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Content marketing
YouTube
How to prioritise content ideas using business value scoring
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
SEO
6
Score every idea 0–3 based on conversion likelihood, not traffic
High traffic means nothing if readers will never buy from you
Generic queries still earn a 2 — strong copy can close the gap
How to find link-building opportunities from competitor backlinks
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Link Intersect cuts 11,000 competitor backlinks to 66 priority targets.
Sites linking to multiple competitors but not you are ideal cold outreach.
Set alerts on individual competitor articles, not whole domains, to stay actionable.
Automating link building outreach with Zapier and Hunter
Ahrefs
March 25, 2020
Growth hacking
9
Automation & tools
8
Prospecting & outreach
7
Typing a last name in a spreadsheet triggers the entire outreach sequence
Hunter finds emails; NeverBounce filters out invalid ones before sending
Catch-All emails are ~80% reliable — valid ones hit 98% deliverability
Content marketing
YouTube
Blogging for business: focus on customers, not traffic
Ahrefs
March 21, 2020
Traffic is a vanity metric — sales per month is the only KPI that matters.
Ahrefs grew 10x in visits by targeting buyers, not maximising reach.
Your blog is a customer acquisition channel, not a traffic channel.
Content Hubs: Where SEO and Content Marketing Meet
Ahrefs
March 18, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
8
Content hubs link a broad pillar page to focused cluster subpages internally.
Backlinks to any cluster page benefit the whole hub through internal links.
Hub topics need 5–20 subtopics, strong search volume, and informational intent.
Three reasons SEOs should learn to code
Ahrefs
March 11, 2020
SEO
9
Automation & tools
7
Communication
5
Automate bulk SEO tasks programmatically in minutes, not months.
Understanding dev logic stops you making unrealistic feature requests.
Read source code to catch technical issues crawlers never find.
How to rank YouTube videos on the first page of Google
Ahrefs
February 26, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Ranking videos on Google is easier than ranking web pages for competitive terms.
Transitive verbs in scripts unlock Google's suggested clip feature.
Timestamps in descriptions trigger the key moments feature in mobile search.
Content marketing
YouTube
Video marketing fundamentals: grow a business with YouTube
Ahrefs
February 19, 2020
Content marketing
9
Social media
6
A smartphone and good content beat expensive gear every time
Four-step framework: audience, objective, content format, distribution
YouTube SEO compounds into free, consistent views over time
SEO fundamentals in 2020: content, backlinks, and indexation
Ahrefs
February 12, 2020
SEO
10
Content marketing
6
Algorithm updates rarely affect the three fundamentals that actually drive rankings.
Matching search intent — type, format, and angle — matters more than any tactic.
A noindex tag or robots.txt block can silently kill all your SEO work.
How to rank on the first page of Google
Ahrefs
February 5, 2020
Page 1 isn't enough — target the top 3 or expect ~1% CTR.
Search intent has three dimensions: content type, format, and angle.
Ahrefs' Content Gap tool reveals subtopics your competitors rank for but you don't.
Nine essential Chrome extensions for everyday SEO work
Ahrefs
January 29, 2020
More extensions slow your browser — pick one or two per category.
Hunter and Link Clump cut prospecting time for link builders.
Lighthouse and Window Resizer cover page speed and mobile testing.
Content marketing
YouTube
Content marketing on a small budget: the CART framework
Ahrefs
January 22, 2020
Content marketing
9
SEO
7
Relevance to your product is what makes content drive sales.
Four real campaigns — blender videos to loan calculators — show repeatable tactics.
CART framework (Content, Audience, Relevance, Timing) replaces guesswork with structure.
How to start affiliate marketing: a practical beginner's guide
Ahrefs
January 15, 2020
Growth hacking
9
SEO
8
Content marketing
7
SEO beats paid ads and social for sustainable affiliate income
Tight niche + buying-intent keywords = faster rankings and sales
Authentic product experience is the only real edge over competitors
How to identify high-quality backlinks that move the needle
Ahrefs
December 18, 2019
Mass-emailing competitor backlinks wastes time and builds bad links
A sudden organic traffic drop often means a site has been penalised
Nofollow links and over-linked pages pass little to no ranking value
Quick SEO wins to boost organic traffic without deep expertise
Ahrefs
December 11, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Deleting underperforming content can increase traffic by 50–80%
Emailing sites you link to earns passive links without a direct ask
Repurposing content lets you own multiple spots in Google search