Content Marketing Blog

Tagged Under: leading copywriting agency Toronto

Data Dive: Finding Content in the Calculations

Sheetal Pinto - 1/25/2017 19:00

Tips for Turning Your Stats into Stories
The trends don’t lie and show no signs of letting up: Big Data is still a big deal in marketing. Beyond forecasting, budgeting, and demographics, are you getting the most from your data? Consider using those figures to inform and produce your marketing content.

SEO on Your Homepage: Striking a Balance

Sheetal Pinto - 11/16/2016 19:00

How to Fine-Tune Your Homepage for Lead Generation and Conversion
You have a great product, efficient staff, flexible contract options, a slew of services, enviable experience, and a unique value proposition… but you don’t need to say it all at once, or all in one place! In fact, all the wonderful stuff you offer can seem overwhelming if it is all crammed on a single homepage.

Free Tools for Better Marketing Content

Sheetal Pinto - 10/26/2016 20:00

Helpful Tools for Better Content Writing
If you are producing, publishing, and tracking your marketing content in-house, it is likely a small operation. Even large companies often have a small team crafting their digital communications. This tight knit group can pay off by establishing and maintaining the voice and tone of your company, but it can also lead to slumps and oversights.

Luckily, there are some handy free programs available to help triple-check and improve your content writing. Check out these three online tools, highlighted by CCO, for an extra checkpoint or to mix up your routine:

Formatting Tips to Improve Your Marketing Content Readability

Sheetal Pinto - 9/7/2016 20:00

Making the Right Words Stand Out
Looks matter…especially online! They create an impression on users and communicate what your company is about through visual cues. Your marketing content can also benefit from a little visual treatment. Skimming and readability are among the most important factors for creating digital content that converts. So don’t think that once you are done proofreading for spelling and grammar that your work is done!

How Many Words? Depends on How Many Readers You Want!

Sheetal Pinto - 4/2/2020 06:00

Shifting Content Marketing Focus from Word Count to Reader Count

SEO writers have been trying to find the perfect formula for high SEO rankings for decades. One recent trend in SEO is long form content, articles that are 2,000 words and even longer. While there is evidence that long form content does get reader engagement and adds to your SEO ranking, it’s not essential for getting rankings. Shorter articles that are well written and relevant to your reader can rank just as well, even better than low-quality long form content. There’s no magic number for word count. Long form content shouldn’t be your goal. The goal is audience engagement.

Keeping Content Alive During a Crisis

Sheetal Pinto - 3/26/2020 06:12

Public Statements, Emails, Employee Newsletters, Social Posts, and More…

Even as the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge our lives all around, our team here at MintCopy, like our peers, customers and associates, remains positive. We want to assure you that whether you are an existing customer sourcing content regularly through our content agency, or a new customer seeking our assistance with your content strategy and content marketing plan, we are here to serve you. Our team is busier than ever, working on company statements, customer and staff emails, employee newsletters, social media updates, and more, for a variety of clients. Work from home is not our “new normal”; it is our “normal”. Our SEO writers have been creating high quality content working from their virtual offices for the past 12 years…and counting.

How to Make Your Content More Memorable

Sheetal Pinto - 3/19/2020 06:00

Public Memory is Short; and Long-form Content Isn't the Magic Bullet!

Long-form content has been promoted by many as a solution to getting SEO rankings. One study showed that longer content, which is often defined as more than 2,000 words, led to higher search engine rankings. Yes, it’s true, (quality) content that is longer tends to be more in-depth, which often demonstrates authority on a subject. However, long-form content is much harder to produce. It doesn’t fit every topic. Longer articles aren’t necessarily always high quality. Neither search engines nor human audiences respond well to fillers or fluff. There’s a misconception that shorter articles can’t be effective, but with over 200 elements that go into ranking content, long-form content isn’t the only answer to your SEO strategy.

Why A Content Audit is NOT a Bonus; It's Absolutely Essential!

Sheetal Pinto - 3/12/2020 06:00

Here's How to Perform a Content Audit

Search engine algorithms have continually adapted since the start of the internet. What worked on your website a few years ago may not have the same intensity today. Conversely, some pieces of content may be popular and revisited by customers. Many website owners get busy creating new content while forgetting about the past. Good SEO isn’t only about keywords and titles. It’s about the customer experience. That includes what is already on your site. An annual content audit gives you insights into what’s working and what’s not, in your content marketing strategy.

Create Lasting Wins with Pillar Pages

Sheetal Pinto - 3/5/2020 06:00

Using Topic-Based Content for SEO Success

Just when you think you think you’ve got a good handle on Google’s search algorithm the company rolls out another update that makes you go back to the drawing board. Pillar content is a newer aspect of SEO that needs to become part of your content strategy. Organizing content by topic helps users find the information they need and presents your website up as an authority on a particular subject. Start with a broad topic, then include complementary topics.

Even the Best SEO Writers Need a Clear Content Strategy

Sheetal Pinto - 2/27/2020 06:00

Check the Essentials as You Build Your Content Marketing Plan

As a content marketing agency, we hear it all the time from clients. “We don’t have a brief for you, but we know what results we want to see from our content marketing efforts. You have the best SEO writers on your team—they can pull something out of their magic hats, right?” Of course, we can! There’s just one problem; even these accomplished, highly creative, SEO experts and terrific writers do need a starting point, i.e., a hat. You see, one hat doesn’t fit all. So, if you want doves, we need the hat that can generate doves. If you want rabbits, we need a different hat that we can plunge into for rabbits. And so on…

Want the Best Online Rankings? Hire the Best SEO Writers!

Sheetal Pinto - 2/20/2020 06:00

Use Quality Content to Boost Your Visibility and Business

It's hard for us to say this, but it's true, writers are indeed, a dime a dozen. If you're looking for content writers, you don't have to look far. But as with any product or service, you get what you pay for. And as the old saying goes, "If you pay peanuts, you'll get monkeys!"

Understand the Dynamics and Cultivate a Strong Content Team

Sheetal Pinto - 2/13/2020 06:00

Optimize Team Effectiveness for Content Marketing Success

Conventionally, the 5 Ps of marketing were critical for the success of any business. In the digital era, not all 5 might apply, but the one that always will, is ‘Promotion’. And there’s no better way to fulfill this essential step than with content. As a marketer, your content strategy needs a dedicated approach, much like any other activity that is part of your business. Having a structured team with specific roles and functions will keep everyone on task with their own responsibilities. Even if you have to carry the heavy load, when you’re aware of the different roles involved, it can help you develop your content marketing strategy and plan accordingly.

The Numbers Don’t Lie

Sheetal Pinto - 2/6/2020 06:00

Using Marketing Statistics to Drive Your Content Strategy

It was the father of American literature himself, Mark Twain, who said that numbers don’t lie. But numbers alone can’t actually say anything at all. They need to be put into context to understand how to make the numbers, or the statistics, work from a marketing perspective.

SEO is Complex - TRUE. Writing SEO-Friendly Content is Simple - Also TRUE!

Sheetal Pinto - 1/30/2020 06:00

Focus Your Content Marketing Strategy on What Matters

The process of search engine optimization includes many methodologies, strategies and techniques to obtain high-ranking search results. A good SEO strategy includes content, keywords, titles, descriptions, backlinks and technical aspects of your website. To the inexperienced marketer, SEO can feel very complicated. In their eagerness to learn it and get it right, some marketers and business owners obsess over each little detail, hoping to eke out just a little more oomph in search results. However, the focus should really be on the foundation of SEO, i.e., content and links.