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What is copywriting?

Copywriting is the act or occupation of writing text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of marketing. Copywriting is aimed at selling products or services. The product, called copy or sales copy, is written content that aims to increase brand awareness and ultimately persuade a person or group to take a particular action. Copywriters help to create billboards, brochures, catalogs, jingle lyrics, magazine and newspaper advertisements, sales letters and other direct mail, scripts for television or radio commercials, taglines, white papers, website and social media posts, and other marketing communications. All this aligned with the target audience’s expectations while keeping the content and copy fresh, relevant, and effective. Wikipedia

This article discusses several types of copywriting you can use in your business.

Businesses have always needed to reach prospective customers and effectively communicate what they offer.

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You like most people, can spend months or years creating a blog that has no chance of succeeding, then you start another one that fails or a third and fourth.

You’re not dumb or lazy. You’re just choosing the wrong topic.

1. Choose the Right Topic

First, make a list of topics that interest you. They can be your hobbies, topics you think are highly profitable, or something random you saw in a magazine.

Now ask yourself these five questions:

1. Do any current blogs on this topic have a Facebook page with more than 10k fans?

2. Are there any blogs on this topic that have more than 50k followers on Twitter?

3. Are there any books on Amazon with more than 30 reviews on this topic?

4. When you look for words and phrases connected to this topic, are there any Google ads?

5. Do any words or phrases related to this topic have more than 100k searches in Google’s Keyword Planner tool?


By answering these questions, you’ll know if there’s an existing audience for your topic.

Don’t try to be too unique or clever by hunting for an audience that no one else is serving.

It’s counterintuitive, but the more competition you have in a blogging space, the easier it is for a new blogger to find success there.


2. Choose the Right Platform

Choose the right blogging platform

There are several free blogging platforms like Tumblr, Blogspot, Wix, or Squarespace. These are fine to test your ideas and content to be sure they’re workable before creating a full-fledged blog.

But when you’re ready to build an audience and make money online, a self-hosted WordPress blog is the way to go.

WordPress is open source and technically free, but you have to buy a hosting plan to install WordPress on your own web host and purchase a domain name.

If you’re serious about blogging, you need to set up your blog on a firm foundation.

3. Choose a Domain Name

When choosing a custom domain name for your blog, consider using these three strategies:

Name the audience. The simplest way is tocall out the audience in the domain name. (Examples: SmartShopper.com, FashionDesign.com, AFineParent.com)

Name the topic. (MakingJewelry.com, EasyCasseroles.com, PaleoHacks.com)

Name the benefit. (BeABetterWriter.com, BeABetterPainter.com, Woodworking.com)


Use these strategies to make a list of 10-20 domain names. Use a blog name generator tool like NameStation to get many ideas at once.

Once you’ve decided on a name, use Namecheap’s Beast Mode to check availability.

Give yourself a few days to a week to make a decision.

4. Get Web Hosting

You pay a small fee to keep your website online, handle all your visitors, provide customer support, back up your website, manage the security of your website, etc.

Although website hosting costs money, a good bit comes along with it.

It’s possible to get blog hosting and a registered domain from the same place, but it’s not recommended because if you ever decide to switch to a different web hosting company, the process can be complicated. You can save yourself future headaches by keeping your domain registrar and blog host separate.

You can do a Google search to compare and determine the best web hosting for your needs.

Once you have your web hosting set up, you need to use a registrar like NameCheap to register your domain.

5. Install WordPress

Now that your domain and web host are connected, it’s time to install WordPress. It’s not complicated.

These days most hosting providers offer one-click WordPress installation.

To log into your WordPress dashboard use your favorite browser and go to WordPress login URL by appending /wp-admin (or /admin or /login or /wp-login) to the end of your domain name.

Examples:

yourdomain.com/wp-admin

www.yourdomain.com/admin

yourdomain.com/login

www.yourdomain.com/wp-login

You’ll be taken to your WordPress login page.

Enter the username and password you created earlier.

Click Log In.

6. Choose a WordPress Theme to Design Your Blog

Don’t get bogged in details. Focus on making your site functional. You can always make changes later.

Content is the important thing to focus on.

Enter the username and password you created earlier.

Click Log In.

Your theme is the design of your website and dictates how your blog looks to the world.

If you want a free WordPress theme, choose Astra (https://wpastra.com/?bsf=2922&campaign=how-to-start-a-blog).

If you want a premium blog theme, choose Astra Pro which has an advanced page builder that lets you customize your design.

Choose the theme that best fits your needs and situation and download and install it.

First way: To install a free theme from WordPress.org:

Enter a theme name or a chosen feature (Example: “minimalist”) in the Search themes… field
Click the Install button


Second way: If you want to install a WordPress theme you downloaded from a third party, click the Upload Theme button and:

Click the Choose File button
Find the third-party theme you downloaded to your computer (Example: premium-theme.zip) and select it
Click the Install Now button


To activate a WordPress Theme

Immediately after installing your WordPress theme, you’ll be given the option to “Activate” or “Preview” it.

If you want to publish the theme immediately to your website, click the Activate button. If not

1. In the left-hand navigation pane, go to Appearance
2. Choose Themes


Then you’ll see every theme you’ve installed and the default “themes” that are automatically installed by WordPress. Find the theme you want to use and click the Activate button.

You’re done.

Now your new blog design is visible to the world but not yet ready.

You need to adjust its functionality by installing a few WordPress plugins.

7. Install WordPress Plugins

WordPress is filled with features, and plugins offer even more.

There are thousands of free and third-party plugins—virtually a plugin for everything. There are specific types or categories you need, but there’s no such thing as an essential plugin.

There are six types of plugins you need to install.

1. Performance Plugins
2. Security Plugins
3. Backup Plugins
4. SEO Plugins
5. Social Sharing Plugins
6. Email List Building Plugins


You need a good performance optimization plugin to “cache” your content so it loads faster. If your blog is slow, your readers will bounce and Google will rank you lower in search engine results.

For a performance plugin, WP Super Cache is simple, maintained by the company behind WordPress, Automattic, and it’s free.

You can easily protect your site with the security plugin iThemes Security which has a one-click setup wizard. The cost is free, and there’s also a pro version with extra features.

UpdraftPlus strikes a good balance between features, flexibility, and ease of use. It has a 4.8 out of 5.0 rating on the WordPress plugin repository, and it’s actively updated by its developers.

There’s a free and a $70 pro version.

For SEO Yoast SEO is the gold standard of WordPress SEO plugins. It has both free and premium versions. The free version offers everything you need.

Social Warfare doesn’t slow down your website and offers unique features like “Click to Tweet” boxes and Pinterest-specific images and infographics.

The free version has all the basics you’ll need, and the pro version is only $29 annually.

Use Convert Pro to turn blog traffic into leads so you can continue to engage with them.

You can get it for free or pay $99 annually or $399 for a lifetime license.

