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41 Ways To Build Great Content For Your Blog

Posted by Mark Ayers on Jan 4, 2009 in Blog, Blog Content, Chris Brogan, How to creat great content

There are some 70,000,000+ blogs. How will you stand out from the crowd? Want to learn how?

Chris Brogan gives 41 ways to to have a top shelf blog. The first is not in his list of 40, the first one is not doing as much as being. The first 1 of the 40 is “You make a Commitment”,a commitment that you will have a high traffic blog.

“You’ve got a chance right now….. you can make a commitment.” Here’s what you can commit to for 2009: you’re going to have a killer blog. You’re going to write the kind of blog people post, tweet, link, and even print to stick up on their office wall. Your blog in 2009 is going to be the kind of blog that people use to power their own change. This is your chance to get out there and kick ass.”

40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content | chrisbrogan.com

If you ever wonder how to build great content then ask yourself just how many of these 41 you are doing and then fill in the gaps.

Print out this list and refer to it often and be sure to include “make a Commitment”.

Mark tip: Find an account-ability partner/s to help you stay on track with your blogging.

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Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, as well as the home of the New Marketing Summit conferences and New Marketing Bootcamp educational events.

Follow Chris on twitter @Chrisbrogan

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Promise Yourself. A Blog Mindset

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 30, 2008 in Blog, Blog marketing, Blogging, Optimist International, The Optimist Creed

Promise Yourself —

  • To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
  • To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
  • To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
  • To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
  • To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
  • To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
  • To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
  • To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
  • To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
  • To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble

The Optimist Creed from Optimist International. Who adapted these words from the late Christian D. Larson

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How To Set Up Google Alerts For Blog Content Ideas And Sources

Coach Mark

Coach Mark

Google alerts can keep you in a constant and up to date stream of content ideas and it is so simple to set up.

Google Alerts are email updates of the most current relevant Google search results (web, news, blog, video, etc.) and these are based on your choice of keywords or search terms. Take a quick 20 seconds or less to do this and you will then be sent a confirmation email to your own email account, no need for a Gmail account. If you already have a gmail account it is an easy access when you are logged in to Gmail.

Go to:  Google Alert Home

Once there you will see a welcome screen with some information explaining what Google Alerts are about then a form to fill in.

To create a Google Alert fill in the form

  • Add search terms: the desired keywords or term
  • Type: News, Web, Comprehensive, Blog and Video
  • How often: Daily, hourly, as it happens
  • Your email addy:

You will be sent a confirmation email and you are set. You can then add or remove alerts as you want from your dashboard after logging in.

Here are some of the FAQ”s for your review

1. What are Google Alerts : Quick and easy emails that have the content you are looking for from Google search

2. What are the different types I can sign up for? You can source from one or all- Web, Blog, Video, News, and Comprehensive

3. How do I sign up? Go to Google Alerts Home

4. How often will I receive Alerts? You can choose from “as it happens to once a day”

5. What keywords or topics make good Google Alerts? What are your interests. What do you want to blog about, what do you want to research and learn?

For more information go to Google Alert help

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How To Guarantee That You Can Dominate The New Years Resolutions Keyword Searches

Coach Mark

Coach Mark

People make New Years Resolutions and look for ways to ensure their success, ways to do it easier, find support, and even find a community that they can be involved with in the pursuit of their goals.

As a blogger you can capitalize on this need in your niche if you will use some of these keywords and phrases below.

Here is a list of New Year’s resolutions keywords that may just be a big search engine stampede that you can use in your blogs. There are over 120 in this list but you may find more or you can adapt these as you like.

These can be triggers for your own thinking and planning use or insert these in your blog as they are. And some of these can just be looked at as goals verse resolutions, not to worry you will still be touching hot buttons of your readers if you use them.

