This is a good example of linkbait—101 ways to get more traffic. Don't you want to click through right this instant and start getting some useful ideas? My favorites are #20 ("do not be boring"), #89 ("break a record or shoot to be in the Guinness world records for something"), and #84 because a profanity filter put asterisks … [Read more...] about 101 ways to get more traffic
Archives for August 2007
You are perfectly normal. Those other people are way messed up.
There's a nearly universal fallacy among human beings—what Freud called the "illusion of central position." We assume that our own individual set of stories, preconceptions, experiences, loves, hates, and all our other human characteristics fall right in the middle of the human experience. We are the perfect center of the bell curve. For … [Read more...] about You are perfectly normal. Those other people are way messed up.
One sentence
These are addictive. Stories told in a single sentence. My favorite so far is:The next morning she told me she was married, and I told her that I was in her geography class 8 years ago.Two lessons in this. One, brevity is beautiful. Two, I found it using StumbleUpon, my new favorite thing on the Internet. It's old hat to the blognoscenti, but … [Read more...] about One sentence
Who would miss you if you weren’t there?
The always excellent Copyblogger posted an interesting meditation on who would miss your blog if it wasn't there. Writer Ryan Imel goes on to expand that question to four sound pieces of advice, not just about your blog but about anything you put out into the world, personal or professional.Target your audience, be unique, interact with … [Read more...] about Who would miss you if you weren’t there?