Laura Dohan, Author at Crowd Content - Blog https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/author/laura-dohan/ Content Creation Advice You Can Actually Use Mon, 06 May 2024 10:37:40 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/writers-hub/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/writers-hub/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:25:39 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=12937 English is a language with its fair share of rules as well as exceptions to those rules. As a result, even the most skilled writers can slip up from time to time, which is why a short refresher from our Writer’s University on topics such as comparative and superlative adjectives can prove so useful. Here […]

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English is a language with its fair share of rules as well as exceptions to those rules.

As a result, even the most skilled writers can slip up from time to time, which is why a short refresher from our Writer’s University on topics such as comparative and superlative adjectives can prove so useful.

Here is a short overview of what the lesson covers:

What Are Comparative and Superlative Adjectives?

The lesson begins by defining comparative and superlative adjectives. Like their name suggests, comparative adjectives are used to compare two objects in the same sentence.

In contrast, superlative adjectives describe a single object as being at either the upper end or the lower end of a particular characteristic.

The Simple Cases

Some examples are simple to remember because they tend to follow the rules. For example, one-syllable adjectives tend to use -er and -est for their comparative and superlative forms, whereas three-syllable adjectives tend to use more and most in front of them.

Similarly, adjectives that end up in y tend to use -er and -est as well after the y has been replaced by an i.

The Not So Simple Cases

Of course, English wouldn’t be English with its exceptions, which is why some two-syllable adjectives use -er and -est, some use more and most, and some use both.

Even worse, there are irregular adjectives such as good and bad that use none of the rules mentioned here, meaning that writers should always have Google ready as a reference if they are not sure. In most cases, Merriam-Webster is a great go-to source.

This is but one of the lessons that can be found on Writer’s University, stay tuned for more previews soon.

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Subject-Verb Agreement https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/writers-hub/subject-verb-agreement/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/writers-hub/subject-verb-agreement/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:02:16 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=12909 In this Grammar School series, we’re going to give you a quick overview of some of the lessons you will find at Crowd Content University. Today, we’re discussing subject-verb agreement. As a writer, nothing is more important than grammar. However, sometimes even the best writer struggles with some of the grammar rules. Subject-Verb agreement is […]

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In this Grammar School series, we’re going to give you a quick overview of some of the lessons you will find at Crowd Content University. Today, we’re discussing subject-verb agreement.

As a writer, nothing is more important than grammar. However, sometimes even the best writer struggles with some of the grammar rules.

Subject-Verb agreement is one of those grammar concepts that seem simple, but can actually be quite challenging. Whether you are a seasoned grammar expert or a newbie to the writing game, a quick refresher on subject-verb agreement can really help you out.

Here’s a sneak peak at the lesson.

The Basics

In this lesson, you’ll learn the basics of subject-verb agreement, which should be mastered before you move on to the more complicated concepts. Identifying the primary subject and the verb and making sure they match one another is the key takeaway from this part of the lesson.

Adding In Conjunctions

Grammar concepts are easy enough to master with basic and simple sentences. However, it is when you begin to add more diversity and complexity to those sentences that you run into challenges.

What you can expect to learn next in this lesson is how to begin adding in conjunctions while ensuring your subject and verb still agree. The words “and,” “or,” and “nor” can all make it challenging to make your verbs and subjects agree with one another.

Indefinite Pronouns and Other Challenges

Finally, the lesson moves on to concepts that are particularly challenging. Even the best writers in the business may have trouble with the use of words like “none” and “nobody” when they are the subject of a sentence.

Reviewing the concept of subject-verb agreement can ensure that you are always on-point with your writing. When you are finished this lesson, there will be no sentence that you cannot structure properly.

More Grammar School sneak peaks coming soon.

In the meantime, why not head over to Crowd Content University to learn more about subject-verb agreement, or share your thoughts comments section below.

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Feature Friday: How to Use Easy Billing https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-use-easy-billing/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-use-easy-billing/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:35:10 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=8022 We’re always looking for ways to make your life easier. Today, we introduced easy billing to help with just that. Easy billing is a great feature for anyone who is ordering content regularly, or has a content campaign scheduled in advance. You can customize your automated settings. For example, every time your account balance gets […]

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We’re always looking for ways to make your life easier. Today, we introduced easy billing to help with just that.

Easy billing is a great feature for anyone who is ordering content regularly, or has a content campaign scheduled in advance.

You can customize your automated settings. For example, every time your account balance gets below $50, you can set it to automatically add $100 to your account. 

This quick video will give you all the information you need to get set up.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to your account manager at any time.

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Feature Friday: How to Streamline Your Social Media Content https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-streamline-your-social-media-content/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-streamline-your-social-media-content/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:13:07 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=6705 Feature Friday this week demonstrates how you can quickly and easily have content created for, and distributed to, your social media channels. From within your Crowd Content account, you can easily have your writers create Facebook and Twitter posts for your company. Once the social media content is completed by your writer, you can distribute across any […]

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Feature Friday this week demonstrates how you can quickly and easily have content created for, and distributed to, your social media channels.

