Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

That worked really well between 2010 and 2013. From 2013 to 2017, if you created tons of text-based content, got a few social shares, and picked up a few natural backlinks you could dominate Google. Just go check out some of his blog posts if you don’t believe me. That was the hot thing. How did I do this? Conclusion.

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Neil Patel

MAY 4, 2021

Interest in influencer marketing has skyrocketed 90x since 2013. What’s more: research shows they generate double the sales of paid ads and with a 37% higher customer retention rate. When writing a blog post, I’d stay as evergreen as possible since you don’t want to have to update your content constantly.

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Smart Blogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In fact, billions are wasted in ad spend every year from advertisements that fail to engage the target audience. We know you don’t want to waste that kind of money, and that’s why this post will walk you through six simple steps to define your target audience.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The problem with this is that it is little more than an ‘ad’ and your readers will likely be blind to it. Your readers read your blog because they want to hear from you – so tell them about what you’re promoting it and why you’re promoting it. The post Why Are Your Affiliate Promotions Not Converting?

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

When I started at the Content Marketing Institute in 2012, I sat with founder Joe Pulizzi to discuss the 2013 marketing goals. Creating a consistent taxonomy across CMI product offerings, such as the blog, webinars, CMWorld sessions, and Chief Content Officer subscriptions, allowed us to tie consumer data to the subscriber record.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

You've been teaching nonfiction authors about marketing since then, but it has been a decade since we talked last in 2013 about book marketing. I'm so grateful for that because it led to the launch of the Nonfiction Authors Association in 2013, and I built a community. Also, Joanna, I've become a big fan of Amazon ads.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

By the summer of 2020, the post was only seeing a few hundred visits per month. We did this not only for a ranking/traffic boost, but also because SEO has changed a lot since 2013. The old post simply didn't cut it anymore. To put it simply, Google had no good reason to rank the post highly. Time to update.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The problem with this is that it is little more than an ‘ad’ and your readers will likely be blind to it. Your readers read your blog because they want to hear from you – so tell them about what you’re promoting it and why you’re promoting it. The post Why Are Your Affiliate Promotions Not Converting?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Driving traffic to your blog – as a result of your engagement, you will often get people checking out your blog. Idea generation – often, when you engage in conversation in other blogs comments, you get ideas for your own blog posts. If you’re adding value, you’ll get value back.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2018

Being aware of psychological principles is helpful whether you’re building a website, composing a tweet, or writing a blog post. While a 2013 study by Microsoft noted people’s attention span has narrowed to eight seconds at the max. Make your social posts as short as possible. That is why Facebook ads can be effective.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The spider notes new documents and changes, which are then added to the searchable index Google maintains. Those pages are only added if they contain quality content and don’t trigger any alarms by doing shady things like keyword stuffing or building a bunch of links from unreputable sources. Not so good places to post?

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Some Chrome extensions are pure gold with value-adding functionality that can save you hours of tedious tasks every week. In this post, I’ll share 15 Chrome extensions that are useful for marketers. The webpages are added to your Evernote account, so you don’t have to go back to the search engine.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Since we launched in November 2013, the podcast has been downloaded nearly 2 million times from listeners in 200 countries, while generating approximately a half-million dollars in direct revenue in sponsorship support. Over the first few months, we added more to the introductions and more news coverage to go for 60 minutes every week.

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Fat Joe

JUNE 30, 2023

That changed in 2013 with the Hummingbird update and the move toward natural language processing. Depending on the user intent, the dominant content type could be a video, blog post, category page, or landing page. That could be a how-to guide, listicle, opinion piece, tutorial, comparison post, or another format.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2018

David Ambrogio, SEO and content strategist at Online Optimism, offers a definition that touches on what the word clickbait connotes for many people – “any content with sensationalist headlines used to encourage clicks or drive ad revenue.”. Derek offers the example of a hypothetical article called Blogging Best Practices in 2013.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

My best blog posts often start out as me writing an email to a reader answering a question. Alternatively I will often imagine I’m talking to someone as I’m writing – which leads to a post written in a more personal way. 161 people added a comment. I use personal language.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A glance through Content Marketing Institute’s recently published posts, Growthhackers Must Read articles, or BuzzSumo’s most-shared marketing content from the past six months makes it clear – one blog post framework seems to be winning: How (Company You Know) Is Doing (Something) to Achieve (Positive Result).

