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17 Charts That Show Where Social Media is Heading

Neil Patel

You already know it’s harder to get traffic from the social web unless you spend money ads. There’s nothing new with that fact… just look at the graph above: It breaks down how the average number of social shares per blog post has been dying year over year. But the reality is you can’t ignore platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube or any other new contender that comes out and gains traction.

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Is April Fools’ Day Worth the Risk for Brands?

Content Marketing Institute

April Fools’ Day is a tempting conundrum. Does it provide a good enough reason to break the rules and betray your audience’s trust with fake content, absurd headlines, or fictional products? Let’s give it some serious thought. Continue reading → The post Is April Fools’ Day Worth the Risk for Brands? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Topical SEO: 7 Advanced Concepts of Link Relevance & Google Rankings

Moz

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard Links matter for SEO. A lot. Most marketers understand that links to websites count as “votes” on the web. Google — and other search engines — use these votes to rank web pages in search results. The more votes a page accumulates, the better that page’s chances of ranking in search results. This is the popularity part of Google’s algorithm, described in the original PageRank patent.

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Should You Use ‘He’, ‘She’ or ‘They’ in Your Blog Posts?

ProBlogger

The post Should You Use ‘He’, ‘She’ or ‘They’ in Your Blog Posts? appeared first on ProBlogger. This is a post by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke. You probably already know you should use “I” and “you” in your blog posts. But how do you use “he”, “she” and “they” in your blogging? It’s an important issue, and one bloggers don’t always think about.

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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How to Find and Fill a Content Gap for SEO and UX

Content Marketing Institute

If you don’t think about SEO and user experience, your content will never be great. Learn how one company implements a process, from ideation to publication, while never forgetting the audience and Google. Continue reading → The post How to Find and Fill a Content Gap for SEO and UX appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Get Your Content Team Out of That Creative Rut

Content Marketing Institute

Your creative teams set out to create, distribute, and promote amazing content. But sometimes they get into a rut, leading to humdrum content with less-than-stellar results. Learn how to help lead your team out of that rut. Continue reading → The post Get Your Content Team Out of That Creative Rut appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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How to Do Native Advertising Right: A Brief Guide With Great Examples

Content Marketing Institute

Native advertising can increase your content’s reach, earn new audiences, and drive action in ways other paid distribution techniques simply can’t. Learn how to put it into play successfully with this brief guide to best practices. Continue reading → The post How to Do Native Advertising Right: A Brief Guide With Great Examples appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Now Live for Your SEO Learning Pleasure: The NEW Beginner's Guide to SEO!

Moz

Posted by FeliciaCrawford It feels like it's been a king's age since we first began our long journey to rewrite and revamp the Beginner's Guide to SEO. For all the long months of writing and rewriting, of agonizing over details and deleting/replacing sections every so often as Google threw us for a loop, it's hard to believe it's finally ready to share: The new Beginner's Guide to SEO is here!

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Step into the Spotlight as a Community Speaker at MozCon 2019

Moz

Posted by Danielle_Launders With MozCon 2019 right around the corner, we’re excited to announce our annual open call for community speakers! Are you the person that everyone in your office goes to for digital marketing advice? Dreaming of breaking into the speaking circuit to share your innovative ideas? Now’s the chance to submit your pitch for an opportunity to join industry leaders on stage in front of 1,500 of your peers.

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8 Content Distribution Ideas to Meet Your Brand’s Goals

Moz

Posted by AlliBerry3 There’s a lot to consider when creating a content strategy in 2019. Not only is there more competition than ever online, but there are so many types of content and ways to reach your target audience. Do you start a blog? Do you podcast? Should you focus on research studies or whitepapers? How do you really know what to do? But before you do anything else, you need to define what goals you want to accomplish with your content.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The One-Hour Guide to SEO: Keyword Targeting & On-Page Optimization - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Posted by randfish We've covered strategy, keyword research, and how to satisfy searcher intent — now it's time to tackle optimizing the webpage itself! In the fourth part of the One-Hour Guide to SEO, Rand offers up an on-page SEO checklist to start you off on your way towards perfectly optimized and keyword-targeted pages. If you missed them, check out the other episodes in the series so far: The One-Hour Guide to SEO, Part 1: SEO Strategy The One-Hour Guide to SEO, Part 2: Keyword Research Th

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How to Diagnose and Solve JavaScript SEO Issues in 6 Steps

Moz

Posted by tomek_rudzki It’s rather common for companies to build their websites using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React, Angular, or Vue. It’s obvious by now that the web has moved away from plain HTML and has entered the era of JS. While there is nothing unusual with a business willing to take advantage of the latest technologies, we need to address the stark reality of this trend: Most of the migrations to JavaScript frameworks aren’t being planned with users or organic tra

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