October 2016 - Page 5 of 13

Content marketing — ugh, amirite?

We talk about it a lot here. And you’re reading this because you know it’s important. You know it’s what marketing just is these days.

But … it’s so complicated. Especially if you feel like you weren’t blessed with that mythical writer’s gene. That special talent for weaving words together. The ability to take your reader on a journey with every sentence you craft.

I know how it feels to lack confidence in your writing abilities, because that was how I felt just six short years ago.

But it turns out — luckily for all of us — that …read more

22 OctFeatured

A Thirty-Day Plan for Gaining 100 Authoritative and Relevant Backlinks to Your New Website

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By Neil Patel

Link building. It’s the backbone of SEO.

The way we build links has changed quite a lot over the past decade, but links themselves are no less valuable.

Like me, you may remember the early days of online marketing, when generating backlinks to a website was as simple as requesting links from link farms and other sketchy sources.

Google put a stop to that, so generating backlinks for a brand-new website is a bit trickier these days.

That doesn’t mean that it’s impossible, though. The sooner your site has a decent number of backlinks from authoritative, high-quality websites, the sooner its performance …read more

20 OctFeatured

Insights on Business and Community from Two Intense Days in Denver

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By Sonia Simone

Hey there — welcome back to the Copyblogger Weekly!

I’m writing this the night before I fly back home from Denver, Colorado, where we held our live Digital Commerce Summit last week. I had the pleasure of teaching a small workshop on Wednesday and then switching gears to give a conference keynote on Thursday.

Every time we hold a live event, big or small, I’m struck by the sense of community that comes together around Copyblogger and Rainmaker. Whether we were hollering our heads off singing together (just a few feet from the stage) at the CAKE concert or feverishly taking notes …read more

19 OctFeatured

Create Your First WordPress Product, with Chris Lema

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By Brian Clark

In just over a decade, WordPress has become the most popular content management system on the web. And as with any hugely popular open source movement, there are plenty of for-profit companies providing premium themes, plugins, hosting, and support.

Is it too late for you to get involved? Evidence suggests the contrary — that WordPress is just getting started. But you do need to identify a distinct business problem to solve.

As a non-technical founder myself, a decade ago I was under the misconception that the code is what matters. And it does, but the most elegant code in the world matters …read more

19 OctFeatured

Join Digital Commerce Academy Before the Doors Close (and Price Goes Up)

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By Jerod Morris

Join Digital Commerce Academy Before the Doors Close (and Price Goes Up)

I have a few quick questions for you …

Do you realize that worldwide sales of ebooks exceeded $9 billion in 2015?
Did you know that online education is now a $21.3 billion per year market in the U.S. alone?
And would you like to tap into a small, little portion of those massive pies to claim your own piece?

If so, joining Digital Commerce Academy may be a smart choice for you to make.

(Just don’t wait. More on that in a minute.)

DCA was created to be the premier online resource for learning how to create and sell …read more

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Master These 7 Essential Elements for Winning Content [Infographic]

A Thirty-Day Plan for Gaining 100 Authoritative and Relevant Backlinks to Your New Website

Insights on Business and Community from Two Intense Days in Denver

Create Your First WordPress Product, with Chris Lema

Join Digital Commerce Academy Before the Doors Close (and Price Goes Up)

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