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7 Content Automations Used by Real Content Pros

Content marketing can become complicated and effortful very quickly. Content teams need to manage ideation, writing, editing, proofing, publishing, promotion, analytics, and reporting across a team of writers, reviewers, and dozens of articles each month. Smart content leads find ways to automate some of these processes to let them focus on what really matters. So, […]

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I Analyzed 52 SEO Specialist Job Listings. Here’s What They Do and How You Can Become One

SEO specialists are responsible for improving a website’s visibility in organic search results. But what exactly do they do? What skills and qualifications do they need? And how can you become one? To find out, I looked through 52 SEO specialist job listings on Indeed and SEOJobs. Sidenote. I only focused on job descriptions that

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Here’s the Only SEO Guarantee That’s Not a Scam

SEO guarantees are one of the biggest tools agency sales teams use to turn prospects into clients. But they can often be scams or promise results that are achieved unethically. For instance, here’s a popular SEO guarantee:  And another possibly too-good-to-be-true guarantee:  Not to mention this oh-so-safe and completely risk-free guarantee offering a “huge amount”

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Do Higher Content Scores Mean Higher Google Rankings? Our Data Says It’s Unlikely.

I studied the correlation between rankings and content scores from four popular content optimization tools: Clearscope, Surfer, MarketMuse, and Frase. The result? Weak correlations all around. This suggests (correlation does not necessarily imply causation!) that obsessing over your content score is unlikely to lead to significantly higher Google rankings. Does that mean content optimization scores

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All You Need to Know

SEO tracking involves regularly checking a set of metrics to evaluate a website’s performance in search engine results. Some of the most widely adopted metrics include keyword rankings, organic traffic, conversions, and referring domain growth. Tracking the right metrics is crucial for SEO (search engine optimization) success. You need them to analyze your SEO performance,

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