The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. I was so scared of publishing it and when I was about to hit Launch on the Kickstarter back in February, my heart was hammering.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, We used to do that [Seth Godin ]; Penguin Random House has acquired Hay House [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Business for Authors ; Your Author Business Plan ; OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer , the first publishing house globally to partner with them to integrate journalism with AI technologies.

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Neil Patel

MAY 4, 2021

Content strrategy can be a vague concept, but for the purposes of this post, we mean things like publishing cadence, tone and voice of the author, and content elements (text, graphs, etc.). Facebook is by far the most popular, with 61% market share in 2016. Consistently Publish Fresh Content. Create a Content Strategy.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Through my experience with the Content Marketing Institute blog , I know firsthand that staying on track and on schedule is of utmost importance to the organization. A blog without headlines can turn into a nightmare for the reader. This is where the ConversionXL blog excels. It’s one thing to write and publish a blog post.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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. This is from a Hubspot study in 2015 of over 13,000 blogs. Monthly blogs equal more traffic.

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Grammarly

MAY 17, 2023

Veva Systems, New York, NY — Content Writer May 2018-March 2020 Created and refreshed outdated blog posts to increase organic traffic by 30% YOY. Business Marketing August 2012-May 2016 The Stern School of Business Marketing concentration. Crafted briefs and conducted research based on overarching SEO strategy.

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Intergrowth

MARCH 24, 2023

ShareASale connects publishers to advertisers who are looking for help driving sales. Publishers can get paid per phone call, lead, or website visitor that they drive for the advertiser. Grammarly Grammarly is a must-have for those who are regularly publishing content on their affiliate site.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Editor’s note: Because proving the value of content marketing continues to be necessary, Julia McCoy updated her 2016 post with some fresh stats and perspective. . HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: How the Audience Seizes Control with Ad Blocking Tools Post-Advertising Age. Publishing 16+ blog posts a month brings 3.5x

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Books and Ebooks Quite a few writers have parlayed their blogging success into a major publishing deal. Mark Manson, for instance, published a blog post called The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck in 2015. Self-published books have also been successful. No, grasshopper. That sounds hard.”

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Fat Joe

JULY 21, 2023

In 2016, Google’s Search Quality Senior Strategist Andrey Lipattsev confirmed that links are among the top two ranking factors. Anywhere from 3 to 10 links across a typical 500 – 1000 words blog post would be pretty typical, depending on the depth of research in the article. It’s all about a common-sense approach.

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Kayleigh Moore

JANUARY 6, 2022

This offering makes it easy for videos, audio recordings, or podcasts to be turned into narrative-style blog posts. I cut my reporting work back quite a bit this past year, pitching and publishing just a few pieces on retail trends and sustainable fashion over the past 12 months. Want to read past year-in-review posts?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 14, 2016

Recently I spoke at a conference in Sydney and shared some tips on how to take blog content to the next level, and I was full of all the ideas I’d just seen those amazing blogs put out. Adding other voices, opinions and experience to your blog. Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2016 Winners!

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 1, 2018

What would you do with a blog that averaged 150,000 monthly views? Do tons more to drive leads, our team decided unanimously back in 2016. Up until that point, we merely invited readers to consume our blog content, which focused on the latest social media trends. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 11, 2024

There are more options for publishing and reaching readers than ever before, and the indie author business models are splintering and diverging, so how do we know which path to follow? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 20, 2021

So why aren’t our posts being surfaced more often? There are two major reasons Facebook organic reach continues to drop: More content: More content is being published than there is news feed space for it to be shown. Every minute, more than 510,000 comments and 293,000 statuses are posted on Facebook. Let me explain.

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 16, 2018

Got a new blog post ? Get more details from Google in its blog post: SEO Audit in Lighthouse for Chrome. Well, he officially resigned in December 2016 (though he had been absent from his role as liaison since July 2014) to join the U.S. Google drastically improved Search Console. No problem. SEO Click To Tweet.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 17, 2023

But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. In 2016, I kind of had this, I'm, you know, 45, I'm middle-aged, what do I do with my life now? And indie publishing came up on my radar, and I gave it a shot and was kind of okay at it. So welcome, Leanne. Joanna: I'm excited to talk to you.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s how Karen MacKenzie asked for a testimonial after we published her first post on Smart Blogger: “Would it be possible to get a testimonial for my website? also publish a great deal of content. e-Commerce companies with blogs tend to publish a lot of content. So how should you ask for one?

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ProBlogger

JULY 6, 2022

You have to be able to leverage your blog content in a way that convinces readers to trust you and buy from you. Start with these five tactics you can use in your blog posts today. Your blog posts shouldn’t be a sales pitch. Every blog post should end with some sort of call to action (CTA).

