1. Who can write a post just asking his readers to e-mail bloggers to say thank you for linking to them and that post can receive nearly 30 comments, if you are not a six-figure blogger like Darren Rowse?

2. Who can parody a popular blog, and not

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Lol Court lays out the worst post ever. If you want to learn how to write posts that are really bad, I would take a really good look. The title 'This worst post in the universe' doesn't even make sense and Court says that is a very important element for crappy writing.

I won't go on anymore about this, you should just check it out - de

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Yogi Berra was a baseball player. He was an MVP and All Star player but often best know for the odd statements he made.

There is a lot you can learn from Yogi Berra about marketing. In this post, the author takes Yogi quotes and applies them to marketing.
My favorite:
"If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere el

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Remember learning about the objective case in middle school? Do you attempt to use the word "whom" in an effort to sound educated, but you wonder if you're getting it right? Writing well includes using correct grammar. This article discusses the correct way to use "whom," and when to avoid it. There are also links to other sources that h

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If you believe that old adage, "pictures say 1000 words" works for online marketing, guess again! According to the Eyetracker III study — in which researchers used special "eyetracking" technology to study how people tend to view web pages — visitors almost ALWAYS look at words before they look at images. That means you’d better make sure

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Most visitors take 10 seconds or less to decide whether to stick around or move on to the next site. Just 10 seconds — that’s all the time you have to convince them YOUR site is where they want to be.

It doesn’t matter how well-designed your site is… how high your search engine ranking is… or how amazing your product is. If your words don’

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OK, maybe I’m just a snob. A bitter former English major. A latte-swilling, Prius-driving Left Coast elitist. But I see too many copywriters on the Web who could benefit from a remedial high school composition class. I see too many blog posts and SEO-driven pages that do little more than avoid black-hat practices. But here’s the thing: To me,

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Want to learn to be a better writer? This post will give you a simple process that you can follow to improve. Exceptional copywriters all go through this process and you should too.

If you will follow these three simple steps, you will get a much better reaction to your writing. I obviously don't want to give it all way here, so you're j

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Writing effective website copy is a hugely misunderstood occupation. When looking to reduce costs on a project, one of the first expenses to be cut - if it was even considered in the first place - is often the copywriter. After all, if you run a business, you should know how to string a sentence together, right? Microsoft Word has a spellchec

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Ah, the list - bloggers friend, SEO easy street.

Whether you love them or hate them, lists will remain the cornerstone of blogposts and online articles by providing the quickest and easiest way to get readers. There are many reasons why lists work, so it only seems appropriate for me to list them!

Bring on the bullet-points!

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Maria Reyes-McDavis, the Web Success Diva, blogs about how your content should not be created - its a critical part of your internet marketing efforts and requires the appropriate attention in development and delivery. Online entrepreneurs, particularly coaches, consultants, and internet marketers need to pay attention to the website copy th

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This article presents five simple new year's resolutions to help make you a better writer. The author suggests them for copywriters, but they could apply to any writers, in my opinion. They might seem to be nothing more than common sense, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded! Read, write, accept, connect and overcome -- and be a better writer

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Finding the right “action words” can instantly add verve to your writing style, as well as score you extra points with search engines. With all of the possible keyword variations that a consumer might use when performing a search, your writing style should cover the bases through using as many potential key phrases as possible without losing

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A normal guy with a regular job to feed his family will find to hard to commit themselves fully to blogging. There are too many real life distractions to allow us to fully concentrate.
It take lots of discipline and sacrifice to be able to make the best of what we have and try to make our blogs a success and it is not something a wage earne

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How do you build an Internet business... one small piece at a time. It really is that simple and easy to do.

Check out this article that covers the time line of a successful and profitable Internet based business. It was started and got rolling ahead during the course of a year with a simple blog and several new products that where create

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