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Big-Ass List of Link Building Resources. Real Marketing Sh*t: An SEO's Guide to Content Marketing - 97thFloor. SEO’s are marketers, even if sometimes we forget it.
Surely by now many of you have listened to Wil Reynold’s talk on #RCS. If you haven’t, watch it here. Watching his presentation really inspired me. How to get Value and Great Prospects Fast from Blogger LinkUp. Blogger LinkUp is of great use to any SEO utilising guest posting as part of a link building strategy.
I’m a firm believer that saving time is the key to scaling up link building efforts, and the more tasks you can get done faster, the more spare time you have to be productive. A message delivered to my inbox 3 times a week with a whole list of prospects offering a link rather than running around looking for them? Why would I not want to receive that?! However, BLU doesn’t come without some challenges. Being a mailing list it can be tough to sort the good from the bad and the relevant from the non-relevant. Free Keyword Research Tool - Keyword Opportunity. EmailEmail The other week I wrote about SERP Click Through Rates.
This isn’t really useful on it’s own though. To give any meaningful insight, it needs to be combined with keyword volume (usually from the Google KWR Tool) and your current rank for the keyword. I know that rankings are a bad measurement as they are so variable – depending on personalization, location, Google testing new algorithms, etc. The Epic List of Content Strategy Resources. I’ve collected over two hundred of the best content strategy resources below.
My goal is to make it easy for you to learn about the field of content strategy, find content strategists and blogs to follow, and, hopefully, start contributing to our community. Building Your Content Promotion Strategy. I know.
You’ve already been beaten to death with the news content marketing is on the rise. There’s no stopping this hockey stick. Marketers and business owners have hopped onto the content marketing train and there are more blog posts, infographics, eBooks, resource guides and other content marketing goodies than ever before. Cheatsheet: #HOWTO Pick a Worthy Blog for Your Guest Article. A few months ago we did a Twitter chat on how to evaluate a blog before guest blogging.
There have been many questions about the same issue again and again since then. Since I think a picture is worth thousands of words (and it’s also easy to spread among your team members), here’s an easy infographic on how to choose a blog for guest contributing: {Click to enlarge} Notes: How To Be More Persuasive - Psychology 101 for Link Builders.
Over the past few years I have spent an increasing amount of time learning about different psychology theories to enhance the results of my work.
3 Free Tools to Get Link Building Search Query Inspired. Have you been a little lax on your link building lately?
Uninspired over search queries, or maybe feeling discouraged thanks to a lack of results from the ones you have previously employed? It can be easy to feel this way, or just let your link building fall to the wayside in favor of other marketing strategies that show more immediately – or just visible – results. But don’t trust the rumors from some circles that the practice is dead. No SEO is an island – You need to integrate to win. No SEO is an Island – You Need to Integrate to Win There are many awesome traits of the typical SEO, from the constant inquisitiveness to the unparalleled competitiveness, but we often see ourselves as an island within the digital marketing sphere.
In my opinion this is the biggest threat to SEO. In no way do I believe that SEO is, or ever will be, dead. Viral Content Buzz Review (And Why I Love It) When I heard that there was a tool that would help my blog posts continue to “buzz” months after they have been posted (as opposed to the usual few days), why wouldn’t I check it out? Every blogger knows that not all of your posts can be a homerun. Sometimes, we write posts that are timely and fizzle in relevance, other posts are more general and specific to a certain website, but sometimes you write that post that’s perfect. It’s timeless, everyone can use it, you wrote some of the cleverest sentences ever to hit the page, and quite frankly you don’t want the attention to end. 100 Content Marketing Tools for PRs: From Content Marketing Software to Content Curation. As general as the term may be, content marketing is the trend of the year.
According to the B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America survey by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs, 9 out of 10 marketers will be using content marketing in 2013, with an average of 12 content marketing tactics, a significant increase when compared to previous years, when they were only using 8 tactics. The statistics reveal even more: in 2012, B2B marketers were spending 33 percent of their marketing budgets on content marketing, and 54% said they will increase their content marketing spending in 2013. Sharing and Aggregating Social Metadata. One of the activities related to metadata management and support, this activity focused on the user contributions that would enrich the descriptive metadata created by libraries, archives, and museums. These contributions could come from curators, subject librarians, experts, or enthusiasts. The metadata contributed could be in a range of formats, including images, commentaries, reviews, tags, or links to related sources.
