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14 DIY SEO Tools for Do-It-Yourself Content Marketers

Want to do your own SEO instead of hiring out? Great!  There are tons of tools that can help you start driving traffic to your website, and we’re going to talk about a bunch of them below. Whether you’re a blogger looking for more readers or a small business owner hoping to attract new customers, this […]

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A Comprehensive Intro to SEO

The term “search engine optimization” gets thrown around a lot in conversations about digital marketing. But many people still don’t understand what it means or why it’s so valuable. So let us break it down (and answer some other common questions about SEO while we’re at it).

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How to Build Customer Archetypes and Buyer Personas

We marketers love patterns. Patterns tell us how, when, and where to communicate with customers. They also tell us a lot about who the customer is. By identifying patterns among your past or existing customers, you can figure out what type of person benefits most from having your product or service in their life. Then, […]

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The 9 Core Roles on an Established Content Team

No two content marketing teams look the same. Some have dozens of writers and editors, while others only have one writer and an editor/publisher/outreach specialist. Some have a team of technical SEO specialists, while others rely on a single web developer to do back-end SEO. In some organizations, the content department exists of a single […]

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Our In-Depth Guide to SEO Keyword Monitoring

Keywords are a very important part of search engine optimization. Building your SEO strategy around specific keywords is one way to make sure your site appears in relevant searches. And if you’re targeting certain search terms with your strategy, it’s crucial to track your position in search engine results pages (SERPs) so that you always […]

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Which SEO Benchmark Metrics Should You Track?

Search engine optimization is great because you can measure every aspect of it. However, the abundance of data can leave you wondering what’s actually important. Which SEO benchmark metrics do you need to pay attention to? Keep reading for answers.

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Our Proven 3-Step Content Research Process

A lot of bloggers just open up WordPress and start writing about a topic that interests them. Maybe they do a little research beforehand or create an outline to organize their thoughts, but that’s basically the gist of it. That’s a fine way to approach blogging, but it’s not the best way. Sure, some people […]

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How to Use Creative Briefs for Better Content Marketing

Blogging can be a highly effective marketing tactic for small businesses. With a bit of SEO and some time spent tapping away at your keyboard, you can accomplish a lot: Get your website at the top of Google for relevant searches Drive visitors to your website who’d never heard of your brand before Create helpful […]

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How to Do a Content Review on Your Website

Your website has a lot of unlocked revenue potential hiding in it. Maybe there are some old sales pages that could start driving more conversions if you made a few tweaks. Or maybe some of those underperforming blogs could get back up to the top of Google if you updated them. You can identify these […]