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Comment on 7 “White Hat” Link Types that Can Get you Penalized in 2022 by Matt Diggity

Diggity Marketing

In reply to Priyansh Mathur. I don’t recommend posting the same exact blog posts on different platforms. The Panda update put an end to that strategy years ago.

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Ubersuggest Chrome Extension

Neil Patel

Please note: Once you install the extension all you have to do is go to Google and perform a search. That is where you’ll see data. It’s been a long time coming. And now, it is finally here. Today, I want to introduce you to the Ubersuggest Chrome Extension. From being in the SEO industry for over 21 years now, I know that it would be more convenient to do your SEO research while you are browsing the web or searching Google than constantly having to come back to Ubersuggest.

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Stop With the Overused and Incorrect Words in Your Writing

Content Marketing Institute

Words can convey so much. Or they can convey nothing. They can persuade. Or they can repel. Overused and incorrectly used words frustrate and irritate your audience. Here’s how to identify and fix your word problems. Continue reading → The post Stop With the Overused and Incorrect Words in Your Writing appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Why digital literacy matters for marketers

Sprout Social

Remote work and safer-at-home orders are shifting digital transformation plans everywhere into warp speed, and marketers are along for the ride. As digital media becomes the primary (or only) customer-facing means of communication for most organizations, digital literacy is more important than ever before. Digital literacy, also known as media literacy, isn’t a new concept.

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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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LinkedIn Elevate Shutting Down ? Here?s the Best Alternative to Managing Your Employee Advocacy

Hootsuite

As you may have heard, changes are coming to LinkedIn’s Elevate this year. LinkedIn has announced it is integrating Elevate into Pages, and that by December 2020 Elevate will no longer be available as a standalone app. So what does that mean? Depends if you want the “good news” or the “bad news”. The good news is when Elevate integrates into Pages, it will become free.

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6 Reasons to Keep Creating Content During COVID-19 via @Manish_Analyst

Search Engine Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic shouldn’t bring every marketing effort in your company to a halt. Here's why you should keep creating content now and beyond. The post 6 Reasons to Keep Creating Content During COVID-19 via @Manish_Analyst appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How to Convey Your Brand Personality Through Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

You know your brand. You’re a marketer or business owner, after all. But, conveying your brand’s personality to your audience on social media isn’t always easy. Of course, when it comes to branding, your logo, color palette, fonts, and tagline are important, but the voice of your brand is what will truly influence your audience and readers. Now especially, it’s crucial to adjust your messaging and the marketing tactics you use to reach customers and prospects.

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Comment on How to Get Unstuck by Establishing Topic Relevance by Cheefoo

Diggity Marketing

In reply to Matt Diggity. Thanks Matt for the awesome post. It keeps me on fire. : ). If we just create 4-5 supporting pages (without any links to them), wouldn’t these pages be called orphan pages? Is there any concern?

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Social Spotlight: Visa and how to pivot with empathy during a crisis

Sprout Social

Welcome to the Social Spotlight, where we dive deep into what we love about a brand’s approach to a specific social campaign. From strategy through execution and results, we’ll examine what makes the best brands on social tick — and leave you with some key takeaways to consider for your own brand’s social strategy. Overview. Brands are in a tough spot right now.

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A Quick Audit to See If Your Content Passes a COVID-19 Exam

Content Marketing Institute

If your content doesn’t convey awareness and sensitivity around COVID-19’s all-encompassing impact, it will affect your audience’s perception of your brand. Here’s how to check your content before you wreck your brand value. Continue reading → The post A Quick Audit to See If Your Content Passes a COVID-19 Exam appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Opinionated Content Marketing: Why You Should It?

Marketing Insider Group

What do you feel strongly about? In today’s “cancel culture,” many businesses and other organizations are thinking it might be best to avoid opinionated content marketing. They believe that taking a stand that might offend some people will drive potential customers away. The hide in their vanilla content cave, their figurative tail tucked between their legs.

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Comment on How to Get Unstuck by Establishing Topic Relevance by Matt Diggity

Diggity Marketing

In reply to Cheefoo. You want to include links to these supporting pages somewhere. In the example above, I have a money page targeting top protein supplements. The supporting articles can be posts I’ve written and included in blog section of my site, all pointing back to that money page.

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10 Content Marketing KPIs to track in 2020

Rock Content

Having an efficient and compelling Content Marketing strategy is a must-have for companies searching for competitiveness in the future. This method allows for low-cost, highly engaging media focused on attracting more leads with higher conversion rates. It also helps to build a positive and trustworthy image for your brand. But executing any plan is all about measuring and adjusting.

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Why Guest Posting Isn’t the Answer in 2020

Content Marketing Institute

Guest blogging should not be the star in your content marketing mix. In fact, maybe it shouldn’t even be in your content lineup at all. Why? Here are six reasons. Continue reading → The post Why Guest Posting Isn’t the Answer in 2020 appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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The Evolution of Empathy: What We Can Learn from Our Ancestors and Their Decision to Work Together

Marketing Insider Group

I’ve discussed quite a bit in this blog, and in the book Mean People Suck, about where empathy comes from. Are we born with it? Is it learned? It’s certainly an acquired skill, but there’s plenty of proof that empathy has been part of the human condition for some time. The evolution of empathy can be traced back to long before homo sapiens walked the Earth.