To activate a WordPress plugin you can click the Activate button that appears immediately after you install it or:

1. In the left-hand navigation pane, go to Plugins
2. Choose Installed Plugins
3. Find your plugin and click Activate

8. Blog Set up and SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

If you want to start a blog that brings in traffic or if you want to drive your content to page one of Google, you have to learn SEO.

To guarantee search engines like Google and Bing can find your blog, make sure the following are unchecked:

1. In the left-hand navigation pane of your WordPress dashboard, hover over Settings
2. Click Reading
3. Confirm “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” is unchecked

Create an XML Sitemap (and Submit Your Sitemap to Search Engines)

“A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between them. Search engines like Google read this file to crawl your site more efficiently. A sitemap tells search engines which pages and files you think are important in your site, and also provides valuable information about these files. For example, when the page was last updated and any alternate language versions of the page.”

A sitemap helps confirm Google can discover the new content you create, when your blog is new and has few external links pointing to it.

To create an XML Sitemap using the Yoast SEO plugin recommended earlier:

1. In the left-hand navigation pane of your WordPress dashboard, hover over SEO
2. Click General
3. Click the Features tab
4. Scroll down to the XML sitemaps option and make sure the switch is toggled to On

Now you have an XML sitemap for your blog. Next give it to Google, Bing, and other search engines.

Before leaving the Yoast SEO plugin, copy the URL of your sitemap:

1. Click the question mark icon next to XML sitemaps
2. Click the See the XML sitemap link

Your sitemap will open in a new tab in your browser.

Copy the URL in the address bar and save it.

The steps for submitting your sitemap are different from search engine to search engine.

Here are the most popular ones:

To submit your sitemap to Google Search Console

1. Go to Google Search Console and sign in using your Google account
2. In the left-hand pane, select your website

If you haven’t added your website to Google Search Console, you’ll need to click “Add property” and follow the steps provided before continuing below.

3. Under Index, click the Sitemaps option
4. In the Add a new sitemap section, enter the URL you saved earlier and click Submit


Bing Webmaster Tools

1. Log into Bing Webmaster Tools. Create an account if you haven’t done so.
2. Under the My Sites section, click your website

If you haven’t added your website to Bing Webmaster Tools, enter your blog’s URL in the Add a Site section and click the ADD button.

That’s it.

You’ve submitted your sitemap successfully to Google and Bing.

Permalinks structure


WordPress sets the links on your blog to the following format by default:

yourdomain.com/?p=123

No one knows why, but you need to update this link structure before you publish ANY content.

Here’s how:

1. In the left-hand navigation pane, hover over Settings
2. Click Permalinks
3. Under Common Settings, set the option to Post name


Install an SSL Certificate so Your URL Begins with https Instead of http. Here’s why:

Readers will know your website is safe
Your website will be safe thanks to the encryption of readers’ sensitive data and personal info
Google sees it as a ranking signal, which means not having an SSL certificate will hurt your content’s rankings in search results.

How to Install an SSL Certificate

Log into your account
Click the Go to cPanel button
In the Security section, click Let’s Encrypt
Select your domain name, choose the Let’s Encrypt SSL option, and click the Install button

A few moments later, your SSL certificate will be up and running!

9. Your First Blog Post

To start your blog post in WordPress

1. In the left-hand pane of your WordPress dashboard, hover over Posts
2. Click Add New


You’ll be able to add a post title— aka headline, write your post, choose your category, tweak HTML and CSS, add free stock photos, etc.

The steps are alike for adding a new blog page in WordPress, an About page, a Contact page, etc.:

1. In the left-hand pane of your dashboard, go to Pages
2. Click Add New

For detailed instructions on how to navigate the classic content editor, WordPress offers a detailed support article.


10. Boost Traffic, Promote Blog, and Master Social Media

You should spend as much time promoting your posts as you do writing them. Preferably, you’ll spend more time promoting than writing them.

Here are 4 Tips for promoting your posts

1. Focus on one Social Platform, as There are too Many out There.
For now, pick only one. As there are only so many hours in a day.

2. Avoid These Traffic Mistakes That are a Waste for Beginners.

a. Commenting on Popular Blogs
b. Submitting Your Site to Directories
c. Trying to go Viral on Redditt, Hacker News, etc.
d. Paying for a Unique Design

3. Reach out to Influencers to Make Powerful Friends.

4. Pay for Facebook Ads

Wait until you have a solid foundation in place like reaching 1,000 email subscribers and you have traffic rolling in. Then consider supercharging your efforts by learning the ins and outs of Facebook’s ad network.

11. Build Your List

Get started now with building your email list. Start building it on day one!

Whether you’re just starting out or you’re an email marketing pro, there are numerous email marketing services available to meet your needs. You can go to Google and check and compare services and pricing.

12. Make Money

When you’re just starting out, whatever you do, DO NOT cover your blog in Google Adsense, because:

1. Blog ads pay peanuts
2. They distract your readers
3. They make your blog look sleazy and cheap

The best monetization method for bloggers is to build an audience that trusts them and then offer high-quality products or services that will genuinely help that audience.

Affiliate Marketing helps with this process by:

letting you introduce your readers to a product or service from a trusted source
Your readers looking at the product/or service, deciding if it will help them, and purchasing it
You earning a commission on the sales

With affiliate marketing you win in multiple ways. You help your audience, you earn money, and — most importantly — you learn what types of products and services your audience buys.


This article covers a lot but it’s only a beginning. Besides these twelve steps to starting a successful blog, there’s so much more you’ll learn as you go along.

by Rahimah Sultan

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In the pre-Google days of the internet, search engines like Yahoo and Alta Vista were dominant players and their search results were 100% based on the content on a webpage.

Then came Google.

Google’s now-famous algorithm changed the game. Google looked at how many people linked to that page instead of simply analyzing the content of the page.

Almost 20 years later, links remain the best way to establish the quality of a webpage. Therefore, backlinks remain Google’s go-to ranking indicator.

Because of updates like Google Penguin, Google now focuses on link quality (not just link quantity).

If the page linking to you is a PageRank powerhouse, that link will have a BIG effect on your rankings.

That’s because links from authoritative pages pass more authority (also known as PageRank) to your site.

Now, let’s continue with the reasons why link building is important for SEO.


What is the importance of backlinks?


 Link building is the system of building one-way hyperlinks (also called backlinks) to a website with the purpose of improving search engine visibility. Some common link-building strategies include content marketing, email outreach, building useful tools, broken link building, and public relations.

Content marketing played a substantial role in the development of backlink building. Webmasters started creating high-quality content that naturally drew links from other websites, instead of only focusing on acquiring backlinks.

Website owners could increase their chances of earning organic backlinks by producing informative, valuable, and shareable content.

This shift in strategy supported Google’s emphasis on user experience and the importance of providing important content to online audiences.



FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)


1. What is backlink building; Why it’s important for building authority

The process of getting links from other websites to your own is backlink building.

These links act as a vote of confidence, demonstrating to search engines that your website is authoritative and trustworthy.

Backlink building is essential for building authority. It drives organic traffic and helps improve your website’s visibility in search engine results.

2. How has backlink building evolved?

Backlink building is now more focused on quality rather than quantity. As search engines have become smarter at detecting spammy and low-quality links, it’s essential to focus on acquiring high-quality backlinks from reputable websites. And, the importance of relevance and context has increased, with search engines giving more weight to backlinks that come from websites in the same industry or niche.

3. What are some effective strategies for backlink building?

Important strategies for backlink building include influencer outreach, guest blogging, and creating valuable content that naturally invites backlinks. Guest blogging involves writing high-quality articles for other websites in exchange for a backlink to your site. Influencer outreach involves building relationships with influential people or brands in your industry and getting them to mention your website or link to it. Creating valuable content that naturally attracts backlinks involves producing engaging, informative, and shareable content that other websites will desire to link to.

4. Are there risks or pitfalls to avoid?

When building backlinks, there are risks and pitfalls to avoid. One common one to avoid is engaging in black hat SEO techniques, like buying or exchanging links. This can lead to penalties from search engines. It’s very important to avoid spammy link building practices, such as bulk directory submissions or comment spamming. You should focus on building natural and high-quality backlinks that add value to both your website and those websites linking to you.

5. How can I assess the quality of a potential backlink?

You can consider several factors to assess the quality of a backlink. You can first check the website’s domain authority and page authority using tools like Moz’s Domain Authority or Ahrefs’ Domain Rating. Look for websites with a higher domain authority as they are more likely to pass on effective link juice. And, consider the relevance of the website to your niche and the setting in which the link will be placed. A backlink from a highly reputable and relevant website will have a greater effect on your authority.

6. Is it better to have a few quality backlinks or lots of low-quality backlinks?

Now, it’s better to have a few high-quality backlinks than many low-quality backlinks. Search engines have become more high-tech in evaluating the quality of backlinks, and they prioritize authority and relevance. A few high-quality backlinks from reputable websites in your industry will have a more significant impact on your authority and search engine rankings than many low-quality backlinks.

7. Does it take long to see the results of backlink building?

The time can vary for seeing the results of backlink building. It depends on factors like the competitiveness of your industry, the quality of the backlinks you acquire, and the frequency of search engine crawls. Generally, it can take several weeks to months before you start seeing the impact of your backlink-building efforts. Patience and consistency are key when it comes to building authority through backlinks.

8. Can I remove or disavow bad backlinks?

You can remove or disavow bad backlinks. If you have acquired low-quality or spammy backlinks that could harm your website’s authority, it’s recommended to try removing them by contacting the website owners and requesting removal. If that fails, you can use the Google Disavow Tool to tell search engines to ignore those backlinks when evaluating your website’s authority. However, it’s important to exercise caution and only disavow links that are actually harmful.

9. Are there alternatives to backlink building for authority?

Although backlink building is a highly effective strategy for building authority, there are other methods you can consider. You can focus on creating high-quality content that attracts organic traffic and engagement. If you consistently produce valuable content and optimize it for search engines, you can build authority over time. Another way is to leverage social media platforms and engage with your audience to establish yourself as an authority in your industry.

10. Should you hire a professional for backlink building?

It can be beneficial to hire a professional for backlink building, especially if you are short on time, expertise, or resources to execute an effective backlink-building strategy. Professionals can help you identify high-quality backlink opportunities, navigate the complexities, and develop outreach strategies. However, you must choose a reputable and experienced professional or agency to ensure ethical and effective practices are followed.


Building backlinks is an ongoing process that requires a well-thought-out strategy, time, and effort.

Some important effective strategies for link building are:

1. Creating High-Quality Content


Creating high-quality content is the foundation of a successful backlink building strategy. You should focus on creating well-researched unique and valuable content that provides value to your target audience. When you do this, other websites are more likely to link to it.

2. Reaching out to influencers and industry experts

Ask influencers and industry experts in your niche to share your content or to collaborate on a project. When they link to your website, it can substantially boost your credibility and authority.

Building relationships and using personalized outreach emails with influencers can go a long way in acquiring valuable backlinks.

3. Guest Posting

Guest posting entails writing articles for other websites in your industry or niche. This lets you showcase your expertise and offer value to a new audience. Then, you can include a link back to your website within the guest post. Focus on high domain authority and relevance to your industry when choosing websites for guest posting.

Always remember that building backlinks takes patience and time. Focus on quality as opposed to quantity and always prioritize creating valuable content that people want to link to. Here, we’ve covered some of the reasons why link building is important for SEO.

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With the surge of AI where everybody can publish generic blog posts, remember the foundation of high-quality content is sharing authentic, first-hand experiences.

In its latest search engine updates, Google says content should be helpful and come from human experience.



What is content marketing?


Content marketing is the publishing of written and visual material online to attract more leads to your business. These materials can include e-books, infographics, blog posts, videos, web pages, and more.

It isn’t just publishing a shallow piece of content that offers little value. The focus is on making valuable content that your audience can discover themselves while browsing.

Content marketing is the planning, creating, distribution, sharing, and publishing of content through channels like social media, blogs, websites, podcasts, press releases, apps, print publications, and more. The goal of content marketing is to reach your target audience and increase brand awareness, engagement, sales, and loyalty.

Some of the most common types of content marketing are:

1. Online Content Marketing

Online content marketing is any material you publish online, but specifically, it applies to your web pages.

With a strong online content marketing strategy you’ll be able to rank higher in the search engine results pages (SERPs) and get in front of the right people at the right time and immediately engage visitors with specific content about your products or services.

2. Social Media Content Marketing

There are billions of social media users worldwide so it’s easy to see why many businesses invest in social media marketing.

There are several platforms to work with including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Each one offers various ways to create and share content, like photos, pre-recorded videos, pre-recorded videos, live videos, and stories.

3. Infographic Content Marketing

Infographics display content, information, and data in an easy-to-understand graphic format that includes a mix of simple wording, short statements, and clear images. These are a great way to effectively communicate your content. They work well if you’re trying to simplify an educational or a complex topic so all audience members can understand it.

4. Blog Content Marketing

A blog is a great source of inbound content that allows you to be creative in your choice of topic and writing. You can use your blog to promote related content using links and social share buttons as well as incorporate product information.

5. Video Content Marketing

According to research, 91% of businesses video as a marketing tool.

You can use video marketing to help build a strong bond with your audience, boost conversions, and improve ROI. You can also choose to share your video content on landing pages, social media platforms, or on a co-marketer’s website.

6. Podcast Content Marketing

Experts predict that in the future over 71 million people will listen to podcasts. That’s 10 million more than the current listeners across the Spotify and Apple Podcast platforms. This is the reason many businesses and media outlets create and share their own podcasts.

