How to Leverage Q&A Sites to Generate Traffic

By Neil Patel

quora

There are many types of sites with which you can generate traffic.

But there’s one in particular that is great for small, and even some medium, sized sites:

question and answer sites (Q&A).

These sites consist solely of users asking questions and other users answering those questions.

Because they are “natural” questions, they contain long tail keywords in most cases.

Because of that, these sites quickly amass search engine traffic in addition to their regular user base traffic.

There are hundreds of Q&A sites out there, but for this post, I’m going to focus on two of the biggest: Quora and Stack …read more      

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How to Make the Move from Fearless Freelancer to Remarkable Digital Entrepreneur

By Danny Margulies

lessons from a bold transformation

As a freelance copywriter, I’d always been excited by the thought of starting an online business.

What could be better than having total control over your schedule, freedom to do the work you’re most passionate about, and the potential to make money while you sleep?

But becoming a digital entrepreneur also sounded daunting to me — at least in the beginning.

Since I was working as a freelancer, I had little free time, no access to venture capital, and essentially zero business experience.

While I wasn’t about to let those constraints stop me, they did force me to take some unconventional approaches when building …read more      

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5 Blissful Lessons These Nightmare Headlines Can Teach You

By Demian Farnworth

headline fail? tips and tools for better headlines

Let me ask you a strange question, dear web writer: do you ever lose sleep over your headlines — particularly the night before your content publishes?

I do.

At some point in the night, I’ll wake up and think:

“Oh my gosh, ‘rankle’ needs to come after ‘sunshine!’”

Or:

“Should Allen Ginsberg be in the headline? Will that turn people off?”

Here’s the funny thing: I’ve been at this for more than 15 years, and even though I’ve built up enough experience and knowledge to form a decent hunch about the effectiveness of my headlines, it’s still a guessing game.

An educated …read more      

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The Future of Content: What It Will Look Like

By Neil Patel

future

You can find everything you need to know about creating great content on Quick Sprout.

At least, for today’s standards.

However, standards change.

As expectations increase, as technology improves, standards are raised.

And if you want to make sure that your content marketing stays effective in the future, you’ll need to adapt.

I prefer to look ahead to the future and try to stay ahead of the curve.

Would you like to do the same?

I believe there are 7 main ways that great content will be different in the future, and I’m about to tell you what they are.

You’ll see that the very best content today …read more      

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Featured Entertainment for Digital Commerce Summit: CAKE!

By Brian Clark

October 13-14, 2016 - Digital Commerce Summit - CAKE

People are still talking about the Henry Rollins keynote from our event last year. It was a personal highlight for me, and apparently for a lot of other people as well.

You don’t really top Henry. But you must know that we’re going to keep raising the bar each year when it comes to indulging our rock-and-roll lifestyle. :)

So, I’m excited to be able to present one of the truly original bands to emerge from the alternative music revolution. CAKE is a group that defies classification, even as they appeal to a broad spectrum of music fans from across …read more      

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