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Let’s Be Amateurs Again: The Secret to Becoming a True Professional

Jeff Goins

Do you remember when you started it, this thing you now call your craft? Do you remember when you did it because you loved it, because you couldn’t stop doing it? I don’t. But I’d like to remember. I’d love to go back to being an amateur if I still can.

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17 Hidden Facebook Marketing Tools That Will Increase Your Engagement by 154%

Neil Patel

Facebook engagement is easier and more valuable than you ever imagined. I found this out the hard way. At one point, I was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a month on Facebook Ads. Sure, I was getting some huge successes. But I was also wasting a ton of money. For example, I once spent $400,000 on Facebook fan page likes. I still feel dumb for that one… The engagement just wasn’t there.

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6 Books to Help Content Marketers Attract Conversions, Grow Profits, and Work Better in 2019

Content Marketing Institute

One roundup list wasn’t sufficient to capture the best books in 2018 for content marketers. Here are six more books with examples, tips, and wisdom to upgrade your content marketing skills. Continue reading → The post 6 Books to Help Content Marketers Attract Conversions, Grow Profits, and Work Better in 2019 appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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A New Domain Authority Is Coming Soon: What’s Changing, When, & Why

Moz

Posted by rjonesx. Howdy Moz readers, I'm Russ Jones, Principal Search Scientist at Moz, and I am excited to announce a fantastic upgrade coming next month to one of the most important metrics Moz offers: Domain Authority. Domain Authority has become the industry standard for measuring the strength of a domain relative to ranking. We recognize that stability plays an important role in making Domain Authority valuable to our customers, so we wanted to make sure that the new Domain Authority broug

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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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International Start a Blog Day Class of 2019

ProBlogger

The post International Start a Blog Day Class of 2019 appeared first on ProBlogger. I was wrong. I thought I was too late to start blogging in 2002. I thought I had missed the boat. But I started a blog anyway. I loved expressing myself and making connections with people around the world who had similar interests to me. I also loved seeing my blog grow and the community that built around my blog.

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What It Means to Get Branded Content Right

Content Marketing Institute

Whenever someone mentions the term “branded content,” my mind still drifts back to the original inspiration for my love of the technique: BMW’s The Hire. The 2001 series consisted of eight online episodes, each featuring Clive Owen as “The Driver” – a mysterious man who fully commits to completing his assigned mission at all costs, taking viewers along for the ride.

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Using STAT for Content Strategy - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Posted by DiTomaso Search results are sophisticated enough to show searchers not only the content they want, but in the format they want it. Being able to identify searcher intent and interest based off of ranking results can be a powerful driver of content strategy. In this week's Whiteboard Friday, we warmly welcome Dana DiTomaso as she describes her preferred tools and methods for developing a modern and effective content strategy.

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The 411 on Content Marketing in Enterprises [New Research]

Content Marketing Institute

If you want to succeed, it never hurts to dream big. Ask any entrepreneur what their goals are, and their responses likely boil down to one thing: Growing bigger. They want to make a name for their business, increase marketplace visibility, close more sales, earn more revenue, expand the teams to do the work, and secure a spot in the annals of industry success.

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2019 SEO Keywords and Google: What’s in Your Poker Hand?

Content Marketing Institute

? ? Strap in tight. 2019 will be a rough ride for keyword rankings and SEO professionals will feel the squeeze each time Google downplays traditional search engine results. Google already promotes no-click search results, often providing answers without the need to click for more details. The no-click (also known as zero click) searches will remain a factor for marketers.

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How To Setup Metrics to Optimize Your Digital PR Team’s Press Coverage

Moz

Posted by acarlisle Over the past six years, our team at Fractl has studied the art of mastering content marketing press coverage. Before moving into Agency Operations, I on-boarded and trained over a dozen new associates for our digital PR team within a year as the Media Relations Manager. Scaling a team of that size in a such a short period of time required hands-on training and a clear communication of goals and expectations within the role — but what metrics are indicative of success in digi

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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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Exploring Google's New Carousel Featured Snippet

Moz

Posted by TheMozTeam Google let it be known earlier this year that snippets were a-changin’. And true to their word, we’ve seen them make two major updates to the feature — all in an attempt to answer more of your questions. We first took you on a deep dive of double featured snippets , and now we’re taking you for a ride on the carousel snippet. We’ll explore how it behaves in the wild and which of its snippets you can win.