What journalists, freelance writers, and more experienced bloggers need are current statistics, original graphics, and thought leader insights. So if you want sites -- and especially the largest sites -- to link to you, give them what they want. Choose a Trending Topic If you want your content to be evergreen, choose a trending topic that will be popular for years to come -- not just right now. Offer multiple different and highly interesting angles to give the writers ideas on why … [Read more...]
SEO-Optimized Infographics: A Blogger’s Best Friend
SEO-optimized infographics are a blog post powerhouse. They drive massive traffic to your site, get tons of engagement, build your brand, get lots of backlinks and more. Most of all, they help your blog content land on Google’s first page consistently. Not by luck, not once in a while, but intentionally and frequently. Why does that matter? Because the average traffic share of Google’s first page is 91.5 percent (basically everybody). And if you're the first result? You get 32.5 … [Read more...]
4 Ways To Get More Backlinks And Exposure For Your Blog
Have you just started your blog and have no clue on how to get more exposure? If so, keep reading this guide and I will show you how you can get more exposure as well as get more backlinks for your blog. All of the tactics mentioned in this article will not only help you build more visibility, but will also help you get more backlinks at the same time. When you start a blog in a crowded niche, it’s really difficult to gain a foothold. I know how it feels when your competitors get … [Read more...]
What Star Wars Can Teach Marketers About Design [Infographic]
With the new Star Wars movie scheduled to hit theatres on December 18th, I figured it would make a great opportunity to finally sit down and plough through the movies. That's right, I've never watched any of the Star Wars movies before. When I popped on Episode 4: A New Hope, I have to admit I was not blown away by the story or by the acting, but I was quite amazed by how ahead of its time the design and aesthetics of the movie were. For a film shot in the 1970s, the visual effects were quite … [Read more...]
Do You Have What it Takes to Found a Startup?
Graphic Design Marketplace Designhill has created a new Startup Success Factors interactive infographic containing 10 sections showing characteristics of founders and what VCs are investing in. If you're interested in working at a startup, becoming a founder, or just curious about what what kind of startups are popular today, read on. Stats About Startup Founders Multiple graphs about founders show their age, former title, and former role. The stats I find most interesting were that over five … [Read more...]
