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Andy Crestodina

Andy Crestodina is co-founder and strategic director of Orbit Media. He uses his superpowers in content marketing, search engine optimization, social media, and usability to develop practical web solutions for partners, clients, and friends. Andy is also the author of Content Chemistry: An Illustrated Guide to Content Marketing.

Written by Andy Crestodina | April 3, 2017 | 16 Comments

How to Optimize Content for Both Search and Social (Plus, a Headline Hack that Strikes the Balance)

"The best content doesn’t win. The best promoted content wins." – Andy Crestodina

It’s as if they live in different countries: Searchlandia and Socialstan.

Search optimizers and social media marketers don’t get together a whole lot, at least not in the same piece of content. But there’s no reason they can’t peacefully coexist in one article, in one URL.

Imagine. One topic, one message, united in quality, but with two separate and equally powerful sources of traffic: search and social.

Is it possible? Can one post be optimized for both?

Yes. And when it happens, the traffic is greater than the sum of its channels.

Um. Actually, the traffic is equal to the sum of its channels. But we’re not here to do math. We’re here to create the right type of content that gets traction everywhere.
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Filed Under: Content Marketing, Search, Social Media Marketing

Written by Andy Crestodina | July 29, 2013 | 56 Comments

Which Works Better: List Posts or Stories? Let’s Ask a New York Times Editor

image of typewriter keys

Ah, the list post. The cornerstone of so many great blogs, and an enduring source of horrible content around the web.

Sometimes they’re well-researched, user-friendly, and incredibly useful.

And sometimes … not.

List posts are undeniably effective … and (at least at times) overused.

So how do we know when a list post is the perfect choice for a piece of content, and when we should explore some other options?

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Filed Under: Content Marketing

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