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Things That Don’t Impact Rankings, SEO for eCommerce, Increase Instagram Bio Links, Speedlink 39:2017. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week. What do the age of your site, your headline H1/H2 preference, bounce rate, and shared hosting all have in common? You might’ve gotten a hint from the title: not a single one of them directly affects your Google rankings. In Rand’s video below, he lists out ten factors commonly thought to influence your rankings that Google simply doesn’t care about. 10 Things that DO NOT (Directly) Affect Your Google Rankings How to Optimize Your eCommerce Site For The Search Engines Did you know?

Nearly 8 out of 10 Americans are now shopping online. You might be someone who wants to start selling on the Internet. In this article, SemRush.com explores the different methods on how you can up your rankings for search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. 3 Tools That Increase Your Instagram Bio Links Want to get more out of your Instagram bio link?

And as usual, in no particular order: Content Creation & Inbound Marketing (SEO, Search, etc) That’s it! The Power Of Making Enemies, How to Build Backlinks, Reoptimize Underperforming Content, Speedlink 27:2017. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week. Getting readers on board with your ideas isn’t the only way to achieve content success. Sometimes, stirring up a little controversy and earning a few rivals can work incredibly well — but there’s certainly a right and a wrong way to do it. Rand details how to use the power of making enemies work to your advantage in this Whiteboard Friday video below. How Content Can Succeed By Making Enemies How to Build Backlinks for Your Blog From Quality Sites Do you want to improve the search rank of your blog? #1: Publish Content That Is Sourceable #2: Create an Outreach List of Priority Targets #3: Target Your Prospects With Social Posts That Link to Your Content and more… In this article, you’ll discover how to get high-quality, authoritative links back to your blog 4 Quick Ways to Reoptimize Underperforming Content and Drive More Traffic You don’t improve underperforming content on a blog by creating new content to get leads.

That’s it! Save. Blog Post Ideas, Social Media Metrics To Track, Killer Link Building Ideas, Speedlink 21:2017. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week. With the ubiquity of blogs, one of the questions we hear the most is how to come up with the right topics for new posts. In Rand’s Whiteboard Friday video below, he explores six different paths to great blog topic ideas, and tells you what you need to keep in mind before you start. Blog Post Ideas: Maximize Your Reach with the Right Topics 7 Social Media Metrics Marketers Should Track Do you want to track the effectiveness of your social media marketing? Wondering which social media tactics are paying off? By defining and tracking a few key data points, you can determine whether your marketing is on target. #1: Assess Discoverability via Mentions and Inbound Links #2: Evaluate Engagement From Audience Interaction #3: Measure the Impact of Influencer Marketing and more… In this article, you’ll discover seven social media metrics to help you gauge your marketing’s effectiveness. 17 Killer Link Building Ideas You Need to Try This Year Save.

mSpy Affiliate Program Reviewed. Let’s face it. There are literally many, many affiliate programs out there that you have probably heard about already. The obvious question you may be asking right now is why should I even bother looking at another affiliate program? First, let’s take a quick look on some quick facts about affiliate marketing: There is no system or quick route to getting rich (only winning the lottery)An affiliate marketer needs to understand that there is no shortcut to making lots of money with affiliate marketing.

With that being said, let us focus on #3 and #4 of the above and talk about mSpy’s affiliate program. So let’s take a look at what mSpy is about first, shall we? The short video below should give you a bit of information about mSpy’s monitoring solutions. As you can see, mSpy is a great product and is an all-in-one solution for: If you want more information about the product itself and it’s features, you can go here to find out more. Click on image for a lrager view Be Free Have a referral program. Prioritize Link Building Efforts, Social Media Marketing Predictions, Writing PPC Text Ads 2017, Speedlink 08:2017. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week. We all know how effective link building efforts can be, but it can be an intimidating, frustrating process — and sometimes even a chore.

In Rand’s Whiteboard Friday, he builds out a framework you can start using today to streamline and simplify the link building process for you, your teammates, and yes, even your interns. How to Prioritize Your Link Building Efforts & Opportunities 12 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2017 From the Pros Are you wondering how marketing on top social media platforms will change this year? Social media is constantly evolving to reflect the needs and preferences of customers and marketers alike. #1: Humanization Becomes Key to Success on Twitter #2: Snapchat Acquires GoPro to Enhance Live Video #3: Pinterest Pushes Video Pins Into Prominence #4: Twitter Remains Relevant and more… How to write PPC text ads in 2017’s sophisticated environment And as usual, in no particular order: That’s it! Back To Top. Keyword Content Rankings Hack, Improving Pinterest Visibility, Semantic SEO In 2017, Speedlink 07:2017. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week.

