Blogs

I Disavowed “Toxic Backlinks”: Here’s What Happened

Joshua HardwickAug 29

After disavowing, traffic (as reported by GSC) fell by 7.1%: Before disavowing, according to GSC, traffic to these posts was trending slightly upward: After disavowing? Slightly downward: However, Ahrefs’ organic traffic estimates tell a slightly different story. Visibility is trending…

Newsletters

Carnage Issues

Logging Off 🫡

Shannon SankeyAug 30

Open at your convenience.

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Podcasts

Duct Tape Marketing

Why AI Continues to Suck at Original Content?

ducttapemarketing.comJohn JantschAug 29

In this episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I talk about the elusive: Content. What it is, What it’s been, and where it’s going. In other words, Air, King, and now AI-generated? I refer to content not as a tactic but as the voice of strategy. But how can …

The Copyblogger Podcast

025: $100k/year business with NO social media in 2024 (with Bryan Harris)

podcasters.spotify.comHeyCreatorAug 27

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In today’s episode of The HeyCreator Show, Matt Ragland (⁠@mattragland⁠) interviews old friend Bryan Harris (@Harris_Bryan).

Bryan is the founder of Growth Tools and has a vastly different perspective on content, audiences, and business than …

Marketing Over Coffee Marketing Podcast

Hands On Using an LLM for Storytelling

John Wall and Christopher PennAug 30

In this Marketing Over Coffee: Katie does a tour of Google Gemini writing copy trained on an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)! Direct Link to File Brought to you by our sponsors: Wix Studio and NetSuite Using your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) to improve your storytelling ability If you want to …

r/marketing

Well, I'll be. Just realized I hit my 40th year in advertising and marketing.

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I was doing an anniversary thing for a client and realized that I had been working professionally in marketing for four decades in 2024. My career progression has gone: continuity director for a radio station ($3.40 an hour) 1 year, copywriter for a small agency ($16K a year) 5 years...it …

I’m over it

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I’ve been working in marketing since 2019 and have a Masters in the field, but I’m exasperated by it.

The higher paid I’ve become, the more shit it is. I want to be doing something creative and I’ve wormed my way into roles where creativity and a liveable salary don’t …

Just got fired. Deep down I know it’s not my fault, but what a hit to my confidence and psyche.

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Just got fired and it’s killing my psyche and confidence

For context I’ve been working in nonprofit marketing for almost 10 years. Nonprofit is notoriously awful. Low pay, high expectations, unreasonable workload because you always do more than your job title.

I’ve been at my main job for a few …