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How to Optimize Content for SEO: 13 Practical Ideas

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a vital part of content marketing. In order to attract visitors to your website and boost brand awareness, you need to proactively optimize your content for SEO. In this post, we’ll touch upon the recent trend of on-SERP SEO for voice search and also reinforce the importance of long-tail keywords….

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How to Optimize Content for Voice Search: 9 Ways to Refine Your On-SERP SEO Skills

This can be a challenging topic to learn about because several of the main ideas overlap. First, you’ve got voice search. Easy enough. Most people get that.  But early in any discussion about voice search, you’re going to run into terms like “on-SERP SEO,” “featured snippets,” and “SERP Position Zero.” What does it all mean?…

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Why Link Building Drives Website Traffic: 7 Top Tactics to Improve Your Backlink Profile

If backlinks are the top ranking factor on Google, then why do so many B2B marketing leaders resist building links back to their websites? Well, for one thing, it can be tedious, complex, and time consuming.  For another, finding the right outside SEO expert can be expensive if you’re not careful. By one common measure…

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Optimize B2B Content for Mobile: 8 Ways to Gain an Edge Over Competitors

Do you recall about a decade ago when smartphones were steadily becoming the most essential device in our lives?  Back then, the prevailing expert guidance was that optimizing content for mobile devices was critical for consumer brands, but it was less urgent for B2B companies. That time has passed. You must optimize B2B content for…

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How To Select a Content Management System CMS

Would you be surprised to hear the term content management system is a straightforward description of what it actually does? Yes. At its core, a CMS enables you to manage digital content. Technically, a content management system could be used to manage offline content. But, most people associate the term with managing websites and building…

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Website Content Strategy: 11 Steps to Help People Find Your Business Online

[spacer height=”5px”] “If planning content is such an essential part of making a website easier to find, then why do so few businesses seem to follow a website content strategy?” Honestly, I wonder. Blocking out time for yet another initiative isn’t always easy. Compared to a busy work week, pausing to formulate a website content…

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Establish Your Content Marketing Plan

After the twelve months we’ve just had, it would be comforting to focus on something else entirely. Wouldn’t it? Well, since you may be tasked with doing this anyway — I thought I’d outline nine simple steps to help you create a content marketing plan for the coming year. If you’re a seasoned content developer,…

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Demonstrate the Value of Content Development to Upper Management

For some businesses, “content marketing” may seem like a real leap of faith. So, how do you sell reluctant business execs on the value of content development? Well, the average conversion rate for organizations with a content process is more than 2x those that don’t. When management sees how content marketing drives results and increases…

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Five Things To Consider when Selecting an eCommerce Solution

[spacer height=”15px”] Developing a successful website or app can be a formidable challenge. But developing a site that facilitates transactions? That can add layers of complexity not every business team is prepared to handle. But why allow that wrinkle to complicate your plans? Partnering with a design/development team that has deep expertise delivering eCommerce solutions…

Discovery Is Crucial to the Website Development Process

[spacer height=”10px”] When a project is about to begin, it’s tempting to dive straight in, isn’t it? Why not just begin tackling the obvious action items? That may work with smaller initiatives. But when you approach a larger one, it serves you well to follow a plan. An important part of that is the website…