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ProBlogger

JULY 6, 2022

You have to be able to leverage your blog content in a way that convinces readers to trust you and buy from you. Start with these five tactics you can use in your blog posts today. Your blog posts shouldn’t be a sales pitch. Every blog post should end with some sort of call to action (CTA).

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Neil Patel

MARCH 19, 2019

How many blog posts do you need to write? Out of the 183 blogs we talked to, they publish 22.8 Most of the blogs we analyzed and talked to all followed one common theme… as time went on, they started writing longer posts. They are now averaging 2,118 words per post. You need to write on average 5.7

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 22, 2018

In 2016, when Intel iQ boasted 2 million monthly readers who averaged more than two minutes per visit, the iQ team wondered what is the additional value of a returning reader versus a first timer? Luke Kintigh, head of publishing at Intel iQ, shares how they did it. A lot, it turns out. Click To Tweet. Define sequencing touchpoints.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

My very first point was “ Non-fiction books, blog posts, and news articles will be written by AI ,” which is certainly happening with GPT3, ChatGPT, tools like Jasper, and more. I have a longer blog post coming in late Feb when I publish my first story with an AI-generated cover, which has also been edited by my cover designer.

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Moz

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Grow blog traffic, stat. In 2016, I joined a company that sold synthetic oil (the stuff in your engine that you change once every couple of months). One of my tasks was to grow website traffic, and the best channel I landed on was the company blog. The blog was not. It had a sporadic publishing schedule.

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Article Writing

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As Steve Clayton , Chief Storyteller at Microsoft, stated at the Social Media Conference for PR, Marketing and Corporate Communications at Disney World in 2016, “Entertain them. You can write a story about your company’s founder, CEO, inventor, digital publisher, or someone else that plays a vital role at the company.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 22, 2018

Whatever blogging system you use, you’ll have two different ways to publish new content: as blog posts or as blog pages. Understanding Posts and Pages. On a blog, articles (or news, stories, etc) are published as posts. But blog pages are a little different. Of course not.

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Buffer

JUNE 28, 2016

Millions of blog posts are published every day. And among those readers, 55% will read the blog post for 15 seconds or less. (If Most of us still skim and rarely read a full post. A small percentage gain traction and attract readers. If you’re still reading, thanks for sticking with this one!)

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As 2016 winds down, many of us are looking towards 2017 wondering what we can do to take our blogs to the next level. Will next year be the year we finally: Turn our blog into a legitimate side-hustle? Score a guest post on a big site? Reflect on 2016. Analyse what was common to your most popular posts.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 12, 2021

While Google Plus had success initially, with 395 million active accounts in 2016 and Facebook seeing the network as a threat , it soon fizzled out. Publish articles on LinkedIn Pulse with actionable content for your dream clients. Google Plus was Google’s fourth attempt at building a social media network.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 2, 2022

They might be a bit further along (with several hundred subscribers) or not quite so far along (just launching their blog) – but they’re essentially your blogging peers. Here’s some tips on collaboration and finding a blogging buddy. Some may have massive blogs, but many will have quite new or small blogs like you.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 2, 2022

They might be a bit further along (with several hundred subscribers) or not quite so far along (just launching their blog) – but they’re essentially your blogging peers. Here’s some tips on collaboration and finding a blogging buddy. Some may have massive blogs, but many will have quite new or small blogs like you.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Affiliate blog posts for the win That was my mind-set. If I wanted to earn money, I had to monetize as much as I could without of course making my blog appear spammy. Convincing your mind to finish a blog post although it tells you to stop right now. 2 years and 10 months later I am still blogging away.

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CoSchedule

JANUARY 24, 2023

Tasked with writing a blog post and looking for a place to start? A lot of blog posts on the topic (pretty meta, I know) claim to be ultimate guides. I’ve been publishing blog posts for 15 years. ^^^ That’s all it takes. Download Your “Blog Templates Bundle" Now! You’ve found a good source.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Pillar content, says the AI, can be created by “creating a series of blog posts, ebooks, whitepapers, or other long-form content that provides in-depth…” This is a very generalized, wishy-washy, inaccurate way to describe a true pillar content strategy. Now, I wouldn’t just blindly publish on these topics.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 21, 2020

If you run an e-commerce site with a blog, you may want to implement a segmented bounce rate. Your blog posts may have a very different average bounce rate than your product pages. As of 2016, RankBrain was the third-most important ranking factor of Google’s algorithm. Illyes (@methode) June 26, 2017.

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