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 12, 2023

So I wrote a blog post about dating and relationships that went viral. But you've been podcasting on Novel Marketing since 2013, so a decade now. Then I use some AI tools , and then I have one VA who does the blog post, the show notes. Joanna: But you have got books, right? Tell us about those. Thomas: I do.

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Intergrowth

MARCH 5, 2023

It includes everything from your logo and website to the graphics on your ad banners. It even includes the pictures you post on your social media profiles. Depending on what you sell and who your audience is, your marketing efforts might involve traditional ads (i.e., television, radio, billboards). Let’s hop on a call.

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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 top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. The post PB167: My Million Dollar Blog Post?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

I guess I’d become used to getting readers engagement on my other blogs and without it just felt ‘wrong’ for my style of blogging. The impact of adding more and more opportunity for community engagement on the site was immediate and big. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products.

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Moz

MAY 19, 2019

This instantly-Tweetable snippet was referenced in Forbes in 2018 , mentioned by MediaPost in 2016 , and covered on Science Daily in 2013. This means that the “90 percent of all data…” statistic was true in 2013, 2016, and 2018, and it will continue to be true for the foreseeable future. From Seagate.

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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 top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. 7 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination. Without Delay is the Easiest Way.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But it is not 2013 anymore. In terms of marketing, the overarching thing is any marketing except for Amazon ads works for selling direct. So you're doing Facebook ads. But because we have access to the sale, the meta ads, as you say, can be optimized for conversions. Paid ads to me are the cream on top.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Driving traffic to your blog – as a result of your engagement, you will often get people checking out your blog. Idea generation – often, when you engage in conversation in other blogs comments, you get ideas for your own blog posts. If you’re adding value, you’ll get value back.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

My best blog posts often start out as me writing an email to a reader answering a question. Alternatively I will often imagine I’m talking to someone as I’m writing – which leads to a post written in a more personal way. 161 people added a comment. I use personal language.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 19, 2014

Infographics are extremely useful for numerous reasons when it comes to content marketing and blogging. Although many writers may not have considered using an infographic for a blog post this can be an excellent way to present interesting information while linking to a topic that is of significance to yourself and your readers.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

I guess I’d become used to getting readers engagement on my other blogs and without it just felt ‘wrong’ for my style of blogging. The impact of adding more and more opportunity for community engagement on the site was immediate and big. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products.

Blogging 26

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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 top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. 7 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination. Without Delay is the Easiest Way.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2014

” Carly at Carly Findlay: “One of my mistakes i made – though not early on – was to use an argument I had with someone as inspiration for a blog post – without permission. I see a lot of newbies get all keen and blog daily (or more) but fizzle out after a while as they can’t sustain it.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2014

How can you harness this amazing technology to drive more quality traffic to your blog? This post “What Content Works Where? Smarter Traffic (and Revenue) Building Through Social Media” first appeared in January 2013. Ramit Sethi Exposed: How He Earns Millions Blogging. How to Make $30,000 a Year Blogging.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 16, 2014

It is also the way most blogging talent agencies work out pay scales – so the more unique visitors that read your blog, the more money you can make. Between March and September of 2012, I doubled the unique visitors to my blog, Veggie Mama. By March 2013, they had tripled. Create good blog posts that lure readers.

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CoSchedule

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In terms of marketing efforts, this statistic is a direct translation to money lost on underperforming ads and failing campaigns. How We Evaluate Marketing Project Management Software CoSchedule has been building work management software since 2013. On average, 11.4 percent of investment is wasted because of poor project management.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2015

2013 was the year when people started taking content marketing seriously. Thousands of new blogs and millions of new blog posts will be created over the next 12 months. Thankfully, adding ecommerce features to your website or setting up an online store is not difficult these days.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 8, 2023

The AI tools will probably be able to help people do Amazon ads better. They'll probably help people be able to do Facebook ads better. They can get more bang for their buck with their ad spend. And so I think that is all good. I think AI will make your marketing spend go further. If old ones stop working, new ones will arrive.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2015

At the beginning, the effects will be small – but over time, as the system continues to work and you keep adding into it small bits, it becomes a monster. And while much has been said about Facebook’s diminishing reach, it still stands as the best platform to find and gather a purposeful audience and promote a blog.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2014

One of the most obvious ways to exponentially increase your blog’s traffic is to exponentially increase the amount of content you produce. When growing KISSmetrics, Neil Patel found that each additional blog post he added to their blog increased weekly traffic by 18.6%. Could one blog post transform your blog?

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