Content Marketing: How To Embellish Your Content to Catch Attention

Content Marketing: How To Embellish Your Content to Catch Attention – Part 4 of 5

By Cathy Moran, Certified Bankruptcy Specialist, Mountain View, CA

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You’ve got a piece written. It's purposeful and styled for the web.

Now we get to the fun part: embellishing the post to make it eye catching and search engine friendly.

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