
Understand the ADA model: awareness, interest, desire, and action, and how the cognitive buying journey guides customers through a funnel with value, education, and lead pruning to drive action.
Learn how responsive design makes websites mobile friendly, improves readability and tap targets, and leverages mobile friendliness as a ranking signal to improve search results across devices.
Apply a minimal web design with a single-column layout to focus attention on objective. Minimize options, simplify forms, and use whitespace and bold call-to-action buttons to drive profitable action.
Learn to generate content ideas reliably with a proven ideation system and practical strategies and tools. Build a long-term content marketing plan by sustaining a consistent idea generation process.
Tap into your audience by using Quora to uncover what questions people in your industry are asking, the problems they face, and the words they use, guiding new content.
Discover two approaches to Q and A content: long list posts and single-question posts, using Quora insights to research, craft deeper answers, and improve search engine ranking.
Learn how data oriented articles and original research boost long term traffic by providing credible statistics, citing sources, and transparently detailing methodology, results, and implications.
Craft case studies that turn readers into buyers by telling customer stories as social proof, guiding action through concrete results and permission-based sharing.
Discover a proven strategy to generate an endless stream of fresh content by repurposing across formats—video, text, audio, graphics—to reach diverse audiences and maximize value.
Improve site performance by choosing a responsive theme and structured template settings that support mobile-friendly design, breadcrumbs for navigation, and proper heading use to boost SEO.
Learn to select long-tail keywords, assess search volume with keyword planner, and rank content by meeting reader needs and outperforming top results.
Learn how to use internal links to connect posts, signal relationships for search engines, and pass link value to your most important content, while using natural, user benefit anchor text.
Optimize images by adding alt text and metadata to boost Google images ranking and accessibility, ensuring descriptions accompany all visuals in your content.
Promote your content to reach an audience, boost traffic, and grow your following with proactive, budget-free strategies that complement high-value content and SEO.
Use expert roundups as a promotion strategy by asking one question, compiling answers into a big post, sharing the live link to earn influencers’ shares, and selecting contributors by merit.
Launch strategic giveaways with a relevant product to rapidly grow your audience, using gleam or King Sumo to incentivize sharing and promote via blog posts and email lists.
Welcome to the Content Marketing Masterclass, a complete guide to growing your business in the modern world using the power of digital content.
In this course, you’ll learn exactly what it takes to plan and execute a content marketing strategy that drives your business forward. By the end, you’ll have all the tools you need to successfully market your products and services in the digital age.
Here are some of the things we’ll cover:
Classic Marketing Fundamentals: Basic principles from the “old world” of marketing that you’ll need to understand for this course. Beginners are welcome here!
Content Marketing Essentials: What content marketing is, how it works, how to tell a compelling story, and how to create detailed buyer personas to guide your approach.
Web Design: How to optimize your website for content marketing and build a well-oiled, lead-generating machine.
Generating Content Ideas: Develop a system for getting to know your audience and consistently generating new content ideas.
Content Formats & Repurposing: Get familiar with various content formats and learn how to create an endless stream of fresh content simply by repurposing what you’ve already created.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization): Everything you need to know to optimize your site for search engines and drive free, organic search traffic to your content.
Content Promotion: Learn to actively promote your content and drive traffic from a variety of sources.
Email Marketing: Use valuable opt-in incentives to grow your email list, bring people into your sales funnel, and build deeper relationships with your audience.
External Marketing Channels: Learn how platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can tie right into your overall content strategy.
With all of that in mind, I hope to see you inside!