This week’s Biz Hack is slightly different than usual. Last month I attended Content Marketing World in Cleveland and got to interview some of the top content marketers. I asked them to either share a tip for entrepreneurs or a productivity hack, and wanted to share what they had to say: Success Tips from Content Marketing World.
- Get writing (Ian Cleary from Razor Social)
- Produce good content on your blog and let Google send you traffic.
- Use apps and GTD to get more done (Stephen Spencer, SEO expert, author and speaker)
- Block calendar time for personal projects (Amy Higgins, content and social manager at Concur)
- Block out sections on your calendar to get work done uninterrupted. Tool: Concur App to manage your expenses while traveling.
- Get out of your inbox (Chris Ducker, entrepreneur, author and founder of Virtual Staff Finder)
- Use a 3-click rule to get those messages out of your inbox quickly: 1. Reply or Forward, 2. Delete, or 3. Archive and move on with your life.
- Utilize DivvyHQ to manage content (Kim Higdon, social media manager at Off Madison Ave.
- Manage content marketing efforts and collaborate team wide using this online platform.
- Build your brand from the start (Heidi Cohen, chief content officer of Actionable Marketing Guide)
- Choose the details for your brand from the start of your business and stay consistent as your business grows.
- Use Evernote to create epic blog posts over time (Lee Odden, CEO of Top Rank Online Marketing)
- Have a few spare moments? Put your ideas into Evernote and add to it whenever you can. It’s a great tool for organizing your ideas.
- Get up earlier to write great content (Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder of Orbit Media)
- Go to bed earlier, get up earlier and write something awesome before you look at your email and it will change your career.
