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Content marketing
YouTube
Why great blog content is your best marketing strategy
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
Growth hacking
6
Bad content makes every promotion tactic useless — quality comes first
Ahrefs content trended on Reddit and Growth Hackers with zero marketing effort
Ask before publishing: would anyone email this article to a friend?
Content marketing
YouTube
How to write effective outreach emails that get replies
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
Prospecting & outreach
8
A compelling outreach excuse beats any persuasive wording.
Frame every email around the recipient's problem, not your goal.
Soft link requests outperform direct asks — let content do the work.
How to rank for more keywords by expanding your existing content
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
A #5 ranking page can still earn 9,000 monthly visits from keyword variations.
Find traffic gaps by checking what competitors rank for that you don't.
Add keywords naturally as new paragraphs, not as stuffed-in phrases.
Advanced guest blogging tactics to build backlinks at scale
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Generate thousands of guest post prospects in under five minutes
Low DR sites can still deliver strong links from individual pages
One article can become 20 unique guest posts via two techniques
Content marketing
YouTube
Four Content Promotion Mistakes That Keep Blogs from Ranking
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
10
SEO
8
94.3% of new pages never reach Google's first page.
Promotion should not stop until the article ranks, not when your checklist ends.
Updating old content and relaunching it beats publishing new content alone.
How to convert blog visitors into email subscribers
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Email marketing
8
Conversion rate optimisation
7
Content marketing
5
A first-time visitor who leaves unsubscribed is lost forever.
Technical and psychological tactics both drive list growth.
Beating the flatline matters more than chasing traffic spikes.
Content marketing
YouTube
How to create content that earns backlinks
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
10
SEO
7
Great content alone won't earn links — four sharing triggers matter
Spy on competitors' most-linked posts to find what works in your niche
Promotion is still required; people can't link to content they haven't seen
Four Link Building Strategies That Work for Blogs
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
10
Content marketing
6
New blogs must build links manually — natural links won't come first.
Valuable community comments drive referral traffic and trigger earned dofollow links.
One nofollow comment sparked a tweet, roundup invite, and real backlink.
How to assess keyword difficulty using backlinks
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Backlinks are the strongest measurable ranking signal, not content quality
Pages with massive link authority outrank more relevant pages
Target keywords where top-ranking pages have few referring domains
How to find low-competition keyword ideas using Content Explorer
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Filter 846 million pages to find high-traffic, zero-backlink opportunities.
Most published content gets almost no search traffic from Google.
Domain rating caps what you can rank for, even with no backlinks.
How to compete with big brands in Google search
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Top-ranking pages gain backlinks on autopilot, compounding their lead.
Chasing big keywords before you have the audience is wasted effort.
Build authority on low-competition terms first, then scale up.
How to find keywords your competitors rank for using Ahrefs
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
5
Top pages report reveals competitor traffic faster than organic keywords view
Low referring-domain pages are easiest to outrank — prioritise those
Competing domains report lets you chain outward to find more rivals
How to build and keep an engaged email audience
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Email marketing
10
Content marketing
6
Retention & loyalty
5
List size is vanity — open rate and reply rate are what matter.
Email is the only channel you truly own; every other platform can cut your reach.
Prune inactive subscribers ruthlessly to protect deliverability and open rates.
Publishing frequency doesn't drive SEO traffic — keyword focus does
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Publishing less often can still grow traffic consistently month over month.
One article ranking for 9,000 keywords beats dozens of unfocused posts.
SEO traffic is predictable; use competitor URLs to estimate potential before writing.
How building a large audience replaces manual link building
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
80% of Ahrefs backlinks arrive naturally via audience broadcast
Emailing a heads-up still counts as manual — true natural links need no targeting
No audience yet? Manual link building is unavoidable until you build one