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8 Simple YouTube SEO Tips to Rank Your Videos Higher in Search
Get familiar with YouTube SEO and learn eight YouTube SEO tips to start ranking higher in search results.We'll talk about keyword insertion, hashtags, closed captions, and more!
SEO Content Readability: 5 Mistakes Your Plugin Won’t Detect
As Google's algorithm becomes more sophisticated and human-like in its preferences, writing that factors in human readability will rise to the top. Use these five tips to improve your SEO with human readability.
How to Persuade Your Audience With Data Storytelling (+Examples)
Data storytelling enables you to convert complex concepts and data into clear takeaways that others can understand. Learn how to use visuals (the right way) to influence your audience to take action.
8 Ways to Optimize Your Emails for Accessibility (& Why You Need To)
It's important to make sure your email content is accessible not only to readers with impairments or disabilities, but also compatible with the assistive technology they use. Learn 8 best practices to ensure your emails reach everyone in your audience.
What to Know BEFORE You Sell Your Small Business
Making a decision on whether to sell or hold your small business is a complex process. Learn the common reasons for selling and holding, the key considerations to make when deciding, the pros and cons of each option, and how to position your business for the sale.
5 Ways to Personalize the Ecommerce Customer Journey for Better Returns
This past year, retail ecommerce sales grew by 27.6%. Learn five ways to personalize your website pages, emails, offerings, and campaigns to turn your ecommerce buyers' journey into an experience they'll want to repeat:
10 Affordable (and Sanity-Saving) Marketing Automation Tools for Small Businesses
Marketing automation software is designed to save you time, but with so many platforms out there and only so much money to spend, it can take hours to decide on one. We're sparing you from that with this list of 10 cost-effective marketing automation tools for small businesses.
6 Reasons to Start an Affiliate Marketing Program for Your Small Business (+ How to Do It)
Affiliate marketing is a low-risk way to increase sales at decreased costs. But you can't just throw together a program and let anyone join. Learn about the definition and benefits of affiliate marketing, how to set up an affiliate program for your small business, and tips for finding affiliates that bring results.
9 Tips to Write Emails (Even Automated Ones!) Like a Human Being
For email marketing to be effective, you need to respect your reader’s humanity, never losing sight of the fact that you should be writing like a real person. In this post, we provide 9 tips for writing personalized email copy that resonates with your audience and encourages engagement.