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My new favourite tool that can help with link building

Build links easily in communities related to your niche with the help of this browser extension. Now that I’ve finished my MA, I’ve started to take on more freelancing projects and have found myself conducting lots of link building of late.  In doing so, I’ve found this good browser extension that I thought I’d share. A [...]

How to write a ‘lead’ for your blog
(like newspapers do)

Get skim-readers to pay attention to your blog posts.  How?  Start using a ‘lead’, like newspapers do.  This post will tell you why & show you how. What is a ‘lead’? A lead is the one-paragraph explanation at the top of an article.  I’ve crafted one at the top of this blog post, in italics, [...]

Copywriting S.O.S – does your copy need rescuing?

Use these tips to rescue your web copy once it’s all gone wrong… This article will teach you a couple of methods to fix up what you’ve written: It’s getting late: you’re on your ninth cup of tea, you’ve read your entire Facebook wall AND you’ve already paced the room three times in the last [...]

[eShop Series] Five questions to ask yourself – Pt.5 Memorability

Hello!  Welcome the last article in my eShop series.   Yep, it’s taken over a month for me to get it out, but I hope you’ll find it’s been worth the wait.  You can view the previous posts by clicking here.   Subscribe to my blog to receive future updates. Let’s get started: Day 5 – ask [...]

[eShop Series] Five questions to ask yourself – Pt.4 Uniqueness

Hello and welcome the penultimate article from my eShop series.   You can view all the previous posts by clicking here.  Do subscribe to ensure you’re able to read the final article as soon as I hit publish. So, let’s begin. Day 4 – ask yourself  ‘Why should they choose my eShop?’ I’ve seen a million [...]

7 things I learnt from reading Twitter co-founder @dom’s book ‘140 Characters’.

Title: 140 Characters – a style guide for the short form Author:  Dom Sagolla (@dom on Twitter) I purchased this book after seeing it recommended on a Squidoo lens.  I enjoyed parts of the book, but found others a little too abstract to apply to everyday Twitter use.  The author clearly has a love of [...]