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Creativity Is Back: 20 Growth Ideas That Don’t Rely on...
Remember when content marketing meant something other than chasing keywords? When you could try wild experiments instead of following the same SEO playbook as everyone else?That world is back. SEO...
Tim Metz
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12 min read
07/03/25
Writing
Confessions of an AI Addict
I never intended to be an addict. Nobody does, I suppose. But the temptations, they’re too powerful. They’ve made me lazy, dishonest, selfish, needy, over-confident — every sin under the sun.I’ve...
Tim Metz
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12 min read
05/22/25
Case Studies
How Rilla Doubled Brand Traffic with Proprietary Data and...
Every one-person marketing team knows the feeling. You’re drowning in “priorities,” and your content strategy gathers dust.Will Gao, Head of Growth at Rilla, faced exactly that situation. They had...
Tim Metz
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9 min read
04/17/25
Writing
Code Is Now Content: How We Built Our SEO Calculator With AI
“Software is now content,” writes Dan Shipper, co-founder of Every. His statement captures a shift most of us haven’t yet grasped: marketing teams — like yours! — can now build apps with AI and...
Tim Metz
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14 min read
02/20/25
Strategy
Get Organic Traffic Estimates With Our Free SEO Forecasting...
"How much traffic will we get from SEO?" It's a question you've likely faced—whether you're pitching leadership or mapping out next quarter's content strategy....
Tim Metz
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6 min read
02/11/25
Strategy
Get Organic Traffic Estimates With Our Free SEO Forecasting...
“How much traffic will we get from SEO?” It’s a question you’ve likely faced—whether you’re pitching leadership or mapping out next quarter’s content strategy. Forecasting organic traffic often...
Tim Metz
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6 min read
02/10/25
Podcasts
Kirti Sharma (Adobe) on Original Content AI Can’t Copy — and...
“AI is a leveler for better or worse… it’s lifted new marketers up, but it’s pushed the bar even higher for the good ones.” In this episode, you’ll learn from Kirti Sharma why trying to make...
Jennifer Clark (Zoom) on Turning Content From Cost Center to...
“So many people look at content as a cost center, and I want us to be a revenue driver.” In this episode, you’ll see how Jennifer Clark’s small team produced 300 pieces of content last year, and...
Mallory Russell on Earning AI Mentions and Winning Discovery...
“What we ended up building out was a 40-person organic marketing organization … starting with content as the place to move the needle.” That’s how Mallory Russell describes her journey at Square,...