From within your Crowd Content account, you can easily have your writers create Facebook and Twitter posts for your company.

Once the social media content is completed by your writer, you can distribute across any social media platform you have in your Hootsuite account.

Insider tip: if you feel that your tweets can also serve as Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media updates, you can schedule it all at once.

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Feature Friday: How to Change Your Account Settings https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-change-account-settings/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-change-account-settings/#respond Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:51:03 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=6480 Today, Scott explains how easy it is to set a low funds notification, and change other areas of your profile and account information. If you have changed your address, you can easily update your account information under the Edit Account Info tab. Are you one of those people who likes to change their passwords every […]

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Today, Scott explains how easy it is to set a low funds notification, and change other areas of your profile and account information.

If you have changed your address, you can easily update your account information under the Edit Account Info tab.

Are you one of those people who likes to change their passwords every couple of months? If so, it is easy to do in the Change Password tab.

Should you wish to attach a picture to your profile, you can do so under the Change Picture tab. Here, you can upload your headshot, company logo, or use an avatar we provide for you.

Finally, we have a Low Funds Notification option where you can set a customized threshold for when you would like a reminder to add funds to your account. This feature is handy if you are running content campaigns and have content scheduled to place months in advance. This feature will ensure you are notified when your account hits a certain balance so that you have enough credit for your scheduled orders to place.

For more information on features available within your Crowd Content account, check out the Feature Friday library!

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Feature Friday: How to Create and Manage Writer Teams https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-create-manage-writer-teams/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-create-manage-writer-teams/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:14:07 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=6327 It’s that time of year where we’re all organizing our 2015 content strategies. With that in mind, Curtis gives us a quick demonstration of how you can create a team of writers who specializes in writing about your industry. If you are new to Crowd Content, you can cruise through writer profiles and choose a writer […]

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It’s that time of year where we’re all organizing our 2015 content strategies. With that in mind, Curtis gives us a quick demonstration of how you can create a team of writers who specializes in writing about your industry.

If you are new to Crowd Content, you can cruise through writer profiles and choose a writer who looks like a good match for your brand’s voice. Writer profiles include real time client ratings, topics where the writers excel, and many other stats what come in handy when you are vetting writers.

If you have placed previous content orders, you can easily go back and choose any of the writers who have written for you previously.

Writer teams make it easy for you to organize which writers you want on specific projects. If you would like a hand setting up a team of writers, don’t hesitate to contact your client account manager at any time!

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Feature Friday: Mark Your Content as Published https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-mark-content-published/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-mark-content-published/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:17:04 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=6090 Today on Feature Friday, Matt, shows off the latest feature available to Crowd Content clients- the mark as published option. Once your content has been written and is completed by your writer(s), the next step is to export and publish your content to your site. At that point, your content is published. If you custom […]

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Today on Feature Friday, Matt, shows off the latest feature available to Crowd Content clients- the mark as published option.

Once your content has been written and is completed by your writer(s), the next step is to export and publish your content to your site.

At that point, your content is published. If you custom exported the content, you can mark it as published. If you used the Crowd Content WordPress connector, it will automatically be marked as published.

All completed and published content will appear in the published folder. If, at any time, you would like to unpublish your content, you can do so by clicking ‘mark as unpublished’.

Feel free to leave any questions below, or, contact your account manager for more details.

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Feature Friday: How to Message Your Writer https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-message-writer/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-message-writer/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:30:32 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=5844 Today on Feature Friday, Jovita demonstrates how you are able to communicate with your writer. The first step is to click on the order your writer is working on. In the bottom right hand corner of your screen, you will see a box that says ‘Message Your Writer’, click on that. You are now in […]

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Today on Feature Friday, Jovita demonstrates how you are able to communicate with your writer.

The first step is to click on the order your writer is working on.

In the bottom right hand corner of your screen, you will see a box that says ‘Message Your Writer’, click on that.

You are now in the chat window with your writer. Both you and your writer have the ability to send a message.

If your writer is not online, they will get an email with your message.

This is a handy feature for your writer if they are looking for more information or specification on your order.

Most of our high volume users like to use the chat feature to open up the lines of communication and build a relationship with their writers.

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Feature Friday: How to Connect Your WordPress to Your Crowd Content Account https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-connect-wordpress-crowd-content-account/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-connect-wordpress-crowd-content-account/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:22:14 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=5541 Today, Steve, demonstrates how you can hook up your WordPress account with your Crowd Content account. Once you are in the app directory in your Crowd Content account, scroll down to WordPress and click Install App. From there, you will be prompted to fill in your WordPress information. Once you have filled out this information, […]

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Today, Steve, demonstrates how you can hook up your WordPress account with your Crowd Content account.

