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5 Brands Share Their Content Marketing Process

Content Marketing Institute

We trained our editorial team to do basic SEO analysis using Moz and SEMrush to analyze the potential search volumes of the keywords targeted in the new piece of content. Use @moz & @semrush to analyze search volumes of keywords targeted in new #content, says @MassimoCw. Click To Tweet. Researching.

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How to Get Ranked and Read With the Topic Cluster Content Model

Content Marketing Institute

An SEO strategy that focuses on topics rather than keywords, the model is an intent-based approach that simplifies blog archives by creating content around one central topic – referred to as the “pillar” page or post. Pillar-cluster #content technique is #SEO strategy focused on topics, not keywords, says @EliseDopson.

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How to Create an Editorial Style Guide

Neil Patel

More than just a preferred list of grammar rules, an editorial style guide provides your content team with guidelines for the creation of useful, on-brand content. An editorial style guide ensures a standard baseline for quality and consistency. This will become more critical as your in-house editorial team grows.

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7 Powerful Tools to Automate Tedious Content Marketing Tasks

Content Marketing Institute

Ahrefs for SEO, keyword research, and more. The tool comes with alerts for keyword mentions, backlink analysis, keyword research , SEO site auditing, rank tracking, and more. It’s an easy way to find high-volume, low-difficulty keywords your competitors are ranking for but you’re not. I filter them by keyword difficulty.

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3 Tools to Optimize Your Old Content to Build More Organic Search Traffic

Content Marketing Institute

Text Optimizer: Include related keywords and concepts. Serpstat: Research keyword gaps. Keyword gap research is a relatively new tactic allowing you to discover which keywords your competitors rank for while your page is nowhere to be found. To look at content gaps on a page: Search for the primary keyword in Google.

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How to Make Your Content Powerful in Eyes of Searchers (and Google)

Content Marketing Institute

However, I’m not merely talking about properly optimized content that has the right meta information, links, keywords, and technical SEO. The site averages 27,600 in monthly organic traffic, which would cost nearly $96,000 to replicate by paying for those same keywords on Google AdSense. The content is not only keyword optimized.

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Slow Page Load Time Not Always the Culprit in Poor SEO Rankings

Content Marketing Institute

Website developers and marketers buzz about page load time, especially because Google announced beginning this past July that speed is a keyword ranking factor for some mobile versions of websites. You could have page load issues, but that deficiency might not be to blame for your Google keyword rankings. You probably do too.