Is Badly Written Content Holding You Back?
July 9, 2020
It’s happened to all of us. You’re scrolling through your Twitter feed and coming across a catchy headline. It’s timely, relevant, and seems like the writer will bring you to an article that offers some value. But instead, all you get is badly written content. Luckily, you can hit the back button immediately in an […]
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Content Development Basics: 8 Simple Steps
July 8, 2020
Discover the eight simple steps to creating high-quality content that drives results throughout the content development process. Navigating the Content Development Process The returns on a content development process usually go either one of two ways. You could spend months investing in content marketing only to find that the traffic needle hasn’t budged and leads […]
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How to Scale Your Content Marketing
June 3, 2020
Everyone and their boss is talking about content marketing and how “content is king.” But how do you produce great content on a reasonable timeline when you’re a one-person team … or maybe you don’t have a marketing team at all? Here are some easy hacks for scaling your content marketing with a limited team […]
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Using SEO Competitor Analysis For Your Content Strategy
April 10, 2020
Content and SEO go hand-in-hand — you’re not likely to find success in one without the other. SEO not only streamlines the content creation process but also ensures your content reaches the right people in the SERPs. For many brands, the competitive landscape in organic search is intimidating. This is especially true if your competitors […]
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Search Intent: What is Your Audience Searching For?
April 8, 2020
Google has built its brand and reputation by providing the most relevant search results. Of course, that involves understanding the intent behind a search — something that isn’t always straightforward for Google’s sophisticated algorithms, let alone content creators. One of the best SEO practices is to take a similar approach to Google: Make it your […]
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4 Secrets: Knock-Out Content from Freelancers
April 7, 2020
This post, 4 Secrets: Knock-Out Content from Freelancers, was written by nDash community member Jaime Saine. Hiring a freelancer content marketer or writer can sound like a brilliant and terrifying idea all at once. It can help you ramp up your content production without the expense of an in-house marketing team, but it can also […]
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Using Kanban Tools for Content Management
April 6, 2020
Managing a content pipeline is a surprisingly involved task. This applies whether you’re running a relatively small blog or a website for a huge enterprise. That’s where kanban tools come into play. First and foremost, you have to ensure that you publish content in a timely way. This means having relevant content ready for special […]
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The Ethics of Ghostwriting in 2020
March 31, 2020
Back in 2016, I wrote an article for nDash entitled “Is Ghostwriting Ethical?” Recently, the folks at nDash asked me to take another look at the topic in light of how much has changed — and how much hasn’t — over the last four years. My first thought was that I couldn’t even remember the last […]
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The HubSpot Agency’s Guide to Content as a Service
February 28, 2020
No two inbound marketing agencies are created equal. However, HubSpot partner agencies share a common mission. And that’s to generate more leads, increase revenue, and maximize ROI for their clients. And the core of that mission has always been the inbound methodology. So much has changed since HubSpot defined inbound marketing in 2006, though. What […]
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Creating the Best Unique Value Proposition
November 20, 2019
Coming up with a viable business idea is hard. Crafting your unique value proposition is harder. Being able to clearly articulate your unique value proposition is the hardest. You might hear a unique value proposition called a unique selling proposition. A value proposition is a clear statement about how your company is different from competitors. […]
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