February 2022 / 394 posts found
How to Create an SEO Strategy for 2022 [Template Included]
Here’s a cliche among digital marketers: search engine optimization (SEO) isn’t what it used to be. Here’s a true statement you don’t hear as often: your SEO strategy for 2022 shouldn’t focus on keywords. These days, most businesses understand the basic concepts of SEO and why it’s important. However, when it comes to developing and executing a sound SEO strategy for your business, just creating content for the keywords your customers are searching for is both arduous and, well, wrong. In this post, we’ll explain what an SEO strategy is, and how you create your own to help you meet […]
The Ultimate Guide to Instagram Hashtags for 2022
Instagram hashtags are powerful. They can help your posts reach a target audience, attract followers in your niche, increase engagement, and develop a more positive and recognizable brand image. Here’s the thing, though: with great power comes great responsibility (#spiderman). Hashtags can skyrocket your business to new heights, but if used too frequently or without a clear strategy in mind, they become pointless and inefficient. While it can be hard to choose the right hashtags on Instagram, you don’t have to guess. Aside from this article, we’ve put together an ultimate course on using Instagram for marketing. In this […]
2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 15
Recently, a few of my friends and I were discussing how we’d neglected to pick up new hobbies during the initial 2020 lockdown. It got me thinking about all the new skills people threw themselves into; my dad put together a new building on his property large enough to house several cars from the 1920s and ’30s and has been hard at work restoring them since then. But are all hobbies ones that people keep up with? Can a hobby become dangerous or all-consuming? Does a hobby even have to be a skill, or can it just be something you […]
Starting Your Romance Novel off With a Bang
My first manuscript went through four years of intense, alone-in-a-basement-cluelessly-banging-on-a-keyboard level work. I was passionate about that book. Adored that book. I just knew that, if people could just get 40 pages in, they would see it for what it was. (5 Keys to Writing a Slow Burn Romance) And so, after a careful vetting process of determining an agent’s merit based on the quality of their website design and font choices, I began to send out emails, full to the brim of naïve optimism. One day passed without reply. One week. One month. Four. Why didn’t they like it? […]
4 Important Business Benefits Of An International SEO Strategy via @sejournal, @motokohunt
Help decision-makers in your organization understand these 4 benefits of an international SEO strategy for better alignment, buy-in, and business results. The post 4 Important Business Benefits Of An International SEO Strategy appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
What’s The Best Way For SEO, Topic Experts & Writers To Work Together? via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites
A reader asks, “How should my company structure our content writing process when we have an SEO person, an industry expert, and a content writer? The post What’s The Best Way For SEO, Topic Experts & Writers To Work Together? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
14 Free Personality Tests You Can Take Online Today
Personality tests are a great way to explore different aspects of who you are, and uncover layers you perhaps hadn’t recognized about yourself before. Being truly self-aware is hard — while they might not be always 100% accurate, personality tests work well as a starting point for self-discovery by providing results you might not have concluded on your own. These insights are invaluable for personal and professional growth. When you’ve got some downtime and want to explore aspects of who you are, why you make certain decisions, who you work well with, or get some guidance on potential career paths, […]
3 Super Bowl Ads Consumers Loved in 2022 & What Marketers Can Learn from Them [New Data]
Each year, the Super Bowl teaches us a lot about healthy competition. But — we don’t always see it play out on the football field. In fact, when the commentators send us to a commercial break, that’s where some of the biggest game-day face-offs take place. While football teams compete for trophies, companies spend millions trying to get more views, leads, and revenue than other brands advertising in their industry on the same day. Think about it. When haven’t you seen 10 competing car ads during one big game? And, despite the noise of dozens of ads with blockbuster budgets, […]
5 Digital Self-Publishing Skills New Authors Need To Master
You know how to write a book. But new authors also sometimes need to develop their digital self-publishing skills. When it comes time to publish your new book, you need some basic computer and technical ability. You don’t need to be an expert. But self-publishing is an online process, so you need to be confident that you can do almost everything required to publish your book. Luckily, most aspects are easy or relatively quick to learn. What skills do new self-publishing authors need? I could write a long list of the self-publishing skills authors need to write, edit, market, promote […]
Designing Websites for Clients? Here’s Your Toolkit
When it comes to building, maintaining and promoting a website, there’s an arsenal of tools available to creatives. Finding the right tools, however, is another story. It can often be a case of trial and error until you discover tools that meet your business and client needs. In this article, we’ll look at 4 crucial … The post Designing Websites for Clients? Here’s Your Toolkit appeared first on Digital Agency Network.