Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Editor’s note: You may have missed the original article by Steve Rayson when it was published last year. million blog posts per month. With other CMS platforms contributing new content, the volume of new material added to the web each day now exceeds 2 million posts. I started a personal blog.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The ones I’ve seen used most often to track content performance are: Page views This is usually the biggest traffic number — the number of times a landing page or blog post on your site has been viewed. We saw amazing organic website traffic results in our peak publishing years, 2014 to 2018. It was (and is!)

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

Granted, some of those “Medium” searches could be for the TV show of the same name that starred Patricia Arquette from 2005 through 2011. If your post looks good in the editor, it’s going to look good when your post goes live after you click the “Ready to publish?” Nonetheless, its growth is impressive.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2012

That means you’re looking for a topic that: You can cover in 3,000 – 4,500 words (around six blog posts in length). Tip: If you find that a particular point needs lots of research, it might be best as a blog post or even a separate ebook.). Day 7: Design and Publish Your Ebook. Avoid a sea of plain text.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2011, it raised over $6 million to study the landscape of how to create “human-free stories” (such an oxymoron to say). The Washington Post and Heliograf. Heliograf supplemented The Washington Post reporters covering the Rio Olympics, and created 300 news stories and alerts for the event. In 2013, it raised another $11.5

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2018

However, ScribbleLive’s specialty is tapping into the content curation and publishing power that most enterprise organizations overlook — their employees. Back when I was targeting mainstream publishers for guest posting, it was literally my first stop in the research process. Since its 2011 launch, Scoop.it!

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Contently

MARCH 14, 2023

How Featured Snippets Help Readers and Your Rankings When you come across a word or phrase that needs some explanation, that’s an excellent opportunity to land your blog post in Google’s featured snippets section. Publish relevant content. Schema helps search engines crawl your website. Understand user intent.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When I started what was to be my content marketing journey in 2011, I had NO idea what kind of explosive growth was in store. Several years back, HubSpot published a report that finally answered a burning question: “How much should you blog?”. This is from a Hubspot study in 2015 of over 13,000 blogs. Incredible, right?!

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Lessons Learned from 12 Years as an Author Entrepreneur Twelve years ago, in Sept 2011, I left my day job to become a full-time author-entrepreneur.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In this blog post, we share citation examples of each style for different types of sources. 60) APA citation examples: Book To cite a book in APA , you need the author’s name, year of publication, book title, and publisher. Place of publication, Publisher, publication date. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. And the rest is history.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

After all, the advice made sense: Have a blogging schedule, and stick to it. Write blog posts and publish them according to this rigid schedule and provide readers with a steady stream of constant blog posts. Think about it: When you first sign up to receive new blog posts, you’re excited.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In a 2011 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , experts found that our brains process “tangible” (i.e. And in a study published for Brain and Language in 2012, psychologists found that a certain part of our brain is “activated” when we read sensory words. sensory) words faster than other words.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 21, 2011

His latest published tool for world domination is GhostBloggers.net - An online marketplace where you can buy and sell unique blog posts. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! How to Measure Your Success first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Want to keep up with him?

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Fat Joe

AUGUST 23, 2023

Creating Quality Content For Your Website According to an Orbit Media survey , the average time spent writing a blog post is now 4 hours and 10 minutes: And that doesn’t take into account keyword research, search engine optimization, and content promotion. A bunch of thin and outdated blog posts from 2011 won’t add any SEO value.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. If you are after more variety, I’ve included links to other round-ups at the end of this post. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? Let us know in the comments, or create and link to your own list post.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. In writing blog posts and articles, I’m not using as many parenthetical anecdotes or unnecessary adverbs. How to “chunk” tasks.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

While I shared a framework useful for restructuring your team and/or making hiring decisions (which will be published shortly on this blog), today we’re digging into the various skill areas your team needs to cover. Digital librarians can help solve issues surrounding all that content you have (images, blog posts, web pages, etc).

