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5+ Ways Google Search Trends Can Boost Your SEO (2023)

Smart Blogger

By incorporating Google Trends data into your content marketing strategy , you can identify topics and keywords that will resonate with your audience and drive traffic to your site. Analyze ‘related queries’ for inspiration and include these in your content to capture a wider audience. The opportunities are endless.

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12 Most Insightful eCommerce Blogs To Follow for the New Year

ContentWriters

Most agree that Links.net, started by a student named Justin Hall in 1994 as a place for him to publish his own writing, was the first blog. The ability to identify and join with a particular audience. Every time you publish a new blog post, you’re adding fresh content, which Google likes.

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How to Create the Perfect Business Listing

Neil Patel

Let’s look at Google My Business first, since it will help you reach the widest audience. Once you’ve verified your listing, your page will be published, though it may take a few days. Local business listings are a fairly simple and free way to get visibility and target the right audience for your business. Conclusion.

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Are Personas Just a Nicer Word for Stereotypes?

Content Marketing Institute

presidential election, and NASCAR dads, which became a target audience in the 2004 elections, are closer to personas, though too thinly described. We posed the stereotype-or-persona question to marketers and got their input on preferred ways to develop useful audience profiles. Are those stereotypes or personas? And millennials?

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Coke vs. Pepsi Ads: The Story Behind the Biggest Marketing Rivalry

ContentWriters

Since 2004, Coca-Cola has been the clear market leader in soft drink sales. First, understand your market and target audience. Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2019 and has been completely updated for comprehensiveness and accuracy. By comparison, Pepsi’s market share is nearly 26%. Coke sold more than 31.3

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First Step to Beating Writer’s Block: Finding out Why You’re Stuck

ProBlogger

I’ve been writing about blogging since 2004, and about photography since 2007. Whenever I talk about this I always ask my audience to share how many blog post drafts they have in their WordPress installation. When you’ve been blogging for a while, coming up with something new to write about can be extremely difficult.

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How to Get Products to Review on Your Blog

ProBlogger

When I was reviewing cameras back in 2004 and 2005 , manufacturers would send them out only to journalists – not bloggers. Even if you don’t think you’ve got a big profile, you might be surprised how many manufacturers have review units they’ll happily lend you providing your audience is on topic for them.