I’ve been using Alltop.com to find blogs in niches. And I really enjoy their aggregated lists* of top blog personalities, or as they call them, Ego Blogs. I have no idea what their requirement is to get listed as an Ego Blog, but looking at the individuals who are included, I’d say these are all big names…
Category Archives: On Writing Better
Starting a Business Blog? Read Me First
I hear it all the time: smart professionals, who are great at what they do, don’t have enough time to blog, or even start a business blog. Recently someone shared with me how they had started blogging with great gusto – they put in a lot of time – but got stuck, and never went…
5 Blog Writing Lessons from the U.S. Open Tennis Championships
Every time I watch top tennis players compete, I learn something about blog writing. The US Open is on right now, through next weekend. (Seriously, I think about tennis when I’m blogging.) Here are five blog writing tips. You’ve got to keep moving. When a topic is hot, you see a few hundred other posts about…
7 Blog Writing Steps BEFORE You Check for Keywords
This is a little story I share with new blogging clients who get hung up about keywords. One client in particular (let’s call him Ted) had written about 10 blog posts which were saved as drafts because he was worried about keywords. Let me say that there’s a learning curve involved in writing for your…
Get Personal: 5 Tips for Putting YOU in Your Blog
If you’re writing for your business, how much of yourself should you include? Everyone agrees that blogs are a place to have a conversation. How personal should you be? How do you keep the YOU in Business Blogging and still make it work for business? There’s an ongoing trend to be personal with business communications. Rohit Bhargava’s…
Does Your Blog Post Answer These 4 Questions?
This is important: You want your blog posts to educate, entertain, engage, and enrich readers of your business blog. Aim for all four of these goals when blog writing, and you can’t go wrong. What do you need to remember when writing a post that’s designed to educate? I wrote about that here: Educate Your Readers, about…
Educate Your Readers: 4 Learning Styles
Remember the 4 E’s of Better Business Blogging? It’s my short hand memory checklist before publishing a blog post: Educate, Entertain, Engage & Enrich readers. You write to educate, entertain, engage and enrich readers when you want to build readerships and get great results with your blogging. When it comes to educating readers, it’s important to take a page out of teachers’ notebooks….
How to Avoid Problems with Hyphens and Dashes…
Have you ever encountered this problem when blogging or writing content marketing? Because of the informal nature of writing on a blog, or for online ezines, people now write like they speak – you know what I mean? Instead of commas or semi-colons, everyone uses dashes to interject phrases – just like the way we…
Blogger’s Block: Writing Tips to Get “Unstuck”
What do you do when you’re stuck and can’t write on your blog? Here are some blog writing tips. I diagrammed them out. It’s the rainy season here in Mexico – a great time to do a lot of reading and writing. At least, that’s what one would think…But…I’m having trouble. I’m stuck. I’ve got…
If Your Blog Writing Still Stinks…
Your blog writing can improve. I’ve talked about this before: here’s a secret formula you can use to grab people’s attention, stimulate their desire, and trigger action. Ba-da-boom, instant sales and subscriptions! Don’t be silly, there are no easy formulas, of course not. But just follow along with me here. I’ve been reading several neuroscience…
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Hi, I'm Dr. Patsi Krakoff, an experienced content marketing specialist with a background in journalism and a doctorate degree in psychology. I've been providing online marketing content and consulting for coaches, consultants, authors, and speakers for the past 11 years.
I live and work from my home in the village of Ajijic in Mexico... why? Because it's Paradise! I enjoy tennis every day, and connecting with smart professionals online. How can I help you? Leave a comment and say hello...
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