March 2022 / 398 posts found
How to Write Compelling Personal Essays: 9 Ingredients for Spicing Up Your Writing
“What’s so special about you?” It sounds like a playground taunt. But if you want to write personal essays, it’s the most important question you can ask yourself. When you describe some special moment in your life, no matter how small, it should resonate with others, and in doing so, move them. That’s the writer’s payoff, and the reason most of us spend so many hours at our keyboards. (What Is a Personal Reportage Essay in Writing?) Every day, in person, we tell our stories to friends and co-workers in part to get a reaction from them. Like trying to […]
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Second Life
Plot twist story prompts aren’t meant for the beginning or the end of stories. Rather, they’re for forcing big and small turns in the anticipated trajectory of a story. This is to make it more interesting for the readers and writers alike. Each week, I’ll provide a new prompt to help twist your story. Find last week’s prompt, Jurisdiction Battle, here. Plot Twist Story Prompts: Second Life For today’s prompt, reveal a character’s second life. The second life could be one that’s hidden in their past. For instance, a very serious judge may conceal a dark secret of their past […]
Are Brand Keywords Valuable For Every Audience? [Case Study] via @sejournal, @jonkagan
Being present on brand terms remains incredibly important. Here’s what you can do with brand search to cater to different audiences in a cost-effective manner. The post Are Brand Keywords Valuable For Every Audience? [Case Study] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A Complete Guide To On & Off Page Local SEO Content via @sejournal, @coreydmorris
Content provides the fuel for your local SEO strategy. Learn how to leverage content through on-page and external sources. The post A Complete Guide To On & Off Page Local SEO Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
59 Focus Group Questions for Any Purpose
Market research is an overarching term for gathering information from you customers about your business, and focus groups are one way to conduct market research. Whether your focus group’s goal is to give feedback on a product or service or help you assess how your brand stands out in your competitive landscape, thought-provoking, open-ended questions are essential to a productive discussion. Focus group questions should dive into the mind of a consumer. What do they think? How do they make their decisions? You want more than a yes or no answer, and your questions need to generate them. However, it […]
Impactful Tips to Promote Well-Being at Work for Your Business
Well-being at work is critical for both the workforce and the business. Happy employees feel driven and strive to do the best work they can. This results in maximum productivity, great workplace culture, and a successful company. However, it can be challenging to create a positive work environment that nurtures the well-being of your employees. … The post Impactful Tips to Promote Well-Being at Work for Your Business appeared first on Digital Agency Network.
Announcing Our MozCon 2022 Community Speakers!
High fives and fist bumps for each and every person who took the time to submit pitches for this years’ community speaker spots! Our selection committee read, watched, and researched, whittling things down to a shortlist of top contenders and then read, watched, and researched some more to determine if a potential speaker and their talk would be a perfect fit for the MozCon stage. We take lots of things into account during our review, but ultimately there are three main factors that determine our final selections: Strength of the pitch (e.g., value, relevance to the audience, etc.) Can the […]
Carole Lawrence: On the Vast Canvas of New York City History
Carole Lawrence is an award-winning novelist, poet, composer, and playwright. In addition to Edinburgh Twilight, Edinburgh Dusk, and Edinburgh Midnight in the Ian Hamilton Mysteries series, she has authored novellas, short stories, and poems―many of them translated internationally. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for poetry and has won the Euphoria Poetry Prize, the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, the Maxim Mazumdar playwriting prize, the Jerry Jazz Musician award for short fiction, and the Chronogram Literary Fiction Award. Her plays and musicals have been produced in several countries, as well as on NPR; her physics play, Strings, nominated […]
4 Signs Your Agency Is Ready To Take On Enterprise SEO via @sejournal, @krisjonescom
Looking to grow your agency by taking on enterprise-level clients? Here are some signs you’re up for the challenge and positioned to succeed. The post 4 Signs Your Agency Is Ready To Take On Enterprise SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.