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A Step-by-Step Guide to Audience Development

In 2017, Intel’s iQ digital magazine team borrowed a page from the traditional media playbook – focusing on sustaining loyal readers rather than getting more eyeballs. Luke Kintigh, Intel IQ’s head of publishing, shares how they did it.
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Words That Convert: Test, Learn, Repeat

One of the most effective ways to boost your conversion rate is to test and tweak your words. Read on for real-life proof and learn why “submit” isn’t necessarily a bad word.
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4 Google Tips Marketers Can’t Afford to Miss

Think of Google as a behemoth plotting to mess with your SEO-focused mind? Think again. It offers a trove of guidance to help improve your SEO. Start with these four new (or newly updated) resources.
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How the Best Newsletters Get – and Keep – Readers’ Attention

How do you create a newsletter so compelling people not only subscribe to it but also look forward to receiving and reading it? Scott Monty has a few thoughts on this challenge based on his expertise and his own perusing.
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5 Steps to Improving Subscriber Data for More Personalized Emails

If you want a more valuable audience, you must know more about your subscribers than just their email address. Learn how CMI gained robust data for almost 50% of its subscribers, and how it used that information for the better.
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5 Types of Content That Naturally Attract Links: Insights From 628 Advanced SEOs

Want to earn more backlinks with your content? And subsequently look better in the eyes of Google? Learn the five most effective types of content used by 628 SEO experts to secure links for their brand and its content.
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Email Lists: When Smaller Is Actually Better

A lot of information exists about how to attract and keep people on your brand’s email lists. It’s hard to find tips on how to actively repel or discourage subscribers. Wait, discourage subscribers? Yes, you should. Read on.
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The Smart (and Not-So-Smart) Ways to Use Vanity Metrics

Vanity metrics are helpful when they’re seen as optimization metrics. They are bellwethers for what your target audience finds valuable on that channel. Learn how to maximize their use and why they should not measure business goals.
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The Future of Content and SEO: 5 Trends Every Marketer Needs to Know

Wouldn't it be great if you could turn your brand into a content powerhouse of the future – today? You can. Start with adapting to and adopting these five trends now before the audience leaves your brand behind.
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Email Content: Increase Reach, Impact, and Subscriber Satisfaction

It never hurts to go the extra mile when it comes to enhancing the value of your email efforts. Follow these tips and examples to increase your reach, your impact, and your subscribers’ satisfaction with your email content.
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Designing for Better Analytics: 5 Decisions Web Designers Fail to Make

The bad news: If you fail to make an analytics-friendly website design, you won’t get the best analytics insight. The good news: It’s easy to make analytics-friendly design decisions. Here are five tips on how to do it.
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Content Amplification: How to Promote and Distribute Content Effectively

If content is not converting on its own, it’s hard to prove ROI of content marketing. It’s time to start using channels outside of organic traffic to deliver your content to desired audiences. It’s time for content amplification.