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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. There was even an SEO angle: in its heyday, HARO was a backlink magnet and from high-quality new sites. Case in point?

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Look up, don’t look down. Think ‘reputation in the round’

PR in High Definition

I wish I’d known that in 2002 but it was still a useful learning in 2012. Reputations are largely built by the experiences and interactions we hear from others — customers, partners, media, investors, employees, candidates… even through trusted ‘robots’ fuelled by the sentiment of others, like Google search, Alexa and Siri!

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The Business Lie About Free DIY

Waxing UnLyrical

In a recent survey of small-medium sized businesses (less than 1,000 employees) over half had annual marketing budgets of less than $1,000. Do you review your SEO strategy? Based in Maryland with roots in New York, she’s been crafting effective marketing copy as a writer and polishing many forms of prose as an editor since 2002.