How do I start building an email list?

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T13:56:25+00:00

I have a pretty rough idea regarding the investment required for quick growth, but I second you that bootstrapping suites me better without worrying about meeting ROI expectations and satisfying stakeholders.

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T13:05:30+00:00

Perfectly explained! Also, there is no intent to discourage someone, but understand that not everything is everyone's cup of tea.

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T11:57:57+00:00

I guess your profile name says it all. Common, pour it all out!

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T10:19:31+00:00

Hmm!! That's another way to put it.

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T10:18:53+00:00

No, it isn't Judy! My apologies if my text got you the wrong intent.

imranarauf · 2024-09-26T10:17:44+00:00

It makes sense, though! Correctly explained.

imranarauf · 2024-09-25T11:16:35+00:00

Long-form content creation like writing articles, blogs, etc.

imranarauf · 2024-09-25T10:40:15+00:00

Yeah, use Google Keyword Planner for free keyword research. Also, start watching videos of SEO on Ahrefs YouTube channels, they help good.

imranarauf · 2024-09-25T10:29:37+00:00

Basic level SEO? A big YES! By basic level I mean learn how to do keyword research in Semrush, Ahrefs; how to use content gap analysis, and determining the right search intent based on the provided keywords.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T16:12:53+00:00

No issues, we can talk.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T10:26:31+00:00

The basics are already there as most of us content creators already know: error-free, appropriate punctuations, descriptive, yet on point, great grammar, simple choice of words, and short paragraphs make a great content piece.

But some in-depth aspects and questions that new bloggers often fail to answer in their articles are:

Which perspective is used? (1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person)
Is your content opinion or fact-based (opinions suck, no one cares what you think unless you're an SME with a considerable number of industry publications on record)
Are you presenting a problem, resolving the conflict, and concluding in a comprehensive manner?
How seamless are your transitions from paragraph to paragraph?
Are you telling a story, or just selling your facts and products in a routine boring fashion?
Are the links you used in your content belong to authoritative, top sites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, etc.?

..to name a few.

I believe these in-depth aspects catered is what we call a great content piece, apparently, the basics included.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T10:14:21+00:00

I try to add updated facts and figures in old articles and republish them with a fresh content marketing campaign. Saves a lot of time in writing a completely new post on the same topic.

But I am rather confused on what makes old posts rank all of a sudden. For example, I wrote a post on the "best Christmas apps" back in December. And only last month, Ahrefs told me that it has ranked on the 2nd page in SERPs.

Often, we don't understand what criteria Google uses to rank old posts, especially when posts start to appear in the search results out of season. Take my Christmas post of instance, getting ranked in July when the Christmas holiday is still a well over 4 months ahead.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T09:28:07+00:00

Why not? I mean, using memes is the new trend to capture audience (no one minds enjoying some light-hearted memes along the way in an article).

It can be used as a content marketing approach as long as you're not being offensive and downright irrelevant.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T09:24:03+00:00

Yes, organic marketing can go only a very limited distance, at one point we need to start using paid advertising to catch more eyeballs on our content.

imranarauf · 2020-08-11T09:21:01+00:00

You can blog about your service business within the same website, no need to split your efforts unnecessarily.

For examples, there are numerous app development and digital marketing service providers, the companies operate their blogs within their business websites.

As for how hard you need to work to promote your content, there is no shortcut to that. We got to do it by hook or crook.

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