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Comment on How to Get Unstuck by Establishing Topic Relevance by Matt Diggity

Diggity Marketing

In reply to Jackie. The reason for an article like “top 5 restaurants in Fresno” is to establish topical relevance for the local area of Fresno. On the flip side, you can also write an article on “best roof tiles” to increase topical relevance around Roofing. A third option is to write a supporting article that has topical relevance for Roofing AND Fresno.

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How to create an interactive map for your digital strategy

Rock Content

If you are struggling in engaging your leads, a very efficient option is using interactive content on your website. With so much competition in the digital world, it is necessary to enhance the reach and efficiency of the experience you offer to the user. Discovering how to create an interactive map , for example, can become a competitive advantage.

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Bounce Back? Nope. What You Should Prepare For Now [The Weekly Wrap]

Content Marketing Institute

This week, Robert Rose ponders an economic bounce back (and what you should be doing now), talks with an “unapologetic marketing truth teller,” and more. Continue reading → The post Bounce Back? Nope. What You Should Prepare For Now [The Weekly Wrap] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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What the Changing Fortune 500 Tells Us About Empathy

Marketing Insider Group

Everyone’s familiar with the Fortune 500 and the clout and prestige it brings. Fortune Magazine first started the list way back in 1955, naming the companies with the highest revenue in the U.S. Much has changed since the first list, and it’s important to look at the companies growing and shrinking, which is covered in an article by Tyler Durden in Zero Hedge.

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Comment on How to Get Unstuck by Establishing Topic Relevance by Jackie

Diggity Marketing

Hi Mat, this is the second time I’m visiting this article. It has helped with my information content a lot. But when it comes to local SEO, should I internal link from the random-ass article like “top 5 restaurants in Fresno” to my homepage, which I want to rank for the “roofing in Fresno”? Like you mentioned that to only link to the articles on the same topic, but restaurants and roofing are 2 different topics.

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Weekend Favs May 23

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs May 23 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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How to create, manage and report on social media campaigns in Sprout

Sprout Social

Social media campaigns are focused and coordinated efforts that generate measurable results across social media platforms. Campaigns are a chance to switch things up, reach your audience in a new way, create memorable content and make a real impact on top-line business goals. However, for all the value they can bring, campaigns come with innate challenges.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Why Email Should Be At the Heart of Your Marketing Mix

Litmus

It’s probably not surprising for us at Litmus to be talking about how important email is, but what we’re talking about here isn’t about marketing the way it’s always been done. Normally, email improvements and insights are used for email’s sake. There’s a thriving community of dedicated and passionate email marketers, but it’s been a niche topic within the marketing ecosystem.

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Marketing in a time of a crisis ? getting ready for the rebound

Rock Content

Among the many changes driven by the Coronavirus, the pandemic is forcing us to re-evaluate our marketing strategies. It looks increasingly certain that it could bring a recession in 2020-2021 after going through a “normalization” period, as we’re noticing from the early signs of recovery in China. Unfortunately, what we’re facing is unlikely to be a typical recession: in fact, it will be the first health-driven recession of modern times.

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How to Get the Best Out of Your Virtual Meetings

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Get the Best Out of Your Virtual Meetings written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mike Fraidenburg. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Fraidenburg, a certified mediator, natural resource scientist, and former government executive with broad experience helping organizations and executives who are struggling to work effectively in environments with a lot of conflicts.

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Three Steps to a Better-Performing About Page

Moz

Posted by AnnSmarty Somehow, many businesses I’ve come across online have one glaring problem in common: a very weak and unconvincing About Us page. This doesn’t make any sense in my mind, as the About page is one of the most important brand assets, and unlike link building and social media marketing, it doesn’t require any ongoing effort or investment.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Need to Move Faster in Marketing? Improve Your Decision-Making Process and Build A Marketing Continuity Plan

Pam Didner

The COVID-19 pandemic put marketers (me included) to the test. After talking to many marketers, we all agree that we need to start thinking about how to do marketing differently in order to react fast as a team. The question is: “How can marketing move quickly in fast-changing situations?” The answer is that you’ll need to modify your existing processes and initiate a new protocol, a Marketing Continuity Plan.

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How to live blog on WordPress

Rock Content

Can live blogging help with your company’s Digital Marketing strategy and ensure you reach customers with relevant content at the most appropriate time? We have seen, in the most recent years, plenty of action unfold in front of our eyes thanks to live coverage on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. But what if it were possible to deliver that type of live content in your WordPress blog, helping your visitors keep up with what is important to them?

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The Small Business Guide to Podcasting

Duct Tape Marketing

The Small Business Guide to Podcasting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The term podcasting has become mainstream these days and interest in this medium is on the rise and, rightfully so. Not only is it convenient for listeners who want topics that they’re interested in on-demand, but it’s also valuable for the person or business hosting them.

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Google Alerts for Link Building: A Quick and Easy Guide

Moz

Posted by David_Farkas If you’re a link builder, you know how tough it can be to persuade other site owners to link to your site with “out-of-the-blue” pitches. This is true even if you have great content or have been building links for years. That’s why the mantra “link building is relationship building” exists. Often, before you build a link, you have to build a relationship with the site owner first.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission