Comments on: Five Lessons From Newspapers to Boost Your Blog’s Circulation

By: The Best of What's Around: Digital and Analog Edition | Digitizd

The Best of What's Around: Digital and Analog Edition | Digitizd — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:17:29 +0000

[...] Copyblogger – "Five Lessons From Newspapers to Boost Your Blog’s Circulation" [...]

By: michaelsean

michaelsean — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:20:37 +0000

Bingo. Too many bloggers field the need to right a novel in each post. Be succinct and accurate. I don’t have time for 800 words per post. Great post.

By: Extra extra (and Other PR Blog Jots) « Media Bullseye – A New Media and Communications Magazine

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:58:47 +0000

[...] Take Advice from Newspapers Copyblogger While newspapers and other forms of print media have been taking a beating recently in more ways than one, perhaps a blogger can learn a thing or two from dead-tree media in terms of boosting a blog’s “circulation” numbers. Simon Payn applies five newspaper tricks of the trade to blogging. My favorite is the first: edit, edit, edit. “So, bloggers…: What would happen to your writing if space was limited, and you were forced to edit your blog post down by 50%? Would cutting out 300 words make your post punchier and easier to read? How about you try to cut your favorite post in half to see what happens?” [...]

By: Steven O'Connell

Steven O'Connell — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:22:45 +0000

Another lesson can be learned from eye track studies. See the Poynter Institutes eye track studies of the news. They are the ones that discovered that four inch articles are easier to remeber. Imformation imbedded in long paragraphs tends to get skimmed. So your point is backed up by scientific research. Keep it short, sweet and simple.

By: 6 Things a Magazine Rack Teaches About Blogging | Jeremy Adam Davis

6 Things a Magazine Rack Teaches About Blogging | Jeremy Adam Davis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:02:12 +0000

[...] Although magazines and blogs have different mediums, much can still be learned from the long-established print industry that can be used in blogging. Take a look around your local bookstore and see if you can find any patterns that could help your blogging. I noticed that the day after I drafted this post Copyblogger posted Blogging Lessons from Newspapers. [...]

By: The Best of What’s Around: Digital and Analog Edition - The 2.0 Life

The Best of What’s Around: Digital and Analog Edition - The 2.0 Life — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:22:55 +0000

[...] Copyblogger – "Five Lessons From Newspapers to Boost Your Blog’s Circulation" [...]

By: 82 Essential Blogging Tips, Tricks and Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith

82 Essential Blogging Tips, Tricks and Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:00:21 +0000

[...] 5 Lessons From Newspapers to Boost Your Blog’s Circulation [...]

By: Effective blogging—an editor’s perspective

Effective blogging—an editor’s perspective — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:34:21 +0000

[...] to offer some blogging tips. Here are a few of Payn’s suggestions, in abbreviated form; visit http://www.copyblogger.com. Hope this [...]

By: S A N D E E P [ I N D I A N I C ] » Blog Archive » Coffee IV: 4-11-08

S A N D E E P [ I N D I A N I C ] » Blog Archive » Coffee IV: 4-11-08 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:56:32 +0000

[...] too – are chanting death to old media, Copyblogger is giving us lessons from it. Great post called Five Lessons You Can Learn From Newspapers. I recommend this to any blogger, writer, etc. Very helpful as I’ve recently found myself in [...]

By: Team Reading List - 4/16/08 » (EMP) E-Marketing Performance

Team Reading List - 4/16/08 » (EMP) E-Marketing Performance — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:09:11 +0000

[...] Five Lessons From Newspapers to Boost Your Blogâs Circulation [...]