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

Every single time I write something that seems a bit too close to home, I’m reluctant to hit “publish” But when I do, I’m always overwhelmed by the positive response from readers. That blog post about something dear to you will touch others. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Do you feel that more highly paid speaking gigs become easier if you have a traditionally published book? It was really important to be commercially published. Dorie: Exactly.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2013

I’m sure we can all agree that proofreading is the least fun part of blogging. In a widely reported study in 2011, British entrepreneur Charles Duncombe found a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half! If you don’t have a product, then you could be missing out a blog subscriber or repeat visitor! A red pen.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 26, 2011

Let’s say, for example, you are writing a post about how to prepare a manuscript for ebook publishing. While you could use the keyword “ebook,” you will be up against the millions of other blog posts about ebooks, even if they are about ebook readers, ebook sales, or ebook marketing. That’s right: never. Google Insights.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

How does this relate to your blog? Here are three examples: Own your brand: There are a lot of free blog tools and publishing platforms — Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, Posterous, TypePad… the list goes on and on. I’ve rushed into a randomly-inspired, voluntary blog redesign at 4:00 p.m. This isn’t a hobby anymore.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

If you’re feeling a bit dismayed at your lack of resolution to blog better in 2011, you’re not alone. Blog more often, guest post more often, add sponsors, or get involved in the comments? It’s only February, and there’s a lot of 2011 left. How do you intend to accomplish this plan for your blog?

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Express Writers

MAY 29, 2024

The year was 2011. This stat is just for blog posts, but if it works for those, you can imagine how much better it works for an ultimate guide. Then, when you finish your ultimate guide, set up a reminder to monitor and update it after publishing. Many readers will have already heard of Unbounce.

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Men With Pens

JULY 8, 2012

And even though nobody actually reads the post, it generates decent (albeit poor) traffic and provides some instant gratification. It can be daunting to publish a post you’ve poured your heart and soul into with no guarantee other people will approve. Does the world really need another article about blogging tips?

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BKA Content

JULY 1, 2024

This can include blog posts , articles, news updates, product descriptions, and even refreshed old content. Fresh content is not limited to brand new posts. It’s often worth the effort to refresh an older post that has good information but has fallen off the page rankings. What Is Fresh Content In Seo?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How can you reinvigorate your writing process, breathe life into your backlist, and prepare your author business for the rollercoaster that is publishing? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Tracy Cooper-Posey gives her tips.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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Content Powered

JUNE 16, 2022

The question is, are those posts harmless, or are they actively harmful to your search engine optimization? News, update, and announcement posts are blog posts that are typically short-form (under 1,000 or even under 500 words long) and give readers, followers, and customers information about your company.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Due to the success of the 2010 campaign, in mid-December 2011 we launched our second 12 Days of Christmas promotion. 12 Deals in 12 days is a big task—that’s 12 sales emails, numerous blog posts, loads of tweets, liaising with partners, and more. This last 2011 campaign saw us almost triple revenue from 2010.

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Buffer

JULY 27, 2017

We started the Buffer Social blog in January 2011 and since then it has been a key component in the success of the company. We have published more than 1,000 posts—and we’re honored to receive more than 1.5 Before thinking of blog post ideas, it’s helpful to understand what your readers want from you.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

We posted an idea for a Valentine’s Day fundraiser on February 13th, but this meant youth workers didn’t have any time to use the idea this year. On our blog, we did something similar. It probably wasn’t wise from an SEO standpoint, as we were effectively re-posting duplicate material.

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Income Diary

APRIL 29, 2024

I will now cover all of this in the following article: How to Write Epic Blog Posts That Rank High On Google You too can write blog posts that rank well… Through 1000 posts, we have learned a lot about writing great online content – particularly content that ranks well with search engines.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 24, 2012

Regular readers of Men with Pens will recall a recent blog post on Icky Sales. The post makes the point that we all need to embrace sales and marketing, whether we want to or not. First, gather and publish testimonials from your happy clients. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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