You might want to start your blog title with one of the following:

·    How to achieve…
·    How to guarantee that you can…
·    How to make it easier while you…
·    How to simplify…
·    How to…
·    What will help you….
·    When you do this you will…
·    Where to…
·    Why you will want to….
·    Why you will…
·    You can …
·    You can too…

And then add one or more of the following

1.    Be a better communicator
2.    Be a better investor
3.    Be a better speaker
4.    Be happier
5.    Be healthy
6.    Be mature
7.    Be more involved with children’s education
8.    Be more involved with my investments
9.    Be more positive
10.    Be more self confident
11.    Be more tolerant
12.    Better discipline for children
13.    Better sex
14.    Brush my teeth better
15.    Buy a house
16.    Clean my house
17.    Committed
18.    Create more abundance
19.    Drink fewer sodas
20.    Drink less
21.    Drink less coffee
22.    Drink more water
23.    Eat better
24.    Eat less
25.    Eat less candy
26.    Eat less fast food
27.    Eat less ice-cream
28.    End a relationship
29.    Enlist friends or family for accountability
30.    Exercise
31.    Fitness priorities
32.    Floss daily
33.    Get a cat
34.    Get a degree
35.    Get a dog
36.    Get a fish
37.    Get a horse
38.    Get a new job
39.    Get a Pet
40.    Get a promotion
41.    Get a raise
42.    Get along with others better
43.    Get an education
44.    Get better grades
45.    Get more rest
46.    Get motivated
47.    Get my your work done
48.    Get organized
49.    Get out of debt
50.    Getting over a fear or phobia
51.    Give more to charity
52.    Go to my school games
53.    Grow up
54.    Help children with their work
55.    Join a professional organization
56.    Keep in touch better
57.    Keep my car clean
58.    Laugh more often
59.    Learn a new language
60.    Learn to drive
61.    Learn to fly
62.    Less eating out at restaurants.
63.    Less sex
64.    Listening better
65.    Lose weight
66.    Make a plan
67.    Make a TO DO list every day
68.    Make my bed
69.    More sex
70.    Party less
71.    Pay my bills on time
72.    Pay taxes
73.    Pick up after myself
74.    Plan a vacation
75.    Plan retirement
76.    Read more
77.    Reduce stress
78.    Reduce taxes
79.    Save more
80.    Say I love you daily
81.    Sell a house
82.    Send fewer texts on my phone
83.    Send out cards
84.    Set goals
85.    Smile more
86.    Spend less time on the computer
87.    Spend less time on the internet
88.    Spend more time on the family and friends
89.    Spend more time with the grandchildren
90.    Spiritual/ Religious growth
91.    Start a 401
92.    Start a new business
93.    Start a new hobby
94.    Start a relationship
95.    Start dating
96.    Stick to my plan
97.    Stop being so grumpy
98.    Stop being so loud
99.    Stop being so serious
100.    Stop drinking
101.    Stop procrastinating
102.    Stop smoking
103.    Study harder
104.    Take a trip
105.    Take work related training or seminar
106.    Tame the bulge
107.    Tell more bedtime stories
108.    Travel more
109.    Treat my employees better
110.    Try something I have not done in a long time
111.    Try something new
112.    Visit your Dentist
113.    Visit your Dr
114.    Visit your grandparents more often
115.    Visit your parents more often
116.    Volunteer more
117.    Watch less TV
118.    Work less
119.    Work more
120.    Work out
121.    Work smarter
122.    Write a book
123.    Write a play
124.    Write a TV script

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Will Barack Obama Read This Post Plus Other Crazy Linkbait Ideas That Work Fast.

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 28, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blog, Linkbait

What if I told you President elect Barack Obama had heard about your blog and wanted to read it?

What if you offered a ton of real value free items on your blog and people came there to find them and get them for themselves and what all this drove traffic to your blog and you got some great links back from it? And what if that was not happening now but you wanted it to?

Then you just may want to read what these other bloggers have to say to help you grow your traffic and market your blog through Linkbaiting.

Maybe not the TOP 12 ideas, yet what is offered is good solid ides like 4 ways to use the most profitable word in Internet Marketing “Free” and you even can used the tried and true best seller S_E_X

12 Effective Linkbait Ideas for SEO | SEO Consult - Certified …

So, below is a list of 12 linkbait ideas that may prove effective for your website. Not all methods will prove effective for all sites and the sites that will enjoy the greatest success will be those that put in a little of their own …


I like the “tried and tested” linkbait ideas.

How to Write an Effective Link Bait

To start with, I am going to explain what link bait is and then go into some of the best ways to write an effective link bait. So what is link bait? Primarily, link bait is any content written on your site which will get users to link …


This is a BIG list on Linkbait articles.

