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The Strategy That Helped Sprout Social Double Its Blog Traffic
By being attentive to the user-insight gleaned from their website, Sprout Social turned a few simple tweaks into a bonafide blog-optimization strategy.
Guest Blogging and Licensing Content without Incurring Duplicate Content Issues
Licensing your content for republishing on other sites can be a great way to boost your own rankings. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand shows you how, and explains why you shouldn't worry about duplicate content issues when you do.
How to Unlock Your Website’s Potential and Increase Load Speed by Nearly 30 Percent
One of the best steps you can take to improve the performance of your website is to make loading speed a priority.
How to Use Keywords Throughout Your Marketing Strategy
Are you using keywords to optimize your entire marketing strategy? If not, here are some ways to do it beyond webpage optimization.
One Size Does Not Fit All: Driving Conversions Through Audience Analysis
It's no longer just "we need more content," but "we need the right kind of content for the right kind of audience at the right time in their journey." Sarah Gurbach details research tools and strategies for understanding your audience.
How to Write Product Descriptions That Will Make Customers Love Your Brand
Product descriptions are some of the most neglected pieces of content on the web, which is a shame because they are often the first point of contact for ecommerce customers.
The Impact of Queries, Long and Short Clicks, and Click Through Rate on Google's Rankings
Through experiments and research, we've learned quite a bit about how Google values things like queries, CTR, and long vs. short clicks. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand shows you specifics, and explains what they mean to you.
Case Study: Can You Fake Blog Post Freshness?
The author's small test seems to confirm Google's affinity for fresh content. You might consider a similar experiment for your site.
Seven Simple Tips for Insightful A/B Testing
Marketing is full of cliches, but one that has stood the test of time and still rings true is "When in doubt, test." Are you testing your assumptions?
A Clear Path for Marketers to Surviving Content Shock
The rise of content marketing has caused many to fear what's been billed as "content shock," but this post outlines 6 ways to thrive as a content marketer in today's world.