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Sponsor Authority Rainmaker and Let Us Help You Build Your Business in 2015

By Jessica Commins

Authority Rainmaker 2015 -- May 13-15 in Denver, Colorado

You’ve seen a few messages here over the past few weeks describing Authority Rainmaker, specifically the myriad benefits it will deliver to attendees.

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10 Marketing Predictions You Should Prepare for in 2015

By Neil Patel

2015

2015 is going to be an interesting year for marketers. Based on what I’ve seen over the years and my decade-long experience, I think there are going to be a lot of changes.

Before you start planning how you are going to market your business, read the 10 predictions below. If you follow them, you’ll have a leg up on your competition.

Here are 10 marketing predictions for 2015:

Prediction #1: Guest post links won’t be as effective

If you are an SEO, you’ve probably been using guest posts to build links. Why? Because they work extremely well.

Sure, search engines have given warnings …read more      

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16 Stats That Explain Why Adaptive Content Matters Right Now

By Demian Farnworth

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Big data. Content. Growth hacking. Pivot. Engagement. A few words and phrases that make us want to stick a fork in our eye each time we hear them. Or stick a fork in the eye of the person using the …read more      

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What Are The Best Times to Post on Social Media

By Neil Patel

What Are The Best Times to Post on Social Media

Have you ever wondered when you should be sharing your content on the social web?

Your visitors and followers prefer using social media sites during specific hours. So if you start sharing your content when your users are on these social sites, you’ll not only gain more shares, but you’ll also notice an increase in traffic.

So, when should you be sharing your content? Well, just follow the times in the infographic below.

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Conclusion

Don’t take my word for it—test the data above to see …read more      

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How to Keep Your Readers on Your Blog Longer

By Neil Patel

quicksprout time on site

Don’t you hate it when you spend hours writing a blog post only to see that people spend mere seconds skimming it?

In an ideal world, you want people to spend hours on your blog, but sadly that won’t happen. What you can do instead is get people to come back more frequently and spend minutes, instead of seconds, on your blog during each session.

How? you may ask. Well, I’m going to show you the strategies I’ve used on Quick Sprout to increase the time my readers spend on-site from 57 seconds to 2 minutes and 4 seconds.

Strategy #1: Ask questions …read more      

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