Many experts will tell you that paying for links when link building is a black-hat technique, illegal, against Google guidelines… But how do we define “paying” for links? Before joining NO BS, I spent the better part of a decade running a successful eCommerce store before selling in 2019. Like many online entrepreneurs, I… Continue reading Don’t Kid Yourself: Link Building Is Never Free

  Plagiarism—that ultimate P word in the content industry. Some writers would curse its name when first starting their writing career. I know I did. You’d start writing for your blog or new client, acting like a professional in your field, but upon submitting your work, it’s thrown back in your face, with them saying… Continue reading How To Avoid Plagiarism

  We have all been in a position where we’ve received a media or marketing proposal, and it’s normally packed full of acronyms. You sit there scratching your head, wondering what the heck it all means. So then the tiring and time-consuming process of popping each acronym into Google begins. You spend hours down the… Continue reading 20 Marketing Acronyms You Should Know

  Coming back into the digital world after a couple of years of working in the outdoor media space has shown me how quickly and dramatically this industry changes. SEO/CRO/PPC/CTR/CPC and any other digital acronym we’ve somehow created since the very first .com came to be has evolved because this digital world just moves so… Continue reading Niche Edits vs Editorial Links: 3 Differences

  When I came for my interview here at NO BS Marketplace, Tristan and Aaron asked me a really simple question: “What is SEO?” I had been working at News Corp for the last four and a half years, selling $2,000-per-month SEO campaigns, so I got this. I went on my way telling them all… Continue reading 3 Things I Wish I Had Learned 2 Years Ago About SEO

Boring content—it really is the pits. When you start reading it, it just hurts the eyes, and the more you start to read into it, the more you’ll…  Wake up!  Are you tired of creating the same old boring content but you’re not sure of how you’re going to get out of your rut? Well,… Continue reading How I Transformed Boring Content Into An Artistic Masterpiece

  Outsourced content, I’m sure we’ve all experienced it once in our working life. You hire a writer who has an outstanding sample piece, a resume to back it up, and whose keenness is bordering on being a bit too enthusiastic. However, because you’re looking for the best of the best, you give them a… Continue reading 6 Times We Sniffed Out A Writer’s Outsourced Content: The Big No No

Happy new year to all! (even if you’re reading this in late-January) What a great year of growth 2019 was at NO BS Marketplace. Our team worked around the clock all across the globe to continuously focus on building a world-class platform that delivers only the best results in off-site SEO for our clients and… Continue reading Jan 2020 – The ‘What’s New’ at NO BS Marketplace

Mind block—the ultimate enemy of a writer when creating blog topics for new content. No matter how much you curse and swear at the computer screen, those tiny words just won’t flow out. I had this just recently. I was creating topic titles for upcoming blog posts and, for once in my life, my mind went blank, like… Continue reading How To Come Up With Blog Post Ideas