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The complete guide to B2B SEO

Sprout Social

The practice and industry of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been around for quite a while now. People generally tend to think about an SEO strategy in terms of ranking high in popular keyword searches. B2B SEO has a few basic areas that differ from B2C SEO. What is B2B SEO? More time in each sales stage.

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30 Remarkable Content Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity SMM

In another study, 35% of marketing professionals worldwide cited content marketing as their leading focus in 2013, followed by social media (25%) and SEO (15%). The three content marketing tactics that deliver the highest ROI are featured articles (cited by 62% of marketers), video (52%) and white papers (46%). eMarketer ).

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Nonetheless, as I was identifying their needs; talking about where they are now; and what they’re goals and challenges are, one of the partners was skeptical about search engine optimization (SEO). Register for a webinar , a seminar, or a newsletter. Register for a webinar , a seminar, or a newsletter.

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How Social Media, Content Transform Marketing from Expense to Investment

Webbiquity SMM

While some aspects of inbound marketing (SEM, email marketing, webinars) clearly remain in the expense column, three of its key components clearly should be classified as investments, as long-term appreciating assets. Well-written white papers can also serve as effective long-term lead-generation assets.

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. Use “ads&# in your blog sidebar, and in-post text links where appropriate, to drive visitors to your white paper or other gated content download pages. Generate webinar registrations. And as a side benefit, this is helpful for SEO.

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How Social Media, Content Transform Marketing from Expense to Investment

Webbiquity SMM

While some aspects of inbound marketing (SEM, email marketing, webinars) clearly remain in the expense column, three of its key components clearly should be classified as investments, as long-term appreciating assets. Well-written white papers can also serve as effective long-term lead-generation assets.

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Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Convince & Convert

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

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