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The complete guide to B2B SEO

Sprout Social

In a blog post about small business customer acquisition, Affirm links the phrase “find your CAC” to a HubSpot article on what a CAC is. For HubSpot, this is considered a backlink (or a win for off-page SEO) and a good one since it’s both a reputable website and a relevant keyword phrase. Low conversion rate.

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Why You Should SEO-Optimize Your Content, Even if Your Goal Isn't Organic Traffic

Hubspot

If you're hoping to position your company as a knowledgeable expert within your industry, your primary content marketing goal is probably thought leadership. Keyword research can help you find out what questions your audience has so you can provide answers and position your company as authorities in your industry.

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Topics Over Keywords: A Simple Framework for More Effective Content Creation

Hubspot

Where there were maybe 10-20 ‘big keywords’ that would be sought after for ranking within a topic, there are now hundreds or thousands of long-tail variations that are regularly searched within a topic. The way that we approach this at HubSpot is to look at our visibility across a topic, as opposed to a specific keyword.

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4 Smart Ways to Keep Up With Google in 2017

Hubspot

In fact, did you know that the first position in Google gets 33% of search traffic ? Use keyword research tools such as Google AdWords and HubSpot's Keywords App to determine the long-tail, conversational keywords your audience is searching for. The solution? Such tactics include guest posting and sponsored content.

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10 Ways to Drive Instant Results With Inbound Marketing

Hubspot

The best inbound marketers do, indeed, play a good long game, but you can use inbound marketing tactics and strategies to move the needle immediately, too. So to add to Lieberman's already stellar list, here are ten more ways you can borrow from inbound marketing to see immediate positive changes in your marketing. 4) Newsjack.

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The 10 Best Keyword Research Tools to Find the Right Keywords for SEO

Hubspot

Let's get right down to it: The key to successful SEO is concentrating on long-tail keywords. The good news is that choosing the right long-tail keywords for your website pages is actually a fairly simple process -- one that's made all the more simple and quick when you use the right tools to perform your keyword research.

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Expert Answers to 10 Tough SEO Questions

Webbiquity

The team at Designhill recently brought together five search engine optimization (SEO) experts (well, at least four plus me :-)) for a one hour, deep dive webcast into the most pressing SEO issues of today. This gets your name out there, creates positive associations with your brand, and gets backlinks. Focus on long-tail searches.

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