The proof is in the analytics

Your Google Analytics report is a smorgasbord of information, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, it can quickly feel like one analogous soup. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

5 Must-Attend Marketing Events This Month

Ready to connect with your fellow Twin Cities marketer? 5 different organizations are putting on these 5 marketing events. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

SMBMSP #96 Recap: Finding actual value in social media “trends”

Do you have a multi-million dollar ad budget? Maybe a big social media team? If not, this social media advice is for you. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

A quick snapshot of marketing automation

We offer a marketing automation definition, an inside look at the growing industry and how to know if your business is ready for an automation tool. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

The Secret to Rebooting Your Business and Accelerating Growth

There are so many tools that help make our job easier. But are you using the right tools to help you keep your organization healthy? | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

How to create better automated emails

The key to marketing automation success could be lie your email efforts. Here's how to make your automated emails even more effective. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

Basic image guidelines for the 6 major social networks

Arm yourself with the standard social media image guidelines across the major social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

Is ‘Content Blindness’ The New ‘Banner Blindness’?

We're going to discuss what content blindness means for content marketers and a few ways you can use it to your advantage. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

5 Must-Attend Marketing Events in the Twin Cities

To kick off the new year, get your calendars out and mark the dates of these five can’t-miss marketing events going on in the Twin Cities. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 7 years ago

Google Featured Snippets: 7 Things You Should Know

Should you use Google Featured Snippets on your own site? Here are seven key things you should know before deciding. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Creating a Content Strategy That Booms but Never Bombs

Creating a content strategy strategy itself can be very fun but also quite challenging. Here are a few pointers to increase your strategy's effectiveness. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

How To Use Your Company Blog to Generate Revenue

There are many proven ways that you can use your company blog to help you grow your business and generate revenue. Here are our top eight: | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

The most important content marketing trends and how they should impact your 2017 strategy

When shaping your content strategy this year, there are lots of popular trends to choose from. Here are some of our favorites. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

How Chipotle’s Recent Campaign is Like a Delicious Burrito

Content marketing is essentially branded storytelling, and video is one of the most compelling formats. Some brands do it better than others. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

B2B social, content strategy and bacon: A recap of SMBMSP #94

Social Media Breakfast hosted Ryan Peña, social media and events manager, to discuss B2B social media marketing, content strategy and employee advocacy. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Public Relations in the Changing Landscape of New Media

Being a PR pro today requires more than a knack to knock out an amazing media pitch - you must be jacks and jills of all trades. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

How to unlock your employees' influence

Whether you're in B2B or B2C marketing, here are three ways to hand over the keys and unlock the tremendous power of employee influence. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Infographic: What Your 2017 MarTech Stack Should Look Like

If you’re taking a close look at your marketing technology stack, use this infographic to focus on the most essential elements. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

10 Hilarious Newspaper Blunders

When it comes to media, few things are more valuable than a good editor. But even the best editors make mistakes... hilarious mistakes... | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

The secret to great content? Mastering the workflow

Creating content is a delicate process. One tiny change could throw everything out of whack. A workflow is the framework for writing successful content. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Three Costly Problems Caused By Using The Wrong Content Marketing Tools

Most of today’s content marketers are using inefficient tools, like spreadsheets, email and Word docs. Ultimately, this creates very real risks for them. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

3 universities that are winning at content marketing

If you haven’t noticed, universities and colleges are creating and publishing more content.Here are three examples from colleges that are doing it well. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Why SEO doesn’t mean what it used to

The way SEO is changing follows the exact same path content marketing has charted in the last several years, leading to better results for the user. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

3 Ways to Motivate Your Content Creation Team

These 3 tips offer strategies to help your team feel more fulfilled at work and motivated to produce creative and effective content for your business. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

WTF is WYSIWYG?

