Quality & Originality Is Your Trump Card Thin content has a serious impact on SEO. And not in a good way. We are often asked if there is an easy way to generate SEO rankings. The simple answer is no. Unless you love to generate lots of high quality, original content. A couple of weeks …
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4 Corners of Cornerstone Content
Almost 50% of the time I spend ‘writing’ is actually time spent thinking about what to write. With the ongoing demand to write more and more, coming up with fresh ideas is harder than actually researching and writing them. So how can you save time thinking up new ideas and avoid staring a blank page for 20 minutes every time you want to write quality cornerstone content? Here are four things I always think about when trying to write something that help me focus on a topic.
How Having Too Much Choice Changes SEO & Content
We have now reached information overload. If you want to find the best car for your situation and you type something like “Best family car” into Google you’re presented with a front page full of useful, relevant, information from respected sources. On my front page (note: I am from the UK and not based in the US, so my results will be different to a searcher inside the US) I see whatcar.com, carbuyer.co.uk, bussinessinsider.com, autoexpress.com and a number of other results. All of these links are (in my opinion) reliable and trustworthy.
Basics of SEO
Many of our clients initially use industry jargon as keywords in their content. While that may be appropriate for a technical or business-to-business (B2B) audience, it’s likely not immediately meaningful to potential buyers.
Search Console and Content – How to Get More Content Ideas
In the never-ending content creation battle finding inspiration or focus can sometimes be difficult. So, when you find your well of inspiration has run dry check out your website’s Search Console. Search Console gives you a great deal of interesting SEO information, but if you’re looking at that data from a different perspective it can also give you the ideas you need to get writing.
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Content Marketing Resources
Sources to Learn Tips & Trends Digital marketing is ever-changing. That’s what makes it fun and a bit frustrating. Since generating content is such an integral part of SEO, I thought I’d pull together some a best-of list for content marketing resources that we use to help us keep our content fresh. What Content Marketing Really …
Yelp Profile Tips
5 Things To Manage Your Reputation Regardless if you love it or hate it, a business’ Yelp profile is an integral piece of managing an online reputation. Yelp wields a lot of power (some say too much) that can make or break a business, especially if you offer retail/B2C services. In this post you learn tips on how to make …
Centennials: The Newest Demographic
For marketers, understanding the differences in generations is a key to communicating on a real level with your audience. You need to know where to find them, what they’re interested in, how to speak their language, and how to measure your brand’s effectiveness in reaching them. There’s plenty of material out there about reaching the Baby Boomers, Generation X, and even Millennials. There is far less concrete knowledge about the newest demographic commanding attention in the marketplace.
How To Make Your Content Stand Out
In 2017 If you really want to make your content stand out you need to do more than just write the odd blog post. The content marketing cat is well and truly out of the bag, with every company from Walmart to your local Bakery having their own blog. So how can you stand out in a crowded market full of budding Don Drapers?
How Google is Leading the Charge Against Fake News
The phrase “fake news” has been thrown around quite a bit since the 2016 election. Social media sites and search engines had their share of culpability in spreading misinformation, no matter what your beliefs are. While savvier readers can spot fake news easily, some of it was pretty convincing.