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Join Me for Blog About 5 Things Week

October 2nd, 2006 by Ben Yoskovitz

A couple of weeks ago, inspired by Darren Rowse’s group writing project I ran a “How To” Week here at Instigator Blog. It was fun, but challenging, to focus on one style of post for the entire week and make sure I wasn’t cheating myself (or you!) into writing something that was less than a real “how to” in order to fit the theme.

And now I’m at it again. Not the cheating part, the writing part…

spacer I’m declaring this Blog About 5 Things Week where each post will list 5 things. It could be any subject, and the 5 things won’t necessarily be a ranked list (i.e. top 5.)
Sample post ideas: “5 tips on…” or “5 ways to…” or “5 lessons about…”

“Things” is a fairly generic word, but apply it to something, write about 5 of ‘em and you’ve got it!

Please join me in this little experiment!

Go ahead and write “5 things” posts all week and link back here to let me know!

I hope you’ll give it a try, and tell your friends too! Even if you just write one or two posts, give it a go! I don’t have any amazing prizes, but I’ll link to you like crazy and we’ll have a grand time doing it…

In the spirit of Blog About 5 Things Week, here’s 5 reasons you should write a “5 Things” post:

  1. It’s a challenging way to work on your writing.
  2. It’s a great way to get some inbound links to your blog and make some new friends.
  3. List-style posts are quite popular, so with a bit of social bookmarking, the community’s help and some luck, we can generate explosive traffic numbers.
  4. Your community will appreciate it; they’ll get your valuable thoughts, insight and advice in neat little “5 things” packages.
  5. It’s tons of fun!

Tags: blogging, blogging frequency, 5 things, top 5, lists, writing, linkbaiting, problogger, darren rowse

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    27 Responses to “Join Me for Blog About 5 Things Week”

    1. on 02 Oct 2006 at 4:53 pm   5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Money On When Starting a Business » Instigator Blog

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    3. on 02 Oct 2006 at 7:49 pm   5 Ways to Overcome the Home Business Blues, Blahs, and Burnout

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    4. on 03 Oct 2006 at 2:28 am   Proud To Be A Nerd » Blog Archive » Homework + Stuff

      […] Today I just had TOO MUCH HOMEWORK!!!  Anyway, I asked my dad if he would buy me a laptop for a early Christmas+Birthday present!  I want the $1000 Gateway (on sale for $750) they have at Circuit City.  I need a laptop for First/school/etc.  So…he said maybe.  That DOESN’T MEAN NO!!!!  On another note, one of my friends has to get a CAT scan because of an extreme migrane she had today (drooling, light sensitivity, dizziness, etc.)!  SCARY!!  Also, I might redesign either this blog or my main page for Pink for October.  Finally, look for a 5 things post this week.  Now, for bed! […]

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    6. on 03 Oct 2006 at 3:41 pm   Richard Hargreaves

      I have written a 5 things list for y’all. check it out here spongebob.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/5-most-hated-celebrities-in-hollywood/

    7. on 03 Oct 2006 at 3:54 pm   Ben Yoskovitz

      Richard - thanks for participating. The post looks great!

      I’ll be linking back to you shortly…

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    11. on 05 Oct 2006 at 3:14 pm   Heather Day

      Hey! Conceptual artist and author damali ayo has been making “5 things” lists for a while now. You can check out “5 documentaries you need to watch” “5 things i am doing to reduce my impact on the environment” and more at damaliayo.com/pages/connected.htm
      and also on her myspace blog, blog.myspace.com/damaliayocds where you can leave suggestions for other lists for damali to write up!

      Enjoy!
      Heather Day,
      Assistant to damali ayo

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    16. on 06 Oct 2006 at 12:10 am   5 Things I learned from my blind dog

      1. When you fall on your face, get up, shake it off, and keep going. But make a note to not repeat the same mistake that caused you to fall on your face the first time.

      blog.myspace.com/damaliayocds Linked back to instigator!

    17. on 06 Oct 2006 at 12:33 am   Ben Yoskovitz

      Heather - thanks for the comment. It was stuck in moderation and just saw it now.

      I’ve linked to Damali’s MySpace blog - the link will be live soon. Glad to see there’s more people out there doing “lists of 5″!

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    22. on 07 Oct 2006 at 3:01 pm   Manzkee

      Nice Idea. I joined you, but I don’t know if my 5 Things Week is really that interesting. Happy Wekend.

    23. on 07 Oct 2006 at 4:32 pm   Evolutionary Goo » Blog About 5 Things Week

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    24. on 07 Oct 2006 at 5:38 pm   Ben Yoskovitz

      Manzkee - thanks for joining. I’ll be adding a link to your site soon, in the next batch of 5 posts by others for Blog About 5 Things Week.

      I hope you’ll keep visiting and contributing at Instigator Blog!

    25. on 11 Oct 2006 at 2:33 pm   Emmanuel Oluwatosin: Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions » Blog Archive » Five ways to stay afloat while following your passion

      […] This is my contribution to Ben Yoskovitz’s Blog About 5 Things Week […]

    26. on 12 Oct 2006 at 5:18 pm   Resource Page for Blog About 5 Things Week Launched » Instigator Blog

      […] Blog About 5 Things Week was a huge success. Including my own posts, there were 32 submissions. Not too shabby at all! […]

    27. on 14 Oct 2006 at 3:15 pm   Manzkee

      Here’s my 5 latest post: Round Up. Thanks and congrats for the success of this idea.

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