Since podcasts can be about any topic, you have plenty of room for a lot of creativity.

You decide the pace of episodes, guests, where you advertise the podcast, and the length of each episode.

7. Paid Ad Content Marketing

You can reach a broad audience with paid ads and position yourself in all the places you want to be seen. Pairing paid ads and inbound marketing is especially beneficial.

Paid ads can be shared on landing pages, social media, banners, and in sponsored content.



What are some content marketing trends?


Google says content should be helpful and come from human experience. This is one of numerous ways to increase your traffic.

Here are some ways content marketing is moving forward and how to use them to your advantage.

1.  Use of AI

The role of AI is to scale and improve, not to come up with the original insight that hasn’t been shared before.

AI writing tools base output on information already somewhere on the internet – other blogs.

For your content to work for you, it has to stand out. The best way to make that happen is by sharing expert insights. AI can’t give you unique, experience-based ideas.

Producing content requires much more than just pumping out text. For it to be valuable for readers, it needs a proper strategy, in-depth research, first-hand knowledge of the industry, and a person to put it all together in a way that’s relatable to readers.

It’s best to use AI to generate top-level outlines, like a skeleton to set a flexible foundation that can be modified later. Then using your expertise, you can elaborate on the details and add insights and depth that only a human can present.

2.  First-Hand Experience

Prioritize sharing first-hand experience. The public loves other people’s stories. If you don’t have expertise in a particular area, you can interview people who do and base your article on their insights.

3.  Source Content

One of the top-ranking factors for content marketing is backlinks, so publish “Be the Source” content to get more traffic, links, and shares from your content marketing.

4.  Authority

Participate in establishing authority in your area of expertise.

Google prefers content created by knowledgeable and reputable people. Setting up yourself as an authority in your area of expertise improves the credibility of your content.

This is really important now when there’s a lot of AI-generated content on the internet.

You want your content to have a face and a story. This will boost your content’s relevance and trustworthiness in the eyes of users and in search engines. Search engines like Google must decide between high- and low-quality content.

5.  Leverage

Use community contributions to boost the credibility and depth of your content by tapping into the collective expertise and experiences of a diverse group.

You can do this by:

a) Collaborating with industry experts in your field to create content and inviting them to share insights.

b) Organizing Q&A sessions with experts or influential people in your industry through live streams, webinars, or interviews.

c) Develop collaborative projects where several contributors can add their expertise. This could be a blog post, a webinar, a research paper, or an industry-related guide.

d) Leverage UGC (User-Generated Content). Urge your audience to contribute their ideas or experiences. This can be through comments, social media interactions, or guest posts.
Promote their work on your platforms as part of the collaboration.

Be sure to give proper credit when you use other people’s content, whether it’s from experts or UGC.

6.  User-Generated Content

A bit more about UGC.

Users or customers create and share content about your brand or product which may include images, reviews, social media posts, or videos, which you can then use in your marketing endeavors.

Instead of using traditional search engines like Google for information, many young people turn to platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Especially when they’re looking for how-to guides or local restaurant recommendations.

There are two main benefits of using UGC:

They prioritize content that comes from other customers, such as unboxing, reviews, and lifestyle videos featuring your product and now that users are creating content for you, you get to:

1. Accelerate the content generation process
2. And you get authentic content that your audience can relate to

7.  Repurpose Content

A great way to scale up your content marketing, without starting over each time you want to create a post for a new format, is repurposing your content on different platforms. Content repurposing is now a hot content marketing trend.

But, over the last few years, people’s standards for content have risen a lot. You can no longer just copy and paste a section a section from your blog post and publish it on social media nor can you just read an article into a microphone and call it quits.

But you can match the content to each format.

For example, repurposing a blog post for a YouTube video requires you to add elements at the beginning like a relatable story, use strategies that work well for the video, and rewrite portions to make sense in the new format.

Another example is reusing steps and tips, as you don’t have to repurpose a total piece of content. As an alternative, take the best sections from a current piece of content and reuse them elsewhere. Using this approach allows you to highlight specific, valuable parts of your content on platforms or in different formats.

8.  Emerging Topics

Another way for your content to stand out is jumping on developing trends BEFORE they take off.

Use Google Trends to confirm that a keyword is growing or shrinking. And check out the “Related queries” section for your chosen topic.

First, check out a keyword you think might be trending up.

Then, go to the bottom of the page and check out the “Related queries” list.

Although Google-related queries are helpful, a check for exploding topics is better.

9.  Improve Content Design

Improve your content design and user experience to suit Google’s algorithms for site speed, navigation ease, and user interaction when ranking websites. When your site loads fast, answers users’ queries, and is easy to navigate, people will stay on your site and interact with it, and they’re more likely to visit other pages of your site.

To improve UX (user experience), you need to:

a) Improving site speed

b) Being thoughtful about pop-up use

c) Design an easy-to-navigate page layout

d) Make call-to-actions and monetization contextually relevant

e) Link only to genuinely helpful content

f) Answer user intent early in your content and not hide important information at the bottom

10. Explainer Visuals

Custom explainer visuals like videos and graphics like screenshots and custom diagrams, are essential in explaining complex concepts.

Focus on creating content that is informative, engaging, and visually appealing.

Design graphics that visually represent data or explain steps needed to do something complex. Establish a YouTube presence. It’s a great place to distribute your content, and Google features YouTube videos on the first page of SERP.

Embedding YouTube videos in your article makes it more engaging and it’s an even greater way to distribute your YouTube videos. If you have a blog and a YouTube channel, embed your videos in your articles to help readers understand the topic even deeper and to increase your video views.

11. Distribute Your Content via Email

Continue distributing content by “personalized” email which involves providing value, encouraging interactions, and building trust. Email is still an important marketing trend.

12. Streamline Content Operations

Streamlined content operations refer to the structured and efficient management of content creation and distribution processes that include:

Setting clear content objectives
Having clear roles and responsibilities
Mapping your content creation process
Organizing tasks and projects
Incorporating effective tools for content planning, writing, and SEO optimization
Continuing to optimize and repurpose your content


Here you have 7 of the most common types of content marketing and future trends. Now you can put a strategy together and work on creating content that will offer real value to your audience and significantly increase your website traffic.


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Affiliate marketing is a versatile flow of revenue that you can leverage no matter what your niche or industry. It’s a great way to monetize your web traffic and earn added income.

While it is possible to “earn money while you sleep,” as you’ve seen advertised, it takes work. Affiliate marketing is certainly one of the best ways to generate nearly passive income online, but you must go about it the correct way. This article covers some general information that you can use, if you want to get started in affiliate marketing this year.


What is affiliate marketing?


Affiliate marketing is promoting and selling someone else’s product or services for a commission. Although it’s a simple concept, the actual process can involve a lot of moving parts.

