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Writing for the Web: The Human Algorithm and Zero-Sum SEO

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The moment you achieve that precious optimization, Google changes its algorithm and reverses all your gains. My cynicism about SEO doesn’t mean I’m not in favor of marketing your content. Most writers, I think, need to do more marketing to potential readers, not less. But both parties should gain from that marketing effort.

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Why Publishers Need Early Adopters, Annoying or Not

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I would suggest, in fact, that every B2B publisher and content marketer needs one or more early adopters in their midst. Will they sometimes wax too enthusiastic about new tools that turn out to be dead ends, like Jaiku , FriendFeed , or Google Wave ? The benefits of early adopters don’t end with identification or advocacy.

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Infographic skills: No longer optional for journalists

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First, a confession: My first reason for writing this post is so I can embed a really cool infographic about Google on my blog. So journalists, content marketers, and writers alike take note: Infographic skills are no longer optional. But the fact that I want to do it reflects the power and beauty of infographics. Click to enlarge.

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Curation: Add Value and Pass It Along

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The best recent example, perhaps, comes from Kashmir Hill’s Forbes.com story last February recapping Charles Duhigg’s New York Times article on consumer marketing and data mining. Hammock’s guideline for avoiding this fix seems pretty clear: If you can’t add value to a story, just link to it.

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Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era: Sources

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What Would Google Do? , My working life is now completely consumed by content marketing. Tags: New-Media Models Personal Branding Social Media The Future of Print content farms Content Marketing Gary Vaynerchuk Jeff Jarvis new media niche media old-media personal branding publishing models Twitter Webinar. by Jeff Jarvis.

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Facebook Subscriptions: Overdrive for Journalists?

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That’s why I’ve so far stuck with Twitter and its follower model and dallied with Google Plus and its concept of differentiated social circles. Journalists, Content Marketing, and Tough Questions. With Facebook’s introduction yesterday of Twitter-like subscriptions , though, that could change. Related posts: Be Yourself.

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Is Your Content Putting You at Risk?

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For B2B companies embracing their new role as publishers, the content marketing community has produced a huge archive of valuable advice. Most of the time, the kind of publishing that content marketers do isn’t very risky. Tags: Content Marketing Ethics publishing law transparency. The silence is understandable.