While 92% of marketers believe custom content is “very effective” for their business, only 62% outsource their content creation. What’s with the 30% who like content but don’t use freelance copywriters?

There’s a good chance they fall into the category of people who believe one or more of the most common myths about freelance copywriters. Individuals who think that copywriters are unprofessional or don’t have the right business background. Others remember the early days of SEO, and shudder. Regardless of why you’ve avoided using freelance copywriters so far, here are 7 of the most common myths, debunked!

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You’ve decided to make the leap, and use a freelance writer for your marketing copywriting.

Great, everyone’s doing it. But how do you avoid getting burned badly? Your marketing is too important to spend money on a writer that doesn’t deliver. There’s a number of criteria that separate good writers from great candidates for your content marketing team. In fact, even if you’re picking among pre-screened writers, you should dig a little deeper. Here are 7 seriously important factors to consider:

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Blogging has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially with businesses now utilizing this little Internet secret to bump up traffic to their websites. It’s magical, amazing, wonderful to be able to catch a potential client’s attention and have them itching to learn more about what you’re offering, whether it’s a specific product or just a shared knowledge of something they’re interested in. Nothing will stamp out that interest faster than a poorly formatted blog, though.

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Blogging definitely isn’t risky business when it comes to marketing your brand. Over the past few years, it’s shifted to the norm for organizations of every size – according to HubSpot’s research, the average company’s budget for blogging has tripled since 2010. The majority of marketers believe their content marketing strategy is critical or important to their organization’s outreach and reaching sales targets.

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Article writing can be a huge part of your content marketing strategy. Done right, article marketing has a lot of benefits. Article writing can:

• build your expertise and reputation in your industry
• flood your website or blog with traffic
• increase brand awareness and recognition

Article writing can also be an important component in your off-page SEO strategy by pointing quality, one-way links to your site. Because articles focus on the reader, not the link itself, these links are much more valuable, especially when you publish your articles on directories with high PageRank.

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Looking for the best ways to improve your SEO?

Yes, it can feel overwhelming when you have to sort through the mountains of SEO techniques out there…

So, before you use a technique, you want to know that all the time and effort you spend on it will be worth it in the end.

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Today I will explain step by step how to write a blog post that will drive 300+ backlinks.

Let me introduce you to one of my favourite strategies – The Stats Post formula. I love it because of its simplicity.

First, I’ll show you how I used this strategy step by step. And then we will study other examples in the SEO and Marketing industry, and other industries that have similar results.

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Copywriting is how companies sell things online. And offline. Smart businesses know this and are investing in learning how to use the written word to their full advantage. However, don’t expect to reach scores of buying masses until you master SEO copywriting and leverage search traffic.

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Ranking in the top results of search engines, especially Google, is critical when trying to run a successful business. That’s why SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has developed as an art form as well as its own niche; people want to know the “secret” of how to get to #1 and will devote time and/or money to do so.

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When it comes to online marketing, many of us continue to hear that content is still King and with over 60 trillion web pages on the internet, it appears as though the deck is stacked against us. But there are many ways to help increase the odds in our favor and get more out of our online content. The focus here will be on how to create the best content possible and then measure results using free or low-cost analytical tools.

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