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2 Awesome Plugins and Extensions You Need for YouTube SEO
After a month or two of using the free tiers of vidIQ and TubeBuddy, we decided to pull the trigger and get the full experience with both — upgrading our services for the full suite of paid YouTube SEO features and ...
What You Need to Do (and Avoid) When Building An Inbound Organization
Inbound organizations own the future of business. Unfortunately, many leaders are still stuck in outdated, short-sighted business models. But these old school thinkers could be your competitors, who you can leave in the ...
Domain Authority Has Changed. Don't Panic, Here's How to Boost It
Domain authority plays a prominent role in your site's ranking potential. It's the industry standard for measuring how strong your domain is in comparison to other sites. And as of early 2019, Moz made significant ...
How YouTube Ads Will Help You Boost Brand Awareness
I’m a millennial – so naturally, I spend at least an hour on YouTube a day. While I personally despise those moments when I am enjoying a video and I am interrupted with a 20-second ad about the latest and greatest, I ...
Urgent Public Relations Challenges that Affect Most Companies
Public relations is the art and science of accentuating your brand’s best features to produce a favorable impression with the public. Not so long ago, businesses would only think about PR when they needed to perform ...
7 Signs Saying You Need to Finally Update Your Sales Collateral
The market landscape is always changing, and decision makers change with it. Your leads are always out there, getting smarter and more informed by the day. At any time, they could raise an objection in your sales ...
How the Surge of Influencer Marketing Is Shaping Up in 2019
The rise of influencer marketing continues in 2019. It's transforming the way companies are connecting with their audience and changing the dynamics of the entire marketing landscape.
The Best Customer Service Skills List You Need to Hire Reps
Looking for a good customer service skills list? You’re in luck! Hiring decision makers need to look at the big picture when building their team. Not only is it crucial for candidates to have the right technical skills, ...
SEO Trends That Can Make You Soar in 2019
As with everything in digital marketing, SEO trends are always evolving. Search engines are getting smarter, new technologies are introducing new search methods (like voice search), and user behaviors are changing in ...
Ghostwriting: What It's Like Copywriting in the Shadows
When I first interviewed for a copywriting position at Bluleadz, by far the most interesting question someone asked me was how I felt about essentially becoming a ghostwriter. It was a good question because at that ...
10 Copywriters Who Became Successful Authors (So There's Hope for You)
Copywriters are good with words, stringing together sentences, and tossing off clever one-liners. Sounds like the perfect candidate for an author, right? Well, not everyone who’s good with words is necessarily good at ...
Outdated Marketing Tactics You Need To Abandon & How To Replace Them
It’s 2019, and the world of advertising and marketing is fast paced and ever changing! Ten or 20 years ago, your business might have thrived off of exciting and flashy new commercials or brochures. But, in a world of ...
6 of the Best Examples of Content Marketing in Education
When you think about the best content marketing examples you’ve ever seen, a college or university probably isn’t the first publisher to pop into your mind. But education content marketing has huge potential to be fun, ...
Conquer 2019 With These Social Media Marketing Strategy Fundamentals
Social media continues to dominate the digital world. Back in the day, before the rise of Facebook, LinkedIn, and the other social media giants, many marketers wouldn’t have wanted to waste time on social media for the ...
Why You Need to Add Your Blog to Your Website Navigation Menu
Your website’s navigation menu is one of its defining features. It is, quite literally, the interface by which people can work with your site (or not).
6 Ways to Finally Clean Up Your CRM Database
A good CRM is one of your best inbound selling tools. By providing a complete picture of the buyer journey, it allows you to comprehend exactly where a lead stands in relation to your brand. You’ll know what content ...
6 Things You Need for Your First Inbound Recruitment Campaign
Inbound recruitment is transforming the way businesses source talent. The core ideas of inbound are the same no matter what aspect of your business you're focusing on – marketing, sales, and, yes, even recruiting: ...
5 Friction Points You Need to Know About in Customer Service
Speed and ease of use have always been important customer service elements, but now they are central to how customers evaluate every aspect of your brand. When customer service falls short, it sticks out like a sore ...