In affiliate marketing there are sellers who create affiliate programs and make available unique links that the affiliates use to promote the seller’s products. These links are unique to each affiliate marketer to track which marketer makes a sale.


How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?

When someone clicks on the affiliate link, a cookie (a small file used by web servers to save browsing information), is stored in their browser. This cookie lets the seller know who sold the product or service and lets the affiliate earn the commission even if the person decides not to buy immediately. Cookies have an expiration date, so to get credit for a sale, the purchase must be made before the cookie expires.

For example, if you’ve clicked on an affiliate link that expires in 30 days but decided not to buy the product and you go back a few days later and make the purchase, the affiliate marketer will get credit for that purchase because it occurred within the 30-day window of the cookie being stored.


Who Are the Participants?

There are three to four key participants in affiliate marketing that include:

Affiliates: people who promote the product or service

Sellers: the creators of the product or the people who are selling the product or service

Networks: networks managing the affiliates (optional)

Consumers: end-users of the product or service


Now, let’s take a closer look at each of these participants.


Affiliates

Affiliates, sometimes called publishers, can be individuals or businesses. More often than not, affiliates are content creators in the same niche of the product they’re promoting. They promote products and services through content like social media posts, blogs, videos, and a number of other types of content. Affiliates can also use paid ads to bring in traffic, but there are typically rules around the keywords that affiliates can use for the products they’re promoting, such as not using the brand name or trade names of the products.

Sellers

The sellers, who can be individuals or companies, create the products or services that affiliates promote. They also pay affiliate commissions for sales.

Networks (optional)

An affiliate network connects publishers with companies who want to promote their products or services like influencers or blog owners.

Many sellers choose to work with an affiliate network to manage their affiliate marketing programs. This network handles third-party checks and manages relationships between sellers and affiliates. ShareASale, Awin, Amazon Associates, ClickBank, and Rakuten Advertising are some of the top affiliate marketing networks.

Consumers

Consumers are the people who buy products and services through affiliate links.


How Do Affiliate Marketers Get Paid?

Usually, affiliates are paid when a person completes some type of action like a click, form submission, or sale.


How Much Do Affiliates Make?

Affiliate earnings can vary greatly depending on what industry they’re in, the program they join, the commission rate, the price of the products they’re promoting, their marketing skills, and audience size.



What are the benefits of affiliate marketing?


Passive Income

You can make income any time of day or night with affiliate marketing, which makes it a nearly passive income option. You only have to create content and do promotions. You don’t have to be actively participating in the transaction to make it occur. With a system set up to keep things running, you have the potential for a large return with very little continuing effort.

Flexibility

You have incredible flexibility to do what you want and still bring in revenue for your business. You don’t have to create, store, produce, ship, or provide support for the product, you just sell it. This saves you many hours of work. Just choose products you like and think your audience will like, create the content for promoting the products, and then do the actual promotion.

Cost-Effective

It takes money and sometimes a lot of money to start your own business, especially one selling physical products. Affiliate marketing offers you a low-cost way to start your own business and you’ll only need to consider the time it will take to create content and promote.

Low Risk

Another benefit of affiliate marketing is that it’s low risk. As an affiliate, you don’t have to invest money to create or store products. Your only role is marketing and promoting the products to your followers and paid traffic (if you decide to go that route). Even if you use blogging to promote affiliate products, it won’t take a lot of money and if you decide it’s not working out and you quit, it won’t be huge loss. There are large numbers of affiliate products and services you can promote. If one doesn’t work, try another.

No Customer Support

An affiliate marketer doesn’t have to worry about customer support for the products and services you sell. For many affiliate marketers, this is a great relief and gives you the freedom to start your own business without thinking about how to deal with actual customers.

Be sure that the products or services you promote to your followers are of good quality that you would actually use. You want people to get to know, like, and trust you. So, be particular with the affiliate products and services you promote.


You can promote affiliate products through product reviews, in your email newsletter, product comparisons, paid ads, on your blog, and more.

Now that you have a relatively good idea of what it’s all about, you could get started in affiliate marketing this year, even today.


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A home-based business can offer a quicker startup path, lower startup costs, and more flexibility.

Nevertheless, to succeed you still have to stick to the same startup steps as every other business and there are added considerations due to working from home. Now, on with how to start a home business.


What should you consider before starting a home business?

1. Questions to raise before starting a home-based business

Focus and motivation

Can you stay focused and motivated?

When working from home, you’ll have many distractions—pets, TV shows, household chores, or wanting to take a nap.

Support system

Will you have a support system?

Is there a mentor, family, or someone else you can count on for support—you should have someone to count on when you get stuck. Preferably someone with remote business experience who can relate to your situation.

Goals

What are your goals? What is your vision for the long term? Why do you want to start a business and why from home? Depending on your answers, you may want to rethink starting a remote business.

Suitability of your home for business

You need to establish whether or not your home setup is suitable for running a business. If not, you may have to make changes to create a suitable working area.


Balance work and personal life

Will you be able to maintain a balance between your personal and work life?

If you’re a business owner, this is not guaranteed. This balance can be more difficult for a home-based business, as your office is only a step away.

These questions are geared specifically toward starting a business at home and not for first-time entrepreneurs.


2. Business idea that works remotely

Come up with a business idea that will work remotely. It should solve a problem, have a market demand, and fit your goals. Even if it meets these criteria, it may not work well as a home-based business. Additional things to consider include:


Digitalization: Can your business be operated completely online or with minimum physical interaction?

Independence: Can it be run by you without the need for a large team or physical infrastructure?

Scalability: Can you scale the business without substantial physical infrastructure? 

Supply chain: Does the business require minimal physical inventory or a supply chain you can manage remotely?

Remember to conduct thorough research to check for demand. An idea can look great on paper and meet the requirements of remote functionality, but without demand, it won’t be practical.


3. Business plan

Write a business plan to help you think through every aspect of your home-based business.

In the business plan, you describe the product or service.

Document your research.

Create a financial plan.

Outline marketing and sales efforts.

Provide an overview of your procedures, team, and business structure.

As you’re just starting, pay particular attention to the day-to-day operations, financials, and product/service description.

Operations include the day-to-day outlook and the space you’ll be using.

Financials include start-up costs and how you will scale to make a profit. Can you do this from home or will you need another space?

The product/service description will detail why it can be sold from the comfort of your home and whether there is a competitive advantage for doing so.

Although a detailed business plan is essential, you can start with a one-page plan that can easily be updated.


4. Legal requirements

There are legal requirements for any business and a home-based business is no exception. You have to:

Choose a business structure – https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/choose-business-structure

Register a business name

Apply for a state and federal tax ID

Get the correct licenses and permits

You’ll need to check on:

A home business permit

Zoning laws

Homeowners Association (HOA) rules

Business insurance; although not a legal requirement, you may need to purchase additional coverage if your home insurance policy does not cover home-based businesses.