To be truly effective, we need to share and aggregate contributions added by users in many diverse environments. Keyword Research for SEO. The New SEO Process (Quit Being Kanye) The author's views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. The responsibilities of SEO practitioners have changed to include far more of the digital ecosystem, yet for so many, much of the SEO process remains the same. Currently there are several segments of SEO strategy seen as optional that are actually absolutely imperative to the success of an SEO campaign, as well as to the synergy of other initiatives within the marketing mix.
In other words, SEO must adopt and adapt in order to be taken seriously and command the type of influence required to drive change. As it stands, SEO looks to disrupt the symphony (or cacophony) that is a brand’s marketing mix. Let’s discuss a new process that allows SEO to improve the effectiveness of all digital marketing channels – not just inbound. Disclaimer: Kanye West is awesome, but you understand how he is perfect to illustrate these points. Problems with the Old Process with: The Most Common Google News Errors and How to Avoid Them.
In working with publishers one of the things I’m most frequently asked to do is troubleshoot problems with Google News. Anyone involved with a news or content site can attest to the importance of Google News and news search optimization. And I’d venture to say just as many people have experienced a range of technical and formatting issues that have impeded the indexation and performance of their news content. To help with that, I’ve compiled a list of the Google News errors – and publisher mistakes – that I most often come across, along with a recommended solution for each. Eligibility and Indexation Let’s start with a few basic mistakes that do actually occur with some frequency. Not an approved source – site not showing up in Google News? Links to Infographic Sites, Visual Designers and C. Super Advanced Not Provided Keywords Analysis in Google Analytics. Google has been hiding keyword referral data from searches made by logged-in users since October of 2011.
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SEO Salvage Operation: Saving Websites Hurt by Google Updates. In the last year, Google really changed the game. SEO Link Building Best Practices for 2013: Interview with Neil Patel. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Neil Patel, founder of KISSMetrics. Why Ranking Reports Are Now More Important Than Ever. I once told Arienne that “rank checking” was my heroin. Of course, heroin is a dangerous drug that has potentially lethal consequences.
Free Guide: 10 Metrics for 2013 Marketing Success! The New SEO Professional: Master of Both Left and Right Brain. Compared to its ultimate impact, the beginnings of an earthquake are actually quite small. Likewise, in terms of scope, the Penguin algorithm update was relatively miniscule, affecting only 3.1% of queries. Its impact on the industry, however, was far greater, as the de-emphasis of thin content in the SERPs drove SEO professionals to place a renewed emphasis on creating — and marketing — quality content. In its aftermath, the industry has struggled somewhat to define what an SEO has become. Is he/she now a content-creating machine? What about the practice’s well-rooted origins in data analysis? The SEO Lives At The Intersection Of Liberal Arts & Technology Now, aside from more cat pictures, certainly the last thing the Internet needs is more comparisons to Steve Jobs and Apple.
26 Content Marketing Tools to Use in 2013. Content marketing is so hot right now. No, really, it is. 5 Ways to Fulfill Your Traffic Goals in 2013 Using Data from Google Analytics. Are You Covering Up Your Link Building Footprints? You Should Be! Build relationships, not links, for SEO in 2013. Creating Video Sitemaps for each Video Hosting Platform. The six universal principles of relationship building for outreach. Agile Content Marketing with Google Webmaster Tools - SEO Blog. 10 Steps to Creating Reader-Oriented Blog Content. Producing Great Content with No Budget. Building Google's Knowledge Base and Identifying Locations in Web Pages. 10 marketing and advertising trends to focus on in 2013. The Evolving Role of Brands for the Millennial Generation - HootSuite. Dear Bloggers, I Apologise. Regards, the SEO Industry. The Science of Twitter Webinar. 42 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed. Common Blogging Mistakes: Editorial Guidelines for Bloggers. Www.jeffbullas.com/2011/06/07/20-simple-tips-for-writing-a-blog-post-that-begs-to-be-read/
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Biggest Link Building Tips for 2013 by Industry Experts including Ruth Burr from SEOMoz. The Secret of Successful Blogger Outreach. Link Building: The Best Marketing Strategy You've Never Heard Of. 5 Reasons for Businesses to Blog in 2013. Secret Ingredients to a Successful Blogger Outreach Campaign. 8 SEO Blogs you must follow in 2013. 53 Alternatives to Google Analytics.
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