We marketers love patterns. Patterns tell us how, when, and where to communicate with customers. They also tell us a lot about who the customer is. By identifying patterns among your past or existing customers, you can figure out what type of person benefits most from having your product or service in their life. Then, […]
Help a Reporter Out (HARO) is a powerful tool for building backlinks. Not just any backlinks, either — high-quality ones. Links from sites that can be very difficult to get links from otherwise. But HARO is competitive. After all, the Cision-owned platform has over one million users. I actually put out a HARO call for […]
No two content marketing teams look the same. Some have dozens of writers and editors, while others only have one writer and an editor/publisher/outreach specialist. Some have a team of technical SEO specialists, while others rely on a single web developer to do back-end SEO. In some organizations, the content department exists of a single […]
A content strategist’s responsibilities vary from company to company. If you work for a large corporation, your entire job might be to manage the editorial calendar. If you work for an SMB, you may be responsible for a wide range of tasks, some of which don’t even involve strategy (like project management, for instance). The […]
Keywords are a very important part of search engine optimization. Building your SEO strategy around specific keywords is one way to make sure your site appears in relevant searches. And if you’re targeting certain search terms with your strategy, it’s crucial to track your position in search engine results pages (SERPs) so that you always […]
Search engine optimization is great because you can measure every aspect of it. However, the abundance of data can leave you wondering what’s actually important. Which SEO benchmark metrics do you need to pay attention to? Keep reading for answers.
Is your website not showing up on Google? Here are a few common reasons why that happens: Google hasn’t crawled your website yet Google can’t crawl your website Google crawled your website but chose not to index it Your site is telling Google not to index it Your site was penalized with a manual action […]
When I first started working in marketing, I had no idea what the hell anyone was talking about half the time. To me, a funnel was a fried carnival cake, and growth hacking was what Mark McGwire did to hit all of those home runs. But to do my job, I had to learn all […]
Want to do your own SEO instead of hiring out? Great! There are tons of tools that can help you start driving traffic to your website, and we’re going to talk about a bunch of them below. Whether you’re a blogger looking for more readers or a small business owner hoping to attract new customers, this […]
A lot of bloggers just open up WordPress and start writing about a topic that interests them. Maybe they do a little research beforehand or create an outline to organize their thoughts, but that’s basically the gist of it. That’s a fine way to approach blogging, but it’s not the best way. Sure, some people […]