Is your finance team asking to do net 30 or net 60 for affiliate network payouts? Here's some ways to combat this, and if your competitors are doing it, how you can use it to your advantage. www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-ma...

Net 30 Does Not Work for Affiliate Programs

Is your finance team looking at net 30 or 60 for your affiliate network invoices. Here's how to combat this or use it to recruit.

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New post is live on my blog. It's how I see outputs evolving and what we're doing now to try and secure citations, recommendations, and referrals for future AI algorithms. www.adamriemer.me/ai-and-llms/... #SEO #AIO #GEO #AI

How We're Futureproofing Getting Featured in AI

We're not going after shopping lists and cited resources as a priority for LLM citations, we're focusing on where users are. Here's how.

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New post is live, it features ideas for creators, brands, and social media marketers to make money with Instagram Reels and the 30 links you can now add to them in video. In the post I feature ideas for creators and affiliates, but it applies elsewhere too. www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-ma...

Ways to Use Instagram’s 30 Reel Links to Make Money

Ready to try Instagram reels to make money with affiliate marketing? Here's a few strategies and examples to get you started.

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New post is live "How to think like AI so you can optimize for AI." It's some of the ways we're building website, YouTube, and other experiences to hopefully set our clients up for success as LLMs gain traffic market share. www.adamriemer.me/ai-and-llms/... #LLM #AI #SEO #marketing

How to Think Like AI So You Can Optimize for AI

Curious about optimizing for LLMs or what future outputs and results may look like? Here's what we're doing to prepare for them.

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There's no shortage of features we all wish affiliate networks would have, but here are five that I personally think will help everyone save time and make more money. www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-ma... What are yours?

5 Features I Wish Affiliate Networks Had

Affiliate networks are constantly evolving, but there are certain features each should have, but some don't. Here's five of them.

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New post is live. Blogging isn't dead and can still bring in SEO traffic and revenue. Here's a split test we ran and the results on how we created a strategy that works. www.adamriemer.me/seo/blogging... #SEO #contentmarketing #blogging

Blogging Still Works - An SEO Case Study and Split Test

Blogging is still alive and well, here's how we tested keyword focused strategies vs. user centric ones to grow traffic.

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New blog post is live. It's about Affiliate Programs not being dead, they're thriving. But they also evolved. The channel is no longer pay on performance or low-risk, but it does work even for small brands and startups. www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-ma...

Affiliate Marketing Has Evolved from Pay on Performance

Affiliate has made many evolutions, and it is no longer pay on performance or low risk. But it can still work. Here's how.

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New blog post is live, its about our reasoning for rejecting most affiliate applications that use AI or LLMs to apply, create content, and respond to emails. www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-pr... #marketng #AI #LLMs #affiliatemarketing

Why We Reject Affiliates & Applications That Use AI

We reject most affiliate applications where the affiliate uses AI to apply, create content, or do promotions. Here's our reasons why.

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New post is live. A reader asked if having similar steps in a process will create a duplicate content problem for SEO, AIO, GEO, etc... The answer is no. I share why and a few ways you can have similar steps without competition. www.adamriemer.me/seo/similar-... #SEO #AIO #GEO

Do Similar Processes Cause Duplicate Content Penalties?

No, sharing similar steps to solve different problems is not a duplicate content issue when you have proper content and code.

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ChatGPT 5.0 is nowhere near as good as previous versions. Look at this catadactyl, absolutely not accurate and lifelike. Same with the tricerakittens I asked for.

Finally updated my blog. The post is about why redirecting a conversion page (product, lead gen forms, etc...) to content pages for SEO is almost always a bad idea. www.adamriemer.me/digital-mark... #SEO #marketing #AIO #GEO

Redirecting Conversion Pages to Content is a Bad Idea

Redirecting conversion pages like lead gen, forms, product pages, etc... to content pages is not good. There are better options available.

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A few people have been asking me what vectors are for SEO, AI, and LLMs because the current guides out there are techie and confusing. So I created an easy-to-understand one that features dogs and cats. I hope it helps if you're stuck on them. www.adamriemer.me/ai-and-llms/... #LLMs #SEO #AI

Vector SEO & AI - An Easy Explanation (With Dogs & Cats)

Vectors in SEO are how search engines and AI or LLMs associate words and topics to know what to show a user. Here's how you can use them.

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A few people have been asking me what vectors are for SEO, AI, and LLMs because the current guides out there are techie and confusing. So I created an easy-to-understand one that features dogs and cats. I hope it helps if you're stuck on them. www.adamriemer.me/ai-and-llms/... #LLMs #SEO #AI

Vector SEO & AI - An Easy Explanation (With Dogs & Cats)

Vectors in SEO are how search engines and AI or LLMs associate words and topics to know what to show a user. Here's how you can use them.

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My new post on SEJ is live. The person wants to know why their rankings and keywords didn't return after they refreshed their copy. It's because copy is only one part of SEO, everything matters to be able to perform. www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-w... #SEO #HeyGoogle #marketing

Ask An SEO: Why Didn’t My Keywords Come Back After I Changed My Page Content?

If keyword visibility drops again after improving, content may not be the issue. Site health, over-optimization, and irrelevant links could be affecting it.

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New post is live and it is about optimizing for LLM inclusions using 3rd party signals. It is not about what you can do with your own website. These are trends and observations I've noticed, but doesn't mean I'm right. I hope you enjoy and it is helpful. www.adamriemer.me/ai-and-llms/...