Once you are in the app directory in your Crowd Content account, scroll down to WordPress and click Install App.

From there, you will be prompted to fill in your WordPress information. Once you have filled out this information, click Add WordPress.

You're now ready to export you fresh blog post to your WordPress account!

Simply open the blog post (in your Crowd Content account) that you would like to export to WordPress, click Tools and Apps at the top of the screen.

From there, scroll down to WordPress and click Publish to WordPress.

Now, if you go into your WordPress account, you will see the blog post ready to be published.

That's how to use the Crowd Content WordPress integration!

Happy Friday.

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Feature Friday: Getting SEO Metadata with Your Content https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-getting-seo-metadata-content/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-getting-seo-metadata-content/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:22:06 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=5286 Happy Halloween and happy Friday! Today, Matt demonstrates how to order SEO metadata with your content. We’ve made it easy for you and your writer to work together to get the metadata you need for your SEO strategy. From within the advanced order option area in the content order form, you will want to click ‘yes’ […]

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Happy Halloween and happy Friday!

Today, Matt demonstrates how to order SEO metadata with your content.

We’ve made it easy for you and your writer to work together to get the metadata you need for your SEO strategy.

From within the advanced order option area in the content order form, you will want to click ‘yes’ when it asks you if you would like metadata.

You can specify keywords, or leave it up to the writer to decide.

When your writer picks up your order, they will be presented with 3 fields.

Metadata Title- This section defaults to the h1 title of your order. It can also be customized based on your strategy.

Metadata Description- A best practice for metadata descriptions is anywhere between 150 and 160 characters. We’ve set the character limit to 156 to ensure there is no overage.

Metadata Keywords- As previously mentioned, you can decide whether you’d like to provide these for your writer, or, you can leave it up to the writer to decide what best fits.

Once the writer has returned the SEO metadata and content back to you, you can export the content in HTML or as a CSV file.

If you have questions about this feature, feel free to leave a question in the comment box on this post, or contact your client account manager at any time.

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Feature Friday: How to Retrieve Your Transaction History https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-retrieve-transaction-history/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-retrieve-transaction-history/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:45:41 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=5028 Happy Friday! This week, Curtis demonstrates how you can retrieve your transaction history from within your Crowd Content account. Whether you’re an accounting guru or a business owner keeping your financial records, we’ve made it easy for you to retrieve your transaction history. You have the ability to sort by debits (orders), credits (deposits), or […]

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Happy Friday! This week, Curtis demonstrates how you can retrieve your transaction history from within your Crowd Content account.

Whether you’re an accounting guru or a business owner keeping your financial records, we’ve made it easy for you to retrieve your transaction history.

You have the ability to sort by debits (orders), credits (deposits), or by date range.

If you’ll be printing off your transaction history, you have the ability to download as a PDF.

See you next week. Have a great weekend!

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Feature Friday: Advanced Order Options https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-advanced-order-options/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-advanced-order-options/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:28:13 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=4620 Happy Friday! Today Scott explains how amazing instructions for your content writer can result in amazing content. When you order content for your blog, web copy, or wheatever it may be, it’s important to remember that writers do not double as mind readers. We have created an advanced order options area where you have the ability to […]

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Happy Friday!

Today Scott explains how amazing instructions for your content writer can result in amazing content.

When you order content for your blog, web copy, or wheatever it may be, it’s important to remember that writers do not double as mind readers.

We have created an advanced order options area where you have the ability to provide detailed instructions to your content writer. These will get you on the road to having high quality content for your site!

Here’s a list of your options:

  1. Keywords- SEO savvy? Here’s where you enter the list of keywords you want your writer to incorporate in the final product.
  2. Target Audience- Providing your writer with the target audience allows them to adjust the tone of the content to cater to a specific niche.
  3. Language- What language do you want your content written in?
  4. Processing Time- Our algorithm is intuitive in that it auto calculates a processing time based on your word count. However, you can customize turn around time based on your deadlines.
  5. Writer Point of View- You can choose from first person, second person, third person, or, let the writer decide.
  6. Voice Tone- Do you want your content to be fun, informative, light-hearted, professional, serious, witty, or informative? The choice is yours!
  7. Purpose of Content- Is the purpose of your content to entertain, promote, inform, or sell?
  8. Call to Action- Do you want a call to action? You can choose from buy, sign up, or, find out more.
  9. List of Main Benefits- If you want to put an emphasis on main benefits, here’s where you let your writer know.
  10. Things to Avoid- Is there something in particular that should not be mentioned? It is common to ask writers to avoid using long paragraphs in this section.
  11. Attachment- If you have more information in an attachment, feel free to upload it here.

These advanced options are just that- options! If you want to leave it up to your writer, don’t worry about using these options.

See you next week!

