Wednesday
Jan112012

Insurance Content Marketing: The Case for Case Studies

insurance content marketing opportunity tfwco.comCONTENT MARKETING - Case studies create an opportunity for insurance marketers to tell success stories. You can use this best practice to tell how a customer solved a problem using a specific product or service...

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Thursday
Jan052012

Smart Business: 5 Tips for Hiring a Good Freelance Writer

tfwco.com-5 tips for hiring writersSMART BUSINESS - Finding an experienced, reliable freelance writer can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. Knowing what to look for can make the endeavor manageable, feasible and productive...

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Tuesday
Jun282011

Insurance Marketing: Content Strategy Is Key To Improve Lead Generation

insurance marketing tfwco.com-this image illustrates the word opportunityINSURANCE MARKETING - Online content spells opportunity. While creating printed marketing content is nothing new to insurers, taking content online to make it easily found by prospects is a vital new twist...

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Monday
Jun202011

Inbound Marketing Basics: Building Links the Right Way

inbound marketing basics tfwco.com images represents online link buildingINBOUND BASICS - There are ethical and acceptable ways to build links to your website, then there are the less acceptable tactics. This post provides a quick rundown of the good and bad of link building...

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Tuesday
May312011

Insurance Inbound Marketing: CMOs Need To Earn CEO Trust

tfwco.com insurance inbound marketing-illustration of top executive team lead by CEOINSURANCE INBOUND - Insurance marketers face an uphill battle to prove the value of inbound marketing to their CEOs. A MarketingSherpa report sheds light on this subject and is well worth reading. Here's why...

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Thursday
May052011

Insurance Social Media Marketing: Simple Template for Success

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Monday
May022011

Insurance Inbound Marketing: Insurance Company White Papers

tfwco.com inurance inbound marketing-this image shows a woman using a computer to enter content for a white paperINSURANCE INBOUND - Commercial lines property/casualty insurers can gain a lot from content marketing with white papers. These are NOT the printed, bound, text-heavy, encyclopedic white papers of yesteryear...

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Monday
Apr252011

Insurance Inbound Marketing: Getting Social with Agents/Brokers

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Saturday
Apr232011

Insurance Inbound Marketing: Know Where the Conversations Are

tfwco.com insurance inbound marketing-this image shows business peole with cartoon conversation bubbles above their headsINSURANCE INBOUND MARKETING - This post takes a closer look at the actual online potential for the keyword "insurance." (Data courtesy of HubSpot)...

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Friday
Apr222011

Inbound Marketing: 8 Web Pages Visitors Expect To See

tfwco.com inbound marketing basics-this photo shows a computer screen search engine box with text typed into itINBOUND MARKETING - It pays to map out your site’s core pages before you start to publish online. Here are 8 pages prospects will want to find on your site...

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Thursday
Apr212011

Inbound Marketing: 3 Ways It Can Boost Business

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Tuesday
Apr192011

Insurance Inbound Marketing: Abundant Online Opportunities

tfwco.com insurance inbound marketing-this photo shows a business person mapping out an online marketing strategy on a whiteboardINSURANCE INBOUND MARKETING - To create a successful online marketing strategy you must first identify where the conversation about your industry is happening...

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Tuesday
Apr192011

Inbound Basics: Increase Website Traffic with Long Tail Keywords

tfwco.com inbound basics-this image shows letter blocks spelling out S E O to represent search engine optimizationINBOUND BASICS - When it comes to SEO power, standard web pages can pack a punch -- especially when your keyword strategy includes long tail keywords...

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Tuesday
Apr192011

Digital Life: How Digital Media Impacts Our Kids

tfwco.com digital life-this photo shows a young boy and girl at home using a tablet computerDIGITAL LIFE - What impact will our increasingly wired world have on our daily lives, particularly our kids and future workforce? There is a moral/ethical dimension that needs to be considered...

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Tuesday
Apr192011

Inbound Marketing: Celebrity Look-Alike Photos = High-Value Content

tfwco.com photography-this is a celebrity look-alike photo representing bill gatesINBOUND MARKETING - Need a smile? Check out the celebrity look-alike photos by editorial/commercial photographer Chris Buck. He offers a hip twist on the celebrity lifestyle in his clever series titled Isn't.

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Monday
Apr182011

Content Marketing: Print + Email + Social = Success

tfwco.com content marketing-this photo shows a piece of paper with three red check marks in boxesCONTENT MARKETING - Direct mail is still effective -- especially if you integrate it with email, social media or some other online channel. By doing this you can significantly boost response rates...

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Monday
Apr182011

Creativity: 4 Ways To R.O.C.K. Your Intuition

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Monday
Apr182011

Content Marketing: Powerful Tool for Insurance Companies

tfwco.com content marketing this photo shows a laptop computer with newspaper flying out of it to represent content marketingCONTENT MARKETING - Do insurance companies engage in content marketing? The answer to that is, of course, an emphatic “yes.” Read about insurers who are succeeding in content marketing...

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Sunday
Apr172011

Social Media Marketing: When Authenticity Becomes Offensive

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Saturday
Apr162011

Smart Business: 5 Most Important Client Characteristics

tfwco.com smart business - this photo shows a street sign with the word integrity on itSMART BUSINESS - You should carefully consider certain characteristics about a client before you choose to work with them. This list of what to look for in clients is short, simple and valuable...

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