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Should You Timestamp Your Blog Posts?

ProBlogger

The post Should You Timestamp Your Blog Posts? This post is based on episode 58 of the ProBlogger podcast. As you know, I have two blogs – ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. ProBlogger posts include the date they were published, whereas Digital Photography School posts don’t. Decision time.

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How to Prod, Poke, and Fire Up Your Readers: 8 Science-Backed Tips for Impactful Writing

Enchanting Marketing

A science-backed approach to writing for impact Today’s blog post is inspired by the book Writing for Impact by Bill Birchard. Whether you’re writing a blog post or sales copy, consider how you can satisfy your readers’ hunger for knowledge. 3 (2007); David A. Science backs up a lot of writing advice.

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How to Republish Old Blog Posts – and Why You’ll Want to

ProBlogger

You can delete the post’s old comments (to avoid people replying to very old comments), or leave them as social proof that your post is popular. Of course, republishing blog posts isn’t the only way to reuse your blog content. Case Study: 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. and use it as your next blog post.

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23 Low Budget Online Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

Neil Patel

Creating a blog should be an option within your CMS, but if it’s not, a separate blog hosted on WordPress or Blogspot can prove just as useful. If you’re wondering how long it takes to write a quality blog post, most bloggers say they spend around four hours on each post. That’s why quality matters.

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How a Winery Crushed Its Content Marketing With Video

Content Marketing Institute

In 2007, Lisa joined this family-owned California winery because her colleagues were ready to update the way this luxury brand spoke and behaved. Rather than create a blog post explaining the process, Lisa’s video crew followed the Jordan staff to the farm where they get the eggs. “We . “We were a faceless brand.

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Are You Generating Demand or Just Identifying It?

Content Marketing Institute

Nobody knew they needed an iPhone in 2007 when Steve Jobs stood onstage and introduced the revolutionary device to a bewildered audience. Blog posts/articles in the early stage of the buyer’s journey (awareness/interest) (73%). When we truly excel at our jobs, we create demand where little or none existed. Click To Tweet.

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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. I wasn’t having any problems with coming up with ideas, outlines or titles for blog posts, which may seem like an enviable position to be in. And I’m always amazed at how many people admit they have 50, 100 or even 200 half-written blog posts.

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