Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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Hi there,

Just sending over your daily roundup of the latest and greatest from HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Blog. We hope something tickles your fancy!

Would You Dare Advertise on Reddit?

By Dan Lyons, June 4, 2013, 4 p.m.

explain-like-im-five-v2For marketers, Reddit has a lot of things going for it: most notably, an audience that's both young and huge. Last month, Reddit drew 71 million unique visitors who viewed 4.8 billion pages. Their big challenge, however, is to find a way to make money from that audience without driving it away. 

How One Young Professional Deals With Ageism

By Corey Eridon, June 4, 2013, 2 p.m.

establishing-authority-over-phoneJessica McKenzie is a strategic channel account coordinator who spends all day, every day, advising inbound marketing agencies. We hopped onto Gchat to talk about her experiences working as a young person in a rather new field, consulting industry folks with decades more experience than her.

In the Aftermath of Penguin 2.0, Branding Is Now a Major Ranking Factor

By Adam de Jong, June 4, 2013, noon

penguin-2.0Penguin 2.0 happened. Perhaps you've heard about it? Yeah, figured.

Just as with the initial release of Google's Penguin update last year, SEOs all over the web are writing post-mortems about aggressive link building tactics that were once the bread-and-butter of successful search engine optimization, but are now resigned to the dustbin of internet history.

Why You Should Publish Content for Entertainment Value Alone

By Pamela Vaughan, June 4, 2013, 9 a.m.

little-girl-with-lollipopIf I had to boil down the definition of high-quality content into one phrase, it'd be "content that provides value." I know. Super vague, right? The fact of the matter is, content quality depends on a variety of factors, and it's largely influenced by what's valuable to your particular audience.

But I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that everyone loves to be entertained.

What You Need to Know This Morning: June 4, 2013

By Dan Lyons, June 4, 2013, 6 a.m.

egg-mcmuffinGood morning, marketers. We're trying out a new feature -- a little roundup of news to help you start your day. Sort of an Egg McMuffin, but made out of content. If you like it, we'll keep doing it. If you don't, well, we'll just have to find something else to do in the wee hours of the morning.

28 Free Fonts to Beautify Your Content

By Ginny Soskey, June 3, 2013, 7 p.m.

fontsYou don't always need graphics, photos, or images to make your design pop -- sometimes the right font does the trick. But going to every corner of the internet isn't feasible for most designers and marketers. You've got projects to create, often on deadlines that are way too tight. You've also got a fairly strict budget that you can't blow trying to find a font here or there that might work with your designs. 

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