Content marketing tools and training.
Whether you’re trying to get on the front page of Digg or just angling for a sale, writing magnetic headlines that grab your readers’ attention is everything.
But once you have their attention, you need them to read every word that you write.
You need to craft an opening made up of an enticing string of sentences that whet your readers’ appetites, set up a need, and prime them for action.
Easier said than done, right?
Some people are writing machines. They get an idea, pound it out in minutes, post it to their blog, and move on to something else. For the rest of the world, writing is often slow, grinding work.
But it doesn’t have to be. Anyone can write faster if they follow a 5-step formula for writing more efficiently. I call it S.P.E.E.D. Writing.
Can social media make you famous?
Come on, you know you’ve thought about it. Who can resist dreaming about a post going viral and getting hundreds of thousands of visitors? Or having tens of thousands of followers on Twitter who follow your every move? Or checking your email and having hundreds of messages from your adoring fans?
It can happen. I know, because I helped make it happen for my friend Brea Grant.
We’re honored that Copyblogger has been chosen as the top blog for writers for the fourth year in a row. Thanks to Michael Stelzner for the nod, and for holding this terrific competition.
Here are all the winners with Michael’s commentary. If you’re interested in writing online, you’ll get a lot out of adding each of these to your daily reading.
How’d you like to learn how to get a massive amount of comments on one blog post?
Better yet, what if you could use those comments to convince your readers to buy your products or services?
Because you can. In this post, I’m going to take you behind the scenes of a strategy Laura Roeder showed me to pull in 294 comments on my post and eventually attract more than 30 consulting clients.
It uses all of the copywriting techniques and psychological triggers that we promote here at Copyblogger, but it combines them in a unique way that generates a lot of buzz.
Sure, there are still some iconic brands. Apple, Nike, Coke.
But those are giant companies. They go by different rules.
For the rest of us mortals, does the traditional idea of a brand — an iconic emotional shortcut that lets customers identify with a product — make any sense anymore?
Won’t smart, lean, agile little companies eat the big, lazy brands up?
After all, a village business doesn’t need a brand, right?
