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• Creativity: Skellie has done a great work compiling this list of 110 resources for the creative mind.

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• Google PageRank: Despite the current fuzz I still think that bloggers and webmasters should not freak over PageRank. DoshDosh has a thoughtful piece article on the matter.

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• Making Money With Pictures: If you are an active digital photographer and if you use Flickr, you might want to stay alert for opportunities to make some money with your pictures.

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• Time Management: Being a part time blogger is no simple task. Writing content, answering to emails, networking with fellow bloggers… it might become cumbersome. This article is sharing some tips to organize yourself and get things flowing more efficiently.

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• Custom 404 Pages: Do you have a custom 404 page on your site? If not check out this article.

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• Advice Contest: The guys from AdviceNetwork are holding a contest where you can share your advices on the topics of Business, Real Estate and Weddings. The most popular advice will win a Mac Book Pro.

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It looks like the PageRank drops that we reported a couple of days ago (read Google Changing the PageRank Algorithm?) were indeed penalties being distributed to specific blogs.

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The reason for the penalties it not totally clear yet, but Darren stated that he got confirmations from two sources at Google that the penalties were being given exclusively for paid links, and not for cross-linking inside blog networks.

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That would explain why many blogs recovered from the drop, including Problogger itself. Supposedly these blogs were wrongly associated with paid links, and Google reversed their PageRank to the normal level after realizing that.

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The Google datacenters are still reporting scattered data, so it is difficult to know what will be the PageRank of some sites involved in the previous penalties (Andy Beard is trying to keep track of them).

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The good thing is that most websites are actually seeing the PageRank update now, and many are going up. My other blog Daily Writing Tips went from PR0 to PR5, while Daily Blog Tips stayed PR5.

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What about your blog, has it gained PageRank?\n

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Most of us check our blog’s statistics on a regular basis, but how much do we really examine and use that information to our advantage? We write posts, check out the traffic numbers, admire our success or hope for more. How often do we really examine our posts to see what draws the most attention and what really satisfies our readers? I’m sure some bloggers do this very effectively, but I think most of us have room for some improvement in this area.

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Here are some things to look for:

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Are your most frequently visited posts on particular topics?

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On my own blog I write on the subjects of web design, marketing and blogging. My most successful posts tend to be on web design related topics not on blogging or marketing. I think there are a number of factors that contribute to this, but it’s helpful to know that a certain topic is more likely to get noticed.
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Social media websites like Digg and StumbleUpon are great for sending massive amounts of traffic. Have you taken the time to analyze what types of posts get the most love from social media? Part of having an effective strategy for social media marketing is knowing which posts to push and where. This doesn’t mean that you should ignore a topic because it doesn’t generate traffic from social media, but it does help you to make the ideal use of your time for marketing by using unproductive methods.

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There may be other factors that contribute to which types of posts get social media traffic. For example, my posts that are web design related sometimes do well with niche social media sites, while posts that are related to blogging don’t get submitted to these sites since they aren’t relevant. I don’t think that makes the web design articles any superior, it just means that they fit into a niche that has some unique opportunities.

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What posts are receiving the most links?

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Gaining inbound links is an important part of developing a successful blog. If you know what types of posts are likely to draw inbound links you’ll be able to create more effective link bait. Another thing you want to consider here is where you have marketed those posts that have drawn a lot of links. It might be a marketing method that is working more so than a particular type of content.

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What posts are getting the most search engine traffic?

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Your blog and certain posts might be optimized to rank well for a particular search phrase. Why not capitalize on this by adding even more related content? The new posts that you add are likely to also rank well if they target similar or related search phrases.

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What posts receive the most comments?

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One of the goals of a blog is to develop a community atmosphere that includes a lot of interaction from readers. If this can be accomplished, you will have developed a number of loyal readers that will continually come back to your blog. Certain types of posts might generate more reader interest and comments. If you’re looking to build a stronger community, think about catering your posts to this purpose.

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What posts lead to increases in subscribers?

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Have you noticed that each time you post on a particular topic your subscriber count increases the next day? Or on the other hand, have you noticed that certain topics turn readers away? Obviously subscribers are important and your writing should attempt to draw as many subscribers as possible.

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All of these factors can give you a good indication of what your readers are interested in and what types of content will produce the ideal results for you. Hopefully this type of analysis will help you to do a better job of serving your readers and to find new ones.\n

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After much work and not much sleep, the Teaching Sells training program is open for business. Hopefully the combination of the free report and the site copy will stand on its own, but I thought I’d take a moment to address some of the questions I got in comments and emails.

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First of all, thanks to everyone who emailed to thank me for the report and to state how excited they were to see what the training was all about. The response was more enthusiastic than even I had hoped for, and I can hope for quite a bit. 🙂

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What is Teaching Sells?

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The Teaching Sells training program is a comprehensive and detailed step-by-step guide to creating successful multimedia membership sites. It’s a complete methodology for choosing profitable topics, developing dazzling content, attracting paid members and building air-tight websites.

