{"id":203,"date":"2014-05-23T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelbock.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2014-05-23T22:53:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:53:33","slug":"how-do-i-create-interesting-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelbock.com\/blog\/how-do-i-create-interesting-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Create Interesting Content?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creating interesting content is the exact question of many new internet marketers. \u00a0If the content isn&#8217;t interesting, it most likely will not be something that someone is looking for in a search engine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Create Interesting Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writing articles that will answer the questions of your audience is going to serve the most people. \u00a0For example, some of the frequently asked questions that I see on the topic of Internet Marketing are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do I generate traffic?<\/li>\n<li>What is a niche?<\/li>\n<li>How do I manage an email list?<\/li>\n<li>What products can I sell?<\/li>\n<li>What is affiliate marketing?<\/li>\n<li>What is &#8220;SEO?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Why isn&#8217;t my website coming up in the search engine?<\/li>\n<li>How do I submit my website to search engines?<\/li>\n<li>What is &#8220;google analytics?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, there are many questions that come up in many different areas of internet marketing. \u00a0When choosing a topic, you may want to look at the &#8220;hot trends&#8221; on Twitter and in Search Engines. \u00a0To view the trends in Twitter, there are websites like Trendmaps.com that will help by showing real-time local Twitter trends.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is to use the Twitter website itself. \u00a0Twitter has a page that shows world-wide trends. \u00a0It is located at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search-home\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/search-home<\/a>. \u00a0When you visit this page, you&#8217;ll notice the lower half of the screen is in a box labeled &#8220;Worldwide Trends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When you want to see the trends in a specific topic, enter the topic in the search box. \u00a0When you do this, Twitter will provide a list of recent tweets related to the topic.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if i search Twitter for tweets about Internet Marketing, I see quite a few that are trying to sell me something. \u00a0I&#8217;m also seeing one that asks the question, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #292f33;\">Want to know what the most effective <\/span>internet marketing<span style=\"color: #292f33;\"> strategies are?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being a website owner, that tweet peaks my interest. \u00a0As a member of the internet marketing community, it is probably a topic that is interesting to my readers also.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this makes sense. \u00a0Essentially, what I did was found a conversation on Twitter that is talking about the topic I want to write about. \u00a0Once I found a tweet that had something that may be useful to others in the community, I can use that to think of related information that I can write about.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, the questions is specifically about effective strategies. \u00a0How many people would you guess want to have effective strategies? \u00a0(I&#8217;d expect many, if not all, internet marketers are looking for\u00a0<em>effective<\/em> <em>strategies.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Remember when you are writing that you can only write from your own experience. \u00a0No matter what experience you have, whatever you needs to be authentic. \u00a0if it isn&#8217;t authentic, it won&#8217;t be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>One other item to note as you consider creating interesting content for your readers. \u00a0You may have a story that helps explain the topic and connects to a personal experience of your readers. Using stories and personal experiences will add &#8220;life&#8221; to anything you write.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the first time I built a website, I used keyword ranking to prepare topics for my webpages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe for Successfully Creating Interesting Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) Time<\/p>\n<p>2) Internet Trends<\/p>\n<p>3) Personal Interest<\/p>\n<p><em>Instructions:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) Using the internet trends available such as Google or Twitter trends, find something that sparks your personal interest.<\/p>\n<p>2) Once you&#8217;ve found something you are personally interested in, consider what experience or information you could share on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>3) Remember the time when&#8230; \u00a0and write your personal story.<\/p>\n<p>4) Make sure that any story you provide includes authenticity and helps serve your audience. What does your experience teach? How would you do something different &#8220;next time&#8221; from having this experience?<\/p>\n<p>5) Write.<\/p>\n<p>6) Wait at least a day to read what you&#8217;ve written.<\/p>\n<p>7) Re-write (also called &#8220;editing&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>One other thing, just remember that you won&#8217;t really know what interests people until you put something out there and see how they respond. \u00a0If you watch social media websites, such as Twitter and Facebook, you can get a pretty good idea of topics that people really are interested in.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes and until next time&#8230; Be well.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to connect with me via Twitter or Facebook using the links on the right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating interesting content is the exact question of many new internet marketers. \u00a0If the content isn&#8217;t interesting, it most likely will not be something that someone is looking for in a search engine. 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