Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It’s always been my practice never to write anything overtly negative on my blog, on the simply philosophy that it never pays to make enemies. If I test a product or service and don’t see value in it, I don’t write about it. I’m interested in your thoughts. I think honest debate is healthy.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 11, 2011

Marketing nowadays requires writing and publishing great content in multiple ways. What exactly is going to interest your ideal readers and clients? How can you make your writing interesting, more like a good movie or book? Interesting. I’ll be sharing more tips on writing compelling stories shortly.

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Writing on the Web

OCTOBER 24, 2010

If you want to know more about how to write content that makes an impact on the brains of your readers, here are some interesting sites and books about the emerging field of neuromarketing. Hmmm, interesting, but do they have my size in pink? Here are a few of my favorites: Neurofocus.com: The Neurofocus CEO, A.K.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 27, 2011

If you’ve been reading my blogs for any length of time, you know about my problem with writing: I love to write , and I can write too much. Then, at some point in my writing career I got lazy. I just started making a list of main points and then writing out a couple of sentences on each item.

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Writing on the Web

DECEMBER 15, 2010

If you want to create content that engages readers, you have to know their online habits and interests. I’m interested in knowing your top 5 web sites you visit regularly for work (besides your own, of course). Related posts: Social Writing: Don’t ignore networking sites. Writing Better Web Content: Ask what?

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Writing on the Web

MARCH 14, 2011

What’s the best way to write a script for a video ? Most of the time I focus on how important it is to write quality online content for your readers, and teach my clients to achieve maximum results, they have to be writing things that are relevant and important to their readers: how do you solve their problems. Tweet This!

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 28, 2011

Content marketing is easier when you can outsource some of the writing and researching to qualified writers. A great way to short-cut the time needed to research, write and publish quality online content is to find a good writer to supply articles. When you write, think about elements of each goal: Educate. Blog this on Blogger.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 12, 2011

Do you know how to write SEO-friendly content your readers will love? This week’s guest post by Christian Arno of Lingo24 shares 6 writing tips for writing online content that works for both readers and search engines. Writing for the web can be like walking on a tightrope. Both, of course. Blog this on Blogger.

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Writing on the Web

MARCH 31, 2011

I share these key points with anyone who struggles with writing online for their business and needs ideas for what to write. Content curation is a relatively new term, and is key to always providing fresh information that interests your audience. Business Blog Writing and Content Marketing: Come on, light my fire!

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Writing on the Web

AUGUST 24, 2010

I’ve been sitting at the computer for the last 2-3 hours wondering what to write about. Start writing about where I’m at, and then tie it in with something useful and relevant to readers. Just do it, just start writing and see what comes out. One of my clients tells me he doesn’t write that much anymore.

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

When it comes to writing content for a business blog , most professionals start from their point of view. It’s an intellectual process in which you write, “Here’s our company’s biggest advantage, and here is what you need to do.” If Your Blog Writing Stinks… Content Marketing with Stories: Better than Facts.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 30, 2010

Successful business bloggers are interested in and knowledgeable about much more than just their own products and/or services. This is what makes a blog not just informative, but interesting. It brings life to the writing. What separates blogs from other forms of writing (white papers, articles, e-books, etc.)

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 3, 2011

You may be on your keyboard all day and night, writing about content that you are knowledgeable and passionate about. You know that what you are writing makes sense, and more importantly, your expertise could change someone’s outlook, or even their life! Social media groups are great ways to connect with others of similar interests.

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Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I have several executive coach clients for whom I ghost write and manage their blog updates, including updates to social media sites like Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn groups. I absolutely love doing this, since I’m writing about leadership development , organizational change, and human behaviors. What do you think?

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And both rely on the ability to tell an interesting story. bloggers are overwhelmed with pitches and unlikely to write about the company’s press release, the company uses the press release as a hook and offers to write a (informational, non-promotional) guest post on the topic. Since many (most?) Share this on Bebo.

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The more work I’m getting ghost blogging for executive coaches , the more interesting my writing becomes, and the more fun I’m having. With all the new clients, I don’t have time to blog about blogging, or write about writing on the web, and share as much as before. Here’s my own example.

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 11, 2011

Good stories are what make a blog interesting and fun to read. In his book Meatball Sundae , Seth Godin writes, “People just aren’t that good at remembering facts. So if you’re a professional with a blog, or writing content for your web pages or e-newsletter, what kinds of stories should you be writing?

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Writing on the Web

MARCH 29, 2011

Some videos are great to watch, even if you’re not interested in what they’re selling. The iMotionVideo service allows businesses to write and submit their video scripts, then they format and use actors or voice-overs to turn your script into great video commercials. How to Write a 1 Minute Video Marketing Script.

