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How to Keep Your Blog Relevant and Successful — an Interview With Andy Crestodina

ClearVoice

Andy is the co-founder and chief marketing officer of Orbit Media — and the author of ‘ Content Chemistry: The Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing.’ ’ Forbes named him one of the “Top 10 Online Marketing Experts to Watch” and Entrepreneur Magazine included Crestodina in their “Top 50 Marketing Influencer” list.

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You’re doing SEO wrong: it’s all about authority

Biznology

In the book, I said that the aim of a site which has identified the topics of interest to the target audience is to become a hub of authority on those topics. In the book I said you should be the Wikipedia of your most important topics. Audience, Relevance, and Search: Targeting Web Audiences With Relevant Content , p.

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Your website is wearing mom jeans and shoulder pads

Biznology

Pearson Education reached out to me to read and make make notes on Mike Moran’s and James Mathewson’s upcoming book, Outside-In Marketing. And then there’s content marketing — we know it’s evolving into outside-in marketing. Content Marketing is the Epitome of Catch-22.

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Content Marketing: What Are Your Target Audience’s Interests, Needs, and Wants?

Writing on the Web

What makes for effective content marketing? Good content builds momentum and always has an objective, according to Ann Handley and CC Chapman in their book Content Rules. Let me know which sites are tops in your book in the work you do… hit the comment link and submit. Of course, this varies. What about you?

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How Will 50 Billion Connected Devices Affect The Future of Marketing?

Marketing Insider Group

Lee is the author of Optimize : How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing. The TopRank part of the business eventually grew in popularity and revenue to the point that we renamed the company to TopRank Online Marketing. What is the method to your blogging success?

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8 Blog SEO Tips for Top Search Results

Writing on the Web

Link to definitions on Wikipedia of the most important keywords whenever you can. Link to sources, other web pages, books, other experts as often as you can. Spell out the key concepts in your first sentence, either by asking a question, or summarizing. Link to an important keyword in the first paragraph if you can.

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Social Media Events Calendar and Advice Guide

Convince & Convert

The reality is that there isn’t a damn thing you’ll learn at a social media event that you couldn’t learn from a blog or a book if you wanted to work that hard. I’m doing a session on Content Marketing Metrics, and a 7-minute burst session at lunch, where I’ll be trial ballooning some concepts for my next book.