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Acquiring Digital Properties: Why, What, and Where to Buy
Today, we are discussing how to acquire digital properties: WHY, WHAT, and WHERE to buy. I have been buying digital real estate such as agency websites, SaaS platforms, e-commerce applications, content publishing websites over the past 11 years. Some sites are well-established and successful while others are starter apps I integrate into my portfolio or…
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Maximizing The Benefits Of Evergreen Content
As a consumer (or a prospect), I don’t respond to sales calls well. Intrusive advertisement is a lot less effective than educational content, answering questions to problems I’m realistically struggling with, and leading me through a journey I find easier to pass through than doing all of the due diligence myself. This is why I’d…
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How to Grow Your Business With Thought Leadership Content
The richest people in the world run companies: Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg—you don’t need a hint to associate their names with their corresponding companies. These are just some of the most successful business leaders of the biggest companies in the world. Microsoft and Amazon both employ over 100,000 people. The impact,…
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Top 10 Interview Questions When Hiring A Content Marketer
First off, freelance marketplaces are underappreciated. I remember I submitted several jobs for part-time freelance writers on Upwork in 2017 and I received a total of ~20 applications. Most of them were spam and automated bot submissions. I remember that posting the same job 5 years ago would have yielded 60–100 applications or about 10x…
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The Guide to Consistently Producing High Quality Content
Content production is like building a portfolio. It’s a long-term investment in developing your brand, forming a community, increasing awareness, reducing the friction of longer sales cycles. It’s frequently neglected by entrepreneurs or new market players seeking the next quick win. It takes a while before you start reaping the benefits of your labor. And…
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Quora: 1 Year and 1 Million Answer Views
Update: April 2020, Note: The original story was authored in January 2018. At the moment, I’ve accumulated 2.7 million Quora views! Most people who follow me online know that I’ve been spending a lot of time on Quora lately. I’ve been writing answers, participating in discussions, sharing existing Quora answers with my team and interacting…
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Saving Media in 2018 – Readers Pick The Winner
We live in interesting times. Social media has completely disrupted the way people consume information and get informed about the latest events. A study from Pew Research Center quoted by recode states: More than two-thirds of American adults — 67 percent, to be exact — “get at least some of their news on social media,”…
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DevWP Redesign – UX Recap and Content Planning Flows
The last redesign of DevWP was about a year and a half ago (give or take), but I’m really happy to announce that we’ve done some minor updates in the internal structure plus a brand new landing page for the main domain: Our previous redesign (again by our Creative Lead Alex) did follow my overall idea,…
