Update: This article was originally published March 18th 2014. The graphic was redesigned and updated in April 2019. I’ve written a lot about content strategy over the past decade. I’ve also highlighted various niche tactics that can help content creators to succeed, as well as plenty of examples of excellent content. But I haven’t created […]
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Venngage is a free infographic maker that has catered to more than 21,000 businesses. In this article, we explore how they grew their organic traffic from about 275,000 visitors per month in November 2017 to about 900,000 today — more than tripling in 17 months. I spoke with Nadya Khoja, Chief Growth Officer at Venngage,
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Tough competition on the ecommerce market makes retailers continuously search for new ideas to improve web stores’ UX. Optimizing the product page is one of the key areas in this quest for enhancements. We reviewed the best practices of ecommerce leaders and success stories of smaller merchants, and came up with three hacks that make any
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If content is queen, and the critical role SEO plays a role of bridging the two to drive growth, then there’s no question as to whether or not keyword research is important. However, connecting the dots to create content that ranks well can be difficult. What makes it so difficult? How do you go from
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One of the most overused phrases in content marketing is how it is an ever-changing landscape, forcing agencies and marketers to adapt and improve their existing processes. In a short space of time, a topic can go from being newsworthy to negligible, all while certain types of content become tedious to the press and its
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Search queries for your brand name, called “brand searches,” are among the most important keywords in a keyword portfolio. Even so, marketers are not often paying as much attention to these types of queries as they should. While juicy high-volume non-branded queries are exciting, providing your audience and customers with helpful brand information it is
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One of the biggest problems digital marketers face is nuances to crafting high-quality SEO rich content. A great area of opportunity for marketers is their SEO alt text for images. We’ve all been to websites and the image is replaced by a red “X”, or it’s just a blank box. Wouldn’t it be great if
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Zazzle Media has released their annual State of Content Marketing 2019 survey, which found that less than one in ten marketers (9%) will be focusing on Digital PR in 2019. Despite this, over three quarters (76%) state that brand awareness is a key performance indicator for them. Not only this, but 25% of content marketers
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Business owners are on a never-ending quest to generate more website traffic without having to pay more money. Unfortunately, their efforts are often misguided. Mostly due to a common misconception on how to increase traffic and build loyal customers. Some believe that the number of website visitors is dependent on the size of one’s budget.
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