Heidi Cohen's Actionable Marketing Newsletter

Published: Mon, 04/27/15

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Dear ,

Last week, we focused on different sources of ideas, content creators and ways to fill your editorial calendar for your blog and other content marketing.

To encourage content creation across your organization including your customers, publish your editorial calendar.

Slideshare takes this process one step further. They’ve streamlined their editorial calendar and added visuals that they share with their audience as well as their staff. 
Actionable Marketing Tip:
  • Encourage staff and your customers to share content with you by reminding them in your communications.
​​​​​ This week, we interviewed Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of The Membership Economy. It’s a highly useful read for businesses seeking to build their customer base through interaction and engagement.

We’re giving away a copy of Robbie Kellman Baxter's book to one lucky winner with a US postal address. Please understand that while we appreciate that our readers are located around the world, we will only send physical books to people with a US address due to customs issues.

The winner of last week's book giveaway, a print edition of Jonah Berger's, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, is Laura Sheridan. Congratulations Laura!


Going forward there will be new interviews every Saturday. If you’re a marketing author or represent an author and would like to participate, please drop us a line.

We’d like your feedback on the section and the types of questions you’d like us to ask authors. 

We encourage you to sign up to get related goodies even if you don’t have a US postal address for delivery.
  
​​​Happy marketing,
Heidi 

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