. Remember, your content marketing strategy must be strong so that you can have the desired result. Along with the goals, it is also important for you to define your budget, audience, and your competitors with the content marketing strategy. Having details of all these parameters will help you a lot in moving ahead with minimum risk. Plus, you also need to make sure that how will you measure the success of your marketing, because that is important too, to see whether your implemented strategy is working or not. Implement the strategy The next step is to implement the strategy you’ve created because, without implementation, all your efforts made during the first step are waste. One important thing you must consider during implementation is to do it for every single piece of content you have on your website. That’s how you will receive great results. Now when you clearly know your goals, target audience, and even key performance indicators, so why not move to the field and see how your plan works out. How much time it is taking to connect with the audience and how much distance it reduces between you & your goals. Look for long-term aspects Having long-term goals is always advantageous and it helps as well. Now, when you create a content marketing strategy, you must plan it for the long-term because that’s what will take you ahead of your competitors. Why we are saying long-term is because it is likely that you will not get results in initial starting months or even years. But you need not become discouraged as some things take time to reap benefits and you need to understand that fact. It is also seen that posts you have made earlier have higher chances of getting you leads when compared to new ones. The reason for this is that your older posts got enough time to get wide exposure and attention they require. Thus, getting a response is likely better than new posts because they did not get the required exposure. This is another reason why you need to commit for the long-term. The theory here is simple, that you need to be patient and if you are not, you must consider it immediately. Promotion is must “I have started a small business of selling bedsheets.” But how will I generate leads or sales if I don’t tell people about my business? That is why promotion is necessary and it should be done on the right channels. Even with your content marketing strategy, you need to promote your content as much as you create it, or even more. Because without promotion you are not going anywhere. Promoting the content will increase its visibility and you will experience high traffic & engagement on your site. With the content promotion, you also need to build social shares and get backlinks from high quality & trustworthy sites. Promotion through right means is also considered a good sign by search engine bots and that helps in the improvement of SERP ranking. Most businesses ignore promotion and despite having top-quality content, they fail to make the most out of it. Remember, the right promotional strategy can take your business to a whole new level. Know what the audience wants If you are not considering this, you need to do this immediately. Because, everything you are doing on the digital platform is for the target audience, and if that’s not what they want, that’s useless. Thus, you need to be aware of what your audience wants, because that’s how you will be able to tailor the content according to their needs, and that’s how you will be able to gain their trust. To create an admirable content, you need to include the information that people are looking for because people will only give attention if they get what they want. So, before creating any content, you must do proper market research along with looking at your competitor’s strategies to get an idea of the needs and wants of your customers. Here’s a tip, to create magnetic content, give enough time to study your audience before presenting anything in front of them. Search for topics that never get old Now, this is something weird, there is nothing that stays fresh forever. But we must say that facts stay fresh for a very long time and they’ll help you create evergreen content for your site. Why we are pushing towards creating such content is because it can help you in the long run. If you have something like this on your site, then if even people search for it 3 years from now, they will find