How Long Should My Copy Be?

How long should my copy be?

This has to be one of the most frequent questions I get asked about writing website copy.  I can understand why.  It seems everywhere you look there is different advice about how many words/pages it takes to sell a widget.  When you lay out all the different pieces to the puzzle, however, it gets easier [...]

Making This PPC Copywriting Mistake Could Be Costing You Sales

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It’s a common mistake that almost every pay-per-click (PPC) advertiser makes. Assuming that one clickthrough is as good as the next could be costing you sales while also hiking up your advertising budget. Never really given the matter much thought? You should, for one paramount reason: quality clickthroughs convert better than generic clickthroughs.

5 Easy Ways to Reduce Duplicate Content on Your Site

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If you want to really tick Google off, increase the level of duplicate content on your website. While the #1 search engine has never been a big fan of repeated pages of text on a website (or across multiple websites), the Panda and Penguin now bear their teeth more than ever before.

SEO and Duplicate Content Issues that Hurt Google Traffic

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Most people think duplicate content strictly relates to article marketing and piracy of content. Far from it! Until you learn what — exactly — duplicate content is and how to correct it, your site could be in danger of losing traffic due to the Penguin, Panda and other Google updates.

SEO Copywriting Q&A with Karon Thackston

Karon Thackston answers questions about using keywords in ALT tags, which pictures work best with copy/content and whether the keyword META tag is actually as dead as people say.

3 Things that Can Kill Conversions (besides your copy)

Think a lack of sales immediately means you have bad copy? Nah! Low conversions can be caused by all sorts of things (besides copywriting). Here are 3 of the worst offenders…

SEO Copywriting for Bullet Lists

With all the new copywriting rules since the Penguin and Panda updates, should you be changing the way you write your bullet lists? I answer a question from one reader and give you a couple of tips in this short video.

The Easiest & Most Valuable Way to Improve Conversions

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According to Econsultancy, one of the easiest and most valuable ways to achieve desired conversion rates is with copy optimization. Find out what it takes to succeed.

Google Copywriting Strategy Tips

Google’s search engine copywriting strategy has changed. Watch as Karon shows examples of how web pages are now creating copy that ranks in the top 10 by using keywords in a very different way.

Matt Cutts on Google’s Updated SEO Copywriting Strategy

Think writing for the search engines is all about using your exact keyphrases as many times as possible? According to Google’s Matt Cutts, the game has changed! Get up to date on the latest Google SEO copywriting techniques.