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Archives for July 2009

“Create Dynamic Shopping With Unique Content and Generate Organic Growth and Profit with Jessie Jones – PopShops @ eComExpo


eComExpo July 9, 2009

Create organic content

Be sure you have the right partnerships in place

Have action item in  the domain name

Write as much content as you possible can, and it has to be unique, has to be interesting

Affiliate marketing calls for content that evokes conversion: pre-sell to people

Integrate offers and deals to create compelling (as in want-to-buy-now) content

Niche sites perform much better

Keep page design horizontal: allow google to crawl the site just two layers thick

Keep content unique

Use data feeds va APIs

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Mediabistro’s “Writing for the Web: Guidelines for Writing Online” With Manoush Zomorodi

Online class: Writing for the Web: Guidelines for Writing Online
Manoush Zomorodi
Mediabistro

Users want

  • Multimedia
  • Specific answers to what they’re searching


Service-oriented content

  • Advice
  • Stats
  • Ingredients
  • Instructions
  • Ratings
  • Health information
  • Test results


Users will read as little as possible, so be concise

Consumers will tune out marketing messages

Headlines

  • Be sure to write searchable headlines and subheads
  • Searchability trumps cleverness
  • Keywords need to be in the headline

Sidebars

  •     Provide easy access to supplemental bonus material, bonus points for multimedia
  •     Guides
  •     Recipe-finder
  •     Audio & video


Photos and graphic elements
Illustrations can liven up a dry topic
    
Source information

  •     Use firsthand/primary sources
  •     Check credentials, be sure your experts reall are
  •     Be sure the site itself is reputable

Blog

  •     Tout and own your expertise
  •     Stand out and get noticed
  •     Keep blog very focused on one subject
  •     Update consistently
  •     Engage with users