The Dynamic Duo: Inbound Marketing And SEO Copywriting

Inbound Marketing and SEO are a match made in web marketing heaven. They are symbiotic, meaning they help each other when used at the same time, and both are amazingly useful techniques for driving curious potential customers to your website. Both must be uniquely targeted for your ideal audience and both must anticipate what your customers will search for and want to read about. In essence, the same research that reveals which SEO keywords to focus on also provides you with topics on which to write your inbound marketing content. The content, in turn, should be SEO optimized to contain the targeted keywords, which it can do relevantly and interestingly because that's what you're writing about in the first place! Watch your readership and conversions grow when you employ these tactics. (more…)

5 St. Patrick’s Day Digital Marketing Tips

by Brad Friedman | Digital Marketing

St. Patrick's Day is one of several holidays (including Valentine's Day and Halloween) that has gotten a lot bigger in recent years. Aside from parades, people are going out, dressing up, holding their own theme parties, and even buying each other gifts. It's also expanded beyond the original theme of a strictly Irish or religious holiday. It's now a day people use as an excuse to socialize and have a good time. St. Patrick's Day also presents your business with many marketing opportunities. With so many people looking for ways to celebrate, there's no reason why you can't turn this into a profitable day for your business. (more…)

Living It Live With Todd Bergin [Podcast]

by Brad Friedman | Live Video

What is it about live video that is so appealing? The future of human marketing and business is in live video and slowly, people are adapting to this revolutionary change. When YouTube came in 2006, videos became the center of the internet universe. This time however, it isn’t just about recorded videos but more about the excitement and fecundity of broadcasting it live as it happens. (more…)

Inbound Marketing For Small Businesses

by Brad Friedman | Inbound Marketing

Within the last several years, inbound marketing has transformed the way businesses attract and gain customers. In the past, small businesses attempting to reach prospective customers relied mostly on traditional methods such as placing ads, running television commercials, and cold calling. This is referred to as outbound marketing because the efforts of the business extend outward to the customer. The small business is the one initiating contact with the prospect. Inbound marketing, however, is the reverse of outbound marketing. (more…)

Ep 007: The Potential Principle

by Brad Friedman | The Digital Slice

Ep 007: The Potential Principle

by Brad Friedman

The Potential Principle

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In life and in business, there’s always something more to explore and do. This is despite other people thinking you may already have achieved so much in your field. Surprisingly, deep inside of you is an insatiable hunger to discover more, start from scratch, and climb your way up again. There is just so much potential waiting to be unleashed, recognized, and utilized. So how would you like to explore that potential of yours to its optimum level today?

Mark Sanborn is all about leadership development and making leaders out of seemingly ordinary and average individuals. Internationally, he inspires his audiences as an authority in business and change leadership. He is certified by the National Speakers Association as a Speaking Professional. He is president of an idea studio called Sanborn & Associates, Inc. aimed at the development of leaders. He has worked with big name clients like FedEx, Hewlett Packard, ESPN, IBM, and John Deere to name a few. Mark is also a celebrated bestselling author of many books and has been recognized by USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. He has a new book entitled, The Potential Principle, which delves into the where and the how you can reach your full potential.

In this Episode:

How the book, The Potential Principle, came to fruition
How to re-focus, do things differently, stop or start doing something, when you have a change of plans or goals
How to maximize the use of company expertise and time resources to reach your goals
How to be better than your best as an individual and as a company using a specific plan
The Potential Principle on where to get better and how to get better
The Potential Matrix and focusing on people’s inner world of values, thought processes, and purpose to help them become better
The Fred Factor and why it’s better to strive to be interested more than to be interesting
How to stay innovative and relevant in this constantly changing world
How to use disruption to effect positive change in business, relationships, etc.
Who the book, The Potential Principle, is really for and why get it for yourself

Quotes From this Episode:
“If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you won’t change.” - Mark Sanborn
“If you don’t refocus, you’ll repeat.” - Mark Sanborn
“How you devote your time and expertise creates the results you get.” - Mark Sanborn
“If you change what you do every day, you will change what you achieve and ultimately, you will change who you become.” - Mark Sanborn
“We all know how good we’ve become but none of us know how good we could be.” - Mark Sanborn
“If you can’t adjust and adapt that truth to new technologies and opportunities and cultural changes, then you lose your relevance.” - Mark Sanborn
“If you are able to prove value for free then people will be more likely to want to pay you to do business with you.” - Mark Sanborn

Resources:

Mark Sanborn
Twitter: @Mark_Sanborn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marksanbornspeaker/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksanborn/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/markhsanborn/
Website: https://marksanborn.com/
Blog: https://marksanborn.com/blog/

Potential Principle
The Potential Principle
The Map of Your Potential

The Fred Factor
The Fred Factor

Brad Friedman

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Books
“Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
“The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman

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