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Why Content is the #1 Ranking Factor and How to Maximize It

Marketing Insider Group

Gotta have that content. You hear people singing the praises of content marketing all the time but, really, why should you care? Well, most companies say they use content marketing to either create brand awareness or build trust: Content Marketing Institute. You can’t be an expert in everything.

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Long Tail Keywords in SEO: How to Grow Traffic From Niche Searches

seo.co

Long tail keywords play a critical role in both paid and organic online search. For website content, like interior pages and blog posts, long tail keywords offer the opportunity to give users more specific content based on what they are searching for. What Are Long-Tail Keywords?

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Stolen Thought Leadership / The Ethics of Aggregating Content (alt title: Stolen Goods: The Dangers of Plagiarized Content)

Contently

In a web awash with looted ideas, what pitfalls do content marketers face when looking for a cheap, viral fix? However, by no means should all content marketers seek to emulate them. The pitfalls of content plagiarism are huge. And they’ve been around since long before the Internet. It’s a start?

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Struggling with B2B Industrial Marketing? Your Essential Guide to Proven Strategies & Tactics

Tiecas

As a Marketing Engineer (a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA in Marketing), I understand the engineer’s mindset and the complexities of the industrial buying journey. This isn’t just marketing theory – it’s wisdom born from decades of hands-on experience. Engineers get bombarded with product-focused marketing. Need proof?

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Content Marketing Requires the Mindset of a Publisher

Sales Engine

The answer is critical for anyone in B2B marketing today. Content marketing uses the same skills and tactics as publishing a magazine—only the distribution methods, audience-building techniques, and analysis tools are different. So what can we learn from magazine publishers about content marketing? #1

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Manufacturing Lead Generation: 5 Strategies to Power Your Sales Pipeline

Tiecas

Long sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders: The decision-making process typically involves engineers, executives, and procurement, making for longer sales cycles. Table of Contents Why Inbound Marketing is Essential for Manufacturing Lead Generation Is Your Industrial Website Optimized for Engineers and Technical Buyers?

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How to Get Ranked and Read With the Topic Cluster Content Model

Content Marketing Institute

It’s used by both B2B and B2C organizations to streamline their content marketing strategy. An SEO strategy that focuses on topics rather than keywords, the model is an intent-based approach that simplifies blog archives by creating content around one central topic – referred to as the “pillar” page or post. Click To Tweet.