Dec
Have your email open and click-through rates been plateauing? Email marketing is one of the most effective digital marketing tactics, but its success isn’t a given. If lagging open rates feel rote to you as a publisher or content manager, your audience members might be email fatigued—especially sinc…
Dec
When was the last time you redesigned your website? Or the last time you checked your site’s search ranking? How recently did you conduct a keyword analysis? Even if the answer to these questions is recently, did it improve your site’s performance and your visitors’ experiences? Today’s consumers ex…
Dec
For many associations, the value of print publications is undeniable. It’s also undeniable that magazines are facing an uphill battle with rising costs of paper and postage. So how can associations save this primary member benefit, which is an important revenue source and a crucial medium for though…
Nov
Healthcare workers were in high demand before the pandemic. But as nurses, allied health workers and hospital workers exit the field due to a variety of COVID-related stresses, healthcare organizations are more pressed than ever to focus on recruitment and retention of talent. While financial incent…
Nov
When Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went dark in an outage on Oct. 4, 2021, memes, GIFs and late-night hosts had a lot of laughs. But for marketers who rely on those platforms to distribute and archive their content, the day was anything but fun. While having a presence on third-party platforms su…
Nov
Association marketers are succeeding at leveraging data in their content marketing programs but struggling with interdepartmental agreement—that’s according to the American Society of Association Executives’ (ASAE) recent report, “Association Content Strategies for a Changing World.” ASAE surveyed a…
Sep
The Healthcare Marketing and Physician Strategies (HMPS) Summit kicks off October 6 in Miami and features a lineup of sessions and speakers sure to provide tons of great advice and insights as healthcare marketers transition to the next phase of COVID-19 messaging and reinvigorate efforts around the…
Sep
Only 17% of thought leadership content is considered excellent, according to the 2020 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study, which surveyed 1,164 U.S. business executives. That equals wasted time, money and resources as well as other missed opportunities. Survey respondents have an appetite for qualit…
Sep
To jump on the latest social media trends or not—that’s the perennial question so many marketers grapple with. Before you dive deep into the next trending tactic, consider these dos and don’ts. DO: Go all in with video. True, video is by no means new to social media. But the pandemic brought on new…
Sep
SHSMD’s annual conference is coming up, and we’re excited for the return of in-person events! With so much to see and do in just a few days, we made a list of five must-see programs you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendar for these sessions: 1. Reimagining Diversity & Inclusion: A Pathway to…