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Do Blog Posts Actually Lead to Purchases [New Data]

Hubspot

In our 2021 Executive Marketing Leadership Survey , 20% of marketing leaders described company blogs as one of their "most important channels" for hitting goals. The enduring importance placed on blogging isn't shocking. But, starting and running an effective, traffic-generating blog requires a lot of time and energy.

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The Greatest Copywriters of All Time

Anyword

As a result of his work at Gallup, Ogilvy understood the importance of research and knowledge of the customer as central to the development of an advertising strategy and brand positioning: “Advertisers who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore the signs of the enemy.” – David Ogilvy. Joseph Sugarman. Leo Burnett.

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Branded content just another shade of fake news?

Biznology

Remember blogging for business? Better still blogging by brands? A great deal of what we now call “content marketing” can be traced back to basic business blogging where a brand built audiences by attracting informed search to valuable, relevant content.

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How Print Publications Impact B2B Content Marketing Development

KoMarketing Associates

Even print-based advertorials, where the intent should clearly be understood as promotion, were considered of higher quality (at least by those surveyed), than all but one of the four forms of digital publication choices offered. B2B Online Marketing Blog Content Marketing' What do you think is generally higher quality?

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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

What About Advertorials? What is Google’s View on Guest Blogging for Links? What Should I Be Aware Of If I’m Considering Guest Blogging? How Can I Guest Blog Without It Appearing As If I Paid for Links? Advertorials (IMPORTANT). What are Advertorials? Will Backlinks Lose Their Importance in Ranking?

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How to Drive Engagement and Conversions Through Content Marketing

BenchmarkONE

For example, Shopify includes a CTA at the bottom of its blog articles, encouraging readers to sign up for marketing tips. UGC establishes social proof for your product – most people can recognize when content is advertorial in nature (though, if it’s high-quality, they don’t really mind). Source: Shopify. Source: Slack.

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How to Get Quick Results With SEO Sprints: The DriveSafe Case Study

Moz

In this blog post I will show you my framework to do SEO sprints. Doing some research, I discovered that positions three and four for this query had CTRs of 1.1% They are not worse off than men when it comes to seeing badly at night, but our research showed that they are more ready to do something about it. The results.