The topic was writing, so Barry couldn’t stop blabbing. Andy kept coming at him with questions about developing a writing voice. Barry took the bait (and ate it up). It’s a fun convo writers new and old are bound to learn something from—or have opinions about.
This episode’s funny. Or at least Barry and Andy laughed a lot while recording it. In this edition of our podcast, we challenge the idea that every piece of content has to be off-the-charts outstanding. Maybe it’s okay for “okay” to do the trick sometimes?
In this episode, Barry and Andy sift through the many results from Orbit Media’s 4th Annual Business Blogging Survey and emphasize the practices that produce the strongest results. By the way, stay tuned: results from the 2018 survey are coming soon.
Marketers everywhere relentlessly publish advice on how to create exciting blogs. Why? Research indicates the vast majority of blogs are boring. Clearly there’s an immense demand for boring blogs. I say give the people what they want. Here are ten tips I genuinely believe will help you successfully blend in with the millions of tedious and…
For three years running, Orbit Media has asked 1000+ bloggers how they approach the job of creating content. In this episode, you’ll hear what has and hasn’t changed in the world of business blogging. Fascinating stuff. Listen to “The Secrets of Successful Bloggers [24]” on Spreaker. In this episode we cover (and answer): The findings…
Search “how to make your website more effective” and the winner of the search engine sweepstakes is… 5 Free Ways to Make Your Website More Effective NOW. Good stuff. It’s a guest post on Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income site by Sarah Peterson of SumoMe. She says to make your website more effective you…
Should we obsess about earning shares and links with content in B2B online marketing? Buzzsumo does. They’ve been at it for a few years now, madly crunching data gathered from their own platform, to objectively report on blog post formats and content types that are well shared and earn links. Shares and links come with…
In the course of the episode, Andy explains, “Whatever people want to know—that’s what you need to publish.” It might not be immediately obvious to you what your audience wants to know, but after listening to this episode you’ll have a complete bag of tricks for finding the ideal content for your blog and…
If your written content isn’t great, it accomplishes very little, or nothing. In this episode, Andy and Barry talk you through the 14 ingredients you need to pour into your content, so it hits the mark and accomplishes your marketing objectives. 14 ingredients are key to making your written content great. And here they are @feldmancreative…
If you want to start cranking your ranking, you need to understand SEO that works. Just a few years back you might have achieved super SEO powers by droppging keyword bombs on your pages and “acquiring” links here, there and everywhere. Welcome to 2016 where getting your pages and posts to top Google’s search pages calls for the…