As content marketers, we are constantly asking ourselves what we did well in each successful post. Once a piece of content goes live, it’s easy (and usual) to just start working on the next one without checking up too deeply on the analytics. When this is the case, we might miss the fact that the … Continue reading “How to Mine Your Blog for More Keyword Rankings and Traffic with SEMrush”
16 SEO And Social Media Tools We Use Daily
I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say: Link Building isn’t easy. It’s one of the most important parts of SEO, but it’s also one of the hardest. And, no matter how hard you try, it doesn’t seem to get any easier, does it? Well, it doesn’t have to be as hard as you … Continue reading “16 SEO And Social Media Tools We Use Daily”
4 More Unexpected Link Prospecting Tools and How to Use Them
We recently shared 5 link prospecting tools that most people wouldn’t think to use. It’s important to find the link prospects that your lower-tier competitors aren’t finding if you want to have any kind of competitive advantage. We’ve all been in this long enough to realize that content is only half the battle, and that … Continue reading “4 More Unexpected Link Prospecting Tools and How to Use Them”
5 Unexpected Link Prospecting Tools, and How to Use Them
It seems that many SEOs have taken to believing that link building is synonymous with guest posting. We’ve already busted the fear that guest posting violates Google’s guidelines, but the fact remains that most SEOs use it as a crutch. If we can’t persuade influencers to link to our content without offering a guest post … Continue reading “5 Unexpected Link Prospecting Tools, and How to Use Them”
7 Tools You Should Use for Content Marketing and Link Building
We spend a lot of time talking about strategy here, but sometimes readers get curious about how we accomplish certain things in a sufficient time span. To address this, I decided to draft up a list of 7 tools that I think are vital to a content marketing and link building strategy. This list might … Continue reading “7 Tools You Should Use for Content Marketing and Link Building”
Beauty and the Beast: A Quick Why & How of Content Creation for Marketers
Not another lecture extoling the virtues of useful, interesting, shareable content, you scream! Nope. Take it easy. I’m only trying to help here. Call it good or call it evil, thanks to the composition of search engines’ algorithms and hitherto-overused questionable marketing techniques, content creation is now an inseparable part of your digital marketing strategy. … Continue reading “Beauty and the Beast: A Quick Why & How of Content Creation for Marketers”
The 25 Best Alternatives to the Google AdWords Keyword Tool
Ever since Google announced the impending demise of the AdWords Keyword Tool and their preference for its new avatar – the Keyword Planner, yet another hot discussion has sprung up in the SEO community. This time, strong adherents of the free-for-all ideology are riled at Google’s decision to make the Keyword Planner accessible only to … Continue reading “The 25 Best Alternatives to the Google AdWords Keyword Tool”