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Beginner's Guides - SEO

If you're new to SEO this is a great list to help you understand what SEO is all about, and offering reliable solutions to increase your ranking. Hope you find it useful. Enjoy! SEO News Roundup Beginner's Guide to SEO ContentKing Academy hreflang Guide Google's SEO Guide Bing Webmaster Guide How Google Works by Paul Haahr How Google works for JS Heavy Sites About URLs, LazyLoading, etc Javascript SEO Playlist Plato Web Design SEO Guide How Search works The Anatomy of a Perfect Web Page How Google Crawls a Web Page Webmaster Guidelines Beginner's Guide to Link Building Google Quality Rating Guideline - March 28, 2016 Microsoft Excel for SEOs Google Penalty Removal Web Performance 101 Guide to Website Speed Optimization Log File Analysis for SEO Creative Link Building Ideas Mobile Measurement Glossary Need a quick guide about avoiding common SEO mistakes ?

The 70/20/10 content rule

Ever heard of the 70/20/10 content rule? It was created by Cola-Cola to foster marketing innovation and it can be applied it to your content strategy too. The goal is to allocate different percentages of your budget, time, and efforts to different levels of content marketing. Here's how it works: → 70 percent: 70% of marketing activities are dedicated to low-risk activities. These include blog posts, the usual social media posts, search marketing, etc. It's the marketing that appeals to most. And is the content that pays bills. → 20 percent: 20% is allocated to innovative content ideas. Has something worked particularly well in your 70% bucket? Then, double down on that. Test it. Measure it. And experiment. The goal is innovation. → 10 percent: This is where the fun comes. And where most brands miserably fail. 10% of your content marketing should be allocated to high-risk content. These are the ideas that have never been tested. But they might work. And the best part? Nobody is...

Top 5 tools for remote teams

TRELLO - We worked on this post's idea on Trello and we swear by it. Create plans and strategies with a kanban and collaborate remotely. AIRMEET - Better than Zoom when it comes to UI, Airmeet is a brilliant video conferencing tool for teams around the globe. GOOGLE DOCS - Cliche but true that docs are irreplaceable. They are perfect for real time collaboration and checking for edits / updates. TOGGL - Best for tracking time and measuring productivity. KIPWISE - For creating your knowledge hub with all notes, links and content pieces.

101 Blog Titles You Need to Know

A super list of blog titles (and blogging ideas) for when you're stuck! As these are used and abused I’d be careful not to copy paste but try to customise these titles. They do work in getting attention, give it a try, but then your content ( Content? What's that?? ) will need to be just as good. How to ____. How to ____ in X Steps. X Secrets You Didn't Know About ____. What ____ Doesn't Want You to Know. X Lies You've Been Told About ____. X Myths About ____ You Probably Still Believe. X Things We Learned From _____. X Predictions About the Future of ____. X Quotes About the Future of ____. X Inspirational Quotes to Help You ____. The One Thing You've Been Missing to ____. The Worst Advice You Can Hear About ____. The Best Advice You Can Hear About ____. Read What These X Experts Have to Say About ____. Why We Love ____ (and You Should Too!) ____ 101: All the Basics You Need to Know. The Beginner's Guide to ____. The Intermediate Guide to ____. The Expert...

Quick solutions to improve page loading speed

If a page takes longer than three seconds to load, more than 25% of users will click away to another search result. That's what SEO experts say. So here come 10 tips on reducing site and page loading time, which in especially in ecommerce or affiliate sites will potentially help you make more money. 1. Use a content delivery network (CDN) 2. Find a web stack built for speed 3. Choose a mobile-responsive design 4. Use pop-ups sparingly 5. Decrease thumbnail image sizes 6. Compress file and image sizes 7. Minify JavaScript and CSS files 8. Remove broken links 9. Reduce the number of HTTP requests 10. Implement Full Page Caching A site that is optimised for speed not only enhances the user experience (UX) but can also help to boost your search engine rankings. Site loading is part of on-site SEO which is better explained in Google's overall evaluation of page experience .

5 tactics to boost your content reach & engagement

Whether you run a brick-and-mortar or an online business, a solid content marketing plan is critical to your success. The two key factors of any successful content marketing strategy are quality and reach. Once you have quality content, whether it’s a blog or podcast, or even an e-store you need to get it to the masses. This makes content reach critical. Because if you can get maximum content reach for your quality content, all your analytics will increase. To help your blog or business grow and be successful, we put together the following definitive guide for maximum content reach. Let’s dive in! Begin with a well-thought-out social media content marketing plan When it comes to gaining maximum content reach for your business, having a good social media strategy is critical. Although it may appear to be a no-brainer when it comes to reaching out to more people, you'd be shocked how few businesses use social media efficiently. Using additional hashtags, especially hashtags unique to...

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