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Many great links this week. Learn about content marketing and read up on SEO and what you need to know in 2019 to stay competitive. A great case study from Matthew Woodward on how to grow traffic. Hint: it’s about technical SEO, content creation and links. Also lists of best SEO tools and links to design resources. Thank you for reading.
Marketing
- The Ultimate Guide to Design Audits → A design audit involves analyzing all the design elements used across your organization in order to ensure that branding is consistent across all channels and outlets. Learn how to do the audit for your website.// Source: Phase | #WebsiteAudit
- A Complete Guide to SEO: What You Need to Know in 2019 → Search Engine Journal’s ebook, A Complete Guide to SEO, provides an extensive overview of everything you need to know to be successful at search engine optimization today.// Source: SearchEngineLand | #SEO
- How To 14x Search Traffic In 8x months → Learn how grow traffic from 2,732 visitors per month to 38,420 in just 8x months in this detailed SEO step by step case study// Source: MatthewWoodward | #SEO
- What is Content Marketing? The Absolute Beginner’s Guide → Looking to grow your business online? You may be wondering if content marketing could work for you. In this guide, we’ll explain what is content marketing and how to make it work for you as a complete beginner.// Source: Persuasion Nation | #ContentMarketing
- Influencer Marketing: An Actionable Guide for 2019 → Do you want to work with influencers but you’re not sure how? This detailed post will break it down how to get started.// Source: ahref | #Marketing
- 4 Elements of an Optimized Blog Template → Four ways you can optimize your blog post to increase conversions and keep readers coming back for more.// Source: Hubspot | #Blogging
- Why SEO Is Important: 8 Undeniable Facts and Case Studies → 5 reasons why you need SEO to survive and thrive. Plus, there are 3 case studies to show just how powerful SEO can be.// Source: ahrefs | #SEO
- How to Make Money Blogging in 2019 (Complete Guide, Real Examples) → Wondering how to turn your blog into a serious source of income? This will guide will show you the way.// Source: SmartBlogger | #Blogging
- The 5 Most Common Email Subject Line Mistakes to Avoid → A subject line can make or break the performance of your email, so it’s important to spend extra time crafting one that’s memorable and effective.// Source: AWeber | #EmailMarketing
- 7 actionable ways to write copy that converts | Wordtracker → 7 actionable ways to craft copy that boosts your conversion rates.// Source: WordTracker | #ContentMarketing
- List of Freelance Jobs → 64 Freelance job sites to help you find work and quit your day job// Source: Millo | #Freelance
- How to speed up a website in 2019: technical checklist → Page speed has been a ranking factor for Google’s for years. Recently there have been many changes how Google meausre your website speed. Find out what you need to know and what you can do to improve the speed of your website.// Source: Link-Assistant | #Optimization
- A Complete Guide to Local Search Marketing → Local SEO could be the key to higher search engine rankings for your business. Learn how to do it right.// Source: LongTailPro | #SEO
- Internal Links for SEO: An Actionable Guide → Learn two simple ways to use internal links for more organic traffic in this guide from ahrefs// Source: ahref | #LinkBuilding
Marketing Tools
- The Top 10 SEO Tools Marketers Want in 2019 → Most popular tools marketers say they’ll use in the coming year.// Source: Buiness2Community | #MarketingTools
- 29 Best Free SEO Tools (Tried & Tested) → Looking for a list of the most useful free SEO tools? Look no further.// Source: ahrefs | #WebTools
Design
- The Best Website Fonts That Go Together in 2019 → Website fonts matter. Pick out a combination that works best for your website.// Source: Quicksprout | #Fonts
- Top 17 Web Design and UI Trends for 2019 → Check out the top 17 web design and UI trends that will dominate the web.// Source: DesignModo | #Design
