According to a recent U.K. survey, bloggers have ranked as the third most trustworthy source of information, following only friends and family. That’s right — bloggers are trusted more than celebrities, journalists, brands, and politicians.
But how do you get people to fall in love with your blog in the first place? (Aside from remarkable content, of course.)
Marc Maron is a comedian who has appeared on everything from Late Night with Conan O’Brien to VH1, HBO, and Comedy Central, but it’s his work outside the standup comedy circuit that has been getting him a lot of attention these past few years.
Back in 2009, Marc decided to start hosting a twice-weekly podcast called WTF With Marc Maron featuring candid conversations with comedians and celebrities.
In the seemingly eternal struggle to keep up with Google’s algorithm updates, savvy marketers are always looking for ways to increase the authority of their content. One of the ways to boost your blog posts in search? Increase the number of quality inbound links from other people’s websites to your own website.
While link building is critical to your SEO strategy, it’s not something you have complete control over.
Modern marketing tools and tactics help nonprofits engage with donors, build trust, inspire support and, ultimately, turn one-time donors into charity advocates. But sometimes, even the most well planned marketing strategies fail to produce the desired results.
One possible reason is your team is missing the mark on some key campaign attributes. As you roll out new campaigns to generate stronger support for your nonprofit, don’t forget to incorporate the following focal points into your strategy. They may be just what you need to maximize donations.
We (and the rest of the internet for the past decade) have already spent some time convincing you of the importance of acquiring online reviews for your business. So let’s just assume you’re sold on the benefits of having a bunch of people tout how awesome you are on the web.
That being said, it’s not safe to assume we all know exactly where in the wide world of the web we can point those well wishers when they want to sing our praises.
Twitter is a busy place, with more than 500 million tweets flying out into the world each day. This global conversation among people, companies, brands, and industries is reshaping how B2B publishers communicate. And frankly, some are transitioning better than others.
Now that the shine is worn off of mobile commerce, we’re starting to see that some of the technology we got so excited about isn’t as useful as originally thought. If you’re considering a mobile app for your ecommerce business, you may want to take a look at some of the latest statistics. Better to know whether your new app will make you money before you invest everything, right?
When Matthew McConaughey took off in that spaceship in the movie Interstellar, he wasn’t just heading toward a wormhole that inexplicably appeared near Saturn. He was heading toward the future.
And that, my fellow marketers, is where we are all headed. We are all a bunch of Matthew McConaugheys, flying headlong into an uncertain future.
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As any blog owner will tell you, “Should I enable comments on my blog?” is one of the first questions you’ll ask yourself as your content starts to grow.