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Feature Friday: Managing Your Content Tab https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-managing-content-tab/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-managing-content-tab/#respond Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:28:41 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=4293 So much content, so little time! This week on Feature Friday, Clayton, explains how you can filter and organize your content from the Content tab in your account. You have the ability to filter by content type, content quality, writer, or, by rating. It is also easy to search by date range.  For example, if you want […]

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So much content, so little time! This week on Feature Friday, Clayton, explains how you can filter and organize your content from the Content tab in your account.

You have the ability to filter by content type, content quality, writer, or, by rating. It is also easy to search by date range. 

For example, if you want to place an order for product descriptions but you can’t remember who your go-to writer were, you can filter by product description orders, and add a sub filter for content you rated as ‘exceeded expectations’ in the product description category.

Using this filter, you will see all the details from your previous product description orders that exceeded expectations.

These are great tools to have if you are a high volume customer and need to find a certain piece of content or a writer who you worked with in the past.

Check out the video for a quick overview of how to make the most out of your content tab!

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Feature Friday: How to Order Product Descriptions in Bulk Quantities https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-order-product-descriptions-bulk-quantities/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-order-product-descriptions-bulk-quantities/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:23:54 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=4164 With e-tailers prepping their content for the coming holidays, we thought we would do a Feature Friday on how to get bulk quantities of product description written from high quality writers. We call this feature the bulk CSV upload tool. It allows you to uploaded huge quantities of SKUs that you received from the product […]

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With e-tailers prepping their content for the coming holidays, we thought we would do a Feature Friday on how to get bulk quantities of product description written from high quality writers.

We call this feature the bulk CSV upload tool. It allows you to uploaded huge quantities of SKUs that you received from the product manufacturer, or elsewhere.

You have the ability to pick and choose which product descriptions you would like to have rewritten, or you can select all of them.

Once you have decided which descriptions are getting fresh content, you can provide instructions to your writer.

Once the order is placed, your writer takes care of it.

Just sit back, relax, and expect your descriptions to be returned to you within the deadline you chose.

Bigcommerce  user? We are partnered with both so you can quickly and easily order fresh description from within your account.

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Feature Friday: How to Order Facebook Posts https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-facebook-posts/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-facebook-posts/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:38:32 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3984 TGIF! Today on Feature Friday, Curtis demonstrates how to order Facebook posts for your company page. Our qualified writers can create creative and engaging Facebook posts that are unique to your business and industry. You have the ability to provide basic or detailed instructions for yiour writer. Additionally, to give your writer an idea of what you […]

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TGIF! Today on Feature Friday, Curtis demonstrates how to order Facebook posts for your company page.

Our qualified writers can create creative and engaging Facebook posts that are unique to your business and industry.

You have the ability to provide basic or detailed instructions for yiour writer. Additionally, to give your writer an idea of what you like, you can show example pages of businesses who have done a killer job on their Facebook posts.

Once your writer has finished your order, you have the ability to upload the posts directly into your Hootsuite account using our Hootsuite integration.

Check out the video for more details!

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Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Shopify Store https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-product-descriptions-for-your-shopify-store/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-product-descriptions-for-your-shopify-store/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:55:00 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3684 The weekend is almost here! That means it’s time for Feature Friday. Today, Scott demonstrates how to use the Crowd Content Shopify app. It’s super easy to use! To install the Shopify app, all you need to do is go to the app directory from within your Crowd Content account. From there, click ‘install’ on the […]

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The weekend is almost here! That means it’s time for Feature Friday.

Today, Scott demonstrates how to use the Crowd Content Shopify app.

It’s super easy to use! To install the Shopify app, all you need to do is go to the app directory from within your Crowd Content account.

From there, click ‘install’ on the Shopify app. To connect your store to Crowd Content, simply enter the URL of your Shopify store.

If you have go to create an order for product descriptions now, all of your existing products will appear.

You have the ability to pick and choose which products you would like to include in your content order; you can do choose 1 or 100, the choice it yours.

Furthermore, you can choose to the descriptions written fresh, or re-written.

Finally, you have the ability to choose from either professional writers or standard writers, depending on your budget.

If you have any questions about how the Shopify app or how to get the most out of your product descriptions, do not hesitate to contact your client account manager at any time!

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We Need Your Help at Content Marketing World 2014 https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/we-need-your-help-at-content-marketing-world-2014/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/we-need-your-help-at-content-marketing-world-2014/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:34:09 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3312 We’re so excited for Content Marketing World next week! We have some exciting activities in store for you while you’re there. What is Quality Content? If you help us define what high quality content is, you can win some killer prizes! All participants will be entered into a draw to win a $1,000 content creation package from […]

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We’re so excited for Content Marketing World next week! We have some exciting activities in store for you while you’re there.

What is Quality Content?

If you help us define what high quality content is, you can win some killer prizes!

