Online Marketing Strategy: 3 Goals, 8 Tactics and 1 Solid Plan
“Online marketing strategy” is a popular phrase that is used to describe ways of generating large amounts of traffic to a website.
In the business world, the words strategy and tactics are often mixed together. Sometimes they are mixed together so tightly that the meaning of one is almost the same as the other. (more…)
What is Cornerstone Content on a Website?
Cornerstone content is a concept in SEO strategy that identifies the most important pages on a website.
They are the ones with the highest-quality content as well as the ones that ideally will rank highest in search engine results. (more…)
Content Marketing Often Begins with a Question
Effective content marketing, like any type of content, often begins with a question.
The question doesn’t have to appear in the actual written content. Instead, the question should appear in the thought process that eventually leads to the article. (more…)
Contextual Backlinks Improve Search Engine Optimization
Contextual backlinks is one of the most basic tactics in developing better search engine optimization.
Site publishers have total control over the backlinks on their own sites that go to important articles elsewhere on the site. They have less control over external backlinks. But they may have control over one or more external sites as well. (more…)
SEO Age Metric Guides Content and Marketing
The age of website visitors is a revealing insight about how to market that site and develop greater targeting in search engine optimization. It also may impact content.
For example, the largest age range by far for this site is 25 to 34 years old. Even though the lone publisher and writer is much older than 34 years, the results aren’t surprising. The site is about online publishing, which is a popular career for the younger generation. (more…)
Medium.com Stats Offer Same Critical Insight As YouTube
Medium.com is a major content site whose business model relies entirely on subscriptions. It doesn’t have a single advertiser on it.
The statistics page in a Medium account provides one compelling insight that has much in common with YouTube statistics. (more…)
Quality Content Development Mixes Interest and Importance
Online content development often becomes focused on what drives the most clicks to an article. But too much of a focus on clicks becomes pandering.
Pandering, which is often called clickbait in the online industry, undermines the credibility of a website. Visitors start to lose confidence in the quality of the site as a result. The practice is not much different than the old bait and switch technique. (more…)
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