Contently

MARCH 14, 2023

How Featured Snippets Help Readers and Your Rankings When you come across a word or phrase that needs some explanation, that’s an excellent opportunity to land your blog post in Google’s featured snippets section. A featured snippet may also answer a common question that many people search for answers to.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When I started what was to be my content marketing journey in 2011, I had NO idea what kind of explosive growth was in store. Several years back, HubSpot published a report that finally answered a burning question: “How much should you blog?”. Websites with 400+ blog posts receive more than 2x the traffic of blogs with 301-400 posts.

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Bramework

DECEMBER 1, 2023

16 Powerful Steps to Build Brand Awareness for Your Blog Business By demonstrating ongoing value beyond sales pitches , you can form meaningful connections with your audience in today’s competitive digital landscape. What is an Editorial Content Strategy and Why Do You Need it for YOUR Blog?

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Fat Joe

AUGUST 23, 2023

Are you looking to increase website traffic, boost sales, or drive more in-store visits? A bunch of thin and outdated blog posts from 2011 won’t add any SEO value. If you run an SEO agency, you’ll already know how a successful campaign requires a team with diverse skill sets. They are all measurable.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The ones I’ve seen used most often to track content performance are: Page views This is usually the biggest traffic number — the number of times a landing page or blog post on your site has been viewed. It’s important to note that this tracks multiple visits from the same person.

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Backlinko

MARCH 30, 2024

This expert insight is what led Wirecutter to be so successful that it generated $150 million in revenue between 2011 and 2016, before being bought by giant media company The New York Times. On top of this, Skyscanner also runs a travel blog, which is where their affiliate marketing comes into play. How They Make Money Ruled.me

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Around 2011, 2010, around that time, I was building out Twitter and becoming a Twitter influencer, and I started writing more inspirational content that I felt would help people. From 2011, that's more than a decade ago, so you put out your first poetry book. So 2011, I was thinking about the poetry book, but I had almost no direction.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. It’s a very simple idea.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

The paperback version for sale on Amazon and Ingram has a plain B&W interior. Only available in the Kickstarter and also for sale on my store, CreativePennBooks.com. If you find it for sale elsewhere, then it is a secondhand copy. I used Bookfunnel to deliver all ebooks and audiobooks, as per usual with my direct sales.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. It’s a very simple idea.

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Fat Joe

JULY 21, 2023

It can include creating blog posts, web copy, press releases , and other content assets. Here’s why: Expand Production Capacity Back in 2011, the average blog post was around 300-500 words. And the average blog post has been getting longer and more in-depth ever since.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I switched to indie publishing in 2011. So blog posts, and essays, and articles, and things like that, but this is the first time I've actually done a memoir. There's a lot more books out there demanding readers' attention, you have to work for your sales. It was like thank god, there is an alternative.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to Grow Your Blog by Interviewing Influencers. 7 Powerful Non-SEO Reasons to Try Guest Posting. But in this blog post I want to talk about why you should do it. The right influencer linking to your blog (or podcast, video or social media account) at the right time can send you a decent amount of traffic.

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The Hoth

JUNE 1, 2023

Content audit An in-depth content audit involves finding opportunities to improve the accuracy, relevancy, recency, and quality of your website’s content – including blogs, videos, infographics, podcasts, and more. That includes all your blogs that have years in the title (i.e.,

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 6, 2023

I feel like when we both went full-time, both of us it was 2011, wasn't it? I found a blog post about the launch of my first novel back when it was called Pentecost in 2011. And it's like there are all these posts about writing this novel and stuff. And I remember I got a bunch of sales on Smashwords from that.

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Men With Pens

MAY 14, 2012

Let’s talk about your blog. You don’t know what to write, you don’t feel confident about what you DO write, and frankly, you’d rather not be blogging at all. You’re behind on your blogging schedule… and it’s been a while since you’ve written a post. One good blog post?

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I’ve been in content since 2011. Since then, I’ve been behind over 40,000 content projects, which have generated over $5M in sales to my businesses, and much more to my clients’ businesses. Blog posts are open-source, free information that more fully suits the purpose of “pillar content.”

