There are 8 intoxicatingly persuasive words in the English language that are more effective than any other words for convincing a person to take action.  These are words the most effective copywriters in the world have been using for decades to convince you to buy their product.  Wait — am I talking about power words? […]

Having a hard time coming up with new blog post ideas to feed your content calendar? You sit down and are all ready to write but then 45 minutes has passed, you’re still staring at the blank new Google Doc you created. You’re stuck. Having months worth of blog post ideas in your disposal is […]

Recent survey data shows us that when new visitors first land on a website: 47% make a beeline to the Products and Service pages  33% browse the homepage before jumping around elsewhere  16% check out the About Us page Naturally, numbers like that convince you to focus your attention on pages you'll see the highest […]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Intro Step #1: Start with the End Goal in Mind Step #2: Choose an Unforgettable URL Step #3: Choose Your Hosting Plan Step #4: Drop a CMS on Your Website Step #5: Customize the Look to Fit Your Brand Step #6: Create Goal-Driven Content Step #7: Add These Tools Before Launching Step […]

What do you want from your content? Pardon the italics. I’m not hissing at you like Professor Snape. I’m just curious, because the answer differs from person to person: “I definitely want more shares from my content. More shares = more potential readers = more potential customers.” “My number one goal in content is to […]

You know what my #1 worry was when I started my blog? It wasn’t what I was going to write about. It wasn’t even if people would read my stuff (I had a whopping 87 Twitter followers and an email list of 7). I was worried about what my blog would look like. Obviously I […]

You know what I can definitively say after consulting and reviewing over 500 websites? You’re letting your content go to waste. Yes, you. You and a ton of other sites that range from 100 monthly visitors to 1,000,000. You’re sitting on a goldmine of potential new traffic and subscribers through your content. But I bet […]

“You think people will read this?” “Is this even good?” “Do you think you’ll be able to write post after post for weeks on end?” Sound familiar? If you’ve published even one blog post, infographic or even a long Facebook post, I bet it does. I’m coming up on 10 years of being a professional […]

The Ahrefs blog currently receives about 452,000 visits from search each month. It wasn’t always like this. Just four years ago, we were following then-current blogging best practices (publish every day!) and plateauing at ~5,000 organic visitors a month.  Frustrated, we decided to switch things up. Fortunately, it worked like gangbusters. In today’s post, I’ll […]

Doesn’t this make you want to punch something? If it were that easy we’d all be internet millionaires by now. Outlandish claims like this are based on either one of two assumptions: 1. You’re a marketing expert.2. You have a massive pre-existing audience. When you get 100,000 monthly visitors, you can just install a pop-up […]