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Yeah, there is nothing “organic”

We would even get listicles published where our service was like third or even tenth in the listicles

So if I was this author, and I imagined people wanted to learn more about “endocrine disruptors”, my book would be third in the list of books about endocrine disruptors on someone’s blog or respected site.

These arent necessarily paid for so I guess you dont need it to say its advertisement, the authors are just in the publicist’s network

The beauty of listicles and even articles like this one is that its not even about engagement. Like, sure your google results are going to look phenomenal but that just disarms paranoid people you date that will search your name, the article still is not even seeking organic hoards of people yet. Being mentioned along side competitors or elusive people in your field is way more powerful and makes it easier to open a dialogue with them. Like “oh hey we’re both recognized lets go on msnbc together”



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