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Is it Shortsighted Not to Host Your Own Blog?

Waxing UnLyrical

Why do people ask whether or not you should host your own blog? There are several platforms that want you to produce long-form content on their sites. So when you have a bunch of “hosts” out there, all ushering you into the window seat, why bother with the hassle of creating your own? Usually, two reasons: 1.

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10 Great Examples of User-Generated Content in Higher Education

Social Media Strategies Summit

User-generated content (UGC) is an invaluable tool for higher ed social media marketers , helping them level up their content creation capabilities while building brand trust. Meanwhile, 93% of marketers agree that consumers are more likely to trust UGC than brand-created content. What is User-Generated Content?

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

Google Analytics (GA) offers solutions to these multi-pronged questions around social media analytics. Read on to find out how Google Analytics for social media helps with stronger reporting. Why use Google Analytics for social media measurement?

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How Buffer’s Content Team Collaborates + Our Content Calendar Template

Buffer Social

The world of social media and content marketing is a fast-moving space. For our Content team, in particular, we’re four people spread out across three timezones. Enter our content calendar. We also publish to social media every day of the week across six social media platforms.

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How Google is Forcing Your Content to Get Better

Convince & Convert

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about the impact of Google’s big changes on content strategy and content marketing execution. As you no doubt are aware, Google announced that they have significantly changed the algorithm that determines search results. tweet this ).

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Content marketing: feeling ripped off?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Your content marketing program is taking off. Someone has taken your original content and is using it online as if it were their own. Google Alerts are a great free tool that can help. You’ll get a notification direct to your inbox if some scrapes or copies your content. Good for you. How frustrating! But what can do?

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WordPress Blog Hosting: WordPress.com or Self-Hosted?

Idaconcpts

Committing to a content management system (CMS) for your blog is a big decision. Given that WordPress hosts 59,914,568 as of 09/25/2011 and that over 301 million people view more than 2.5 Here is an analysis of key details that will guide your WordPress hosting decision. Being at the top of the list: Google AdSense.

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