SEO & Content Marketing Revue
By Heather Lloyd-Martin
About Heather
Described as a fast-talking, fiery redhead, Heather Lloyd-Martin is a 20-year marketing veteran, a recognized author and considered the pioneer of SEO copywriting. Recognized worldwide as a first-generation search marketing expert, she has been training corporate in-house SEO copywriters and creating revenue-driving Web site content campaigns via her consultancy, SuccessWorks.
Think Mobility
Ask Yourself These 3 Questions Before Moving Forward With Any Mobile Solution
May 20, 2013I often get super excited when I see other businesses doing cool and innovative things in mobile. You read an...
Marketing Sustainably
Direct Mail Benchmarks From DMA
May 20, 2013In my years following the direct marketing field, one of the resources I've most appreciated is the Direct Marketing Association's...
The Power Punch
Hello, Complaint Department? My Friends Are Listening
May 17, 2013If it costs five times more to acquire a new customer than to keep one, why do brands continue to...
The Brand Matters Blog
The A-Z List of Stop That! Behaviors
May 16, 2013In the April issue of Target Marketing, I wrote about 26 verbs that sometimes get in our way when we're building brands...
Yblog
Wearable Mobile Devices Are the New Black
May 15, 2013This year's hot trend in fashion is computers. Whether at SXSW or in the tech and media hubs on the...
The Integrated Email
What Is the Best Day to Send Emails?
May 13, 2013Somewhere, in the world just on the other side of the rainbow, there is a magical day for sending emails....
Making Social Sell
Convince Prospects You Can Change Their Success Rates
May 10, 2013Is generating leads with LinkedIn proving frustrating and difficult? Probably because you're failing at tempting prospects to click more deeply...
Online Video Marketing Deep Dive
Top 10 Ways to Improve YouTube Video Search Ranking
May 8, 2013YouTube recently announced reaching a new milestone of 1 billion unique monthly visitors, or 15 percent of the planet. Those...
Ruthless B-to-B Marketing
B-to-B Marketers Should Take Another Look at E-commerce
May 6, 2013E-commerce opportunity is evolving fast, but only 25 percent of B-to-B marketers are taking advantage of it, according to a...
Triple Venti Dolce Data...
The Data Czar and His Ministers
May 1, 2013I live in a relatively small, rural town of 50,000 residents spread over 61 square miles. My specific neighborhood still...
Muscle Marketing
List-building 2.0: 7 Tips for Using ‘Power’ Polls For Prospecting
Apr 8, 2013Most people know Web 2.0 is simply the evolution of the Internet into an environment of interactivity, reader participation and...
Who's Your Data?
Instagram: Does It Matter That It Will Make Money on Your Pics?
Dec 19, 2012Instagram announced the company will soon begin using your content to sell targeted advertising products to the highest bidder. Does...
The Whole Magilla
What Marketers Can Learn From Maine's Political Email Idiocy
Feb 24, 2012It finally happened. Politicians' idiotic email practices had a measurable negative effect. "Maine Republican Party chairman Charlie Webster has admitted...
Denny Hatch's Blog
The Internet Can Make You a Chump—Forever!
Sep 25, 2010Trouble is, the Internet is rife with misinformation and if you get caught advertently or inadvertently propagating this nonsense in...
5 Ways Marketers Mess Up Their Content Marketing Campaigns
I hear it all the time: "We tried content marketing and this 'SEO copywriting stuff.' But it didn't work for us." When I dig a little deeper, I unearth an important fact: The campaign didn't work because the marketer got in its own way—and unfortunately, this fumbling caused its campaign to fail.
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Is Your Catalog Site Missing the SEO Copywriting Boat?
Yesterday, the marketing coordinator for a well-known catalog site contacted me about SEO copywriting services. "Our product pages aren't ranking," she said. "We heard we should 'add keyphrases to our copy,' but we're afraid that keyphrases will make the copy sound spammy." Ah yes, the old "keyphrases are bad" myth.
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Why You Should Beware the 'Quick SEO Copywriting Fix'
The question comes up during almost every conference at which I present: "I hear what you're saying about writing quality content. But I need immediate results. What's a quick SEO copywriting fix I can try?"
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Talk to the (Twitter) Hand: The Perils of Non-Engagement
Every day, companies are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon—and perhaps, yours has done the same. Maybe it's the lure of gaining new followers. Or possibly the attraction comes from all those Twitter success stories circulating the 'Net. Or maybe it's because Twitter takes five minutes to set up and doesn't cost a dime. That's OK, too. The thing is, many brands forget that Twitter is more than having a "who's bigger" follower list or having the ability to Tweet pithy sales...
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Marketers, Stop Ignoring Your Content Marketing Strategy
As I write this, I'm on the plane heading back from DMA09. While I was moderating the Search Marketing Experience Labs, one common element ran through every site review: When you ignore your SEO content marketing strategy, you're hobbling your conversions, ignoring your customers and forfeiting your search engine rankings. Here's why.
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