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February 6, 2012

Fresh Content or Good Content – Take Your Pick

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Do you want to write fresh content or good content? Seems like a strange question, right? As an aspiring writer you’re taught that fresh content is where it’s at, it’s where you’ll get your big break. But is that true? Not really. Sure, fresh content is the way to go, but only if you can [...]

10 Words that Make Bloggers Seem Dumb

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I recently heard a CNN broadcaster use the word ‘orientate’, and she was NOT discussing a map, or its orientation. Grrr…. How VERY wrong. Incorrect word and grammar usage frequently frazzles my brain (and others with average English language skills) to the extent that we lose the overall message while we ponder how the speaker [...]

How to Write a Product Review

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How do you choose the products you buy? Do you simply accept as gospel truth all the good things a merchant says about their own product? Or, do you ask your friends’ opinions and look for independent product reviews before opening your wallet? If you’re a savvy consumer (which of course you are), then you [...]

8 Phrases Guaranteed to Boost Site Traffic

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We all want more traffic to our sites… Here are 10 phrases that will help you boost traffic and bring visitors back to your sites, time after time. “Subscribe / Sign Up” Tell your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter, and when they subscribe you’ll capture their e-mail address. Each time they receive a copy [...]

How Readable Is Your Writing?

Is your Web copy easy to read and understand? If sales conversions on your affiliate sites are low or few visitors respond to your requests, the problem may be that your message lacks clarity or simplicity. To check your articles for reading ease and “grade level”, I recommend using a tool that incorporates the Flesch-Kincaid [...]

Cool Tool: Free Headline Analyzer

Do your newsletter subject lines or blog post titles have emotional or intellectual appeal? How much? Find out using the Advanced Marketing Institute’s free Emotional Marketing Value Headline Analyzer where you can test your headline, page title, or PPC link text for intellectual, sympathetic, and spirtual impact. The Advanced Marketing Institute in the process of [...]

PLR Challenge

I have a challenge for you this week. Many of you are already using PLR (private label rights) articles on your sites. Many more of you will likely choose to use PLR content in the future to build your site content more quickly and easily. That’s great. Content attracts search engine traffic like nothing else, [...]