Strategy

For most people, email outreach isn’t just difficult—it’s embarrassing. Persuading a blogger, journalist, or influencer is not for the weak-hearted. You only have a few seconds to grab the person’s attention. That’s why crafting an effective outreach email is important

If you have a business of any size or type, you already know that you must have a website if you are going to be successful. In this age of information and the Internet, people expect to find businesses online. Some business owners have a list of reasons why they don't think they n

You know, deep in your heart, what presentations lack. Free doughnuts, yes, but they are also devoid of excitement, clarity, and fun. Corporate jargon is the little sister of legal jargon, each working hard to lull you into daydreams and resentment. As a content strategist for a pr

If every visitor to your website is funneled into the same pages, offered the same options, and given the same user experience, you could be cheating yourself out of conversions. This is because your user experience design is targeting a generic mishmash of your visitors. The resul

One of the things that are so cool about digital marketing is that the little guys can compete with the big guys on a more equal footing. As long as you can get your brand “out there” in really effective ways, you can compete. Notice, however, that the key word here is “brand

The whole point of any marketing campaign is to reach the right audience with the right message at the right time. In the realm of digital marketing, there is rarely such as a thing as a single, big marketing campaign except perhaps when you are new. After that, one marketing “ca

You hear it all the time from marketers – we don’t have enough budget. Unless you have a lot of money to spend, you can’t buy enough ads. Unless you have a lot of money to spend, you can’t attract the right talent to create awesome marketing materials. Unless you have a lot

Reading is more than fundamental. It’s essential to becoming a great leader. What you read has a profound effect on your decisions and lifestyle choices. We learn how to operate in this world by gaining valuable knowledge from people who came before us. Leadership involves tak

So you want to grow your business. I get that. You probably wouldn’t be here if expansion wasn’t on your mind. But while strategies to help you increase your customer base and boost revenue are – on the surface – a good thing, growth alone isn’t enough to support and sust

By Alex Poulos, LaunchPad Media Interviews can help you create great video content if the “talking heads” sound genuine and interesting. But how can you elicit from people who aren’t professional actors the kind of sound-bites an editor needs to tell a captivating story? We