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Ann Smarty

About Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty is the Brand and Community manager at InternetMarketingNinjas.com as well as the founder of MyBlogU.com. Ann has been into Internet Marketing for 7 years, she is the former Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Journal and contributor to prominent search and social blogs including Small Biz Trends and Mashable. Ann is also the frequent speaker at Pubcon and the host of regular Twitter chats #vcbuzz and #myblogu

The Evolution and Expansion of Google’s Featured Snippets

A featured snippet is a special way that Google shows off certain results that they feel will be most valuable to the person performing the search. Have you ever searched  for a question and had it come up in a [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:07:39-04:00July 17th, 2018|SEO|Comments Off on The Evolution and Expansion of Google’s Featured Snippets

5 Reasons to Add Structured Data to Your Site

Structured data is a way of providing better context for Google, so it can read what is on your page and better understand it. It includes multi-platform supported markup to let you add a lot of important indexable information, [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:07:44-04:00June 11th, 2018|SEO|Comments Off on 5 Reasons to Add Structured Data to Your Site

Thin Content: How to Diagnose and Fix the Issue

"Thin" content is one of the most misused and loose terms in our industry. Whenever there's an inexplicable drop in rankings, a lot of experts are ready to jump in and blame an alleged "thin" or "duplicate" content penalty. On [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:07:55-04:00April 17th, 2018|SEO|Comments Off on Thin Content: How to Diagnose and Fix the Issue

Where Are the Female Influencers?

A really interesting study came out from digital marketing firm Collective Bias. They wanted to look at the demographic of female social influencers and how they used different social platforms. Their primary platform of focus, however, was Snapchat, which [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:08:04-04:00January 15th, 2018|Social Media Marketing|Comments Off on Where Are the Female Influencers?

How To Win An Influential Blogger To Write For Your Site

I am a pretty prolific writer online. My work has ended up on dozens of sites over the years, including some big names. On the other hand, I have also had some incredible, influential bloggers writing for my site, [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:09:44-04:00October 24th, 2017|Content|Comments Off on How To Win An Influential Blogger To Write For Your Site

How Color Affects Conversions

Next time you walk into a store take special care to notice your surroundings. How air conditioned is the space? What music are they playing and at what volume? Are there any unusual scents in the air you might [...]

By |2020-06-22T20:09:54-04:00September 20th, 2017|Conversion Optimization|Comments Off on How Color Affects Conversions

How To Measure The Success Of Your Guest Post

Guest posting has numerous benefits, from authority building to actual lead generation. Going after one (more tangible) of the goals diminishes the value of guest blogging: You just cannot underestimate the power of a well-established brand! But how do you [...]

By |2017-01-27T18:33:42-05:00January 24th, 2017|Content|Comments Off on How To Measure The Success Of Your Guest Post
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