What’s the secret to earning site traffic from competitive keywords with decent search volume? The answer could be as easy as 1, 2, 3 — or more precisely, 2, 0, 1, 7. In Rand’s Whiteboard Friday video below, he lets you in on a relatively straightforward tactic that can help you compete in a tough space using very fresh content. The Keyword + Year Content/Rankings Hack How to Improve Your Pinterest Visibility and Engagement Looking for simple ways to strengthen your Pinterest presence? #1: Add Alt Text to Provide Optimized Pin Descriptions to Improve Search Visibility #2: Position Your Most Popular Board to Increase Overall Profile Engagement #3: Use Yotpo to Streamline Crowdsourced Image Shares That Boost Product Sales and more… In this article, you’ll discover three ways to improve your Pinterest boards and pins. Semantic SEO Strategy: How to Do SEO in 2017 Do you think you know how to do SEO effectively in 2017?

That’s it! How to calculate the cost and probability of a DDoS attack? What Is DDoS Attack Anyway? DDoS or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers. Such an attack is often the result of multiple compromised systems (for example a botnet) flooding the targeted system with traffic. – via wikipedia Risk assessment is a critical part of any security strategy.

Only by understanding the real risks associated with a given threat can you determine the most appropriate way to address them, as well as the right level of investment. To claculate such risks, it is good to know that there are tools that help you assess the risks that is associated with the possibility of being attacked. As per Incapsula’s Information… Based on Real-World Information The algorithm inside our DDoS Downtime Calculator is based on real-world information from a DDoS Impact Survey we conducted among 270 organizations representing various sizes and industries.

How It Works. Real Life User Interviews, Facebook Loop Giveaways, Protect Your Business Reputation, Speedlink 38:2016. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week! With all the data that today’s marketers can access, there’s often still no substitute for the quality of information you can get from interviewing real people. In Rebekah’s Whiteboard Friday video below, she teaches us the whys and hows of great interviews. How To Support Data with Real-Life Interviews How to Easily Create a Facebook Loop Giveaway What Is a Loop Giveaway? A loop giveaway is an interactive way to gain followers/likes and increase brand awareness on Facebook. With that said, are you looking for a new way to expand the reach of your Facebook page? In this article, you’ll discover how to host a Facebook loop giveaway in four easy steps. 6 Ways to Protect Your Business Reputation With Social Media Do you want to increase trust with your fans and followers? In this article, you’ll discover six ways to present your business in the best light possible on social media.

And as usual, in no particular order: That’s it! The Difference Between Affiliate Marketing vs Referral Marketing. There are some that up until now still do not know the difference between affiliate marketing and referral marketing. While both has some common grounds of similarity, fact is that they are different. What is Affilate Marketing? In affiliate marketing, the advocate does not know their referred customer personally, and the primary reason for doing so is to get paid or compensated for their recommendation.Essentially it is more due to the financial motivation of it. You can also find here more about affiliate marketing. What Is Referral Marketing? In referral marketing, the advocate recommedns brand directly to poeple they know, such as friends, colleagues, and even family members. The advocate recommends brand, service or product based on their strong opinion and perhaps experience about “something”.

Anyway, the infographic below, courtesy of getambassador.com does a good job of explaining the differences betweeb the two. click on image for a larger view. Stop Worrying About Keywords, How To Win On Facebook, Productivity Tools For SM Marketers, #Speedlink 06:2016. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week! Should you ditch keyword targeting entirely? There’s been a lot of discussion around the idea of focusing on broad topics and concepts to satisfy searcher intent, but it’s a big step to take and could potentially hurt your rankings.

In Ran’s Whiteboard Friday below, he discusses old-school keyword targeting and new-school concept targeting, outlining a plan of action you can follow to get the best of both worlds. Can SEOs Stop Worrying About Keywords and Just Focus on Topics? How to Win on Facebook: 8 Lessons Learned From Analyzing 1 Billion Posts If you want to know what works when it comes to marketing, you need to study the competition. This includes not only the strong competition, but the weak ones as well. With that said, The BuzzSumo team decided to compile as much data as possible on marketing on Facebook, and then complete an in-depth analysis. Some findings: 1. And more… Read the full article here. and more… That’s it! Peecho WP Plugin – The Cloud Print Button That Could Make You Money. There once was a time when creating high quality printed products was nearly impossible to perform without having to wait for a long period of time, spend lots of money and spend countless efforts on editing, reviewing, you name it.

In addittion, if you wanted to make money and sell your publications, you will have to print several copies, distribute them and hope to make sales, enough to cover for your cost. Furthermore, being a self-publisher was even harder due to limited resources. Well, fast forward to today and you are presented with options that makes things a lot easier, cheaper and in some cases even free.

Let’s start with WordPress that has provided the wonderful opportunity for many to be able to create their own digital stuff (blogs, photo hub, etc.) and use the platform to show off their creativity, knowledege, and more, in a lot of ways. Here’s a quick presentation of Peecho: So, How do we go about putting Peecho to work for us?

