With increasing number of Internet-connected mobile devices, the future of search lies in voice. By optimizing your  websites for voice search, you can increase your traffic. Affiliate Summit is hosting a webinar ‘Strategies To Optimize My Site For Voice Search’ on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 11.00 am EST. The Affiliate Summit team says, “With voice search predicted to be 50% of all searches for 2020, this webinar is your opportunity to ensure your site is prepared. Here’s a taste of what you’ll learn: Understand voice searches better than ever before by learning... [...]

People need stuff, all kinds of stuff: clothes,food, automotive accessories, entertainment equipment, pet supplies, and hundreds of other types of products. Each of these many niches provides a chance for you to build a store selling hundreds or thousands of products in the niche. All you need now is an easy way to: ■ Build your store, ■ Find products to sell ■ Manage your store (including price setting and changes and out of stock adjustments) ■ Manage orders (including shipping the product) ■ Manage your customer list Of course, if you use dropshipping (you advertise the product and... [...]

AWeber contributor Kristin MacLaughlin has published a case study explaining how a travel blogger used email marketing to grow — even when the tourism industry lost $2.7 trillion in revenue. MacLaughlin says, “Michele Frolla is a travel and language blogger at The Intrepid Guide. She earns a living from affiliate commissions, advertising revenue, and working with tourism boards to promote destinations.Unfortunately, when the world stopped traveling, affiliate income and ad revenue for bloggers in the travel industry stopped too. But for Frolla, COVID-19 has been a blessing in disguise.... [...]

Search is an integral part of your business promotion strategy today. An effective SEO strategy enables you to grow your traffic from search engines and make more sales. iPullRank‘s Mujahid Robinson has shared a six-step guide to help you balance your paid and organic search efforts in the wake of COVID-19. Robinson says, “To understand why your Paid and Organic Search strategies are so essential right now, let’s take a look at the facts. A recent survey found that consumers believe that the Coronavirus outbreak has already changed their shopping behavior. With malls and shopping... [...]

SEMrush contributor Maria Kalyadina has published ‘The Definitive Guide to eCommerce SEO for 2020’. This comprehensive guide offers advice on how to develop an SEO strategy for ecommerce websites and provides tips and strategies to optimize your site effectively. This guide covers the following: Why SEO Is Important for Your eCommerce Site Keyword Research for eCommerce Websites On-Page SEO for eCommerce Websites Technical SEO for eCommerce Websites How to Fix Common Technical SEO Issues on eCommerce Websites Content Marketing for eCommerce Sites Link Building for eCommerce Sites Local... [...]

Search Engine Land‘s George Nguyen has published a new video ‘How Google crawls and indexes: a non-technical explanation’ to help you learn how Google considers websites for indexing. He says, “The crawling and indexing processes lay the groundwork for search engines to rank results. Despite being fundamental aspects of how search engines operate, crawling and indexing are often overlooked or misunderstood. During our crawling and indexing session of Live with Search Engine Land, Martin Splitt, search developer advocate at Google, explained these two processes using a simple... [...]

A wider presence on YouTube can help you to gain more audience resulting into increased customers. With a combination of quality content and attractive video, you can increase your YouTube views. Ahrefs contributor Si Quan Ong has shared 14 ways to help you get more video views on YouTube. Quan Ong says, “Since joining YouTube in 2015, we’ve racked up over 6.1 million views. In this post, I’ll share 14 proven tactics that helped us get more views on YouTube. 1. Niche down YouTube makes money from ads. Therefore, it is in their interest to keep people on their platform so they can show... [...]

Content Marketing Institute‘s Jodi Harris has published a quick audit to help you see if your content passes a COVID-19 exam. Harris says, “A million little content details perfectly acceptable in December might feel passé, awkward, or downright irresponsible today. While some concepts might bounce back, others might not. With no way to tell exactly where the dividing line might fall, aim to keep your brand’s content firmly grounded in the here and now. That process first looks for the warning signs of situational tone-deafness. These might include: Dismissive remarks or snarky... [...]

Running webinars is one of the best ways to grow your online audience. Combined with  marketing automation, webinars can do magic when it comes to getting more sales. Content Marketing Institute is hosting a webinar ‘Power of Webinars & Marketing Automation’ on Friday, May 29, 2020 at 1.00 pm EDT. The CMI team says, “Webinars can provide another layer of marketing and sales data. Whilst ‘more data’ is what most marketers strive for, it can present a communication challenge. What to say, to whom, and why? Attend this webinar and find out why webinars aren’t just an effective... [...]

The inbound marketing methodology focuses on driving potential customers and visitors without interrupting them with unsolicited promotions and content. Inbound marketing enables you to understanding the buyer journey and create content for each stage. Sprout Social contributor Mahnoor Sheikh has shared four benefits of inbound marketing and four stages of an inbound marketing strategy. Sheikh says, “While the fruits of inbound marketing might be less “in your face” than other advertising techniques, they are much more valuable to your business in the long run. Here are... [...]