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3 Keyword Research Trends to Reshape Your Content Optimization

Content Marketing Institute

No matter what your content marketing strategy is, keyword research is the fuel. Keywords inform marketers as to what their audience strives to know, let them monitor their competition, and offer a constant source of content ideas. Now, the approach to keyword research is different from what it was even a couple of years ago.

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5 Brands Share Their Content Marketing Process

Content Marketing Institute

We trained our editorial team to do basic SEO analysis using Moz and SEMrush to analyze the potential search volumes of the keywords targeted in the new piece of content. Use @moz & @semrush to analyze search volumes of keywords targeted in new #content, says @MassimoCw. Click To Tweet. Researching.

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How to Get Ranked and Read With the Topic Cluster Content Model

Content Marketing Institute

An SEO strategy that focuses on topics rather than keywords, the model is an intent-based approach that simplifies blog archives by creating content around one central topic – referred to as the “pillar” page or post. Pillar-cluster #content technique is #SEO strategy focused on topics, not keywords, says @EliseDopson.

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Improve Your Productivity With 8 Content Marketing Tools

Content Marketing Institute

SEMrush is a great tool to help you assess competitors’ traffic on Google and the keywords for which they are ranking. Enter your competitor’s web address in the SEMrush SEO toolkit and see a list of the keywords for which it ranks on Google. This quick way of doing keyword research can identify some target keywords.

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How to Create an Editorial Style Guide

Neil Patel

More than just a preferred list of grammar rules, an editorial style guide provides your content team with guidelines for the creation of useful, on-brand content. An editorial style guide ensures a standard baseline for quality and consistency. This will become more critical as your in-house editorial team grows.

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3 Tools to Optimize Your Old Content to Build More Organic Search Traffic

Content Marketing Institute

Text Optimizer: Include related keywords and concepts. Serpstat: Research keyword gaps. Keyword gap research is a relatively new tactic allowing you to discover which keywords your competitors rank for while your page is nowhere to be found. To look at content gaps on a page: Search for the primary keyword in Google.

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Slow Page Load Time Not Always the Culprit in Poor SEO Rankings

Content Marketing Institute

Website developers and marketers buzz about page load time, especially because Google announced beginning this past July that speed is a keyword ranking factor for some mobile versions of websites. You could have page load issues, but that deficiency might not be to blame for your Google keyword rankings. You probably do too.