The Installation Process That’s it! Effective Marketing Mix, Post Published – Now What, #TwitterFlightSchool For All Marketers, #Speedlink 04:2016. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week! Creating the Right Marketing Mix From search ads and SEO to display ads, content, your social efforts and more, there’s a lot to consider when creating the correct marketing mix. In Rand’s Whiteboard Friday below, he offers advice on how and why you should be looking at your funnel to ensure you have a balanced, effective marketing mix. 10 Things To Do After Your Post Goes Live Some bloggers (specially beginners) may think that after hitting the “publish button” it has aleady reached the final stage of their efforts in content marketing. 1.

What do you think? #TwitterFlightSchool For All Marketers You may already heard about the Twitter Flight School before when it was launched in 2014 to help agencies learn how to build buzz, launch products, drive sales, and instantly connect with a highly engaged audience on Twitter. The courses include: And as usual, in no particular order: Content Creation & Marketing/SEO and Search That’s it!

Make $200 per Sale with WP Engine Affiliate Program. This may be somewhat an unsual post, but I wanted to reach out to all affiliate marketers out there and see if you’d be interested in promoting one of my preferred choices in WordPress hosting: WP Engine Hosting. They offer an industry leading $200 per referral or 100% of the customer’s first month payment (whichever is higher). This could be over $7500 for just one referral! WP Engine also offers great tools to help affiliates succeed: Fresh Evergreen and custom branded bannersCo-branded landing pagesCoupons are for closers!

No coupon site allowed in the program, but content sites are given fresh offers created every monthEarn incentive bonuses after just 5 sales! Dedicated affiliate managersMarketing resources that help you create new content around selling pointsShareasale tracking cookies for last 180 daysand many more… Sign up for the WP Engine affiliate program and receive a minimum of $200 per referral! Looking for affiliate networks, you can work with?

Related. Recover Google Hidden Data, 11 Point Content Framework , Generate Leads w/ Blog, #Speedlink 45:2015. Hi everyone, hope you all had a great and productive week! It’s no secret that Google keeps a lot of secrets. From keyword data to link data to traffic data (and surely more), there’s a lot that we could benefit from — if they’d only share it! Since that’s not likely to happen anytime soon, Rand takes us through various ways to access that all-important data in this week’s Whiteboard Friday. Recovering the Data Google Has Hidden Away 8 Ways to Generate Leads With Your Blog Is your blog generating leads for your business? Produce Great Content, Every Time: A Useful 11-Point Framework How many articles about “creating content marketing have you read before?

They all teach you something valuable, but consolidating all those useful techniques and tactics isn’t always easy. With that said, Neil Patel from quicksprout.com, has put together a list of 11 points that your content should meet if you want it to be effective. And as usual, in no particular order: Social Media/Small Business Bites. Top Affiliate Networks 2016. Affiliate Marketing without a doubt is one of the best ways to make money online. Note that I said best and not easy. As with anything else, affiliate marketing requires a bit of effort and while they are many ways to promote and convert traffic into sales, I won’t go into those details as the objective of this post is to introduce you to some of the affiliate networks that I have been using and of which I recommend.

I know that there are several out there that I will certainly miss out, but the ones here are credible and reliable, and all of them have passed the money cycle test, i.e., promote, earn/convert, and get paid. What is Affiliate Marketing? Maybe the easiest way to explain affiliate marketing is that it is a way of making money online where you as a publisher receive a reward for helping a business promote their product, service or site. Anyway, following below are the recommended affiliate marketing networks, that I believe are most definitely worth checking out. Share-a-Sale. Cyber Monday Statistics 2014. Increase Reader Engagement, Creating A Popular Infographic, Infographics For Instagram, #Speedlink 44:2015.

Google Rewards Re-Publishing, Rediscovering YouTube, Consumer Holiday Trends 2015, #Speedlink 42:2015. How Does Affiliate Marketing Work? How To Amplify Content, 2016 Marketing Trends, Top Paid Social Media Hacks, #Speedlink 39:2015. Strategic Guest Posting, Moving WP On New Domain, Google On Repeated Violations, #Speedlink 38:2015. CTR Impact On Rankings, Biggest Pinterest Mistakes, More Traffic Using Microdata, #Speedlink 37:2015. 7 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make When Monetizing Your Blog – 7 Fixes Too. How To Win The Heart of Generation-Z Shopper? Optimal Keyword Repetition, Instagram Over Facebook, Tools For Content Creation, #Speedlink 34:2015. Factoring in Search Engine Visibility, Appearance and Usability in your Web Design. Effective Modern SEO, Most Expensive Keywords, Fix Any Google Penalty, #Speedlink 32:2015. SlideModel.com: Professional PowerPoint Templates for Business Decks.

