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“If you build it, they will come” only works with baseball diamonds created out of cornfields in Iowa. It just doesn't have the same impact when you’re talking about trying to promote your new red-hot content for your blog. And even if you already have a dedicated following that are hanging on each and every one of your blog updates, the odds are fantastic that you’d like nothing more than to get even more eyeballs on your pages. More readers equals more influence, and more … [Read more...]
Email writing is still a very important part of business, whether you are writing hundreds of business emails or just a couple every day. They are a great way to reach out to people and engage with them directly, unlike on social media, which has a more community feel to it. You may be very professional in your approach to email writing but at the end of the day, you need them to appeal to your customers. Far too often do I see business emails that fail to impress! You may think … [Read more...]
Are you a blogger or freelance writer craving to learn how to create exciting articles and surprising guest posts that create stir and debate? I've been in the online marketing game for more than 10 years now, and I've seen dozens of different types of articles, such as; how-to tips, resource type articles, ultimate guides, top lists, interview style content, you name it. You've seen them before, right? Did you also notice how most of them are quite boring? Let’s face it! How often … [Read more...]
I've said it before and I'll say it again - "Blogging is a community!" We do just as much reading of other people's blogs as we do writing (if not more). So, following on from the success of the Top 50 Earning Blogs I put together, I thought it would be good to put together an epic list of the top blogs about blogging available online. Both new bloggers and experienced bloggers should find this list useful. There is a lot of inspirational sites and bloggers here that you can get to know … [Read more...]
First of all, let us define what cornerstone content is. A cornerstone content (also know as evergreen content) is content that provides real added value to the knowledge of your readers. These types of articles will leave a lasting impression on your readers that will make them want to come back for more and, more importantly, remember your site. Readers will want to further be influenced by what the author says. Cornerstone content empowers readers without necessarily forcing them to share … [Read more...]
You’re reading this sentence for one reason: because the headline caught your eye! That is the secret to copywriting for the Internet, after all: to attract attention first and to keep attention second. When you publish your own blog, there are a lot of ways of doing this. But perhaps the most important way to ensure that you attract new readers and keep them on your blog, is to engage them instantly. It’s not just the headlines that are important. It’s what your readers see when … [Read more...]
As a freelance writer, you have nearly unlimited opportunities to find work. After all, every business needs some kind of writing done, whether it is for their website, print campaign, e-mail marketing or even their product packaging. However, for as many opportunities as there are, there seem to be about three freelancers willing to do the work for every job that is out there. When competition for work is so high, you have to think a little more creatively than just searching job boards to … [Read more...]
Back in January, I started a new blog. Now, if someone was to ask me what exactly it was about, I wouldn't know what to say. Neither would any of my friends or my actual blog visitors for that matter. That may sound strange, but I think you will find that it is more common than you think. I had fallen into the trap of rushing into start my site and not choosing my blog niche carefully - something that I came to regret! A blog niche is very important as this is what defines your site. … [Read more...]
Ahhhh, the life of a freelancer. Sipping on Starbucks, while surfing the Internet, sending emails and working on projects on a park bench among the company of singing birds, trees and lots of sunshine. While freelancing does carry some appeal because of the freedom it offers to independent contractors, it's not for everyone. It requires a firm grasp of organization in your financial and professional life. Whether you work in the editing, photography, graphic design or writing industry, having a … [Read more...]
Guest posting is a common technique for building backlinks to a website. It's been a tried-and-true method for increasing search results since the beginning of search engines, but recently it has come under fire and may not be the search engine optimization (SEO) panacea that it once was. The reason for this is that search engines (Google in particular) have become much more conscientious of filtering out what they consider "low-quality" backlinks. The practice of guest posting starts when a … [Read more...]
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