Julia McCoy

CEO, Express Writers

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

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March 30, 2015 Outdated Content: How to Consistently Evaluate the Quality of Your Copy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