Samples of Published & Profitable Weekly Writing Tips
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| Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 01:51 |
| Check the search engine relevance of your headlines and titles before posting them |
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| Before posting blog titles and adding headlines to new web pages, see what shows up when you search the terms using the major search engines.
Simply copy and paste your blog titles and page headlines into the search box. The results will help you decide whether or not the words you've chosen are appropriate for your business.
If, for example, the search engine results displayed are not appropriate for your message or your market, or there are few, if any, pay-per-click ads displayed on the page, you might wonder if your title or headline contains the keywords and phrases your market uses when searching for information.
Spent a little time revising and rewriting your titles and headlines. Each time you come up with a new title or headline, repeat your search. Often, just a few simple changes can improve your website's search engine rankings. Track your results, so you can correlate words with search engine results.
With a little practice, your ability to write titles and headlines that appeal to your market will greatly improve. |
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| Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 07:43 |
| Use word clouds for fast book covers and presentation graphics |
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| "Word clouds" is a graphic that displays the words used in an article, book, blog post, speech, or white paper, as a colorful graphic. The more often a word appears in your document, the larger it will appear in the graphic.
Not only are word cloud graphics ideal for book covers and presentation graphics, they help you see which words you've used the most in a web page or word-processed file.
The easiest way to get acquainted with word clouds is to visit http://www.wordle.net. You can view over 2 million graphics in Wordle's public gallery, and create your own word cloud graphics for free. There is no cost using Wordle-created graphics as long as you credit www.wordle.net as the source. See Wordle's FAQ page for details. |
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| Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 07:25 |
| Web-based video recorders make it easy to create screencasts and online videos |
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| Choose a web-based video recorder, like www.screenr.com, to get started creating screencasts and videos. There's no software to buy, download, install, or learn. Everything is done using your Internet browser. Screenr makes video recording as easy as 1-2-3.
After you've finished your first video, you can instantly preview it. When you're satisfied, you can instantly publish it online and announce it's availability on Twitter.
Later, you can embed links to your video in your e-mail and on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. There are no files to save and upload and no costs for using the software or hosting your video on Screenr.com.
Screenr's easy web-based video recording solution is the ideal way for to promote your books and ideas online without spending money to get started. |
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 06:59 |
| Use PowerPoint to storyboard, or plan, your screencasts and videos |
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| Save time and create better screencasts and videos by using PowerPoint to storyboard your ideas. A simple 6 or 7 slide presentation will help you identify the premise, the relevance, and the 3 or 4 main points you want to cover in your each screencast or video.
Start by creating a title slide with a SEO-friendly presentation title that targets your intended viewers and offers them a benefit for watching. Provide a few more details in a single sentence.
Next, create 3 or 4 "idea" slides. Each slide should focus on a single example, idea, suggestion, or tip. Add a couple of sentences to each slide, providing additional information to support each slide's main idea.
Summarize the information you have just shared with a quotation or story that reinforces the value of the information you have shared. End with a closing slide that contains a call to action, or describes the "next step" you want viewers to take.
Use PowerPoint's SlideShow feature to practice and time your delivery. Using PowerPoint to storyboard your screencasts and videos helps you focus on a few key ideas while avoiding common tendency to write too much copy. |
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