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YouTube Strategy Lessons from a Channel with 1.6 Million Subscribers

ConversionXL

You can break them up into three main types—education, entertainment, and self-promotional. The ones that are crushing it have figured out the formula of how to blend education with entertainment. Entertainment. Compared to educational videos, I believe pure entertainment videos are more challenging. Trust building.

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How SEO and content marketing work together

Search Engine Land

Content marketing builds trust, authority, and loyalty with those prospects. If you’ve been paying attention, most modern consumers do diligent research before making purchases, and they want to like and trust the brands they give their money. The best CTRs on a search engine results page belong to the top 5 positions.

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Is your YouTube Channel a brand video graveyard? How to revive it

Search Engine Land

Do you feel like they care about educating, entertaining or understanding their customers? Viewers who see your brand consistently delivering valuable content are more likely to trust and remember you. These are the videos that will engage, educate and entertain. Consistency builds trust and keeps your viewers engaged.

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Can You Really Drive Traffic With Clickbait Articles?

Hubspot

From the title and the opening sequence — complete with sad piano music and ominous text in the beginning ( "Trust us — we hate this too … this is hard for us both," ) I prepared myself for the sad realization that this was Cummings announcing the end of her YouTube channel. Quickly I pressed "play." Clickbait Ads.

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Google Discover optimization: A complete guide

Search Engine Land

Ultimately, a user’s Google Discover feed reflects their interests and historical activity, with a heavier emphasis on entertainment, sports, hobbies and activities. As users repeatedly encounter your content, you build trust, loyalty and a growing audience that can help expand your brand.

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How to ‘un-ruin’ the internet: The ultimate guide for SEOs

Search Engine Land

And I know that when you’re trusted to represent other people’s stories, you must handle them with care and empathy because real people feel really hurt when their words are twisted and misrepresented for somebody else’s gain. Click-through rate (CTR) : The amount of clicks on your ad divided by the amount of impressions.

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The CXL Guide to TikTok Ads: How to Use Them to Acquire New Customers

ConversionXL

TikTok is an entertainment platform. Here’s one of those ads with @dreaknowsbest : Compare that to one of Drea’s organic TikToks: Both share the same aesthetic and are entertainment-focused. For ecommerce ads, the main metrics to focus on are: Click-through rate (CTR). Track CTR to gauge overall effectiveness.

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