To say there are a lot of components to modern Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) practices is an understatement. It can be equated to spinning plates - there are several things you have to do, all at once, in order to run a successful SEO campaign. One part of it is outreach. This is the practice […]
You’ve probably seen a lot of predictions at the end of 2014 of what SEO will look like in 2015. That’s pretty normal for almost every industry - I guess people like making predictions, and in the industries full of various myths, these can often be quite confusing. So in this article, what we wanted […]
Late last year, the nation was gripped by the final stretch of the 10th anniversary series of The Apprentice. The BBC show captured the imagination like few other series of The Apprentice have in the past decade. The early episodes were highlighted by laugh-inducing incompetence, as well dressed businessmen and women became unstuck by simple […]
Everybody wants links, especially links from high authority sites but as you all know, building links is a hard job. It can be a long and sometimes frustrating endeavour. Or you could do what Apple did, and give away a U2 album, and gain ridiculous amounts of links off of the consumer backlash. On the […]
This past week, a team of us from Blend Creative Minds travelled down from Birmingham to Brighton for the BrightonSEO conference. The bi-annual show is a beacon for SEO practitioners the world over, providing them with a place to interact, discuss, and share new information. The conference was split across three stages – the Concert […]
Have you ever noticed how, in most consumer product sectors, one or two companies dominate their respective landscapes? McDonalds, Coca Cola, Starbucks and Kelloggs all have competition, but they remain the undisputed heavyweights, and it would take a herculean effort to topple them at this point. And even in an infinitely vast sector like the […]
Content marketing is all the craze these days and for good reason. Consumers are connected to digital media more than ever and have access to the web at all times. Given the relatively short attention spans consumers have – the average attention span in 2013 was eight seconds (only one second longer than a goldfish) […]
Our Outreach Specialist, Izzy , attended the Content Marketing Show held at London’s Institute of Education this past Thursday, July 17th. Here is her report of the day!
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Whatever your reason for blogging, the main aim of the game is to get as many views as possible. There are hundreds of millions of blogs out there and if you want your blog to be successful then it must stand out.
