SEO HEROES  

Aaron Aders

Aaron is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Indianapolis-based Slingshot SEO, a national leader in online marketing, planning and execution. Building on more than a decade of Internet marketing experience, Aaron steers the strategic vision behind Slingshot SEO software and business processes. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medical Biology at Indiana University. @SlingshotSEO


Build Trust and Authority in Google Search

Here's what you need to know about Google's Hilltop algorithm and how to use it to your advantage.  Read story

Why You Shouldn't Trust Hootsuite's Auto-Scheduler

Marketers can't trust predictive algorithms unless they understand exactly how they are built.  Read story

Influence Customers With Earned Media

Here's the two times when your earned media will have the most influence on potential buyers.  Read story

Why Your Content Marketing Strategy Isn't Working

Here's what doesn't work and here are tips and strategic models in content marketing that do.  Read story

Upgrade Your Blogging Skills

Here's a crash course in journalism that will upgrade your blogging skills.  Read story

Newly Relaunched Twitter for Business

A refreshed Twitter for Business brings you educational resources, tools, and success stories to enhance engagement for your organization.  Read story

Online Marketing Success Gone Wrong?

This is one entrepreneur's story on how a magazine article about his company was more than he bargained for.  Read story

Report: Who's Using Social Networks

Gain a deeper understanding of where your target audiences are spending time on social networks.  Read story

6 Ways to Maximize Web Conversions

Maximize your online conversions by using your traffic profile as a strategic guide.  Read story

Where You Should Market Online

A recent study outlines online channel and social media activity for 33 different industries.  Read story

Watch Out Google! You Have Competition

Which of the top two search engines drive the most user engagement in terms of click-through rates? You might be surprised.  Read story

Optimize for Facebook's Graph Search

Bring your business to the front of the pack in Facebook Graph Search using a few optimization techniques.  Read story

SEO Strategy: Link Building Gets a Facelift

The search game has changed, and success by simply building a high number of links is an SEO relic.  Read story

Create Your Own Active Online Community

Google+, Facebook, and LinkedIn can provide a lucrative opportunity if you can attract an engaged audience. Here's how to do it.  Read story

Why You Need Marketing Automation Software

Don't know what marketing automation software is? This sales tool will help you turn prospects into buying customers.  Read story

Vanity Keywords: A Useless SEM Strategy

Ranking for 'Vanity Keywords' simply doesn't achieve the same marketing ROI as a long-tail approach. Here's why the practice should be put to rest.  Read story

New Rules for SEO Success in 2013

Measuring SEO success by your ranking position for your favorite keywords means falling behind the curve.  Read story

3 Win-Win Business Relationships

Are you taking advantage of the most important key partnerships in inbound marketing today?  Read story

How to Write an Insanely Popular Blog

The most popularly shared articles online, regardless of industry, topic, or even author, often share these similar traits.  Read story

How to Start an Employee Onboarding Program

Make your next hire successful with these tips.  Read story

6 Steps to Productive Brainstorming

Think big and follow these tips to make the most of your next brainstorming session.  Read story

Bing Takes a Shot at Scroogle

There is truth to Bing's advertising attacks on Google, and hopefully change will follow.  Read story

Novices Guide to Running a Webinar

Make the most of your next webinar with these four steps.  Read story

Web Analytics Scorecards--a CMO's Best Friend

A scorecard is a great way to show progress on tactics and hold your team accountable. Here's what yours should look like.  Read story

The Perfectly Optimized Press Release

If you want your press release to pop on search engines, hence increasing brand exposure and referral traffic, use these five easy tips.  Read story

The Difference Between Earned and Owned Media

Here's the basics on where your content appears online and how to position yourself as an industry thought leader.  Read story

Guarantee Your Company Turns Up a Lot in Search Results

Developing online content? Aaron Aders, co-founder of Slingshot SEO, describes what you need to know about search engine optimization.  Watch video

Do You Give Good 'Push'?

Here's how to use push notifications to engage your mobile customers and build brand loyalty.  Read story

If You Do One Thing on Social Media, Do This

Aaron Aders, co-founder of Slingshot SEO, explains the first step you need to take on social media before anything else.  Watch video

Social Media Made Easy

Let social media aid your sales efforts. Here are a few super easy steps for getting started on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and more.  Read story

Beginner's Guide to Social Media Strategy

Jumpstart your social media plans with this strategy for newbies.  Read story

3 Conference Networking Secrets

Here are three ways for you to squeeze the most networking opportunities out of business conferences.  Read story

5 Steps to Building a Million-Dollar App

Author Chad Mureta explains all you need to know to make your app a success.  Read story

3 Most Important Mobile Marketing Channels

Whether you have a mobile app or a mobile website, these channels can help your target audience find your mobile presence.  Read story

Who Are Your Online Competitors? Find Out for Free

Discover opportunities that online competitors haven't yet found by using these free analysis tools.  Read story

Top 5 Marketing KPIs for Your Dashboard

Which key performance indicators you use could influence your results. These are my top picks.  Read story

Take an Ivy League Class for Free

Slingshot SEO co-founder Aaron Aders takes a free online class with Coursera, taught in real time, to see if it's really worth your time. Here's what he disc...  Read story

SOPA Lives On ...Through Google

Google, taking cues from SOPA, will begin demoting websites that pirate content.  Read story

Finally! A Way to Calculate Social Media ROI

Shares, likes, links and retweets are all great, but what's their impact on sales? Here's a new way to get the metrics you need to measure your online market...  Read story

Boost Sales Using Social Influence

Who in your network is more likely to influence the buying decisions of others? A study reveals the group you should be advertising to online.  Read story

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