Recent content by ftr4dp

I get better returns skipping paid guest posts altogether.

You can get AHREFs for $15 per month if you look for such things.

> what opportunities are available for beginners in digital marketing today? Glorified data entry at best, if you go conventional and try to find agency work.

Not sure. But it takes less than 5 seconds to drop an image into ChatGPT with the prompt 'write alt text for this image'.

Keyword stuffing worked in 2017.

There are no universal cookie cutter best practices. I'd start by dropping generic buzzwords from your strategy and boiling down the gist of your product and service.

Yes, I want my last moments of life doom scrolling Reddit with one hand, while eating a bottomless bag of Cheetos with my other hand. Bliss.

I regret putting so much time and effort into elaborate blog concepts that went nowhere - dead sinkholes of time and energy.

AI just regurgitates what's already out there, bringing nothing new to the table... cardboard generic copy. Go try selling cardboard cutouts of hotdogs vs real grilled hot dogs. Even if you add 10 million cardboard cutout hotdogs, people will only the buy real ones.

Yeah, super sensitive filters, recently got an account shadowbanned, no warnings, no spam activity, 100% authentic content (mainly in meme threads), no warning or notification. But I discovered the shadowban by trying to read my comments in another browser, not logged in. Nada.

I feel tired when I have crappy work to do and I have to sit down and turn on my computer. The trick is to avoid crappy work as much as possible.

I don't say anything and just live with it. Usually, my odd crappy haircut was because of my bad instructions, and failure to correct mid-cut. I'll just try to avoid looking in the mirror to much and wait for it to grow back.

My tip: look at the site offering links, and see if they write off-topic articles with spammy anchor links. If you find even one, it's most likely a dressed up link farm backlink, which is a totally useless waste of money. Unless it's an editorial link on a niche-relevant website without link...

10-15 plugins for a content site, with custom css as needed.

Rehashing what already exists doesn't move the needle like it used to, even with a fancy author bio and tons of citations.