Blogging Jobs and a Free Book on Marketing

Problogger has a great list of jobs this week.

Free report for bloggers and online entrepreneurs from the collected wisdom of the pros at Marketing Sherpa, one of my very favorite sites!

Marketing Wisdom for 2011

Timeless Advice on Writing Articles Readers will Love

I found this great article from Matt Cutts, a Google big dog, about how to write articles and blog posts that readers will love. You should really check this one out, well worth the read. He does a great job of helping explain keyword usage and SEO article writing.

Top 7 Tips For Writing Effective Articles and Blog Posts

As someone who has been writing and blogging online since 2003, one of the most important things I have learned is that quality content trumps all. If you are just starting out writing articles online and/or blogging, you will read all kinds of stuff about how to increase page views, reach the first page of Google, and increase your revenue online by adding mass content to your site. This is not true. The BEST way to succeed online is to write quality articles, original content that you produce yourself, not free articles that you find online, not auto blogging, just really good content.

Below is a list of what I consider the seven best tips for writing the best online article or blog post you can produce. If you follow these guidelines for each piece you write online you WILL succeed.

Tip #1–Write Informative Content with Authority.

Unless you are simply blogging for the fun of it or for personal reasons, nobody cares what your dog said or the newest trick your kid performed. Readers of quality blogs visit regularly because they are finding something of value to them. Search engines are the same. If you want to get on the map with your articles and blog post, make sure you are giving visitors what they came for, helpful information, and write from a position of authority. You shouldn’t write an article or blog post about a specific topic unless you are an expert on that topic or you have done diligent research. Believe me, it will show.