All participants will be entered into a draw to win a $1,000 content creation package from Crowd Content that includes any mix of the following:

  • Professionally written blog posts, white papers, ebooks, or website contentTweets or Facebook posts customized for your brand
  • Product descriptions written or re-written for your ecommerce store
  • High quality stock images (over 15 million to choose from)

All participants will be entered into a draw to win 10 prizes of $50 of Content Creation Services. Plus, the first 100 people to participate will get a premium content marketing designer t-shirt!

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How It Works: 

We’re on a mission to help our clients and writers create higher quality content. But, first, we want to help them understand what the term “quality content” actually means.

Because, let’s face it – everyone keeps telling you to publish quality content, but they rarely define what that means.

Instead of attempting to define quality content ourselves, we want to hear what 2,500 of the brightest content marketing minds have to say about it.

All you need to do is stop by and visit us at Booth 26, and give us your take on what you think Quality Content is.

After getting your input, we’ll head back to the lab and look for trends in what the industry believes quality content is.

We’ll then use this information to develop comprehensive a guide that helps define what quality content is and provides insight on how to achieve it!

Bonus: If we choose to highlight your response, your name, image, company, and URL will be published in the guide.

What Else Is Happening?

Tuesday night is going to be bumpin’! We have teamed up with Content Marketing Institute to bring you CONTENTFest featuring tasty food trucks, delectable drinks, amazing live music!

This is a great opportunity to network with other attendees, take some sweet pictures, and, most importantly, have some fun!

To celebrate Cleveland’s Rock and Roll history, there will be a Beatles cover band playing throughout the evening.

To stay in tune with the Rock ‘n’ Roll theme, we have created a Beatles photo booth where you can snap some fun photos with your friends.

One of our staff will be your dedicated photographer while you dress up in Beatles-esque props, and harness your inner John Lennon.

Still need some convincing? Those who get a picture at the Beatles picture booth, upload it to twitter, and give @CrowdContent a shout out, will get a free drink ticket for the Crowd Content Smurf.

These beautifully blue drinks were created and tested especially for this evening!

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Feature Friday: Different Ways to Export Your Content | Part 2 https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-different-ways-to-export-your-content-part-2/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-different-ways-to-export-your-content-part-2/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:45:35 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3273 We’re dedicated to making your content creation experience as easy as possible. Today on Feature Friday, Curtis explains how easy it is to export large quantities of content from your Crowd Content account. Last week on Feature Friday, we showcased the apps and tools you can use to export your freshly written content. This week […]

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We’re dedicated to making your content creation experience as easy as possible.

Today on Feature Friday, Curtis explains how easy it is to export large quantities of content from your Crowd Content account.

Last week on Feature Friday, we showcased the apps and tools you can use to export your freshly written content.

This week is a bit different. Curtis focuses on how you can export large quantities of content all at once via csv or zip files.

These options are especially handy if you want to store your content on your desktop, or, if you are hosting your e-commerce store on a platform outside of Shopify or Bigcommerce.

Shopify or Bigcommerce store owner? We have you covered too!

Check out this how-to guide for importing and exporting content directly to and from your Shopify or Bigcommerce store.

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Feature Friday: Different Ways to Export Your Content | Part 1 https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-different-ways-to-export-your-content-part-1/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-different-ways-to-export-your-content-part-1/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:00:57 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3177 Happy Friday! This week Curtis reveals the many ways you can export your content from within your Crowd Content account. You have a number of different options to choose from. Copy HTML – Content formatted in HTML. This is a great tool if you are placing your content on your website. Copy Text – This tool […]

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Happy Friday! This week Curtis reveals the many ways you can export your content from within your Crowd Content account.

You have a number of different options to choose from.

  1. Copy HTML – Content formatted in HTML. This is a great tool if you are placing your content on your website.
  2. Copy Text – This tool put your content into notepad to be placed wherever you need it.
  3. Download Documents – Use this tool to download your content as a word document.
  4. Constant Contact – Enables you to export your content directly into an email in your Constant Contact account.
  5. Mail Chimp – Similar to constant contact, you can export your content directly into an email campaign or create a new one.
  6. Bigcommerce – Product descriptions? No problem. Use our Bigcommerce integration to export descriptions directly to your store.
  7. WordPress – Any content you have created that needs to be uploaded into WordPress can be done directly from. 

Next week on Feature Friday, we will demonstrate how you can export major batches of content as zip and CSV files.

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Feature Friday: How to Search and View Writer Profiles https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-search-and-view-writer-profiles/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-search-and-view-writer-profiles/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:11:20 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3081 We are so proud of our writers! They have been working hard writing fresh and relevant content for all areas of the internet. It’s about time we show off their skills! We have created amazing profiles for each and every one of our writers. These profiles showcase their areas of expertise and keep their performance stats updated […]

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We are so proud of our writers! They have been working hard writing fresh and relevant content for all areas of the internet. It’s about time we show off their skills!

We have created amazing profiles for each and every one of our writers. These profiles showcase their areas of expertise and keep their performance stats updated in real time.

