Archive for December, 2009
10 Tips for writing a Blog
1. Lists:
People love to read about list, just any kind of list as it can increase traffic of your blog. Some examples are Top 10 lists, 3 reasons I love something etc. Start your heading from number.
2. How to
To accomplish a task many people would like to find easy-to-follow instructions. For example: How to avoid getting bitten by a mosquito etc.
3. Write about Reviews:
Write a review about anything on your blog. Some of the suggestions are:
- Products
- Websites
- Books
- Movies
- Music
- Hotels
4. Photo:
Try to post a photo based on your topic.
5. Tips:
Write about tips so that readers can achieve something faster or cheaper way.
6. Recommendations:
Try to share your recommendations about the websites, books, movies or other favorite topic on your blog.
7. Contests:
Blog contetsts can increase traffic in your blog and enable visitors to leave comments.
8. Videos:
Put a video from YouTube or one of your own, or host a video blog.
9. Guest Posts:
Ask other bloggers or experts in a field related to your blog topic to write a guest post.
10. Polls:
Register with a site like PollDaddy.com then publish a poll related to your blog topic in one of your blog posts.
Copyblogger on how to make money with free stuff
Copyblogger has an interesting article on how to make things work when you offer free stuff. Offer free stuff on your website is a great promotion method. It gives people a reason to visit your website and also a reason to repeat visiting your site.
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Checkout the article from copyblogger here: http://www.copyblogger.com/make-money-with-free/
Its a great article for starters who want to learn the art of promoting your content or free stuff online. Also the article talks about how to transfer your free stuff to paid ones and make money out of it. Subscriptions are a great way to make money with your content.
Branding has been in existence now and forever. The better you brand yourself more people will read your stuff. Especially in SEO copywriting there are few readers. To make them read your stuff you need to provide contents that really improves their social values as well as help them in their day to day life.
Do you need to know the dictionary to write best copies
Well I am just using slang here. Obviously we don’t need to know the full dictionary to become a great copywriter. But there has been some misconception that the more words you know and the more different types of synonyms you use better copywriter you are. Well I wouldn’t disagree with that more. I feel most of the time people like to read what they speak. When I go through a website and if its using too much advanced words that are not used in standard speaking language I will not waste too much time there. It’s simply because I don’t want to go to a website that has too much complicated words which I need to refer a dictionary to understand.
Research has determined the average time a person spends on a new website he visits is just 20 seconds. So you just have 20 seconds of time to keep your visitors to your website. If you are using high words and if the person finds it difficult to understand your copy then you are doomed. You will loose a lot of potential visitors / buyers. So I recommend don’t spend too much time on reading dictionary and identifying new words. If you know some words make sure you use it the best way possible. Make sure you use good grammar. Grammar plays an important role when it comes to quality of a webpage / web copy.
Headlines play a vital role
What a good headline is supposed to achieve?
- Attract attention of your prospect.
- It should deliver a understandable message.
- It should enable the prospect to read your article.
- Prospect should understand what’s in it for him.
Some ideas as how to start a headline
- Do you struggle with….
- Discover…..
- 10 ways to……
- Learn exactly How…..
- 7 Amazing strategies to…..
- A Guide to…..
- 7 Sure-Fire Tips for….
- Tips on…..
- Learn how to start…..
- 10 Steps to…..
- 5 Action Ideas to Get….
- The 7 Secrets to…..
- Learn how to Explode…..
- Proof that….
- Uncover….
Increase traffic of real estate websites through article marketing
- Increase traffic in your website
- Authority and expertise in your niche
- Your site will get powerful one way back links
- Exposure
- High search engine rankings for very competitive terms
Write articles based on your area of expertise. For instance, if you know about foreclosure niche, then write articles on foreclosure subject, how people can save their house from foreclosure etc.
Always write an article in conversational manner. Make sure that your grammar and spelling are correct. Remember few points before writing an article:
- Find out at least 1-3 keyword phrase before starting an article
- Pick one main keyword phrase and use it in your article title.
- Add the selected keyword phrase in the body of the article.
- If you have 100 words in your article, you should mention the keyword at least 3-5 times in the article.
- Add keywords in your keyword tags and resource box. Each article directory has a keyword tag and resource box. Add those keywords there.