You probably won’t have to scroll TikTok for more than a few minutes before stumbling upon a video about how someone has just quit their day job to become a full-time creator. (Not just my algorithm, is it?) It makes for great content, of course, but there really are loads of ways to earn on…
DetailsThe steps vs. the concept | Seth’s Blog If you memorize the steps, you have a direct, simple and fast path to obtain the result. Until the world changes. Even the tiniest shift in the system will render your memorization useless. On the other hand, if you understand the concept, you’ll be able to produce…
Details2025 is all about brand building. At Ahrefs, we’ve already been doing that for over a decade, but there’s never been a better time for us to ramp things up. After writing an article on 11 ways to measure brand awareness, I figured now’s also the perfect time for us to get a clearer picture…
DetailsIf you’ve followed Buffer for a while, then you know we have a few uncommon approaches to teammate benefits and compensation. The example I’ll dig into today is our “Dependent Grant,” which we launched in 2016. Our Dependent Grant is separate benefit, outside of salary, that we grant teammates who are taking care of and…
DetailsIt’s hard to build a house without a hammer. The hammer has been around for a long time, and thanks to its intuitive design, a user can get 70% of the benefit after less than ten minutes of instruction. People who depend on hammers for their livelihood are probably at over 95% efficiency. In the…
DetailsYou have a target keyword. You want to have your website appear in the search results for that keyword. How do you do that? How do you actually rank for a keyword? Follow this guide to find out how. 1. Make sure you’re targeting the right keyword Just because a keyword exists doesn’t mean it’s the…
DetailsI run a Facebook group called Freelancers Who Work Smart, Not Hard, but, for ages, I managed it the hard way, not the smart way. The hard way looks like this: trying to remember to post regularly (when I sometimes can’t even remember what day of the week it is), coming up with some of…
DetailsYou can’t. That’s because toddlers don’t understand what an argument is and aren’t interesting in having one. Toddlers (which includes defensive bureaucrats, bullies, flat earthers, folks committed to a specific agenda and radio talk show hosts) may indicate that they’d like to have an argument, but they’re actually engaging in connection, noise, play acting or…
DetailsPython can feel intimidating if you’re not a developer. You see scripts flying around Twitter, hear people talking about automation and APIs, and wonder if it’s worth learning—or even possible—without a computer science degree. But here’s the truth: SEO is filled with repetitive, time-consuming tasks that Python can automate in minutes. Things like checking for…
DetailsIf you’re a regular reader of our content, you know we spend a lot of time thinking about and researching the optimal posting times for every social platform. We’ve analyzed millions of posts to pinpoint the days and times that lead to the highest engagement rates on each platform. I’m excited to share that we’ve…
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