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How to Research Content for Your Expert Ebook

Writing on the Web

Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, and other social media sites. Books and ebooks on Amazon and other book sites. My favorite research tool is books, especially those written by professors of major universities. Now that I use ebooks on a Kindle, my book research is easier. Google or other search engines.

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Expert Ebooks: Getting Reader Research Right

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His bestselling book Thinking Fast and Slow is written (and priced) for readers, not academics. Twitter : What are people saying about your topic? Use a tool such as the #Discovery feature to type in possible Twitter topics. Do you think Daniel Kahnemann rests on his ground-breaking work in Behavioral Economics ?

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Content Marketing: What Are Your Target Audience’s Interests, Needs, and Wants?

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Do you use social media like Facebook , Twitter or LinkedIn ? Good content builds momentum and always has an objective, according to Ann Handley and CC Chapman in their book Content Rules. Some days I’m spending not as much time on LinkedIn or Facebook or Twitter. Which e-newsletter and blogs do you subscribe to?

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A Checklist for a Good Blog

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Link anytime you refer to another blog, site, author, book, or a concept they can read more about on your previous blog posts. When people tell me they’ve got a blog for their book or their business, it’s often followed by something like this: “Oh, I know I should be blogging more often, but I don’t have time.”. “I

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Blog Design Blink Test: Simple, Easy Navigation

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Your other accounts, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Books you read. Testimonials, showing social proof of what happens as a result of working with you. A way to see and hear you with a video clip. In addition, these are other features you might want to include: Affiliate links & banners. Blogs you read. Top blog lists.

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What Are Your Target Audience’s 5 Top Web Sites?

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Do you use social media like Facebook , Twitter or LinkedIn ? Good content builds momentum and always has an objective, according to Ann Handley and CC Chapman in their book Content Rules. Right now I’m not spending much time on LinkedIn or Facebook or Twitter, and I know I should. Do you access web content via RSS feeds?

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Content Rules: Secrets of Writing Compelling Content

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And, it gets multiplied on websites, blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and videos on YouTube, to the point that people tune out. How can you make your writing interesting, more like a good movie or book? I’m reading a book by Ann Handley and C.C. This book will help you do that.

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