Optimize for LLMs & AI with Third Party Signals

Looking to get featured in more LLM and AI answers? Here's some of the trends we're seeing using third party signals.

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My new Ask an SEO column is live. The person wants to know if you should optimize for high volume and high competition keywords. My response contradicts itself, but also backs up why. The SEJ team did an awesome job editing the post. www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-o... #SEO #content

Ask An SEO: Should We Optimize For Keywords With High Search Volume Or Competition?

Focusing on user intent is more effective than search volume in keyword research. Read how to optimize for topics and build authority

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I wrote a new post yesterday. Yes, schema will help you rank a page and a website, it just depends who you ask and what they do. If you're curious why I'm publishing something that goes against what common knowledge is, here you go. www.adamriemer.me/seo/actually... #SEO #marketing #business

Actually, Schema Will Help Your Site & Page Rank

Schema can and will help your pages and website rank, but not in a direct way. This is because I look at it from a marketing viewpoint.

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New Case Study: Learn how we're helping a lead gen website in the finance space recover and grow traffic. We share step-by-step how we audited the site and the steps we're taking to get it growing again. www.adamriemer.me/seo/seo-reco... #SEO #marketing #advertising

SEO Recovery Case Study - Lead Gen for YMYL in Finance

This SEO case study shares how we're helping our client in the finance space regain and grow traffic for highly competitive terms.

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Writing for Ecommerce SEO isn't about keywords, it is about helping the user find the correct product or service to buy and getting them to the correct page. Here's how we do this in my new post: www.adamriemer.me/seo/the-diff... #SEO #marketing #ecommerce #advertising

The Difference Between SEO Keyword & User Content for Ecom

Writing for SEO keywords is not an ecommerce SEO strategy that works long term. Write for the shopping experience instead with these tips.

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Ask An SEO: How To Handle Duplicate Content Across Multiple Domains

Avoid SEO pitfalls by handling duplicate content the right way. Learn how canonical links can help protect your rankings.

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New post: How to Give Citation and Sourcing links without damaging your own website's SEO. This is the process and some of the criteria we require with our projects and writers. I hope it helps with yours. www.adamriemer.me/seo/how-to-d... #SEO #contentmarketing

How to Do Citations and Sources for Your Own SEO

Citations and sourcing is one of the things we have to correct most often in SEO audits and recovery projects. Here's what we look for.

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My new column on SEL is live. 5 SEO content pitfalls to avoid & alternative solutions to them. - Using search volume - Publishing in bulk - Word counts - Questions as headers - Publishing everyday searchengineland.com/5-seo-conten... I hope this helps you, it was fun to write! #SEO #marketing

5 SEO content pitfalls that could be hurting your traffic

Outdated SEO tactics can hurt your traffic more than help. Focus on what matters: user experience, quality content, and smart optimization.

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Forgot I wrote this one, haven't gotten a chance to see how it has been edited yet. SEJ asked me to create a guide about 5 or so months ago with some advanced link building ideas. These are things I've done or seen others do and liked. www.searchenginejournal.com/advanced-lin... #SEO #Marketing

Advanced Link Building Strategies For National, International & Local

Learn effective link building strategies for gaining natural links from various sources, like the media, bloggers, and industry publications.

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Advanced Web Ranking reached out and asked if I'd write a post about how to run split tests for #SEO, and that's a topic I love. So I did. Hope it is able to help you if you're looking for ways to test with less potential damage. www.advancedwebranking.com/blog/seo-ab-...

SEO A/B Testing Ideas to Improve Search Performance

SEO A/B split tests help you refine your strategy for better results. Here’s how to run them effectively and get started with high-impact testing ideas.

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3 clients in different niches with very different audiences all said the same thing on 3 separate calls this week. 1. Google Ads tanked starting late December/early January 2. Meta Ads on Facebook started crushing it same time I checked the data and it is 100% accurate. Money shifting to Meta now.

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Don't rely only on SEO tools to evaluate website traffic and quality. My blog for my company is unoptimized for SEO so the tools show 100 to 200 visitors per month. I normally have about 25K because of social and my email list. Use multiple tools when evaluating who to work with.

My new post, The #1 thing I recommend doing before joining an affiliate program. It's something I've been doing personally for 20+ years and what I still recommend when doing public speeches today. What is your top recommendation? www.adamriemer.me/affiliate-ma... #marketing #advertising

The Most Important Thing Before Joining an Affiliate Program

In the 20+ years I've been in affiliate marketing, this is the most important thing I do and recommend before joining a program.

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Right now could be the perfect time to restore an AskJeeves style search engine. Its kind of what the original was supposed to be doing, but it didn't have the LLM systems to power it. #SEO #SEOchat #HeyGoogle

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My new Ask an #SEO column on Search Engine Journal is live. It's about how long it takes for schema to go live on a search result. I myth bust a few misconceptions about schema, and give an answer based on what we see with sites at different trust levels. www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-h...

Ask An SEO: How Long Does It Take For Schema To Rank?

Find out how long it takes for schema to impact search engine rankings. Learn how schema helps search engines understand your page's content and purpose.

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My new post on Search Engine Land is live. It's all about optimizing your title tags for 2025 and is based on the trends I saw in 2023 and 2024 and how to help yours stand out. searchengineland.com/title-tags-s... #SEO

Title tags and SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025

Find out how to make your page titles pop in the SERPs by using creative techniques tailored to today’s SEO landscape.

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