Helpful information you now have access to:

  1. Mini Bio- These were created custom by each writer. This area outlines their education, experience, and unique value to Crowd Content clients.
  2. Quality Star Level– You can see whether the writer is 1,2,3, or 4 star quality level. This is determined by our rating algorithm that uses real time performance.
  3. Category Badges– If the writer has badges at the top of their profile, it means they are among the top 10 writers in that specific category.
  4. Testimonials and Recent Ratings– A real time ticker provides all recent ratings and reviews by clients.
  5. Category Performance– This shows how many orders the writer has completed in a specific category. It also shows their average client rating (out of 5) for that category.
  6. Writer Statistics- This area displays the number of words and orders the writer has written on the Crowd Content platform. It also shows how many orders the writer currently has in progress and their average words per hour (WPH). 
  7. Writing Samples- Part of the writer application process is providing us with a sample of their writing capabilities from a predetermined category. The writer sample shown in the profiles is from the application process.

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It’s a win-win. Clients are now able to search through our ‘crowd’ of content writers and pick the one(s) whose qualifications best suit their content requirements. Writers now have their great work on display for potential clients to view.

We hope you enjoy this feature! Stay tuned for cool new features being released over the coming months!

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Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-product-descriptions-for-your-bigcommerce-store/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-product-descriptions-for-your-bigcommerce-store/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:55:33 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3057 Today’s feature video explains how to order product descriptions for your Bigcommerce store. The first step is to integrate your Bigcommerce store with Crowd Content. Now, anytime you place an order for product descriptions, the order form will automatically load the inventory from your Bigcommerce store. You can easily pick and choose which product descriptions you would like […]

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Today’s feature video explains how to order product descriptions for your Bigcommerce store.

The first step is to integrate your Bigcommerce store with Crowd Content. Now, anytime you place an order for product descriptions, the order form will automatically load the inventory from your Bigcommerce store.

You can easily pick and choose which product descriptions you would like to have freshly written, or, simply, a re-write of what you are using.

It’s common for e-tailers to receive inventory from the manufacturer with only a title attached to the product. In this case, you will order a fresh product description. You can choose your word count and provide any additional instructions to your writer.

If you have product descriptions from your manufacturer, you will want to create a product description re-write order. This is an SEO best practice every savvy e-tailer is conscious of.

Once your writers have completed your ordes, the descriptions can be uploaded directly into your Bigcommerce store.

The best part? No copying and pasting!

Check out the video for step by step instructions!

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Feature Friday: Crowd Content Referral Program https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-crowd-content-referral-program/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-crowd-content-referral-program/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:16:24 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=3000 Crowd Content is excited to announce our first ever refferal program! Once you are in the referral tab, you will have access to a unique link. You can share this link on your social media, website, or via email with your friends.  You can track your referrals in the My Referrals tab from within your […]

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Crowd Content is excited to announce our first ever refferal program!

Once you are in the referral tab, you will have access to a unique link. You can share this link on your social media, website, or via email with your friends. 

You can track your referrals in the My Referrals tab from within your account. 

Check out the video for more details!

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Crowd Content Teams Up with CMWorld to Bring You CONTENTFest! https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/crowd-content-teams-up-with-cmworld-to-bring-you-contentfest/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/crowd-content-teams-up-with-cmworld-to-bring-you-contentfest/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:43:43 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2859 It’s that time of the year again! Content Marketing World is back for a fourth time as the largest content marketing event in the history of the planet! This year from September 8th to 11th, join Crowd Content at the premier event celebrating the very best content marketers in the industry. If you’re a marketing […]

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It’s that time of the year again! Content Marketing World is back for a fourth time as the largest content marketing event in the history of the planet!

This year from September 8th to 11th, join Crowd Content at the premier event celebrating the very best content marketers in the industry.

If you’re a marketing or PR professional that creates or manages content for their company, this is the most valuable networking and learning opportunity you’ll attend all year!

At Content Marketing World 2014, the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland Ohio will be bustling with over 1,700 professional marketers from around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to network with the brightest and most creative professionals in the industry, take part in hands-on practice labs specific to your industry and much more.

At the end of the event, you’ll be ready to implement a rock star content marketing strategy that will impress and inspire the leaders in your company.

Find out how to crush the competition with killer content and use strategic content marketing to drive success in your business.

Whether you’re new to content marketing or a seasoned professional, you’ll find the learning and networking opportunities at Content Marketing World to be invaluable.

Walk away with actionable tactics and strategies you’ll want to put in place immediately in your organization to achieve content marketing success!

While you’ll have access to powerful workshops and industry-specific labs over the course of the weekend, you’ll also have the opportunity to kick back and relax over some great music and food at CONTENTFest!

What is CONTENTFest?

Crowd Content is excited to announce that we’re sponsoring this exclusive entertaining event, where you can indulge in delicious eats, great music and a jam-packed evening of fun!

