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The Prepared Writer’s Process for Creating Excellent Content Every Day

By Katie (a.k.a. The Wellness Mama)

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I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning. ~ William Faulkner

Authors often claim that writing a book is like having a baby — both in effort and length of time.

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11 Essential Elements of a Perfect Blog Design (a Data Driven Answer)

By Neil Patel

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Are you trying to create the perfect blog design? You know, one that encourages people to read your content and share it on the social web and, most importantly, gets high rankings in the search engines?

Luckily for you, I’ve worked with so many popular blogs – like Gawker Media and TechCrunch – that I not only know what works, but I also have data to back it up.

If you are trying to create a popular blog, here are the 11 essential elements you need within your blog design: Read More …read more    

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Use Images (Not Just Words) to Turn Your Distracted Visitors into Engaged Readers

By Pamela Wilson

If you have kids — or if you’ve ever been around kids — you’ve heard the sound before.

It’s a noise that’s somewhere between the cry …read more    

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The Formula for a Perfect Headline

By Neil Patel

You spend hours writing exceptionally good content, but how much time do you focus on crafting the perfect headline? The chances are, not enough time.

Why? Because 8 out of 10 people will read your headline, but only 2 out of 10 people will read the rest of your post. By crafting a magnetic headline, you’ll increase the number of people that will actually read your content.

Now that you know headlines are important, you’re probably wondering what makes a good one and how to write one, right? Well toady is your lucky day because I’ve created an infographic that will …read more    

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How to Be in the Top 5% of Bloggers: New Research Results

By Sonia Simone (with Andy Crestodina)

We’ve said it so often you’re probably sick of it.

Content marketing doesn’t work unless the content is genuinely worth reading.

Routine, phone-it-in content won’t get you …read more    

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