{"id":5102,"date":"2011-10-03T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2017-02-22T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:03:07","slug":"good-content-is-like-a-zombie-sales-associate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/good-content-is-like-a-zombie-sales-associate\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Content is Like a Zombie Sales Associate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Content Never Quits (Just Like Zombies)<\/h2>\n<p>Do you own <a title=\"Amazon Zombie Survival Guide page\" href=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/blog\/mobile-b2b-shipping-affects-holiday-shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Zombie Survival Guide<\/em><\/a>? If not, it&#8217;s probably because you never gave it to anyone as a present. That book just won&#8217;t die in gift-giving circulation. Anyway, now&#8217;s the time to turn to what might have previously seemed like a gag gift to brush up on zombie-fighting strategy so you can better appreciate Ann Meany&#8217;s post at <strong>Content Marketing Institute<\/strong> on what zombies can teach us about creating good content. My favorite: &#8220;They [zombies] may be frightening, they may be disgusting, but they will certainly hold your attention&#8230;\u00a0An online audience will come back again and again if they know they\u2019ll find content that delivers useful information in a compelling, authentic, and intriguing way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Find out what else zombies can teach you about content at <a title=\"Zombies and content marketing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contentmarketinginstitute.com\/2011\/10\/zombies-and-content-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">contentmarketinginstitute.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Revive and Fortify Your Content<\/h2>\n<p>Online retailers across the pond are hurting in a serious way from website inefficiencies (suffering a loss of over 8 billion GBP&#8211;12.6 billion USD&#8211;a year).\u00a0<strong>QuBit<\/strong>, a technology consulting company, analyzed exit information surveys from UK shoppers to pinpoint what, exactly, is causing this massive bleed in e-commerce.\u00a0<strong>Mashable<\/strong>, reporting on the research, offered some recommendations based on the top ten problem areas for conversion.\u00a0What&#8217;s on this list? That&#8217;s right, product descriptions. Oh, and images. And video. Basically, a good third of improvement to retail sites has to do with content. As QuBit&#8217;s CEO, Graham Cooke, said: &#8220;The product information on a website plays the role of the store assistant in an offline store, so you want to make sure its performing at its best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Read the other tips at\u00a0<a title=\"Top 10 reasons your website is losing sales\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/02\/website-sales-conversions\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29\" target=\"_blank\">mashable.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Never Quits (Just Like Zombies) Do you own The Zombie Survival Guide? If not, it&#8217;s probably because you never&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[789],"tags":[24,27,875],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good Content is Like a Zombie Sales Associate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/good-content-is-like-a-zombie-sales-associate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good Content is Like a Zombie Sales Associate | content26\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good Content is Like a Zombie 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