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Achieving Links That Matter: How To Use Research And Data Driven Journalism

Search Engine Journal

Original research makes great linkbait! So, I’m going to teach you how to improve your link building strategy by achieving important links using data-driven journalism, marketing research, and Google Forms. First of all: nothing here is doctrine.

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The Marketing Graveyard: 6 Victims of Inbound Marketing

Tomorrow People

Fortunately for them, SEO will never die - no matter how much linkbait declares it so (guilty!). As Google mutates, our search consultants’ moods have become unpredictable as they fight against extinction (true story: ‘Crazy Pete Winter’ was once a balanced individual with a keen eye for a keyword). RIP TELEMARKETING.

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SEO Jokes - SEO Humor for 2020

Brightedge

Because it finds content that is a little bare. What is the motto of the Cartesian SEO? hint: Descartes wrote, "I think, therefore I am" so. "I I link therefore I am. What do SEOs use when they go fishing? What does the SEO use besides consonants? Disavowels. What 2 things do SEO pre-schoolers have at break? Cookies and link juice boxes.

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Back to Basics: 9 Lessons in Writing Tabloid-Worthy Headlines

ClearVoice

This is one of the primary reasons users will derogatorily label a piece “linkbait.”. The headline makes a promise that the body of the content must deliver on if you want the user to keep reading. If there’s any kind of substantial disconnect there, the user will feel duped or deceived.

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B2B Social Media – 10 Tips From The Definitive Guide To Social Media

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Develop linkbait & use anchor text links. Blog – This plays a key role in lead nurturing and educating prospects. Therefore, its pertinent that you: Update often. Create thought leadership content. Add a human touch. Provide insight into company & products/services. 3. Twitter 101.

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Best of 2007: Blog Posts on Social Media Marketing

WebMarketCentral

Forget UGC, Discover User-Generated-Linkbait by Distilled Blogger Tom Critchlow lays out an interesting strategy for building rich website content by leveraging user-generated content on discussion forums.

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Best SEO Link Building Guides, Techniques and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity

What types of linkbait are most effective at attracting natural links? 18 Examples of Awesome Viral Linkbait by Acquisition Engine. Sean McColgan showcases examples of exceptionally creative and successful linkbait videos, infographics and widgets. Which tactics do the “experts&# believe will work best in 2011?

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How To Create Linkbait Content: The Ultimate Guide

Atomic Reach

We have been dabbling for years on ways to create world-class linkbait content. Therefore, we compressed all our “linkbait” knowledge into this step by step guide. Therefore, we compressed all our “linkbait” knowledge into this step by step guide. Best Linkbait Examples. How To Find Topics For Linkbait Content?

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Best of 2008: SEO Link Building

WebMarketCentral

How To Actually Get Links From Your Linkbait by SEOmoz This post offers three strategies for getting links from your content even when it doesn't make the first page of Digg.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

9 tricks to get the most SEO benefit from your social media linkbaiting campaign by SEO Scoop DazzlinDonna writes a lot of great stuff on her blog, but here she turns the reins over to social media marketer Dan Zarrella , who offers his tips for maximizing social media including how to best use keywords, comments and links.

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9 Invaluable Lessons From Failed Link Building Campaigns

seo.co

Around 2008, “linkbait” became a popular concept and people began publishing anything they could – whether truthful or not – just to attract links and attention. In response, they released an algorithm update aimed at devaluing low-quality links. The “nofollow” attribute was introduced and reciprocal/paid links were targeted.

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Beginner’s Guide to Business Blogging in 2019

Single Grain

Here’s a list of blogging ideas to help you get started: “Linkbait” posts – These posts are designed to gather page views or backlinks (or both). Typical linkbait post structures include list posts (e.g. You don’t want to spend hours writing and publishing an article that is old news within 12 months.

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The Ultimate 8-Point Checklist for Remarkable Content

Hubspot

The term linkbait refers to content created for the purpose of generating links from other websites or blogs. To us, remarkable content is linkbait. People are less likely to find content remarkable if it looks unprofessional or it's littered with grammatical errors and typos. And who doesn't want more inbound links?

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Best Random but Interesting B2B Marketing Posts, Articles and Resources of 2010

Webbiquity

Opening this post by writing “Look, we both know that this is linkbait—a top ten list combined with infographics, c’mon!—but The 10 Best Infographics for Internet Marketing Pros by Marketing Pilgrim. ** 5 Stars. but you have to admit, it’s worth bookmarking or tweeting.

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How to Make B2B More Exciting: Experts Weigh In

KoMarketing Associates

CASEY MARKEE , SEO CONSULTANT : Evergreen linkbait-type “list” content still works extremely well for my clients. Think beyond your product or service. Visual content is highly impactful and will help your brand stand out among your competitors.

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35 (of the) Best Guides to Facebook Marketing, Advertising, Search and More of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity

Brian Carter uses this post along with a white paper and video to share more than four dozen tips and best practices for Facebook advertising, which he describes as a combination of “AdWords’ copywriting and analytics with image-oriented linkbait.&# 10 Tips for Advertising on Facebook by PPC Hero.

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14 Unique Types of Content Every Marketer Should Try

Hubspot

And, don't tell anyone we told you this, but they make excellent linkbait! If you're thinking of creating one yourself, make sure you first understand the 10 traits of awesome infographics. This one has to be the most fun suggestion we have to offer.

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