My Key Reading List – December 23, 2008

3 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Your Readers Laugh

See this article at http://www.winningtheweb.com/ways-make-readers-laugh.php where they discuss ways to make your blog audience laugh.

I think this is great, as some of the best bloggers and copy guys tell stories before they “make the sell”

How to Be a Top 100 Online Marketer in 2009 – 8 Lessons in Personal Branding

See this article at http://www.winningtheweb.com/top-online-marketer-personal-branding.php where it gives some good old-fashioned tips…. I especially like the one about “Faking it until you Make it”  .

I have loved looking bigger than what I was on some of my web properties….

If You Can’t Write Words That Sell you Don’t Make Money

Understandably, once the traffic gets to your site, you MUST convert.

• Are you saying the correct buzz words?
• Are you working for that conversion, in the midst of telling the story?
• and my failure at times…. “Are you asking for the sale?”

See http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/1024/words-that-sell/ for the low down!

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