Web editing tools, either through a CMS directly or through a content marketing platform, are typically called WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week in Content Marketing: How Video Impacts Your Site’s SEO Rankings

It's obvious that people are watching video - and that marketers therefore want to use more video - but how does it affect your SEO? | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

How to Succeed as a Ghostwriter

Ghostwriting has become increasingly popular in the content marketing world. Here are four tips to help you become a successful ghostwriter. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Lessons In Content Creation from 3 Famous Speechwriters

We’ll take a look at 3 famous speechwriters to see what they can teach us about ghostwriting, professionalism and writing with someone else’s authority. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

2 Reasons Why “Going Viral” is a Terrible Strategy

How do you measure viral success? How do you achieve it? We’ll consider these questions and look at why “going viral” shouldn’t be content strategy focus. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

The Flops and Successes of Shock Advertising

If you want to use shock advertising, it's important that you do your research on what's worked in the past — and what hasn't. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Social Media Monitoring Tools for PR and Marketing Pros

Social media monitoring tools can help your brand get ahead of your competitors, tap in to your audience's thoughts and neutralize any negative buzz. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week in Content Marketing: Starbucks as Content Creators and a CMW Recap

Catch up on the latest content marketing news, from Starbucks' new web series to our take on the biggest content event of the year! | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

3 Not-So-Obvious Content Marketing Examples from Disney, John Deere and LEGO

These content marketing examples from Disney, John Deere and LEGO demonstrate the power of brand storytelling to connect with consumers and encourage sales. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Managing the Time Costs of Content Marketing

Doing content marketing well takes time. Here are some actions you can take to reduce those time costs and produce and disseminating quality content. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

4 Mobile Marketing Tactics to Make Your Message More Effective

Your brand's mobile marketing content must be more user-friendly and effective now more than ever. Get your audience reading to the end with these tips. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

4 great (non-click-bait) headlines to get you in the zone

These four examples prove that although click bait headlines work, they’re not the only kind that does. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

5 Reasons Why Content Marketers Need to Think Like Journalists

When thinking about your content marketing campaign, use these five tips to think like a journalist and turn your content into something that has the abili | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week In Content Marketing: Pokémon Go, Null Quality Scores and a New SEO Tool

From Pokémon Go to AdWords, check out Brandpoint's take on the latest news and happenings in this week's installment of Last Week in Content Marketing. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

The Conflicting Skillsets of a Content Creator

Modern, internet-based storytelling requires a lot of different skills to succeed. Do you have what it takes to be a content creator? | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week In Content Marketing

Facebook and Google announced several key updates last week. Brandpoint's Content Marketing Manager highlights how they may impact you. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Discover the Common Traits of Good Brand Journalism

Rooted in good storytelling, good brand journalism tends to exhibit these characteristics and helps marketers engage with consumers in multiple ways. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

How to Create Content and Stories That Resonate with the Modern Man

Coming up with strategies for how to target a particular demographic like the "modern man" is a source of anxiety for marketers, but it doesn't have to be. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week in Content Marketing: P&G, CMI & HubSpot

We’ve gathered 3 of our favorite content marketing examples (Always, CMI and HubSpot) from recent weeks to help inspire your inner content creator. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

What social media marketers can learn from David Ogilvy’s "Perfect Headline"

Though the famous Rolls-Royce line Ogilvy penned almost 60 years ago is just 91 characters, it reveals to us the three pillars of social media | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Facebook Live: Should you proceed with caution?

Compared to other live broadcasting services, Facebook Live is an easy way to engage with audiences. Here are examples of how brands make it work for them. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Online dating and content marketing: The power of an attention-grabbing introduction

Content marketing headlines encourage readers to click, but it's the introduction that convinces them to stick around. Learn how to hook the reader. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

Last Week in Content Marketing

We’ve gathered 3 of our favorite content marketing examples from recent weeks to help inspire your inner content creator. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago

4 Metrics: Is Your Content Adding to the Bottom Line?

It’s time to check your website traffic report to determine whether your content creation is merely creating buzz or actually driving business and ROI. | Continue reading


@brandpoint.com | 8 years ago