Julia dropped out of college to plunge into "how to make money writing online" and hasn't looked back since. Today, she's been named Top 30 content marketer for 2016, is the founder and CEO of leading content agency Express Writers , and hosts the Write Podcast and #ContentWritingChat on Twitter. She's also a published best-selling author of "So You Think You Can Write? The Definitive Guide to Successful Online Writing," and the author of a new industry course, the Practical Content Strategist Certification Course .
115 ARTICLES BY Julia McCoy
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Aug. 5, 2016
A Nutshell Guide to Starting Your Own High-Traffic Facebook Group
Aug. 2, 2016
Does Social Media Affect Your Rankings in Online Search?
Aug. 28, 2015
The Science Behind the Most Successful Social Media Sharers [Infographic]
Aug. 17, 2015
The Big Content Spend: How & Where Are Brands Placing Their Content Budgets [Infographic]
July 24, 2015
Why Upworthy Just Ditched Aggregated Content: The Necessity of Original Content
July 1, 2015
10 Ways to Creatively Design Your Business Twitter Profile
June 29, 2015
10 Ways to React to and Fix a Bad Social Media Experience
May 15, 2015
10 Books, Celebrities, and TV Shows That Started with Social Media
May 8, 2015
7 of the Hottest Headlines and How to Create Your Own
May 6, 2015
Does Social Media Actually Have Any SEO Impact?
April 22, 2015
Should We Create Shorter Content for Google's Mobile Update (or Not)?
April 21, 2015
The Best Times to Post on Social Media: Recent Study by NewsCred
April 13, 2015
7 Ways to Write Awe-Inspiring Copy for Yawn-Inspiring Niches
April 10, 2015
What's the Real Difference Between Marketing and Branding Content?
April 8, 2015
9 Ways to Spring Clean Your Content, Starting Now
April 7, 2015
Our Top 10 Strategies to Becoming an Expert Blogger
April 6, 2015
17 of the Best Content Curation Tools to Use in 2015
March 30, 2015
Outdated Content: How to Consistently Evaluate the Quality of Your Copy
March 27, 2015
What Types of Links Does Google Hate?
March 24, 2015
The Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Tweets
March 17, 2015
5 Rules to Create an Awesome EBook to Market Your Business
March 16, 2015
10 Steps to Create Intelligent Content This Year
March 16, 2015
7 Ways BookRiot Wins at Social Media
March 11, 2015
50 Shades of Content
March 10, 2015
How the Yankees Are Killin' It With Brand Awareness
March 9, 2015
10 Ways to Create Beautiful Content: Storytelling, Visuals and More
March 3, 2015
How to Tie Your Social Media and Blogging Together (Correctly)
March 2, 2015
Is Syndication Scary?
Feb. 17, 2015
Will Your Business Facebook Account Matter In 2015?
Feb. 9, 2015
How to Curate Killer Content Ideas
Feb. 9, 2015
The Best Super Bowl 2015 Ads That Nailed Content Advertisement
Feb. 6, 2015
How Weight Watchers Nailed Content Marketing This Super Bowl
Feb. 3, 2015
6 Guidelines to Write Your Content for People, Not Search Engines
Feb. 2, 2015
Four Predictions on the Future of G+ in 2015
Jan. 30, 2015
Why the Future of Content Marketing Is Bright
Jan. 28, 2015
The Hidden Features of Social Media You Should Be Using to Maximize Your Profile
Jan. 27, 2015
Content Marketing Success: Two Case Studies
Jan. 23, 2015
9 Personalization Techniques to Match Your Social Media to Your Brand
Jan. 21, 2015
11 Hacks for Creating Awesome Social Media Profiles
Jan. 16, 2015
13 Social Media Templates to Help You Craft Great Social Posts
Jan. 8, 2015
7 Rules of Etiquette (Or Being Social) on Social Media
Jan. 7, 2015
How Important Will Content Marketing Be in 2015?
Jan. 2, 2015
9 Expert Predictions for Social Media in 2015
Dec. 26, 2014
20 Top Free Social Media Content Tools
Dec. 16, 2014
7 Ideas for Getting Your Content in the Holiday Spirit
Dec. 8, 2014
10 Lessons Your Competitors Can Teach You About Content Marketing
Dec. 1, 2014
15 Secrets of Boosting Social Media Engagement: Visuals, Memes and More
Oct. 4, 2014
15 Ways to Simplify Your Content Writing for Social Media
Sept. 25, 2014
25 Ways to Engage Your Social Media Following
Sept. 18, 2014
How to Start Conversations with Your Social Content
Aug. 28, 2014
Great Copywriting in Action: Iron Man
Aug. 24, 2014
Great Copywriting in Action: Star Wars Isn't Just For Geeks
Aug. 19, 2014
Are We Drowning in Crappy Content?
Aug. 11, 2014
The Future of SEO: Topics Instead of Keywords
Aug. 5, 2014
Is Keyword Rich Anchor Text No Longer Useful In SEO Content?