5. Costs and finances

Figure out your startup costs and finances. These costs can widely vary depending on the kind of business and your circumstances. For sufficient funds, a detailed budget and forecasting revenue and expenses are essential.

The minimum to account for is:

Home office setup

Utilities

Technology and equipment

Legal expenses

Marketing and advertising

Open a business bank account immediately to separate your personal and business finances to easily track performance and avoid potential legal issues.

6. Workspace

Choose a dedicated space to run your business, an area with minimal distractions, and a way to separate your work and home life. If you have limited space, set strict boundaries for how and when to use this space.

When you have a space in mind, make the necessary adjustments to turn it into a productive work environment. Consider the following:

Bright natural lighting

Creative storage for files and supplies

Prioritize comfort with a good back-supporting chair

Upgrade your equipment with a high-speed internet connection. The rest depends on your business idea.


7. Time management

Manage your time by:

Using project management tools

Setting clear expectations

Set regular breaks

Regularly communicate using tools like Slack or Zoom to stay connected with your team, contractors, or vendors to facilitate collaboration.

Avoid multitasking

Focus on one task at a time to ensure quality work and avoid mistakes.



What are some home-based business ideas?


1.  Freelance Writing and Content Creation

The demand for skilled writers is limitless. Use your writing skills to create engaging, SEO-optimized content that attracts both readers and search engines.

The key to standing out is creating content that not only engages readers but also aligns with SEO best practices. By seamlessly integrating relevant keywords and providing valuable information, freelance writers can elevate their content, ensuring it not only captures the audience’s interest but also ranks favorably on SERPs (search engine results pages).


2.  Virtual Assistance Services

Businesses and entrepreneurs often need support with managing administrative tasks. You can position yourself as a vital resource by offering virtual assistance services such as scheduling, handling emails, and other organizational responsibilities.


3.  E-commerce Store for Niche Markets

Set up an e-commerce store and take advantage of the growing trend of niche markets. Find a specific niche with high demand and low competition. To ensure visibility in the search engines optimize your product listings with well-researched keywords. Use a platform like Shopify or Etsy to kick off your online store.

As there’s a current surge in the realm of e-commerce and niche product stores, there’s an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can carve out a distinctive space for their products in this market by carefully identifying a niche with high demand and minimal competition.


4.  Online Coaching and Consulting

If you have expertise in a particular field such as fitness, personal development, or business strategy, consider online coaching or consulting. People are willing to pay for valuable insights. Use a well-optimized website to establish your credibility and use SEO strategies to attract clients seeking your knowledge.


5.  Social Media Management

Help clients build and maintain a strong presence across various platforms. Use effective strategies to increase engagement and followers ensuring your clients stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Deliver services that aid clients in establishing and nurturing a strong presence across various platforms. Utilize effective strategies to increase engagement and followers, ensuring your clients stand out amid the digital competition.


6.  Graphic Design Services

If you have graphic design skills, convert your passion into profit by offering design services. A curated portfolio showcasing your work, optimized with relevant keywords, serves a dual purpose. It not only attracts potential clients but also bolsters your website’s SEO, making it more discoverable to those seeking your artistic expertise.


7.  Affiliate Marketing

Use affiliate marketing to monetize your online presence. Promoting products/services and earning a commission for each sale can turn your interests and expertise into a revenue stream. Research carefully a niche that resonates with you, and create engaging content seamlessly integrating affiliate links. This approach not only delivers value to your audience but also enhances your potential for revenue through successful affiliate partnerships.


8. Remote IT Support

Consider offering IT services to businesses and individuals, if you have technical skills. To ensure visibility optimize your website with keywords related to IT services to make it easier for those in need to find and benefit from your expertise.


9.  Online Tutoring Services

As the landscape of education evolves, online Tutoring Services have become a crucial resource. Leverage your expertise in a specific subject to offer online tutoring. Just optimize your website with relevant keywords to attract students seeking assistance. Provide valuable and you can establish yourself as a credible source in the ever-expanding online education niche.


10. Handmade Crafts and Artisanal Products

If you’re creatively inclined, you can turn your passion into a home-based business and fulfill your endeavor. Show your creations through an e-commerce platform. Optimize your product descriptions and website content with keywords to enhance visibility and attract buyers.


There is much more you can learn about how to start a home business. This article is a starting point. By using these steps, you can be well on your way to starting a profitable home-based business.


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The concept of marketing began with the Gutenberg printing press.

Magazines came into being by the 18^th century. Soon after came advertisements and billboards, followed by radio and television ads.

Then came digital marketing in the 1990s. The industry rapidly expanded to monumental proportions within two decades.

We were at major crossroads regarding the future of digital marketing in 2018.

Today we think we’re on track then everything takes a sudden turn and we have to figure out future developments in digital marketing.

By 2028 the strategies and practices we apply today will seem very far away.


So what will digital marketing look like in 10 years?


Mobile Content

Mobile will continue to be important.

In a very short period, smartphones have changed the way we communicate and the way we get information. Google searches occur more frequently on mobile devices than on desktops.

Recently, digital marketers have focused on mobile optimization because users won’t click away if a website is compatible with smartphone devices. The longer users stay on websites, the better those sites will rank on search engines. Websites will have more reason to go mobile because of Google’s mobile-first index.

To provide desktop users with the best and most relevant search results, Google has indexed websites as if they were doing so from a desktop.

Websites that aren’t already mobile-compatible are now taking the largest hit and will continue to do so. Although there’s responsive design that’s made it easier to create the same site for both PCs and mobile devices, websites that aren’t already mobile-compatible are now taking the largest hit.

Mobile content will become more of an element. As it’s hard to say exactly how content creation will change over the next few years, SEO keywords may start to turn more toward mobile searching. Long-form content could start to fall by the wayside as mobile content takes precedence. Digital marketers are already gearing their content more towards smartphone audiences.

Voice Search

The concept of voice searching has gained momentum and will continue. Millions use intelligent devices like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant. Our cars and smartphones already permit us to make voice searches on the go.

Video Marketing

Video marketing isn’t going away anytime soon. As people are doing more browsing on mobile devices, they want to interact more with the content they see.

Live video streaming is ramping up and although it might seem it’s reserved for social media, you should still publish video content for websites.

Quality Long-form Content

Although the future of digital marketing appears to have no room for long-form content, digital marketers will be solving the secrets to voice and mobile search as well as producing videos.

People still want meaningful accurate information. The way they’re able to find it might be changing so digital marketers will have to adapt to those changes.

There will be all the more reason to create better and stronger blog articles, web page content, e-mails, etc., as anytime a consumer tries to find long-form content it’s nevertheless an opportunity to market to them.

Digital Marketing Tools and AI

These kinds of tools can measure link quality and help websites filter out broken links. They’re already more advanced and becoming more so.  In 5-10 years from now, they’ll likely be even better at focusing on quality links.

