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What's the Magic Word Count for Blog Posts?

What’s the Magic Word Count for Blog Posts?

If you’re searching for clear cut guidance on the ideal length for your blog posts, this answer probably won’t make you happy, but it’s the truth. There is no right “length” of an article. Whether you’re measuring that length by word count, number of images,

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Mobile Web: AMP Up Your Website

Mobile Web: Is It Time to AMP Up Your Website?

Now that your website is mobile-friendly, can you sit back and relax? Maybe, maybe not. The next big thing in mobile web is Accelerated Mobile Pages.  Rocks Digital Editor Laurie Shook discusses the implications of AMP with Beth Kahlich, SEO Trainer and Digital Marketing Consultant.

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Are You Thinking About Your Prospect's WIFM?

Are You Thinking About Your Prospect’s WIFM?

Every product or business venture needs a strong value proposition. To be effective, that value proposition must answer the WIFM question. “What’s in it for me?” — Title of five different songs by five different recording artists Way back in the 20th century, a grad

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Presidential campaign lessons.

Presidential Campaign Lessons: The Business Takeaways

Everywhere you look today, you’re hit with news coverage, ads and opinion pieces about the upcoming presidential election. You may be fed up with politics, but have you ever considered how campaign strategy and tactics relate to business? There are some clear presidential campaign lessons

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Winning Business Tips That Cross the Finish Line

10 Winning Business Tips to Build a Strong Foundation

The saying, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish” is wrong when it comes to building a successful business. If this were true, then why do the majority of new businesses fail in the first 2-3 years? In my opinion, starting well is

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Playing games with your customers

A Gamification Primer: Playing Games with Your Customer

So I’ll explain briefly the core motivations used to drive behavior and give examples of how to apply gamification techniques in retail, personal care and online businesses. Still reading? Or has your mind drifted off to a social platform, interactive game or phone app? Don’t

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Blog Promotion

6 Ways to Nail Your Blog Promotion Using Social Media

Let’s face it. If your blog posts aren’t attracting readers, you’re wasting your time. This post explains how to practice blog promotion using social media so you will have readers. “If you post a blog on your website, does it make a sound?” — Age-old

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Learn from your mistakes

How to Learn from Your Sales Mistakes

If you’ve been working in sales for at least a day, you have likely made sales mistakes. While we all know that mistakes happen, we do not like to be the reason behind them. Types of Sales Mistakes What types of sales mistakes am I talking

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Links for Website Optimization

Get a Grasp: The 12 Link Types for Website Optimization

Like it or not, the web is made up of links—and many different link types. Links from one web page to another. Even a search engine’s results are really just a list of links to other websites. Links are the lifeblood of the internet–without links,

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Newsletter Tips

Why Every Business Needs a Newsletter and How to Get Started

When you think of marketing promotions, a newsletter may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, it can be a great tool for building and nurturing relationships with clients and prospects. As Lila Freilicher explained in her article “Newsletters Can Build Your

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Dean Lindsay, author of the Progress Challenge

Are You Making Big Phat Progress? Find Out from Dean Lindsay

If you’re in business, you alter people’s lives. And we don’t alter our lives for change, we alter our lives for progress. You can schedule posts all day long but if it’s not attractive, it’s pointless. Dean Lindsay, author of Cracking the Networking Code, The Progress

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Lex ten Veen, CEO of Navads at Rocks Digital 2017

Digital Mapping in 2017 and Beyond According to Lex ten Veen

The PND (Personal Navigation Device aka GPS) market is declining – only about 4 million units in 2017 due to smartphones being able to give real-time navigation information, as well as offering users additional services. Lex ten Veen, CEO of Navads, explores this topic at Rocks

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Greg Sterling, Future of Search as presented at Rocks Digital 2017

Trends Shaping the Future of Local Search by Greg Sterling

Local search marketers have strong feelings about the different trends happening and how they are affecting local search today, and how it will be presented in the future. Greg Sterling, VP of Insights at Local Search Association, explores this topic in his keynote at Rocks

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Rocks Digital 2017 Hashtag Stream

#RocksDigital 2017 Hashtag Stream

We have 32 speakers and 27+ sessions happening over the next two days at the 2017 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference! Don’t you wish you could be in two places at once? Since you haven’t been able to clone yourself yet…. We have the 2nd best

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Marketing Communication Tools

3 Tools to Boost Marketing Communication for Any Business

Your marketing plan represents your business’ desire to connect with customers and build your business. Whether your business conducts B2B marketing or direct consumer marketing, your business benefits from utilizing marketing communication tools that deliver your message to potential clients and decision makers. The three

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Laura Darkstar, Live Blogger at Rocks Digital 2017

Laura Darkstar Will Be LIVE Blogging at #RocksDigital 2017

Laura Darkstar is the founder of Adminderella. She is an Administrative Strategist who lives in Dallas and loves all things tech, blogging, and watching vlogs on YouTube. On the rare occasion that she isn’t working, she is likely working on a novel-in-progress or learning to use new

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