July 27, 2014
25 Copywriting Mistakes Website Owners Make
July 21, 2014
How to Avoid Content Clutter
July 12, 2014
When Should You Post Your Social Media Content? Is There A Magic Time?
June 23, 2014
How To Convert Visitors to Customers With Your Web Copywriting
June 21, 2014
5 Tips for Successful Copywriting In Mobile Marketing
June 9, 2014
How Inbound Marketing Mixes With Content Strategy
June 2, 2014
10 SEO Writing Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Rankings
June 1, 2014
The Write Era: Why & How Today Is the Day of Online Content
May 30, 2014
Google Cracks Down on Spam with Panda 4.0 Algorithm Update
May 27, 2014
What Guides Your Content Strategy?
May 25, 2014
6 Ideas For Keeping Up With Content Demands
May 19, 2014
10 Necessary Skills for Today's Modern Marketers
May 15, 2014
Brand Showcase: Target's Copywriting Is on Target
May 12, 2014
SEO for Google Plus: How to Optimize Your G+ Profile
May 11, 2014
What's All The Hype About Google's New +Post Ads?
May 7, 2014
World's First Online Platform to Fight Internet Fraud Is Launched (in China)
May 5, 2014
Are People Skipping Your Homepage? Study Says Traffic is Down 17% on Law Firm Homepages
May 1, 2014
What Not To Write: The Don'ts of SEO
April 29, 2014
A Blogger's Kidnapping Prank: When Viral Content Goes Too Far
April 25, 2014
8 Reasons That Content Is the Most Crucial Element of SEO Today
April 23, 2014
Too Much Content: Could It Happen?
April 21, 2014
Press Releases: 5 Best Ways to Optimize for Google and SEO
April 20, 2014
7 Essential Ways to Market Your Content
April 17, 2014
In a Content Rut? Try These 9 Content Strategies to Get Unstuck
April 15, 2014
5 of the Best Examples For Optimizing Your Social Media Profiles
April 12, 2014
From Boo to Woo: 10 Benefits of Publishing Compelling Content
April 10, 2014
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Blending Storytelling in Web Content
April 9, 2014
Is Your Content Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 4 Steps To Readable Content
April 8, 2014
Why Your Website Isn't Getting Traffic: 7 Ways Content Could Fix It
March 31, 2014
How and Why Syndicated Content Can Work For You
March 27, 2014
7 Ways Content Is Setting the Trends for SEO and Google Algorithms
March 24, 2014
7 Reasons Why Good Copy Is Your Most Powerful Tool
March 22, 2014
6 Tactics For Getting More From Your Press Release Campaigns
March 20, 2014
The Era of the Content Beast [INFOGRAPHIC]
March 15, 2014
SEO-Optimized Web Content: How Do You Optimize Without Overdoing It?
March 12, 2014
Google Plus to Overtake Facebook: Prediction or Fiction?
March 10, 2014
6 Ways to Recover If You've Lost Web Page Rankings Since 2014 Began
March 9, 2014
A Swedish Court Learns a Lesson About Hyperlink Copyrights (and We Learn 4 Important Lessons About Content)
March 7, 2014
How to Improve Your 2014 Content Strategy by Learning from Your Competitors
March 4, 2014
What Happens When Your Rankings Vanish? 7 Judgment Day Preparations
Feb. 28, 2014
How to Write Great Content for Your Infographics
Feb. 27, 2014
5 Secrets for Creating Contagious Content for Social Media and Web Content
Feb. 23, 2014
Short vs. Long Content: What's Better for Rankings, Engagements and More [CASE STUDY]
Feb. 22, 2014
Expert Writing Advice: The Thoughts of Oscar Wilde & Others
Feb. 22, 2014
The Tale of Too Many Keywords: Optimization in Content Marketing
Feb. 14, 2014
How to Write a Press Release for an Event
Feb. 12, 2014
6 Ways to Fix Your Social Media When Drunk Tweets Get Out
Feb. 9, 2014
The Whats, Whys and Hows of Google Authorship
Feb. 7, 2014
Longer Is Better for Blog Content: Truth Or Myth?
Feb. 3, 2014
Google Hangout with CEO of Moz, on Web Content Trends for 2014
Jan. 30, 2014
SEO Tips for Your Online Copywriting: Tricks of the Trade
Jan. 29, 2014
20 Tips for Writing Product Description Copy That Sells
Jan. 28, 2014
Interview with Marc Landsberg, CEO of Social Deviant
Jan. 27, 2014
Writing for the Customer: The Artful Copywriter
Jan. 23, 2014
Social Media: Optimizing Those Little Pictures, Posts, and Shares
Jan. 21, 2014
10 SEO Predictions for 2014
Jan. 18, 2014
20 Topic Ideas for a Steady Content Flow
Jan. 17, 2014
Content Marketing vs. Copywriting: Top Strategies for 2014
Jan. 15, 2014
A 2014 Social Media Guide: New Trends and Solutions to Live By
Dec. 29, 2013
Get Ready for 2014: Those Little Things Called SEO Meta Descriptions and Titles
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