In the world of content marketing, there’s a longtime misunderstanding even greater than the mislabeling of big data. I’m talking about demand generation and lead generation – two terms which are all too often used interchangeably. The truth is that they’re two very different approaches to content creation – and using the wrong one can mean a whole lot of wasted effort on your part.
Perhaps we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves. Let’s start with an explanation of the difference between demand generation and lead generation. That’ll help us explain why the two are so often mixed up with one another, in addition to giving us a springboard into a discussion on optimization. Continue reading
Since our last roundup, we’ve eaten a lot of turkey, watched a lot of football, and spent some valuable time with the family. Now that Thanksgiving is in the rear view mirror, it’s time for online businesses to get their houses in order for the upcoming holiday season as well for a new year. Based on Forrester research from last month, Facebook may not be the best place to focus your efforts, but we’ve found a number of posts that should get you going in the right direction. These are the most relevant articles from the fields of SEO, content marketing, and social media in November. Enjoy! If you’re looking for the same great content the rest of the year, don’t forget to check in with us on 
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Search engine optimization can be pretty complicated – especially if you’re new to it. While it’s nowhere near as difficult and technical as some ‘experts’ and ‘gurus’ would have you believe, the learning curve can still be fairly steep. Truth be told, there’s a very good chance that – unless you’re some sort of seasoned expert yourself – you’ve made a bunch of mistakes optimizing your website.
You gotta give Google credit. They certainly have timing. In the weeks leading up to Halloween, they decided to roll out Penguin 3.0, which certainly gave a fright to those who practice less than savory SEO techniques. These kind of updates to the Google algorithm are yet another reminder that successful SEO is the result of hard work and engaging a variety of strategies to drive traffic to your site. In that spirit, we’ve rounded up the most relevant articles from the fields of SEO, content marketing, and social media to help your business develop a winning inbound marketing plan. These are the best we found in October. If you’re looking for the same great content the rest of the year, don’t forget to check in with us on 
If there’s one thing the SEO industry is obsessed with, it’s the future. Whether reacting to Google algorithm updates or integrating the newest techniques, SEO is all about moving forward and staying relevant. In that spirit, we like to collect the most interesting and relevant articles from the fields of SEO, content marketing, and social media each month to help you and your business stay ahead of the curve. Here are the ones that stuck out to us in September and October. If you’re looking for the same great content the rest of the year, don’t forget to check in with us on 
The Old Days Of Link Building
Each month, we like to collect the most interesting and relevant articles from the fields of SEO, content marketing, and social media. This time around Google dominated the news cycle with their two announcements, one regarding HTTPS and the other marking the end of Google authorship. Mixed in among these major news items, we’ve also included a number of well-written and informative industry posts that caught our eye in August. If you’re looking for the same great content the rest of the year, don’t forget to check in with us on 
By now, you’ve already had it drilled into your head on a regular basis – search engine optimization is about as far from dead as possible. Although it’s certainly more content-oriented now than in the past, its importance to one’s success on the web literally cannot be understated. If your site isn’t properly optimized, it’s not going to rank. If it doesn’t rank, users don’t find it. And if users don’t find it, well… You probably shouldn’t quit your day job.