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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 604
For today’s prompt, write a spring poem. Regardless of what your local groundhog prognosticated on February 2, the first day of spring is nearly upon us. So it’s a perfect time to write a springtime poem. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them. Note on commenting: If you wish to comment on the site, go to Disqus to create a free new account, verify your account on this site below (one-time thing), and then comment away. It’s free, easy, and the comments (for the most part) don’t require manual approval like […]
Caitlin Barasch: On Curating Our Own Personal Stories
Caitlin Barasch earned her BA from Colorado College and her MFA from New York University. Her work has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including Catapult, Day One, The Forge, and Hobart. A former bookseller, Caitlin currently teaches creative writing at the Writers Circle. She was born and raised in New York and now lives in Brooklyn. A Novel Obsession is her debut novel. Find her on Twitter and Instagram. Caitlin Barasch In this post, Caitlin discusses the collaborative effort of publishing her literary novel, A Novel Obsession, her advice for others writers, and more! Name: Caitlin BaraschLiterary agent: Callie […]
Evolution Of The Web: 4 Future Enterprise SEO Considerations
Discover 4 trends and ways for Enterprise SEO marketers to stay ahead of change and the evolution of the web. The post Evolution Of The Web: 4 Future Enterprise SEO Considerations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Sunsetting Universal Analytics In 2023 via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is getting ready to sunset Universal Analytics, which was the standard version of Google Analytics before GA4, in mid-2023. The post Google Sunsetting Universal Analytics In 2023 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
12 Essential Media Planning Tools
Your customers are consuming messages in more ways than ever before — online, in publications, on TV, the radio, and on their phones — to name a few. For companies hoping to reach their audiences across multiple channels, engaging in media planning is a must. However, it’s almost impossible to pull off without media planning tools that give you insight into your efforts. To help you with your media planning efforts, we’ve compiled a list of the essential media planning tools, templates, and software to use this year. Your customers are consuming messages in more ways than ever before — […]
How to Craft a Successful Customer-Centric Marketing Strategy
When was the last time a business fully addressed your wants and needs as a customer? For me, it was around the holidays, while searching for the perfect gift to give a friend who is a huge fan of the video game series “The Legend of Zelda.” My online search for the right gift led me to STL Ocarina, a company that sells ocarinas — the musical wind instruments that have been around for thousands of years and a staple item in the Legend of Zelda series. Clearly, the company knew many of its customers were like me — either […]
Ongoing Optimization: Strategic SEO Tips For B2B Marketers In 2022
How can B2B marketers improve their search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and focus in the fast and furious digital landscape of 2022? The search marketing arena has always been one of swift changes, and keeping up-to-date with ever-shifting SEO machinations and technical search intricacies can be more than a handful even for top B2B optimization professionals. Don’t let the complexities that SEO efforts sometimes entail deter you, however, as there are still bountiful and easy-to-achieve benefits for the B2B marketer in many aspects of optimization. Let’s jump right in and take a look at some of the SEO tactics B2B […]
Cloudflare Announces Free Web Application Firewall via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Cloudflare announces a free Firewall that blocks many common exploits The post Cloudflare Announces Free Web Application Firewall appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
URLs As A Google Ranking Factor: What You Need To Know via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Let’s look at the claims regarding URL as a ranking factor and see what Google says as to whether this is used by its algorithms. The post URLs As A Google Ranking Factor: What You Need To Know appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How To Bring Humor To Tough Topics
In the real world, laughter is powerful—it can lift moods, lower stress, break the tension … it’s even contagious. When added to a serious story, it is capable of providing balance or emphasis to difficult moments, revealing something about the characters, and adding dimension and authenticity to the stories we tell. But comedy also must be handled with care to make sure that it is complementing the events instead of taking away from them. (Libby Hubscher: On Revision Shifting Genre) Both of my books, Meet Me in Paradise and If You Ask Me, deal with heavy themes … but they […]