When thinking about SEO, don’t just focus on your ranking positions. It’s only half the story. I’ve often heard “we rank number 3, so we’ve done our job.” Ranking well…
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The crisis of message credibility and impact on brands
Our world is more passionately polarized than ever. Current politics have over sensitized even the most rational, knowledgeable people, creating a new level of acrimony and distrust among family and…
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Digital marketing directions: key trends driving digital in 2017
Are you confused and frustrated by the rapid pace of change in digital marketing? Do you find yourself struggling to get ahead or sometimes feeling that it’s hard to even…
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What am I supposed to do with all this data?
Are you a marketer? Are you overwhelmed with the sheer amount of data that is now available at your fingertips? Yeah—me too. It’s almost comical how much data and insights…
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My Best Biznology Blog Posts of 2016
Everyone’s doing clip shows this late into the year. My options were either doing a best of, “here’s what you might have missed,” list of articles, which I have chosen…
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What content to blog for Google search success
After I wrote The More the Messier for Content Marketing SEO Success I received an email thanking me for the post, but also noting something else. While learning how to write content…
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The more the messier for content marketing SEO success
You need to spend only 20% of the time you do on your content marketing and marketing SEO than you’re doing — at least for now. Be quick, be messy,…
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Search: The art and science of identifying your target audience
A common theme with marketers is to acquire as much intelligence, data, and insight as possible in order to “place your bets”: meaning, you want to make sure that the…
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What brands and consumers get from long vs. short form content
My long-overdue sequel seeks to address the complexity of content as a searchable, educational, and/or motivational tool for branding when strategy calls for a marketing “pull.” But first, let’s establish…
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Maybe it is just the constant shifting in tactics as a discipline becomes mature, but I’ve watched so many trends in search marketing over the years that it is easy…
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