Hummingbird’s Impact On B2B Sites

The new Hummingbird algorithm will revolutionize the way B2B companies market their sites in search. Many larger B2B companies tend to invest marketing dollars in more traditional forms of marketing rather than SEM because the B2B space is usually not …

Content Curation: Pruning Old “Fresh” Content To Reveal The Evergreen

Most sites deliver regularly produced content as part of their architecture. At its simplest it might just be a blog section through which company news, updates, and outreach are posted. At its best, however, it’s a carefully pruned source of evergreen…

Don’t Just Earn Links, Build Links Too

With the advent of Hummingbird and the inevitable (not provided) update over the last week or so (from an announcement perspective at least), Google appears to be fully flexing its monopolistic muscles and reminding us SEOs of our rightful place in the organic world. Whenever Google shakes the industry up a little bit, I often […]

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Don’t Just Earn Links, Build Links Too

Perspective Matters In B2B Website Content

In B2B marketing, relationships lead to conversions. Content strategy is an essential tool for driving traffic through SEO and social media, and for engaging and building trust with audiences online. This means choosing the best content type (e.g., cop…

White Papers: Key To B2B Enterprise SEO Power

Enterprise marketers, particularly in the B-to-B space, often find content development a difficult proposition. The company’s thought leaders, although happy to pontificate, are often afraid of committing to a writing schedule – and the marketer, admi…

BrightonSEO 2013 Creative Session

Our panel for the session are Phil Nottingham, Danny Ashton, Tony Samios and Paul Madden Phil is Distilled resident video expert and has promised memes and swearing, so excited for this! Phil opens with the premise that there’s a misconception around video that you need big dollars to get results which is not the case! read more »

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BrightonSEO 2013 Creative Session

Gianluca Fiorelli’s Super Search Update – August edition

GianlucaOne of the nicest things for an Internet Marketer like me is that – even though the Internet never goes on vacation – at least your client yes. So, when clients are on holidays – hence not calling you every two days and you don’t have to write down reports every now and then – read more »

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Gianluca Fiorelli’s Super Search Update – August edition

How Long Should My Blog Post Be?

Best Blog LengthThe question ‘How Long Should My Blog Post Be?’ has been around for as long as blogs have. There are also numerous reasons across why we care about this question. Is it from a usability perspective? Is there a secret formula to improving reader engagement through mastering the perfect ‘not too long, but not too short’ blog post length?

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How Long Should My Blog Post Be?

Why Your Expensive, Time-Consuming Content Doesn’t Work.

Which question would you kick-off a content strategy with? What do we put on our landing pages and in our white papers and on our blog? What gets our audiences excited or helps them do their job better? You might say #2 because it sounds right, and you’ve probably thought about this before. But check […]

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The Future of Local Discovery is About the Story, Not the Place

Did I say the future? I mean the now. “Local” discovery in our books has historically been highly focused on optimizing for the right category, address, keywords, location, etc. What are people searching for in San Francisco? Make a page for it! But which one of these descriptions of the same place below is more […]

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The Key To Social Media? Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Model

oreoIn today’s digital marketing landscape content is king. But how do you make sure your content is right and is distributed far and wide for maximum impact?

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The Key To Social Media? Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Model

Links, Camera, Action: How to Get More Quality Links from Your Video Content

4958026265_eb180e33b5_zIn this post Ben Holbrook shows you how to use your video content to get more links. From pandering to people’s egos to playing it cool this post is a must read for all you video SEOs

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Links, Camera, Action: How to Get More Quality Links from Your Video Content

Online Marketers: Make Sure You Surface The Right Content To Your Audience

When it comes to online marketing, the conventional wisdom has been that the overarching goal is to have content — any content, so long as it links back to my website — appear in front of the user. Put another way, the thinking for many has long been that the singularly-focused goal is…

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Mining User Data in Excel with the FullContact API

Recognized and prominent brands (like Target) are turning to big data to mine user information to find the best ways to reach and retain their customer base. Why let the big guys have all the fun? If you have a list of your users’ email addresses, that’s all you need to get your users’ personally identifiable information and […]

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