“Does it work?” | Seth’s Blog That’s the first question. The second question is, “how do we make it work better?” These two questions, patiently repeated, lead to incremental improvement and an understanding of reality. The opposite approach is, “because I said so.” Reality might not care what you want. January 3, 2025 Source link
In May 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, Ash Young started an ecommerce store selling car mats in the UK. His goal was to hit £1M in sales in a year. He hit that target in just 9 months. Today his store has turned over ~£9M. Given that the site’s monthly traffic peaked…
Long, messy URLs can make your content look cluttered and unprofessional. They also eat up precious character space, which can be a problem for channels that have character limits, like social media and SMS. That’s where URL shorteners come in. They create a dedicated short link that redirects to your original URL. That reduces the…
New years bring resolutions, but those resolutions rarely stick. Creating change is difficult, and it’s hard to do it alone. New years remind us that we might need a better strategy. A philosophy of becoming, a clear vision on where we’re going (and why). Here’s an invitation to make a commitment, and to turn January…
Calculators are the unlikely tactic savvy website owners are using to drive hundreds of thousands (and sometimes millions) of clicks from Google to their websites. In this article, I’ll share some examples of calculators that caught my attention and show you how I found them. (And how you can make one, too.) Key stats Website: Groww.in…
As 2024 winds down, I’m feeling incredibly grateful. To everyone who’s used Buffer this year, shared feedback, or cheered us on — thank you. This year was all about making Buffer work harder for you, helping you streamline your workflow, and unlocking more possibilities for your content. Here’s a look at what’s new: Welcome to…
The entire customer service industry is talking about adopting AI tools. Your customers are expecting it: 87% of support teams have seen an increase in their customers’ expectations over the last year, and 68% believe that AI has directly influenced expectations. The first three months are key. But don’t let this overwhelm you. You don’t…
Secret recipes | Seth’s Blog “You can try this at home…” But you probably won’t. The secret recipe isn’t the reason Coke is successful. And the recipe for KFC isn’t much of a recipe at all. The secret way you do the thing isn’t what keeps your clients coming back. It’s the part you do…
It doesn’t matter whether you’re just starting out in SEO, or you’re decades-deep—these battle-tested content marketing templates will give you a headstart on your next project. I’ve been in marketing for coming up to ten years now (*internal scream at the passing of time*) and, while I like to think I have a bit of…
2024 is almost in the books, making it the perfect time to recap the biggest events and pop culture moments that blew up on social media this year. From Beyoncé going country to Reddit going public, social media had no shortage of events to talk about (and meme about, for that matter). As has become…