Linkbait Articles

I have read a ton of stuff on linkbait over the past year, I thought I would put together a list of the linkbait articles I have come across. Pay particular attention to Andy Hagens Ultimate post, and I like Brian Clarke of Coppyblogger …

Think long term in your linkbait campaign
Long term linkbait

Most people think that linkbait is a quick solution to build a few thousand natural links in a week using social media sites. My favourite type of linkbait.

Hear is a prime example of long term linkbait
The Top 10 SEOmoz Linkbait Articles

Over the past 2 years SEOmoz has used social media more effectively than any other internet marketing blog and has ended up with over 1.35 million links as a.


How to prepare yourself for a successful linkbait post or series of posts.

How to Handle Successful Linkbait

Last month, Tyler wrote a great post with tips to follow when linkbait doesn’t work. He also helped us understand the secret to coming up with linkbait. What does this mean? It means by now you should be more than ready to create some …

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Blogging: How To Learn What to Write About?

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 28, 2008 in Angie Perderson, Blog

One of the first questions that comes to mind for the potential blogger, what should I Blog about?

When my friend Tony first suggesting I blog I know I had this question in my mind. I had played with a blogger account and maybe put up one or two posts but that was a couple years ago  I had a vague sense of what I wanted to say but no direction.

At the time we had our conversation I wanted to create a website and he was adamant that I would do better blogging. I am glad I listened because I get what he was talking about.

So now you are thinking to yourself “what do I write about” and to help you along I found a great post from Angie Pedersen at Scrapbookmarketing.com

Angie does an excellent job of outlining the distinctions of personal verses business blogging. She offers up 9 reasons for a personal blog and 14 reasons for a business blog along with two marketing tips- determine your audience and determine your marketing goals.

Angie finishes up with 3 “W”’s Why are you blogging, Who are you blogging for and What you want to communicate.

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About: Angie offers promotional writing services through Scrappy Marketing Solutions and is an award winner writer and marketing expert proven by her two websites, four blogs, and podcast. Her expertise is often featured in both consumer and trade craft magazines.

You can follow Angie on Twitter :http://twitter.com/AngiePedersen
And learn more from her at http://scrapbookmarketing.com
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Enjoy your read.

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Blogging to Success

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 23, 2008 in Blog, Blogging, Social Media, Social Networking
Jack Humphrey and team at blogsuccess.com have put together a membership site that will boost you as a profitable blogger and increase your notoriety in your selected niche .

They take a 5 keys to success approach in the content provided.
  1. Mindset: learn the how, why and what does it take to be a successful blogger in your own right. Just like the people who make tens of thousands of $$$ a month by blogging
  2. Content:The in’s and outs of attractive content. The content that will have them talking about your blog and drive a ton of traffic to it.
  3. Traffic: All the latest techniques for getting into and on the first page of top search engines. How to get top links to your site.  How to be effective in social marketing, how to be a great networker. These are the techniques the pros use and they will work for you no matter what niche you choose.
  4. Monetization: Show me the money, the very best from some of the top earners
  5. Technical: Learn blogging software, best hosting, how to choose a domain name, and everything else you need to be on top of your blogging game.

And for a limited time you can get a 7 day trial to look at EVERYTHING on the site. This is a no holds barred examination by you to ensure you are really getting what will shoot your blog to the top, quickly and easily. Plus you can pick up some great bonuses that are yours to keep no matter what.

I am using these techniques from blogsuccess myself to grow my blogs too. So you will find me in there when have a look around. Why not say hi to me when you browse this site?

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iTalkBlog.com goes live

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 21, 2008 in Blog, Blogging, Social Media, Social Networking

Some days you just have to act on a thought and that is how iTalkBlog.com was created. I will search out the net bringing you the very best and some of the worst in the world of blogging.

Stay tuneed for more posts shortly

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About

Posted by Mark Ayers on Dec 21, 2008 in Blog

This is the blog for bloggers. If you have a noteworthy or newsworthy blog or post bring it here and let’s let the world know about it. If you want to learn blogging then this is the blog for you. I will bring you relevant content to help build and expand your blog. Tips, tricks and techniques you can use to grow your blog presence.

All Blog All The Time.

Mark Ayers: a Business and Life Coach in Sacramento California, USA

Cell: +1(916) 837-1114

Twitter @Mark_Ayers

Skype: Mark_Ayers

By email: Mark at markayers dot com

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