In the future digital marketing tools may also be able to tell us more about our audiences. Then digital marketers will be able to improve SEO metrics and tactics.

Marketers will be better able to analyze their audiences and that will not only increase productivity but also improve user experience. Chatbots and custom product recommendations are growing big in e-commerce.

In short, long-form content does have a place in the future of digital marketing, and research tools and AI will improve the way we engage with customers online.

Social Media

As social media consumption is ever-evolving, the kinds of content you need to draw users will keep changing.

People seem to look at videos much longer than static pieces of content on social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, and are more willing to make a purchase once they’ve seen videos of products in action.

The power of visual content will continue to grow over the next several years. Therefore, as a modern-day marketer, it’s important that you continuously restructure your digital marketing plan to keep it adaptable to the content consumption changes ahead.

Another major prediction is that reaching your followers on Facebook organically will be nearly impossible.

According to Facebook, there is so much content published on this platform each day it’s becoming a lot choosier about what it places on users’ feeds. This social media giant is all about making sure any content that appears on a user’s feed is as relevant to them as possible.

It’s obvious that Facebook is increasingly becoming a paid advertising and marketing platform and you’ll see this even more.

Dark social, which is traffic on the Web that you can’t track through a Web analytics program, will rise. For example, it’s essentially the private sharing that takes place when people share a link to content through a mobile messaging app. Research shows that the majority of content shared online comes from dark social.

To make the most of dark social, you should include “share” buttons on the social media platforms you use. If your buttons are highly visible, your content may be shared more.

Pinterest has been shifting its focus away from offering inspiration to promoting action.

Many businesses view LinkedIn’s video ads as an effective and compelling way to reach their audiences.

It’s predicted that YouTube will remain a huge digital marketing player in the near future and will be used for generating leads.

As people are becoming more concerned about who has access to their data, social media platforms are tightening up their data sharing policies. So, persona-based marketers are now dealing with how to get around that. Although social media advertising isn’t dying, from here on out there will be more restrictions on how companies get user data.

As platforms seek to improve consumer privacy, one of the largest changes will be to how we track advertising through third-party cookies. However, this doesn’t mean that first-party cookies won’t still be applied to track interactions with your site, so no need to panic.

To stay updated on the latest changes from Google you can use their Privacy Sandbox News.

It explains the latest changes are that from January 4, 2024, they will begin testing a new feature that limits cross-site tracking by restricting website access to third-party cookies by default. (Tracking Protection). They’ll roll this out to 1% of Chrome users globally, a key milestone in their Privacy Sandbox initiative to phase out third-party cookies for everyone in the second half of 2024.


How do you succeed in today’s digital marketing world?


To stand out in the marketing field, you should do more than simply broadcasting as most people do. Most people are broadcasting on channels. If you don’t take the time to search and discover new information and respond to users with these tools, all you’re doing is advertising like you would in a newspaper. You absolutely must engage with your audience and learn from them.

You must understand the time and money it takes to use various marketing channels.

Do the research needed to learn where your target customers spend time and consume content.

Before launching a marketing strategy establish a buyer persona. Use buyer priorities for developing and researching an appropriate keyword strategy. This will help you with choosing proper social media marketing channels.

The cost to acquire new clients and prospects is rising so it’s in your best interest to improve all actions your clients perform and have automated follow-ups of their interactions with you.

You should take a totally different approach with the people who have visited your website, and were maybe going to purchase your product, than you would with those who have never displayed interest in your offering.

Using retargeting techniques, you can show your messages in the right order and at the proper time and get more bang for your buck long-term.

It’s more important than ever before to stay on top of industry changes and trends as they will change how you relate to your audience.

It’s very difficult to predict the future developments in digital marketing long-term, but keeping your eye on current trends will help you avoid being caught off guard later.


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by Rahimah Sultan

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While blogging’s basic foundation is still the same (write and publish) some changes do occur that may be short-lived trends or they may become permanent. In order to remain competitive you need to stay abreast of the latest blogging trends and keep up to date with content marketing approaches. To keep you up to date on what’s going on now, this post…

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Whether you’re an experienced marketer or just getting started, these email marketing trends will help you create relevant, engaging, content for now and the future.

As we move forward, trends will redefine how we connect with our audience, measure success, and create our email marketing strategies.

We’re now venturing into the realms of heightened engagement, smarter analytics, and more intuitive user interactions.


Do the latest email marketing trends matter?

Yes. Here are some reasons why email marketing trends matter.

1. Consumer habits and preferences continually evolve with the changing digital landscape. What interested them in the past may not resonate this year.

2. The digital space constantly fluctuates with new technologies appearing quickly. Keeping up-to-date on the latest trends means using new tools and techniques (such as AI and interactive design) to substantially enhance the performance of your email campaigns.

3. Differentiation is key in a crowded digital market. If you adopt the latest trends, you can capture your subscribers’ attention and stand out in their inboxes, capture their attention, and stay ahead of competitors who might be slower to incorporate new methods.

4. The fundamental goal of any marketing plan is to effectively engage customers and drive a strong return on investment. The latest trends in email marketing often offer new ways to increase engagement, enhance personalization, and, ultimately, increase the ROI of your campaigns.

5. With directives like GDPR and changing email standards, staying updated with the latest trends also means ensuring compliance and adhering to best practices.



What are the hottest email marketing trends?


Moving forward, the email marketing landscape is in position for some groundbreaking shifts. These changes are about deep, impactful transformations that respond to the evolving digital environment.

There will be trends that will redefine how we craft our email marketing strategies, connect with our audience, and measure success. There’ll be an exploration of innovations that go beyond the traditional, venturing into areas of heightened engagement, smarter analytics, and more intuitive user interactions.

Email authentication is finally advancing from a best practice to a requirement, especially for high-volume senders. Enforcement is beginning now, signaling a significant shift in the industry’s approach to email authentication.


The following are the new requirements:

1. Authentication

1. Senders must set up SPF (Sender Policy Framework), a layer of protection in email infrastructure, and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail), which allows the receiver to check that an email that claimed to have come from a specific domain was actually authorized by the owner of that domain. These protocols are essential for authenticating your emails and proving they’re sent from a legitimate source??.

2. Along with SPF and DKIM, a DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance policy is mandatory. It enables email senders to specify how to handle emails authenticated using SPF or DKIM. Then, these senders can opt to send those emails to the junk folder or block them altogether. This policy doesn’t need to be enforced at the beginning. However, achieving DMARC enforcement is still a best practice for safeguarding against domain spoofing and abuse??.

Only the main points are touched on here, due to the complicated nature of these protocols.

3. The domain in the sender’s “From” header must align with either the SPF or DKIM domain, ensuring uniformity and consistency in the sender’s identity??.

4. It’s essential to maintain valid forward and reverse DNS (Domain Name System) which are also known as PTR records. These records contribute to the legitimacy and traceability of the sending domains and IPs. Domain Name System (DNS) translates a domain name into an IP address to find the owner’s site.