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Charter members will get a 12-week education across 5 comprehensive and integrated courses, plus forum access to teachers. Here are the course titles:

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• How to Create Content That Sells

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• How to Effectively Market Interactive Learning Environments

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• How to Create Killer Multimedia Content with Swift and Simple Tools

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• Seven Profitable Business Models for Interactive Content Developers

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• Your Blueprint for Building Membership Sites with Open Source and Low-Cost Software

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Visit the site to read about the five courses in more detail.

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What’s the Price?

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This is the question that gets asked the most, and the answer is…

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Less than you’re likely thinking, but only for the first week.

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There’s actually a sound educational principle behind this, so let me explain.

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When you take an interactive approach to paid content development, your initial members help shape the course and the overall learning experience. In other words, they help you make your content superior by providing feedback and by revealing sticking points in the curriculum, while also becoming the foundational members of the community of learning that benefits everyone who takes the course in the future.

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This is true anytime a new course or training program is taught, but you rarely see the learners getting a price break for the value they bring. To the contrary, we feel charter members should be rewarded.

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So, the initial price will be very amusing to those who are ready to get started. But that price is only good through midnight, October 31, 2007 (I’ve always wanted a midnight deadline on Halloween).

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Go see what it is if you can’t wait.

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How do I Join the Affiliate Program?

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Bad news on this one. There is no public affiliate program.

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I don’t really believe in general affiliate programs.

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Hand-picked joint ventures, yes.

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Actual members promoting the program? Sure.

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But unless I can take the time to personally walk you through what it’s all about, or unless you have personally experienced the training and can whole-heartedly suggest it, I don’t think it’s appropriate to have a bunch of people trying to sell something they know nothing about.

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That scenario often leads to things that can hurt a business down the line. And make no mistake, Teaching Sells isn’t a product launch, it’s a long-term business.

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If you really want to promote the program, join the program. The charter member enrollment fee is so affordable you’ll earn it back in no time.

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That’s it for now. It’s back to regularly-scheduled Copyblogger content (see, that wasn’t so bad). But first, go check out the Teaching Sells website for yourself.

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Forget Everything You Know About Making Money On the internet… And Start Making Some

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Imaginary conversation going on in the blogosphere right now:

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Dude 1: “Hey man, did you hear that Google lowered the Page Rank on a bunch of popular blogs?”

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Dude 2: “Yeah, I did… Engadget, ProBlogger, Copyblogger…

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Dude 1: “What’s up with that? Copyblogger? That guy has never purchased or sold a link!”

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Dude 2: “I know. As far as I know, he’s done nothing but put out valuable, original content like Google states to do.”

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Dude 1: “Yeah… he even preaches about writing for people first.”

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Dude 2: “Weird.”

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Dude 1: “Wait a minute. Didn’t that Copyblogger guy just put out a free report saying we should move away from business models that rely on Google?”

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Dude 2: “That’s right… he did. That’s a strange coincidence, isn’t it?”

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Dude 1: “Isn’t he releasing a training program too?”

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Dude 2: “Yeah, when is that going live?”

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Dude 1: “You know, I think it goes live this day.”

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Dude 2: “That is just too much of a coincidence. I think this Clark guy got together with the Google people, and this is some sort of huge publicity stunt to promote his training program.”

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Dude 1: “Ummm… sure dude. He lives in Dallas, too. I bet he’s the one who shot Kennedy.”

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Dude 2: “Wow… Really?”

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Dude 1: “No, stupid.”

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Forget Everything You Know About Making Money On the web… And Begin Making Some

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I have a confession.

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I completely love clever word play.

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Puns, turns of phrases, neologisms, Spoonerisms, etc… I love them all.

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I just don’t use them in headlines.

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Browsing through the latest issue of Wired (yes, the actual paper magazine!), I noticed the title of the feature article by Dan Pink on Manga, the Japanese illustration style for comics.

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Japan, Ink.

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Now that’s a really clever title. The use of a homonym to make reference to the corporate dominance Japan enjoyed in the 1980s in the context of Manga made me smile. And I would anticipate no less from Mr. Pink.

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But you wouldn’t want to use that as an attraction headline on the cover. And that’s why Wired didn’t.

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Instead, they went with:

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Manga Conquers America: How Japanese Comics are Reshaping Pop Culture

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A nice descriptive headline in the “how” format gives the reader a adequate promise of what’s to come (the Manga illustrated female didn’t injured, either). It also provides the necessary context for more people to enjoy Pink’s clever article title.

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It just shows you once again that Fight Club can instruct you all you need to know about online marketing:

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\nTyler Durden: How’s that working out for you?

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Narrator: What?

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Tyler Durden: Being clever.

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Narrator: Great.

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Tyler Durden: Keep it up then.

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If your goal is to have a few readers who think you write clever headlines, keep it up then.

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If your goal is to enlighten lots of people with what you have to say, be descriptive instead.

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