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Embark on Your SEO Treasure Hunt With Keyword Mapping
Who’s up for a treasure hunt? No, we’re not after gold doubloons, but something equally valuable: top rankings on search engine results pages (SERPs). Keyword mapping will show us where X marks the spot. Your site’s content is the key to climbing SERPs and reaching your users where they are. An important element for effective content is assigning the right keywords. A keyword map helps you do just that. And what fun would a treasure hunt be without friends? To help chart our course through keyword mapping, I sought insights from Nicole MacLean, head of marketing and sales at Compose.ly. […]
Top SEO Tips for 2025 — Whiteboard Friday
With the new year underway, you may be wondering what strategies you should implement for maximum SEO success in 2025. Chima’s got you covered! In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, she talks through her six top SEO tips for this year, which include driving brand awareness and diversifying your traffic sources.
How to Write a Content Brief [Template + Examples]
I’ve worked in a lot of different industries — as a freelancer, as a manager of freelancers, as a marketer, as a writer — and you know what never changes? The need for content creators to be crystal clear on their assignments. One of the simplest ways to achieve this is to write content briefs. Don’t be deceived, though: Even though a content brief is simple, it’s still important to get it right. Table of Contents What is a content brief? Importance of Content Briefs Elements of a Content Brief How to Write a Content Brief What is a content […]
Gen Z is turning this CEO’s business model upside down
“This whole entire generation is about to turn all of our business models on its head.” I’m a consumer who falls somewhere between baby millennial and geriatric Gen Zer, and after hearing Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky talk about my generation — she gets it. I’m sure her being a millennial, thus closer to Gen Z than the average CEO, helps her keep in step with younger consumers, but I also think how intentional she is as a marketer sets her apart. She’s even gone as far as to speak with 500 Gen Zers to understand their consumer and social media […]
Secrets of Organic Marketing in 2025: Why Paying for Ads Isn’t the Only Answer
When we hear the word “organic,” we usually think natural, pure, and unaltered. A delicious juice, perhaps. Well, the same goes for organic marketing — minus the juice part. Organic marketing is all about naturally attracting your audience to your brand or business. It’s about grabbing their attention and winning them over without “paying” for it. But how do you do that — especially in a saturated market like 2025? To be honest, while I recognize times are tough, I’m still an old-school “inbound marketing” purist at heart. The success you get from organic outlets just hits differently, and everyone […]
How I Use Landing Page Split Testing to Find Untapped Marketing Potential [+ 12 Places to Start]
I’m a tinkerer at heart. As a content marketer, I can’t help it — there’s that perfect word hiding somewhere. That’s the mentality I bring to landing pages I create for companies, too. You might love your page’s first iteration — just like how I love the first draft. But, you know it’s due for a rewrite. Landing page split testing helps you conduct an effective page rewrite by showing your page’s performance among your audience to improve conversions and user experience. And yet, even though testing can bring a bevy of benefits, only 17% of marketers currently use split […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to How I Do Content Research
I love to do content research — what’s more satisfying than falling down a few Google rabbit holes? (Don’t answer that.) Of course, great marketing content is built on more than just Google search results. I’ve put together a six-step guide to how I do my own content research for HubSpot blog posts using a real-life example. Table of Contents What is content research? Why is content research important? Components of Content Research How to Do Content Research On the one hand, content research is exactly what it sounds like — researching content. But it’s a deceptively simple term for […]
10 Reasons Why No One Is Watching Your Video Content
Before I worked at HubSpot, when I created my very first series of marketing videos, I was stumped. Befuddled. Frustrated. Here I had a collection of what I thought were great examples of visual content, and yet, I ended up asking myself, “Why is no one watching my videos?” Where did I go wrong? If only I knew then what I knew now. My absence-of-views problem was one that many marketers seem to face — which is why I decided to make a list of the most common factors that keep viewers away. Read on, and bookmark them for reference […]
The Evolution of Content Marketing: How It‘s Changed and Where It’s Going in the Next Decade
Within the last few years, many marketers have started asking, “What is the future of content marketing? And is it worth our investment?” I think that’s a valid question, considering a sound content marketing strategy is one of the best ways a business can help shape its brand identity, garner interest from prospects, and retain an engaged audience. However, content marketing is constantly changing. And it definitely doesn’t look the same as it did 10 years ago. To fully understand the evolution of marketing, we need to understand both where it’s been and where it’s going. In this post, we’re […]
Traditional Marketing vs. Digital Marketing: Why Not Both?
Traditional marketing versus digital marketing has become a hot topic among marketing professionals. I set out to learn the pros and cons of each and return with my findings so that you can make an informed decision about marketing your brand. I’ll go over what the two terms mean, and how they work together. Then, I’ll dive deeper into traditional marketing, which sometimes feels like it doesn’t get a fair shake in the current digital-dominated landscape. But if you’re trying to choose between the two, I’ll give away the ending before we begin: the answer is both. Table of Contents […]