How to create long-form content that ranks, gets read and converts
Creating in-depth content is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Here's a guide to ensure your long-form content efforts pay off.
Rachel Lindteigen is the President and Founder of Etched Marketing. Rachel has over 20 years of content writing, editing and strategy development and 10 years of digital marketing experience. She works with many top e-commerce retailers and crafts both local and national level SEO strategies. Rachel has a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Telecommunications at Arizona State University and an MBA in Marketing.
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Google Maps, Yelp & Local SEO In 2015
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