Category: Featured

Hitting a Plateau with Your Organic Traffic? Here Is How You Keep Growing

By Neil Patel

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Google is constantly evolving. Not only is its algorithm changing, but the type of data shown within its search results is changing too.

For that reason, it’s important that you understand all the changes that have been happening over the years. Why? Because it will help ensure that your site stays relevant so that you will maximize the amount of search traffic you are gaining.

Here are 6 things you need to be aware of to rank better:

Google wants to answer your questions

Have you ever done a search for a term like “how to get more retweets?” If you do, you’ll see …read more      

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How to Create a Deep Connection with Your Prospects and Customers

By Sonia Simone

Two toddlers playing on their backs

When my son was about two and a half, he developed a funny habit of walking around the house from time to time, chiming out, “I’m here.”

Although this little boy was strongly connected to his family and his small class of school friends, he still had that need to express it.

I’m here. I exist. I want to be seen, and heard. I want to be recognized.

And as human beings, we never quite lose that. We might get a little more sophisticated about how we say it, but ultimately we all want to let the …read more      

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How to Build a Loyal Audience on the Web

By Neil Patel

How to Build a Loyal Audience on the Web

Have you ever wondered how I’ve built a loyal audience with my sites? From Quick Sprout to KISSmetrics and now NeilPatel.com, I’ve been able to create a loyal following.

How? you may ask. Well, to explain how I’ve been able to do so and, more importantly, how you can achieve similar results, I’ve created an infographic that explains what it takes to create a loyal audience.

Click on the image below to see a larger view:

Click here to view an enlarged version of this infographic.

Conclusion

Of all the tactics I use, emails and blogging have the greatest impact. If you can …read more      

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Get ‘Significantly Better Hosting Performance and Pay Less’ (Their Words, Not Ours)

By Jerod Morris

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On Monday, I explained — in my own words — how Synthesis Managed WordPress Hosting can dramatically improve your website’s speed, stability, and SEO.

I also let you know that we are giving you a free migration if you sign up for Synthesis here before the clock strikes 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time today (Friday, February 6, 2015).

Okay, enough of my words. Now I’d like to let actual Synthesis customers do the talking …

The benefits of Synthesis

There is really just no good reason to consider using anyone else for your WordPress web hosting …read more      

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Here’s How Master Brand Storyteller Bernadette Jiwa Writes

By Demian Farnworth

Bernadette Jiwa, Authority Rainmaker 2015 speaker

Not many people can claim they single-handedly created the new marketing model for the 21st century. And did it simply with a five-column graph called The Difference Map.

Well, Bernadette Jiwa can.

Which is one reason why we are so excited that she will be a featured speaker at Authority Rainmaker.

But her list of achievements doesn’t stop there. She has created brands and unique innovation strategies. The products and ideas she has touched range from football boots to a medical journal, businesses to blogs, books to Kickstarter projects, non-profits, and more.

And she does …read more      

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