Hello Readers,
I've gotten LOTS of requests for peer website reviews. To the editor, these requests
are golden - they are an opportunity for me to really help one reader and, in
the process, provide some excellent content to everyone else. The peer review
takes lots of time though, and meanwhile I've got a mountain of requests.
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Today's top article, by Charlene Rashkow, is the first attempt at using some of
these requests in a different way - Charlene visited fours reader sites and critiqued
their web copy. I hope you find this experiment useful.
Today's feature article ran in ITManagementNewz, one of WebProCA's sister publication,
and explains how you can tell if your software is ready for the mass market.
I hope you find today's issue useful, and if you'd like your webcopy reviewed,
send
me an email. Your site will also be considered for peer review.
Let me know if you have any
ideas for other ways to use the requests for peer reviews I've gotten.
Best Wishes, Garrett
eBusiness Articles
Better Writing, Better Business: 4 Web Copy
Reviews
A few days ago when I spoke with Garrett to discuss some ideas I had for new articles,
he told me that he had countless requests for web site reviews. It seemed like
a great opportunity to share my opinion on specific sites so I offered to write
some reviews in lieu of an article.
However, once I had a chance to look at the sites, I noticed that all the requests
expressed more concern for finding the right key words and meta tags than they
did for writing energetic, effective copy that attracts...
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How
to Feed Content-Hungry Site Visitors
Writing good web content is a lot like planning a big dinner party. You're looking
forward to having lots of guests, but you're not sure about when they'll arrive
or how hungry they'll be. You know Deborah will only nibble on the salad, Laura
will snack on the chicken, and Dan will cheerfully devour everything you serve.
As an experienced party planner, you'll accommodate your guests' diverse appetites.
A good web writer does the same thing - accommodates the appetites of all content-hungry
visitors by providing different amounts of content for different users.
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How
To Run An Online Business... From The Road
Running an online publishing business really lends itself to mobility. Giving
you the freedom to live as you would like, while running your business, is the
appeal of the internet as a powerful money making vehicle. The idea is to automate
all that you can, so your promotion machine works 24/7, while you're asleep, or
wandering around Northern Europe. You now have a small number of tasks left that
demand your prompt attention, which are very do-able as you travel, in your spare
time.
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Project Management: Software Release
Knowing
when software should be released: Is It SOUP Yet?
In a classical software project, it's easy to tell when software is ready to be
released. It has to fulfill the requirements, it has to have passed testing, and
it has to be ready for the user. It has to have the appropriate documentation
and/or user's manual and/or online help. But, is it Software Operating Usably
and Properly (SOUP)?
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Protection + Affiliate Sales
5 Simple Steps to Protect Your Digital Downloads
A couple of days ago, I was searching for a popular eBook online. Now I'm not
going to tell you the name of this eBook for reasons you'll understand in the
next few minutes. Okay, so here I was, opening Google, entering the name of the
eBook - clicking search, and checking through the first few pages of search results.
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Affiliates, Avoid These Two Big Mistakes
You hear the success stories and you see the potential for earning an income on
the internet. Mistake number one to avoid is jumping in and joining a bunch of
affiliate programs, then picking up the services and software that you're told
you need for marketing, here and there, willy-nilly, spending way too much money,
and then making your-self crazy keeping it all straight and trying to make it
all work together. Do yourself a favor and do some research. Then make a plan.
Fail to plan = plan to fail!
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