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 12, 2011

I’m interested in the stories we tell ourselves, and how that affects the online content we write for our businesses. Most of us are intimidated when it comes to having to write something personal and public. This was a theme in the wonderful book by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander, The Art of Possibilit y.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 30, 2010

The key to retaining readers, however, and getting them to encourage others to subscribe, was to revamp the content — to change it from dull to dynamic, from insipid to interesting, from stuffy to stimulating. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Writing on the Web

AUGUST 25, 2010

How do you decide what to write about? All that is good stuff to write about and publish on the Web so you’ll get found, get known, get clients. But I think the ability to stand back and watch your mental processes unfold is interesting and informative. Is the Social Web Changing How We Write? Seth Godin.

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Writing on the Web

OCTOBER 13, 2010

How do you write good blog posts that connect emotionally with readers and turn them into loyal fans? This is what you need to do whenever you write any content designed to market your products and services. I hope this is useful to you and you can see how to apply this to your own blog writing and content marketing. Easy-peasy.

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Writing on the Web

OCTOBER 4, 2010

How do you write engaging content ? What makes your blog writing effective? How do you create quality content that pulls in interested readers? For that matter, how can anything you write or say actually work to market your business and bring in potential customers? How do you unlock the minds of your readers?

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Writing on the Web

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I love writing about all things blogging and marketing online.That’s what I do here on this blog, WritingontheWeb.com. But it’s difficult for me to shift gears and focus on writing content for executive coaches and management consultants , which is a big part of my business, with a different target audience and different message.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Websites that are for the sole purpose of connecting with people who have similar interest based on the articles you share and find are called social bookmarking websites. Write worthy content. Dribble Pocket Digg Reddit Slashdot We Heart It Paper.li Have you ever saved, tagged or shared something on a social site? Conclusion.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Continually come up with fresh and interesting topics? Smart Professionals with Dumb Blogs by Writing on the Web. Patsi Krakoff presents a list of common “dumb&# mistakes made by otherwise smart bloggers (long sentences, overuse of “we,&# vague terms) along with recommendations for writing better posts. Tweet This!

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Writing on the Web

JULY 8, 2011

When writing on the web – either in a blog post , an ezine or other forms of content marketing , readers are more likely to respond to your offers of service or products if there is a resonance between you. So you have to be very clear when writing, more so than with speaking. First, it makes for interesting content.

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Writing on the Web

AUGUST 13, 2010

You write a blog post, you fill in the information on the SEO plug in, you click the Scribe analyze button, wait a few seconds and get a review of how well your content will do with search engines. Interested? Become a subscriber to a service called Scribe Content Optimizer (easy, instant & affordable). Here’s how it works.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 19, 2010

Most educated professionals I know will tell you they struggle when it comes to preparing speeches and writing content. Write to teach and persuade. When I teach a simple thing like how to write a blog post, I’ve got slides and paragraphs that go back to the invention of the printing press! We know too much!

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Anything Goes Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

A few interesting notes: They suggest that the best blog domain is one that is in a subfolder off of your main domain like www.cnn.com/blog Tips on writing titles: Write for audience and for search engines. Only submit 1 in 20 - interesting Other then that, most of the tips were pretty basic but worth reading. Great tip!!

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Writing on the Web

JULY 5, 2010

How to Write Like You Talk" alt=" Is the Social Web Changing How We Write? How to Write Like You Talk" />. How to Write Like You Talk" width="105" height="105" /> This week’s guest post is by Barb Sawyers, Sticky Communications who recently published a great ebook on how you can write better for the web.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 13, 2011

You need to become a trusted resource and go-to curator of tips and information that is helpful to people who are interested. I was very young, of course…) The fundamentals haven’t changed and they should guide you when you sit down to write good content for your blog, a video script, or outline for a webinar. Tweet This!

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Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Organize, simplify and get better results from your Web writing by asking 5 important questions: What is the problem (pain, predicament)? As you compose your copy, you should write out several sentences to answer each question. Write a few sentences out about the problem. Why hasn’t this problem been solved?

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Writing on the Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

What are the steps you need to follow to ensure each blog post is optimized for search engines as well as for your readers’ interests? Oh my… there are a lot. But to keep me out of overwhelm, I wrote them down, and put them into a flow chart. This is good for days when I’m brain dead and likely to forget something important.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2010

So the question quickly becomes how can you take those same writing resources and turn them into a content creation engine. One that delivers content that is topical, interesting and relevant. You most likely already produce content for your website, brochures, collateral etc. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Reddit.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2010

But sites like Facebook, Twitter and Digg are essentially “social search engines&# that enable prospective customers to find content recommended by their friends and peers, which is both much more powerful than advertising and much lower cost (at least direct cost, though creating great content does require resources). Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Naturally some will and some won’t but those that do have a shot a re-writing the charter for ALL CMO’s going forward. Related posts: Social Media will Disrupt every Function in your Company We are at an interesting inflection point with Social Media. Let me explain …. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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