5. Enabling a visible and accessible one-click unsubscribe option is essential for subscription-based messages. This practice augments user experience and aligns with Gmail’s requirements for sustaining low spam rates??.

6. Keep spam rates low, below 0.3%. This metric reflects the sender’s reputation and the effectiveness of their email practices??.


The industry is increasingly focused on security and authenticity. Compliance with these guidelines is crucial for ensuring high deliverability and preserving a good sender reputation. Although these new requirements are from major email service providers like Google and Yahoo, you can expect other inbox providers to announce similar regulations.



2. Generative AI

In the current email marketing changes, Expanded Generative AI is a major leap forward in email marketing technology. It allows marketers to create more effective, personalized email campaigns while saving time and resources. This enhanced AI technology goes beyond basic automation and enables the creation of highly personalized, dynamic content at scale.

AI can generate powerful email content personalized to individual preferences based on user data and past interactions.

Generative AI greatly reduces the time and effort needed to create varied and engaging email campaigns.

Although you might think that AI-generated content may not be very engaging, it has the potential to be the most engaging. As a marketer, you are limited in the personalization and segmentation of your marketing campaigns. The same restrictions don’t apply to Generative AI.



3. Interactive email experiences

With the current email marketing changes, you’ll see emails changing from static messages into dynamic, engaging experiences. There’ll be more embedded widgets and features incorporating elements like surveys, polls, and quizzes directly within the email.

Rich media integration using videos, gifs, and other things to make emails more visually appealing and engaging.

There’ll be real-time content updates based on user actions or external factors, like stock levels or weather conditions.

You’ll see game-like elements incorporated like spin-to-win features and scratch cards, plus, interactive CTA (call-to-action buttons) that animate, change color, or expand upon hover or click, providing immediate feedback to the user.



4. Minimalistic designs

Layouts will be cleaner, color schemes will be simplified, and minimal text with easy-to-read fonts will be used for succinctness and clarity. The focus will be on content and faster load times.



5. Mobile focus

With the current email marketing changes, designing emails with a mobile focus is a must, since the majority of emails being opened are on mobile devices. Although we know this, it still seems that mobile design is an afterthought. That might be because we’re often designing and planning email campaigns from a desktop.



6. BIMI adoption

Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) is an email authentication protocol that allows brands to display their logo next to their email in the inbox, thus, enhancing brand visibility and trust. Although it’s relatively new, you’ve probably seen a few well-known brands using this in the inbox.



7. New metrics focus



Marketers and senders will start looking at metrics beyond open rates, and businesses will use other key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge the value and performance of their email campaigns like:

Engagement over time
Email influence on the customer journey
Subscribe lifetime value
Conversion rate, and
List growth rate


These current email marketing changes emphasize the continuous advancement of email marketing.


Have you tried this viral mailer that pays?

by Rahimah Sultan

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As a marketer, considering the creation of the best marketing strategy, you need to have a clear understanding of your business, product, and demographics before choosing one that will be effective for your needs.

To grow your online visibility, you need a plan for using different channels to do so. In this plan, you should consider factors such as your target audience, strengths and weaknesses, and your competitors.

To help you decide which marketing channels to use or test, check data from across your business, your target audience, and how you want to communicate your message or brand.

We’re NOT talking tactics here, but actual strategy. Tactics are what you use to implement your strategy.



What is a marketing strategy?


When developing your digital marketing strategy, there are a few key elements to consider.


1. Understand Your Customer

Your digital marketing strategy will not be successful unless you have a clear understanding of who is buying your product, why they’re buying it, and where they buy it.


1. Create a profile of your audience using data and demographics

2. Speak your customers’ language

3. Understand what their pain points are and how to switch on emotions

4. To help customize content and predict buying patterns, create buyer personas

5. Be culturally aware

6. Consider influencer partnerships

7. Focus on results and action-oriented experience rather than your product

8. Use automation tools to segment and target

2. Review

Creating an effective strategy requires auditing and assessing. You need to know the digital marketing channels and assets you currently have and use.

So conduct a complete channel and content audit and include everything on a spreadsheet for a full picture of your marketing activities across owned, earned, and paid media.

Then link each part to your goals. If your main goal is to drive revenue, look at each channel and asset (you may only want to look at top performers if you have a lot of content) and map it to revenue.

By doing this, you’ll get a better understanding of what is currently driving revenue and what isn’t. You can then put more effort into what’s successful explore new content pieces or channels for any further effect.

3. Focus on the End Result

In marketing and product development, there’s usually more emphasis on product and revenue than on the products’ purpose.

What really matters is to whom you’re marketing and why. When you demonstrate what the product does, people will remember why they need it in the first place.

4. Review and Improve

When developing your digital marketing strategy, you must include KPIs (key performance indicators that fit with your crucial business goals.

Have a plan in place to understand your goals and objectives and monitor the metrics to get insights about the KPIs that matter. To do this:

~ Forget about vanity metrics(numbers that aren’t crucial to long-term success like Facebook likes

~ Use KPIs to measure success, but don’t have them set in stone

~ Set up continuous intervals for understanding, analyzing, measuring, and reporting

~ Know how to isolate critical metrics if it seems like something is not working


What are the most effective digital marketing strategies?


The digital marketing strategies you’ll use depend on your needs and goals – to grow leads or build brand awareness.

Any strategy you use should align with your brand and message. Here are a few that are proven to get results and help you build online visibility and generate leads.

Content Marketing

Offer valuable content and use digital channels to promote it. An example is tying an Instagram post to a specific offer using a landing page. This could be done by promoting an E-book that is relevant to your audience which contains a form to get a visitors’ details.

When using content marketing, don’t stick to just one content type. You can use a blog, create videos, create a valuable E-book, or host a webinar using in-house staff or experts to drive leads and engagement.

Social Media Marketing

You can reach and influence 4.6 billion people across the globe with social media marketing. And depending on the network, you can target specific age groups and locations. While you can use social media for brand, product, or service promotion, it can also be used in developing a community. This will allow you to have meaningful engagement with prospects or customers and create brand advocates that will promote your brand without being asked. Each channel requires its own strategy and metrics.

SEO

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an important digital marketing strategy for making your brand, product, or service more visible online.

The goal of SEO is to optimize your content – a homepage, landing page or blog – so it gets found easily by existing and prospective customers. It not only helps to drive traffic but improves user experience and helps boost your authority.

A few elements of SEO you should consider are:

Keywords
Backlinks
Links
Meta descriptions
Images
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The key is to use SEO to target the people searching online that are most likely to be interested in what you’re offering.

Paid Advertising

Organic marketing can go a long way to help drive traffic and generate leads, but using a paid channel can help you to be targeted and reach different audiences.

These are only a few of the most effective digital marketing strategies.

So know your business, product, and demographics before developing your digital marketing strategy then choose the most effective one for your needs.


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