As we gear up for 2025, marketers and business owners face an unpredictable and rapidly evolving landscape. From legal challenges at Google to the...
There’s no doubt about it: Real estate is a competitive space. And when it comes to marketing your real estate business, standing out is...
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With a name like “Poetica,” it’s probably no surprise we love eBooks. “Poetica” comes from the phrase “Ars Poetica,” which translates to “the art...
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When people hear that we’re a content marketing agency, one of the first questions they ask is: Can you really increase sales with blogging? ...
At Poetica Marketing, we believe in the importance of giving back to the community. That’s why we donate 10 hours of our services every...
This guest post has been provided by Andoni Aristimuño of Bridges Film Co., a Pittsburgh-based, full-service video production company. Contact Bridges Film Co. for...
In my first week in my first content marketing job, the CEO of the company slipped by my desk and dropped off a copy...
When I was in my first week in my first professional writing position, I remember a senior editor offering some terrifying and unsolicited words...
I’ve been blogging regularly for more than a decade now. And although the writing portion comes easily, occasionally I’m stuck on what to write...
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Webinars have always been popular ways of flexing expertise, and they only increased in popularity at the height of the pandemic, when everyone was...
Small businesses—especially those with only one or two people—face a unique problem. In many cases, the same people responsible for executing on the company’s...
I love blogging. And in content marketing, blogging is often the blend of two of my favorite passions: writing and strategy (check out our...
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Gated content gets a bad rap. Folks are quick to diminish its potential—but strong gated content can generate awesome results (as I explained in...
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If you’ve been paying attention to content marketing trends at all in the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT. In case you...
People often ask me, “What do events have to do with marketing?” And I can’t help but answer, “Everything!” Marketing is about making your...
When I first started my career in content marketing, it seemed like gated content was all the rage. Agencies were selling gated content left...
At Poetica Marketing, we believe in the importance of giving back to the community. That’s why we donate 10 hours of our services every...
I love talking about marketing strategy with new people. But oftentimes, the conversation goes a little like this: First, they excitedly explain what they...
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I can happily say I recently published my first book! The Strategic Marketer: Effective, Low-Cost, And Practical Marketing Strategies from the Agency Trenches officially...
The following is an excerpt from The Strategic Marketer: Effective, Low-Cost, and Practical Marketing Strategies From the Agency Trenches, the upcoming book by Patrick...
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If you’ve ever spent any amount of time managing a Facebook page, you’ve likely received an automated notification from Facebook that looks something like...
I’m not much of a football fan. Sure, watching top-tier athletes is exciting, but the pace of football is simply too slow for my...