Better SEO Scientists, Boost Facebook Ad Visibility, Content Quality and SEO, #Speedlink 28:2015. Advanced Search Queries for Link Building Opportunities. Why Your Link Building Is Not Helping Your Page Rank Higher - Marketing Vogue. Excellent Customer Service is Essential for Today’s Online Interface. How To Shrink Your Email List, Cut Your Taxes and Reach Your Goals. Getting Traffic From Facebook, Guide To Hashtags, Build Links Safely, Speedlink 8:2015. Marketing Vogue › Log In. How To Build A Loyal Audience? - Marketing Vogue. iBlogzone – Inbound Marketing Blog › Log In. Untitled. Top Android Downloaded Apps 2014, Micro Data & Schema Ultimate Guide, SEO Expectations, Speedlink 50:2014. Bing´s Mobile Ranking Factors, Facebook Thanks, Top-of-Funnel Channels, Speedlink 47:2014. Content & SEO Goals, Honest SEO Mistakes, YouTube Music Key, Ello Invites, Speedlink 47:2014. Copyblogger Kills Facebook, SEO Without Links, Build a Better Blog, Speedlink 44:2014.

SEO & Inbound Marketing Blog | iBlogzone by DiTesco. Google Authorship RIP, Amplify Content, Amazon Ad Network, Speedlink 36:2014. 6 Factors That Influence People To Say Yes [infographic] HTTPS for SEO, Content Marketing Tools, Content Syndication, Speedlink 33:2014. SEO Myths Debunked, Social Media Tips, Blog Readership, Keyword Guide. Small Business Bites And Social Media.

Small Business Bites And Social Media. Link Building Crackdown, New vs Old Domains, Black Hat SEO, Speedlink 5:2014. Fall of Guest Blogging, Facebook and Twitter Signals, Social Media Traffic. The Future Of How We Shop [infographic] How Search Works, Link Schemes In Widgets, Gmail+, #Speeedlink 2:2014. Google Zeitgeist 2013, +PostAds, Shady Marketing, Happy Holidays.

Content Marketing 2014: What’s Out, and What’s In. Manage Your Online Marketing Reputation or Suffer the Consequences. The Hottest Design Features from Magazines that Stopped the Presses. Link Limits, BlackFriday, SmallBusinessSaturday, Speedlink 48:2013. 8 Tips To Improve Your Calls To Action For Your eCommerce Website. Free Marketing Education, Google+ Vanity URL, TwitterAdTips. 6 Ways To Build Online Authority. Future of Search, Online Marketing University, Eggs In One Basket. Guest Blogging Considerations, Ghost.org Platform, Long Tail Search. SEO Ranking Factors, Shared Endorsements, Kloutorship, PageRank. [HOW TO] Drive Targeted Traffic to your Website With Instagram. Nofollow Links, Yahoo Answers, Google Trends, Speedlink 37:2013. Content Marketing Lessons from the Pre-Internet Times. Why Should You Care About Your Online Reputation. Disavow Tool Question, Bing SEO Checklist, MailChimp Hates Affiliates.

Disavow Tool Question, Bing SEO Checklist, MailChimp Hates Affiliates. Best Free Infographic Generators 2013. SoLoMo Marketing – Is it the Right Time to go for it? Color Psychology: How the Colors You Use Impact a Visitor’s Actions. Webeden Review: DIY Website Builder For Your Small Business. Depositphotos: High-quality Stock Files, Images and Videos [giveaway] Brand.com Review – Who Needs Online Reputation Management?

Google Graveyard, Link To The Source, Incapsula 2FA, Speedlink 27:2013. 7 Steps to Create Content like a Rock-Star. How Business Listings Are Generated By Google. AdClarity Review: Competitive Intelligence Made Easy. Link Discovery, What Google Webmaster Tools Can Tell You. 4 Tips to Improve Your Blogging Self Image. RebelMouse,YouTube Paid Channels, Trust Is King (not content), Speedlink 19:2013. 5 Facebook Advertising Tips that Will Save You Money. Top 5 Tips for Effective Guest Posting. Shopify Review: How To Make Money With Shopify? A Head Start on Headlines: How to Create the Perfect Article.

Make Money With Google AdSense – Tips and Resources. Five Little Known Strategies That Can Save Your Startup A Lot Of Money. WordPress Security Attacks, Google AdSense TOS, Google+ Comments. Google Affiliate Network: Retiring On July 2013. WordPress or Blogger: Which One Is Better For SEO? Blogging Tips from the Avengers. Google Launches Webmaster Help For Hacked Sites | P50 Allied Bloggers. GeoSurf Review: Premium Proxy Tool To Go Global Locally. A new look for personalized ad unit optimization recommendations in your account.