Drop in to CONTENTFest Tuesday, September 9th at the Jacobs Pavillion later that evening to network with other content marketers in a laid-back and fun setting!

Arrive in your dancing shoes and join us on the dance floor as we rock out to a world-class DJ, followed by live performances from Welshly Arms, a rock/blues band, and Northeast Ohio – arguably the greatest Beatles tribute band around! If you’re feeling hungry, you’ll find food trucks for every appetite serving some of the best chow in Cleveland!

Are you planning to attend Content Marketing World this year? If so, we’d love to hear from you! If you haven’t purchased your badge yet, there’s still time left to get in on the world’s biggest and best content marketing event ever!

We hope to see you there!

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Feature Friday: How to Connect Your Bigcommerce Store https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-connect-your-bigcommerce-store/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-connect-your-bigcommerce-store/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:30:14 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2733 Today, Curtis walks us through how to connect the Crowd Content app to your Bigcommerce store.  When you are at your dashboard in your Bigcommerce account, there is an apps icon in the top left corner. After clicking on that icon, a list of apps will appear. Once you find the crowd content app, click install. You’re […]

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Today, Curtis walks us through how to connect the Crowd Content app to your Bigcommerce store. 

When you are at your dashboard in your Bigcommerce account, there is an apps icon in the top left corner.

After clicking on that icon, a list of apps will appear. Once you find the crowd content app, click install.

You’re good to go! Your Bigcommerce store is now synced with Crowd Content.

In a few weeks, we will demonstrate how to create and manage amazing content from within your Bigcommerce account. 

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

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Feature Friday: How to Review and Rate Your Content https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-review-and-rate-your-content/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-review-and-rate-your-content/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:22:46 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2596 Feature Friday this week is hosted by our CTO, Matt Martin. He demonstrates how you have the ability to review, rate, and request revisions on your content. Once a writer completes your content, they submit it to you for review. After reading it over, you have couple of options. If you are happy with your content, […]

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Feature Friday this week is hosted by our CTO, Matt Martin. He demonstrates how you have the ability to review, rate, and request revisions on your content.

Once a writer completes your content, they submit it to you for review. After reading it over, you have couple of options.

If you are happy with your content, you can rate and accept it right away.

After reviewing it, if you decide that you would like changes made, you can request unlimited revisions for up to 3 days.

We use gamification to constantly rank our writers. If they are recieving good ratings, their quality level will reflect this in real time. 

Fresh, relevant content is so important for search engine ranking, telling your brand story, and building a loyal customer base. We are commited to getting you the content you are looking for!

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

 

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Feature Friday: How to Use Team and Direct Orders https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-use-team-and-direct-orders/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-use-team-and-direct-orders/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:31:22 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2584 This week on Feature Friday, Scott, Account Manager, demonstrates how you can use open, team, and direct orders. Open orders allow you to send your content order out to all qualified writers. For example, if you placed an open order for three star quality content, your order can be picked up by any three or four star writer on […]

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This week on Feature Friday, Scott, Account Manager, demonstrates how you can use open, team, and direct orders.

Open orders allow you to send your content order out to all qualified writers. For example, if you placed an open order for three star quality content, your order can be picked up by any three or four star writer on the Crowd Content platform.

Once you have established a relationship with a few writers who have successfully completed your content orders, you can add them to a team, and place team orders.

For example, if you have four writers who have created amazing blog posts for you in the past, you can create a “Blogging” team. Once you place an order with this team, only writers on the team will be able to pick up your order.

If you are particularly impressed with one of your writers, you can send a direct order to them. This is a great feature if you want to keep a uniform voice across your website, blog, or social media content.

It is common to use a mix of open, team, and direct orders. Give it a try!

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

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Feature Friday: How to Order Tweets | Part 2 of 2 https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-tweets-part-2-of-2/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-tweets-part-2-of-2/#respond Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:54:22 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2548 This week is the second part to a two part Feature Friday series. Steve, developer, demonstrates how easy it is to integrate your Crowd Content social content orders into your Hootsuite dashboard. Hootsuite is a leading social media dashboard that allows you to quickly and easily upload, distribute, and manage you social media content.  The […]

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This week is the second part to a two part Feature Friday series. Steve, developer, demonstrates how easy it is to integrate your Crowd Content social content orders into your Hootsuite dashboard.

Hootsuite is a leading social media dashboard that allows you to quickly and easily upload, distribute, and manage you social media content. 

The Crowd Content integration with Hootsuite allows you to rate your content, add funds, and create orders from within your Hootsuite account. 

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

 

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Feature Friday: How to Order Tweets | Part 1 of 2 https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-tweets-part-1-of-2/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-order-tweets-part-1-of-2/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:10:53 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2530 Tweets are a great way to get exposure for your brand. You have the abilitiy to efficiently and effectively reach a large audience. This week on Feature Friday, I demonstrate how easy it is to order a batch of tweets in your Crowd Content account. To start, simply enter the hashtags you would like your writer […]

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Tweets are a great way to get exposure for your brand. You have the abilitiy to efficiently and effectively reach a large audience.

