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Content Creation Tips and Resources

Content creation is a challenge that most businesses face. With the current Panda update, it makes it vital that content is not only written well, but includes a diverse set of content types such as video, lists, and images. This will increase the link value and social sharing value of the content and ultimately increase the value of the content for the user. This category will cover tips, research, and information about content strategy, content creation, and doing content audits in a post Panda world.

We also would like to extend a welcome to any experts in the field of content creation who would like to submit a guest post.

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What Is Content Marketing and Content Strategy?

Written By: Bill Ross

What Is Content Marketing? Content marketing means different things to different online marketers. In my opinion how people define content marketing comes down to the level of effort that they feel they need to put into, or what to put into, producing content to get the ROI they are striving ...

[Video] How To Make Boring Product Pages Rank Better

Written By: Bill Ross

Almost every ecommerce site faces the issue of boring product pages that don't offer much more than product features (and maybe a few reviews if they're lucky). This type of product page has many issues such as thin content, low value, low link ability, and are usually duplicated when they ...

Video Tips: How to Increase the Odds of Your Content Going Viral

Written By: Bill Ross

Having a piece of content go viral is a dream of almost every content writer, video producer, or average business person who has thought up an idea like "Will it Blend". Getting a piece of content has many benefits such as gaining powerful links, driving traffic, and increasing brand recognition. ...

What Web Content Writers Can Learn From the Most Influential Writers of All Time

Written By: Bill Ross

As web content writers there is alot we can learn from how some of the most influential writers captured their audience. Some writers bring depth and emotion, others make us look at the world a bit differently, and some simply provide levity. However, there is a list of writers who ...

Editorial Calendar: Tips for Creating an Editorial Calendar

Written By: Bill Ross

One of the best ways to avoid writer’s block is by creating an editorial calendar. You skip all those sessions of staring at a blank computer screen and get down to business generating content. You don’t have to wonder about what you’re going to write next, with an editorial calendar, ...

Top 12most.com (12 Most) Posts, Articles, Lists of 2011

Written By: Bill Ross

Make sure you vote for our article Vote for "12 Most Overrated SEO Tactics (That Don't Work!)." as the 2011 article of the year.

[Video] What is the Ideal Keyword Density, Directly From Matt Cutts at Google

Written By: Bill Ross

What is the ideal keyword density: 0.7%, 7%, or 77%? Or is it some other number? What is the correct keyword density for seo, is keyword density real, or does keyword density even exist in the Google algorithm for seo? Below Matt Cutts, lead spam engineer at Google answers these ...

Content Creation Techniques: Create In-Depth Articles & Build Editorial Calendars

Written By: Bill Ross

With the Panda update going live back in February (2011) attacking shallow, thin, and low quality content, it is now much more important to write articles and content that is in-depth and valuable for a user. The days are gone when you could take 1 article and split it up ...

Find Content Creation Ideas by Using Oprah.com, DoctorOz.com, & Talk Shows

Written By: Bill Ross

What I am about to explain is a very unconventional, yet advanced way to generate content ideas. It will create high value content ideas. It will help you create quality content that is almost certain to drive traffic. It could get your content spotlighted on major media outlets and blogs. It ...

Top Content Creation Agencies and Firms in the US and UK

Written By: Bill Ross

With the recent update to Google (Panda Update) content creation has come under fire due to content farms creating a mass amount of low quality content. If you are going to select a content creation agency or firm ...

How Infographics Help Your Site Gain Links, Increase Traffic, and Build Brand

Written By: Kathryn Armson

Since 2006, when the first ‘viral’ infographic was launched, Internet users and SEOs alike have become avid fans of these creative designs. Infographics are a great way to visualize large amounts of information and are a cost effective method for gaining a wide variety of inbound links and traffic to ...

Guidelines for Creating Quality Content with the SEOmoz Panda Questionnaire

Written By: Kathryn Armson

In February of this year Google rolled out one of it’s most aggressive algorithmic updates yet, nicknamed the Panda Update. This update focuses on combatting spam by removing low-quality, thin content from the search results. With this update came a lot of discussion on how to generate quality content and ...

Guide to the New SEOmoz Keyword Analysis Tool

Written By: Kathryn Armson

With so many SEO tools out there it’s hard to know which ones are the best to use, but SEOmoz’s Keyword Analysis tool (formally the Keyword Difficulty tool) is a powerful tool that should be a part of every SEO’s toolkit. This tool provides in-depth information on everything you could ...

Content Audit: Fixing Your Content Affected By The Panda Update

Written By: Bill Ross

Was your site impacted by the Panda Update? Do you know how to fix it, or at least how to do a basic content audit to come up with a strategic path to help your content rank better again. Below are a set of questions to ask during your ...

Creating Web Content: Content Creation Tools, Online Software, and Secrets

Written By: Bill Ross

Content Creation Tools, Online Software, and Secrets Niche Watch What is Niche Watch:"Find exactly which competitors are there for your niche keywords" and gain better search engine placement by targeting the technical aspects. How to use Niche Watch Niche watch can help determine the off-site metrics that a piece of content will need to ...

Utilize Q&A Websites To Spread Your Small Business Articles

Written By: Bill Ross

History of Question and Answer Websites Question and answer websites have become more popular over the last few years with the rise of such sites as Wiki Answers, Yahoo Answers, and Answer Bag. Google was one of the original pioneers of the Q&A website, but they found it hard to manage ...

Use Google and Yahoo Suggest To Create Business Resources

Written By: Bill Ross

Keyword research is very important when it comes to creating articles and research topics that people are searching for. It also becomes important when you're searching for supporting keywords that will add depth and diversity to your research. Below I have outlined one of our most popular tips in regards ...

Using Wikipedia To Help Market Your Small Business

Written By: Bill Ross

53% of American Internet users look for information on Wikipedia, up from 36 percent in 2007 The Best Way To Use Wikipedia To Promote Your Small Business Wikipedia, the popular community-edited website, is not considered a reliable source of information when ...

Online Writing Websites that Pay People to Write for them

Written By: Katie Williams

The increase in demand for online content has spawned a significant business for those who enjoy writing. Amateur and professional writers alike can earn money online through a variety of legitimate websites that pay people for their content. However, with so many people trying to take advantage of ...

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