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7 Tips on writing good web copy.
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So what are the best attention grabbing headlines?
A good one has words relating to price for example: “Get Three for Only £3” and then there’s the special incentive headline, “Buy now before the price goes up!”
Another of the tried and tested headlines are specific questions that can relieve the reader’s “pain”: “Do You Need To [...]
April 26, 2010
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Pat Sutton · 
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Tags: internet, marketing, writing headline · Posted in: how to guides, sales, writing
Adsense is like “big brother” watching!
I had a great dream last night – it was about chocolate!
I actually dreamed I was writing for an advertising campaign. I even remember this poem from my dream…
“What does chocolate do for me?
It’s comfort food when you’re feeling low
It’s something to grab when you’re on the go
It’s smooth as silk
It’s made from milk
Comes in [...]
February 25, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: adsense, blog, chocolate, internet, marketing, website · Posted in: marketing, writing
Don’t sack the receptionist – give her more work!
It’s so frustrating when you arrive at an office reception only to find that there’s no receptionist! There you stand, waiting for someone to notice you.
The staff manage to beaver away while at the same time giving you glances but, infuriatingly, not making any effort to come to your rescue?
You think, should I wait, should [...]
January 22, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, twitter, website · Posted in: business, marketing, tips, writing
A good way to beat writer’s block!
One of my favourite bloggers at the moment is James Chartrand. Here is one of his wonderful tips for when we’re suffering from blogger’s block.
“Great quotations are the richest goldmine of blog post ideas you’ll ever have.”
So I popped over to Wikiquote and found this great quotation by Sarah Bernhardt - “Life engenders life. Energy [...]
January 18, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, pat sutton, relationships, taxi, website · Posted in: Blogging, marketing, personal development, writing
How to market your website so that people buy from you!
It doesn’t matter what kind of business you have and how benevolent you are, you can give things away for free, you can raise money for great causes, you can hold people’s hands but everyone at sometime needs to make a living.
The baker puts bread on your table, not to feed your family but to [...]
December 7, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, internet, marketing, pat sutton, relationships, selling, tweet, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, how to guides, marketing, sales, writing
Wow! I’ve been listed!
I am so excited to be on the Forbes List as Thirty Women Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter.
I am honoured to be in the company all those inspirational women.
Forbes’ Natalie MacNeil said:
“These business-savvy tweeters are all excited about helping you grow your company, create buzz for your brand and stay inspired.
Twitter has been an incredible [...]
December 1, 2009
· Pat Sutton · No Comments
Tags: blog, communication, marketing, motivation, relationships, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, marketing, motivation, writing
Retweet – What does it mean and how important is it!
A Retweet allows Twitter users to share their favourite tweets with their own followers.
So if someone has 10,000 followers and they like one of your tweets and they retweet it, then it will go out to all of their followers, good eh!
It is done by copying and pasting the original tweet and sending it out. [...]
November 30, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, internet, marketing, tweet, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, marketing, writing
How to really monetise your blog
In my previous blog “6 steps closer to monetising your blog” I said that you need:
1. Patience
2. Resilience.
3. A great imagination.
4. Knowledge.
5. The discipline to learn.
6. Multiple Income streams?
Today I am going to tell you about the next 6 items you need:
1. Products that sell well.
2. A great mailing list.
3. An easy to use e-mail [...]
November 24, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 7 Comments
Tags: blog, bloggin, communication, marketing, pat sutton, relationships · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, marketing, writing
Confessions of a Blogger.
At last my official blog website is actually finished. My intention of blogging for a living has become a reality.
Ok, what next?
The first thing I need to do is to go back over the archives and delete all my earlier muses.
In the early days, as is usual for blog virgins, my impression of a blog [...]
November 9, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 3 Comments
Tags: blog, bloggin, internet, pat sutton, personal development, relationships · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, motivation, personal development, writing
