10 Ways to Get More ReTweets
by Neil Patel on November 28, 2011
Do you want more Twitter traffic? Well who doesn’t. One of the best ways to get more Twitter traffic is to get more retweets… but you already know that.
But do you know how to get more retweets? Other than the basic things like write great content or add Twitter buttons to your website there has to be advanced ways to get more retweets, right?
Well there is! Here are 10 ways to get more retweets: [click to continue…]
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A Quick and Dirty Guide to Content Marketing
by Neil Patel on November 22, 2011
Ever walk up to one of those booths at the mall to buy a new phone? Don’t you just hate the pressure that those people try to put on you?
I don’t know about you, but I hate that kind of sales tactics and hate people who do it to me. I hate it not only because it annoys me… but because it doesn’t work.
So what does work? Content marketing, which is simply giving people something valuable for free so that you can build a relationship up with them that eventually, leads to easy sales.
If you want easy sales, then you need to learn how to be a great content marketer. Here’s a crash course that will tell you everything you need to know. [click to continue…]
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How to Write SEO Friendly Blog Posts with These 13 Questions
by Neil Patel on November 17, 2011
The Google Panda update ranks websites that publish crappy content lower than sites that offer detailed, meaningful content. That’s good news for you because you want to create content that makes the web better, right? But how do you create that kind of content?
Well, over at Google, Amit Singhal suggests that you think like a Google engineer. So in that spirit, I’ve come up with 13 questions that are designed to help you do that so you can create quality articles that your readers and search engines love. [click to continue…]
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Neil Patel’s Guide to Blogging
by Neil Patel on November 14, 2011
About a month ago I broke down my process to writing popular blog posts. Incase you missed it, here’s how I write a blog post:
- Use simple words – don’t try to use fancy vocabulary as it makes blog posts harder to read and understand. As a general rule of thumb, use vocabulary that a 5th grader can understand.
- Use the word “you” – instead of using the word “we” or “them” in your blog posts, use the word “you”. By doing this, what I’m doing is trying to make you feel like it’s just you and me, as if we were sitting down at a café for a cup of coffee.
- Write how-to posts – people like posts that can teach them something. How-to posts are the perfect way of doing this. My first blog was a top 100 blog on the Internet according to Technorati; I was able to do this because I wrote a lot of how-to posts.
- Write detailed posts – when I first started Quick Sprout my blog posts weren’t too detailed and the blog wasn’t growing in traffic. Once I started to write more detailed blog posts my traffic started to go through the roof.
- Hook your readers – from using creative headlines to creating a sense of urgency you need to hook your readers if you want them to read your blog posts. One thing I learned from Copyblogger and Problogger is that using stats in your headlines is a great way to hook readers.
- Create a conversation – if you’ve noticed, I have a tendency to italicize words within my blog posts and I tend to ask questions at the end. This helps create a conversation with your readers, which will help you get more comments per blog post.
- Prove your points – if you don’t use stats to back up your points you’ll start to lose credibility with your readers. So start using stats.
- Show your authority – people have tons of options when it comes to reading blogs, so why should they read yours? If you can show that you are an authority without bragging it can help you win over readers. Just like how I mentioned I was a Technorati 100 blogger above.
- Care about your readers – the most important aspect of blogging is to care about your readers. Don’t just blog for the sake of it, do it because you want to help people out. From responding to people’s comments to responding to your readers emails, care about them.
Now that you are up to speed on how I write blog posts, here is my guide to blogging: [click to continue…]
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7 Marketing Lessons You Can Learn From The Simpsons
by Neil Patel on November 10, 2011
When was the last time you watched The Simpsons? Probably when you were a kid, right? I know what you’re thinking… it’s a show for children. Although you are right, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t watch it because I’ll bet it will teach you a lot about marketing.
Over the last 15 years or so of my life, I’ve probably watched a few hundred episodes and I’ve learned a ton. Here are 7 marketing lessons that the have Simpsons have taught me: [click to continue…]
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