This week on Feature Friday, I demonstrate how easy it is to order a batch of tweets in your Crowd Content account.

To start, simply enter the hashtags you would like your writer to use, an example handle where your writer can visit for reference, and you’re on your way!

You’re busy running your business, so why not let our talented pool of writers craft some creative and share-worthy tweets for your twitter profile?

Next week on Feature Friday, we will show you how easy it is to load these tweets into your Hootsuite account using our Hootsuite integration. Stay tuned!

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

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Feature Friday: How to Incorporate Keywords Into Your Content Creation https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-incorporate-keywords-into-your-content-creation/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-incorporate-keywords-into-your-content-creation/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:42:31 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2460 This week on Feature Friday, Curtis Machek, Developer, demonstrates how you can add keyword preferences to your content orders. It’s a really intuitive feature. As a customer, you can choose the keywords you want used throughout your content, and add them to your order.  Once your writer starts creating your content, there is a real time count […]

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This week on Feature Friday, Curtis Machek, Developer, demonstrates how you can add keyword preferences to your content orders.

It’s a really intuitive feature. As a customer, you can choose the keywords you want used throughout your content, and add them to your order. 

Once your writer starts creating your content, there is a real time count on their dashboard of how many times they have used your chosen keywords.

Kewords are a a great way to optimize your content for search engines, such as Google. So why not start incorporating them in to your content?

Feature Friday: Product Descriptions For Your Bigcommerce Store

 

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Feature Friday: How to Download Bigstock Images in Your Crowd Content Account https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-download-bigstock-images-in-your-crowd-content-account/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/feature-friday-how-to-download-bigstock-images-in-your-crowd-content-account/#respond Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:54:20 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=2406 What better day to kick off Feature Friday than Friday the 13th? Every week we will be doing a short Feature Friday video outlining cool features that you can find in your Crowd Content account.  This week, founder and CEO, Clayton Lainsbury, shows us how to download Bigstock images directly into your Crowd Content account. In just […]

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What better day to kick off Feature Friday than Friday the 13th?

Every week we will be doing a short Feature Friday video outlining cool features that you can find in your Crowd Content account. 

This week, founder and CEO, Clayton Lainsbury, shows us how to download Bigstock images directly into your Crowd Content account.

In just a few clicks, you will own the rights to high quality, royalty free photos, that you can incorporate into your content marketing.

Google is on the look out for fresh and unique content. Why not compliment it with an eye catching image? Check it out!

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Using a Blog to Sell Your Service or Product https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/using-a-blog-to-sell-your-service-or-product/ https://www.crowdcontent.com/blog/content-marketing/using-a-blog-to-sell-your-service-or-product/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:14:27 +0000 https://crowdcontent.com/blog/?p=387 When crafting your online marketing plan for your company, remember to include a blog in the mix (this should be common knowledge today). A well-written blog can sell your service or product not only today, but also for years to come, laying the foundation for a passive income stream that needs little but fresh, relevant […]

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When crafting your online marketing plan for your company, remember to include a blog in the mix (this should be common knowledge today). A well-written blog can sell your service or product not only today, but also for years to come, laying the foundation for a passive income stream that needs little but fresh, relevant posts to stay active.

1. Lay down a new route to your site from the search engines.

Each new blog post has the potential to rank on the search engines. The more content you have, the better the chance that your site will contain the word sequences and content that resonate with many searchers.

2. Increase your authority with the search engines.

The search engines respect a deep pool of content, as long as that content does not contain spammy signals that make a site appear low quality. Fresh posts draw the search bots to revisit a site and explore it more deeply, giving that site new visibility and potential to rank.

3. Invite people to visit your site to read your fresh content.

Every time you post on your blog, you have a good excuse to invite your network to visit your website. Just be sure the content is fresh and adds value to your connections, so you don’t weary them with redundancy.

4. Include an organic call to action in each post.

While you have people there, looking at your web page, you need to make your pitch. Blogging about topics related to the services or products you sell will make it easy for you to include an organic call to action as part of the post.

5. Attract inbound links.

Just as each post has the potential to get noticed by the search engines, it can also attract interest from other websites. These sites may link to your page, adding to your site’s visibility in the search engines.

6. Create an email sequence that guides readers through old posts.

Once you have a library of solid blog content, you can build an email sequence that guides new subscribers through a series of your posts. This will familiarize new prospects with your message and expose them to your calls to action.

7. Demonstrate your expertise to readers.

Most of all, your blog will demonstrate to readers the depth of your expertise and the wisdom of your solutions. The more posts they read, the more familiar your voice will sound and the more responsive they will become to your offers.

A blog is a like a permanent billboard network on the Internet. If you take the time to build a solid structure in the beginning, your blog can sell your service or product for you and enable you to meet your online income goals.

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