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Black Hat Tactics
Black Hat Tactics refer to a range of practices that increase a website’s ranking with search engines that are explicitly against the rules established by those engines.
One common example is keyword stuffing, which refers to spamming particular keywords on a page in order to try to rank for those topics. This sacrifices the user experience, since the page is not informational or useful, and is merely attempting to trick search engines.
In general, some black hat tactics may increase a site’s ranking temporarily, but will inevitably damage the site’s reputation and effectiveness long-term.
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Lead Nurturing
Once a prospective customer is in your database and can be contacted in some way, lead nurturing refers to the communications provided to that person in order to guide them further along the path toward your products or services.
A classic lead nurturing technique is via email marketing, wherein a series of emails will be sent that are intended to inform the person about your brand and increase their interest in trust in utilizing your products or services.
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Internal Link
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