Social Media, Lead Generation, Organic Search Results, And Social Media Platforms

Many firms don?t think of social media as a lead generation source ? and that can be a big mistake. In the most effective online marketing strategies, social media is a crucial piece of the lead generation puzzle.
While using platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook correctly takes time and co…

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Charge HR, High-end Charge HR, Heart-rate Monitor, And Holiday Season

Meet Fitbit?s latest: The Charge, Charge HR, and the Surge. These activity trackers will sit atop the brand?s masthead going into 2015 and beyond. But don?t look for most of these products this holiday season. Only the $130 Charge will be available this year. The $150 Charge HR and $250 Surge hit…

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Do Comments Actually Increase Your Search Traffic? A Data-Driven Answer

By Neil Patel

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Theoretically, the more content you have on each page, the more keywords you rank for, which should increase your overall traffic.

That should mean the more comments you have on each of your blog posts, the more search traffic you should receive, right?

Although it sounds logical, I am not convinced it is actually the case. With Quick Sprout, I get 176 comments per post, but are those comments really helping drive more search traffic? Let’s look at the data.

Word count comparison

As of today, Quick Sprout has 560 published blog posts. Excluding the guides and the university videos, each blog …read more    

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The Amazingly Simple Anatomy of a Meaningful Marketing Story [Infographic]

By Demian Farnworth

title card: The Amazingly Simple Anatomy of a Meaningful Marketing Story

Think about it.

Apple. Dos Equis. Old Spice. Procter & Gamble. Ram Trucks. Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. GEICO. GoDaddy.

At some point, all these companies told compelling stories that grabbed our attention — and held it. Not just for thirty …read more    

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