Comments on: How to Increase Engagement and Authority With Quotations http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/ Copywriting and Content Marketing Strategies Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:45:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-803775 Elizabeth Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:26:52 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-803775 Quotes can help you gain insight into a chapter you're reading. I love a good quote. Sometimes it says just what I'm feeling in a way I'd never think to say. A favorite novelist of mine loves to use quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Unfortunately, rarely do I understand why she used the quote or what it was supposed to add to the story. And this is after reading more than 20 of her novels. She writes great stories even thought I don't get the quotes she adds. The key is to make sure the quote adds value and doesn't feel random or too subtle for the reader to understand why you added it. It needs to enhance the message just like you explained in your post. A recent favorite quote: "When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants - and I give it to him." - Josh Billings Quotes can help you gain insight into a chapter you’re reading. I love a good quote. Sometimes it says just what I’m feeling in a way I’d never think to say.

A favorite novelist of mine loves to use quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Unfortunately, rarely do I understand why she used the quote or what it was supposed to add to the story. And this is after reading more than 20 of her novels. She writes great stories even thought I don’t get the quotes she adds.

The key is to make sure the quote adds value and doesn’t feel random or too subtle for the reader to understand why you added it. It needs to enhance the message just like you explained in your post.

A recent favorite quote: “When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants – and I give it to him.” – Josh Billings

]]> By: One Foolproof Trick to Blast Writer’s Block | Copyblogger http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-803397 One Foolproof Trick to Blast Writer’s Block | Copyblogger Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:44:49 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-803397 [...] right, you want to break out that dusty copy of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, people. Great quotations are the richest goldmine for blog post ideas you’ll ever have. (Wikiquote works just as well, but [...] [...] right, you want to break out that dusty copy of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, people. Great quotations are the richest goldmine for blog post ideas you’ll ever have. (Wikiquote works just as well, but [...]

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]]> By: Should You Really Use That Great Quote? : Robust Writing http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-401428 Should You Really Use That Great Quote? : Robust Writing Mon, 26 May 2008 16:48:19 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-401428 [...] couple of weeks ago, Copyblogger ran a helpful post on using quotations to effectively increase engagement and authority in your writing. It’s a good read–check it [...] [...] couple of weeks ago, Copyblogger ran a helpful post on using quotations to effectively increase engagement and authority in your writing. It’s a good read–check it [...]

]]> By: Hayes Thompson http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-395910 Hayes Thompson Wed, 21 May 2008 14:35:54 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-395910 Not sure who said it but I love this quote: "If you believe in telepathy, raise my hand" Not sure who said it but I love this quote:

“If you believe in telepathy, raise my hand”

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]]> By: Jorge Diaz | INNOVA PIXEL http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-391979 Jorge Diaz | INNOVA PIXEL Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:10 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-391979 I once wrote an interesting post, using quotes including the one Ralph mentions on hating quoates :) http://www.innovapixel.com/the-missing-link-to-success/ I once wrote an interesting post, using quotes
including the one Ralph mentions on hating quoates :)

http://www.innovapixel.com/the-missing-link-to-success/

]]> By: I.C. Jackson http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-390374 I.C. Jackson Sat, 17 May 2008 08:16:31 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-390374 Favorite Quote Database - http://www.bemorecreative.com/ I found this site about 12 years ago when I first started college and needed quotations for a writing assignment. The collection is so extensive and easily searchable that I haven't used anything else since! Favorite Quote: "No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized." - Booker T. Washington Love this blog! Favorite Quote Database – http://www.bemorecreative.com/

I found this site about 12 years ago when I first started college and needed quotations for a writing assignment. The collection is so extensive and easily searchable that I haven’t used anything else since!

Favorite Quote: “No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.” – Booker T. Washington

Love this blog!

]]> By: Jorge Diaz | INNOVA PIXEL http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-390009 Jorge Diaz | INNOVA PIXEL Fri, 16 May 2008 23:42:30 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/quotations/#comment-390009 "A man is what he thinks about all day long." - Ralph Waldo Emerson “A man is what he thinks about all day long.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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