Online marketing that works
We all know that guest posts grow blogs.
But not many people realize that tactical guest posting grows careers.
Most bloggers I see pump out these articles while reciting the mantra “quantity over quality”; there’s no real strategy and there are no real long-term benefits.
In this post I am going to show you the seven crucial tactics for writing a radically successful guest post.
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As you may have seen on Tuesday, we were disappointed to see that there were no copywriting blogs in last year’s Top 10 Blogs for Writers.
We think persuasive writers — content marketers and copywriters — are as worthy of cheers and accolades as our fiction-writing brothers and sisters.
So today I put together a list of 15 writing blogs I think you’ll get a lot out of.
I got lots of great suggestions for blogs to check out (thank you all), and it was tough to narrow them down to a manageable few.
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If you know Copyblogger, you know that we believe in writers.
Which is why we always look forward to the results from the “Ten Best Blogs for Writers” each year — a contest currently being produced by the blog Write to Done.
If you want to become a better writer yourself, it’s smart to study writers with strong voices, to learn about the craft of writing, and to spend time with others who share your obsession.
You can do all of that and more by checking out this year’s winners.
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There are a lot of minimalist blogs cropping up these days.
They’re bare, spare, and airy.
I’m all for zen. I love clean web design with plenty of white space.
But one no-color, minimalist design can start to look pretty much like another.
And I wonder … are all those zen-inspired blogs really built by budding Buddhists? Or could it be that some of them — not all, but some — look plain and uninspired simply because their owners are struggling to figure out how to inject a little personality?
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Imagine you’re engrossed in an action-packed thriller.
You’re close to the end of the book, you’re anticipating a showdown between the hero and the villain, and …
… the villain undergoes a sudden change of heart, and the hero decides to retire and enjoy a quiet life in Florida.
Huh?
Chances are, you’d throw the book across the room in disgust. The author promised you a thriller, but what you got is an unsatisfying fairy tale.
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Welcome to The Lede.
Every week I’ll be digging up and linking to stories, news, and opinion relevant to online marketing and copywriting.
Email, social media, innovation, SEO, productivity, mobile, conversion, publishing, and everything in between.
No commentary, just a fast, single page of headlines that you can grab, scan, and squeeze for all they may (or may not) be worth.
All right then, on with it …
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