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BKA Content

MARCH 13, 2023

Two, it was a publication completely dedicated to helping the reader, not to pushing sales. Unlike other publications of the time, it did not push the sale of John Deere products. The company’s strategic thinking paid off, as the ads began to generate sales.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. It’s a very simple idea.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The most famous books, blogs, films, music, etc, get pirated the moment they emerge, or even before release if leaked. Have a look at David Gaughran’s blog for a glimpse [ Scammers break the Kindle store from 2017, Kindle Unlimited: A Cheater Magnet from 2021 , and a whole load more.] Because yes, we’ve heard this all before.

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ProBlogger

JULY 25, 2011

This guest post is by Marci Reynolds of marcireynolds.com. The July 2011 WordPress WordCamp Boston rocked! I took detailed notes as I listened, watched and networked with blogging and WordPress geniuses and have gathered what I consider the most interesting tips and tricks. Check out the Other Sales Ops Articles example. ).

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

This includes blogging 6 days a week about youth work. As part of our Blog the Festive Season series, we asked Stephen how he and his wife are preparing the blog for the festive season. What does preparing the Youth Workin’ It blog for the festive season mean? This will be your second festive season on the blog.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 5, 2016

If you apply the principle to blogging, you could improve your efficiency and maximize your efforts. In terms of business, the principle has long been used to convey the message that 80% of sales typically come from 20% of the customers. In 2011, the U.S. Applying the 80/20 to Blogging. A Little History. Absolutely.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2011, it raised over $6 million to study the landscape of how to create “human-free stories” (such an oxymoron to say). Overall, 3,214 houses were sold in Phoenix over the last 30 days, with Phoenix County leading the way with 3,032 sales. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. Go find a bargain, buyers!

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Men With Pens

JULY 8, 2012

The other day a friend mentioned he had started a blog as a way to earn some money on the side. After writing for a couple weeks, they grow frustrated by the slow results and turn to other blogs for advice. Every blog has at least a couple posts dedicated to the search engines. Who cares about blogging?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 9, 2018

Creating a Product Library for Your Blog. In today’s episode I’m tackling a question from a Facebook group member about creating products to sell on your blog. Kathy Farrokhzad of Horselistening.com is wondering how often she should create, sell, schedule, and roadmap new products on her blog. Starting a Blog.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

You can learn more by checking out his blog at SJO.com. I initially discovered him via his first book Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator , where he shows how blogs control and distort the news. You can learn more by visiting his blog at RyanHoliday.net. Ryan Holiday. Emilie Wapnick. Don’t be.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

You start to apply what you’re learning to what you do the most: blogging. Which is how I spent about three hours in the woods in utter silence, looking for mushrooms with a distinctive pattern on their tops and discovering some things about blogging. Thinking is essential for blogging. A blog post is almost pure thought.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 28, 2013

Write engaging blog posts that resonate with your readers. Write newsletters to promote your products and services, write ebooks to convey your expertise, and write persuasive sales pages to convert more buyers and boost your income. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! Write, write, write, write, write.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 20, 2011

Blog posts that attract comments. You don’t generate many sales. Another rockin' post from Men With Pens! Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved. You’re in business. You’re supposed to change lives. People are plunking down money for this – they want results. They want web copy that sells.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2012

This guest post is by Carol Tice of Make a Living Writing. Are you having trouble keeping your blog readers interested in what you have to say? If interest is waning, it may be time to add some variety to what you’re giving readers, besides just writing blog posts, week after week. Make useful new friends.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2012

Write compelling website copy to land clients and sales. Write engaging blog posts that compel comments. Write sales pages. It showed in their web copy, because it didn’t bring in sales. It showed in their blog posts that didn’t get comments. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 6, 2011

A business owner writes a blog post admitting being nearly broke, facing bankruptcy, having no clients and basically going under… And they support the person. Incredibly, they get sales. Desperation gets sales. And your ‘community’ of blog readers? Another rockin' post from Men With Pens!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2012

…they could finally start that online business, because they’d have the skills to write their web copy and blog for business. Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and your business. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post. Pretty awesome, right?

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2014

Well, you write a blog post. Darren Rowse’s 10 Blogging Lessons. Darren’s presentation was titled “ 10 things I wish I’d know about Blogging (+7 Quick tips) ” in which he shared about the blogging lessons he would have wanted to know when he started out 12 years ago.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 8, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business or your life. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post. That’s all.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2011

Being a writer isn’t just about knowing how to construct a great sentence or how to format a blog post so that readers can engage easily. The post you write at 9am might be out there for all to see by 3pm. That ebook you’re frantically finishing off this week could be launched and on sale next Monday. So what do you do?

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