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By: Igor Mateski
great! I love checklists. This one’s deffinitely a printout. The trick now is to train myself to use it. Maybe I’ll create a checklist about using checklists Jokes aside, using a standardized approach...
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I think that the goal of the checklist is to create valuable content, which you could also say is content that has substance. The checklist isn’t designed to become the content, it’s to ensure that...
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By: Igor Mateski
the “debating” only goes for the Metadata checkbox, esp. the metakeywords one. It’s not in use any more, and as keyword lists are the foundation of SEO, and a product of research (hopefully), it makes...
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There’s so much debate about keywords–when Bing launched, everyone said they were using them. I’m not one for abandoning a tag completely, so I think it makes sense to fill in the field with 3 or 4....
View ArticleBy: Virtual Fundamentals
I am a huge proponent of lists and checklists. Just venturing into the blog myself so will printed out and will definitely use. Thanks for the information!!!
View ArticleBy: Kdboastingbiz
This is a great article. Very useful for SEO: blogging, website content, news letters, internet marketing…..www.BoastingBiz.com. Thanks!
View ArticleBy: Ram Babu SEO
thanks ahava for this very useful and informative guide on how to create valuable content!
View ArticleBy: Biggestleaf
Wow great checklist! Will be printed out now and shared with the team. Thanks Ahava!
View ArticleBy: chris baker
Thanks Ahava. Really interesting article & a great, concise checklist. Really good points about engaging with the senior execs when needed.
View ArticleBy: Colleen Jones
Checklists are always handy. I also suggest looking at these sources: Toward Content Quality – my variation on the checklist. This set of heuristics is likely more useful than the podcast mentioned in...
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I’m so glad you’re all finding it useful. It’s been a work in progress for some time, so I hope it will prove really useful.
View ArticleBy: Wesley
Love this! Couple of things that the Findability section is missing, though…I’d add to it the concerted use of keywords in title tags, headlines, and body text. The use of target keywords should be...
View ArticleBy: Anonymous
Love this Ahava. I will use it in presentations… with credit, of course. I think I might have explored adding an ‘original’ layer. Originality, like insight and quality, is in such short supply today...
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I agree there are a multitude of ways to use this. My only issue with the original aspect is that content doesn’t always have to be original to be valuable.
View ArticleBy: Dr. Patsi Krakoff
this is a great checklist, thanks for putting your thoughtfulness into such a concise form!
View ArticleBy: Andy Giefer
Excellent! Only need to add a checkbox for writing a great healdine, perhaps under the Readable section.
View ArticleBy: H. Jude Boudreaux, CFP®
Wow, this is great! Printed out the checklist and have it right over my laptop so I can remember this everytime I sit down to write!
View ArticleBy: heatherrast
Ahava, I’m so glad I found your post. This, of course, led me to your blog (that I immediately subscribed to). I like the distinct phases, and in some instances the steps within could be...
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By: Ahava
I’m so glad, Heather. I have not been good about my blog–it needs a content strategy. Know any good content strategists?
View ArticleBy: Kathy Hanbury
Hi Ahava, I came back to your checklist as a ready-made tool to help a client understand what goes into valuable content, and I realized it’s missing one thing that is so important: Substance. Unless...
View ArticleBy: Olalah Njenga
You just so hit it out of the park with this checklist. You rock. Thanks for sharing this.
View ArticleBy: Ed
Good article. Checklists are always useful. Till the information tie definitely in our brains. As the information always changes, as you said, we always need to review our internal and external...
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By: PieterVereertbrugghen
Wonderful. My content creators use it, my clients are assured by it. (Yes, I mention your name.)
View ArticleBy: Rik Williams
I’ve found Ahava’s checklist incredibly useful in my work, particularly for providing structure for content audits and also for competitor landscape analyses for web content. You can find out more...
View ArticleBy: Dan Banks
Great checklist. Really boils it down so you don’t get bogged down. thanks!
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