Tag Archive: Attracting Clients

Entering the World of Social Media:
Better Late than Never

(A guest post by Frank Anderson.) The younger generation is, without fail, the heaviest participant in social media. Born straight into the world of online dependency, the art of social media is considered just another common form of innate communication. (Image by Nutdanai Apikhomboonwaroot, freedigitalphotos.net) However, while Generation Y was spending their younger years amidst…

5 Reasons Content Marketing is Getting Harder

I hate to be a purveyor of gloom, there’s too much of that around these days. But I’ve been thinking about this and want to share my thoughts with you. Here are some reasons content marketing is getting more challenging. There exists: A shift away from focusing on your products and services (what you know…

Top 10 “Ego” Blogs: Get Inspired, Write Better

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…

Say NO to Auto-Feeds:
Your Blog & Facebook, Social Sites

Today’s guest post is written by Christine Buffaloe, of Serenity Virtual Assistant Services, a great resource for social media know-how, for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Many people who think they don’t have time for social media use applications that automatically feed their blogs into Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Although this seems like a good idea,…

Social Proof: Are You Using Client Recommendations?

This weekend I got a call from a person who wanted to buy a subscription to executive coach articles to use for his newsletter. What sealed the deal? The testimonials from other subscribers. Recommendations, testimonials and client stories are a powerful persuasion tactic. It’s one of the key persuasion triggers that get people to take…

Blog Writing Tips for Business Clarity:
A Helpful Diagram

Good business writing should be like a good butler: working smoothly in the service of the reader without calling attention to itself. This means that you avoid language that sounds impressive. This weekend I was reviewing some books on business writing, including Harvard Business Review’s Guide to Better Business Writing. Although these tips are designed…

Online Persuasion: How to Write to Create Desire

When writing online, how can you appeal to readers’ emotions on a business-oriented site? Online persuasion works best when you appeal to both the logical and emotional centers in the brain. If you want to write content that persuades readers – both thinking type and feeling type processors – to take action, you write about emotional…

6 Writing Tips for SEO Friendly Content Marketing

Do you know how to write SEO-friendly content your readers will love? This week’s guest post by Christian Arno of Lingo24 shares 6 writing tips for writing online content that works for both readers and search engines. Writing for the web can be like walking on a tightrope. Do you litter your blog writing and…

7 Writing Tips to Connect Emotionally with Readers

How do you create an emotional connection with your readers? More importantly, how do you get them so inspired they want to take action, like join your list, opt-in, comment, or buy something? Here are some psychological secrets to keep in mind. When writing on the web – either in a blog post, an ezine…

Are Your Content Readers Thinkers or Feelers?

Have you ever read an e-newsletter or blog post and got a feeling of disappointment? Maybe it was just too subjective, airy-fairy and touchy-feely? If so, then you may be like me, a thought-processing person who wants facts and data when reading content online, an e-newsletter or blog post. Several years ago, my friend John…