Blog Minx

I have just spent a full month hammering nails in and building up RichMinx.com. It has a way to go before it reaches Vanity Fair heights, but I’m pleased with it so far, and and I even seem to have conned my way into some people’s RSS readers. I’d like to thank my regular visitors and commentators: you make it the most fun, and inspire me to keep posting! (I know, cue cheesy music.)

And thanks too to the big and small blogging helpsites who dish out so much good advice for free, especially Savvy Affiliate, Art of Money and Ryan Shamus. I’ve read so many tips this month that I’m starting to recite them in my sleep. Below is a short list of content optimizing tips I’ve learned.

Top 10 Bestest List of How to Write Premium Blog Content

1. Don’t write blocks of plain text. Start your list like this, with number 1 first. Finish at number 5, 10, or 101. This post finishes at number 10 because I can’t count very high.

2. Keywords must be highlighted for ease of scanning and SEO. But don’t overdo it.

2. We mustn’t forget to include plenty of links to bigger sites so that when the linkee checks their climbing Technorati authority, they’ll see I’ve linked to them and they’ll pop over to find out who in the name of John Chow I am. We must also remember:

3. Bulleted lists

• are the way to go
• if you want to be read
• all the way through
• to the end.

4. Pretty pictures of beautiful women and celebrities help attract and retain visitors, but relate it to your topic. Scarlett Johanssen makes money and appears on many blogs and websites.

Boobs help but too many boobs will distract and not highlight your content. Unless your site is about boobs.

Don’t forget the image alt tag (“Scarlett Johanssen”) for SEO and teenage boy searchers.

5. Proofread. People get psised off when yuo dont check you’re spelling and grammer. And avoid too many of these!!! things. And these although no-one likes a grumpy monkey either <:(

6. How To articles are popular. Even how to write How To articles. Why articles are good, too: Why YOU Should Read My Article Right Now. Attention-grabbing, isn’t it?

7. Keep your post titles focused. Not ‘Manic Monday’ but ‘Top 10 Bestest Super Awesome Ways to Beat the Monday Office Blues (PIC: Scarlett Johannsen).’

8. Analyze things. Don’t just say, “The American Idol winner has been announced!” Say, “The American Idol winner has been announced and I’m pissed off! I wanted Simon Cowell to win. I voted for him again and again, especially after he sang Bohemian Rhapsody, that was epic. I don’t care that 70 million other people voted. The show’s rigged. Next time I’m spending my money on text lottery instead.”

9. Stand out. Everyone’s linked to that story about the purple Teletubby being gay. What’ve you got to say that’s different? Oh, you are the purple Teletubby? Quick! Digg yourself! (See below.)

10. Put that Digg link firmly on all posts that follow the above rules. Get your friends and even strangers on the street Digging like they’ve never Dugg before. Rinse and repeat tomorrow.

* Note: Of the hundreds of blogger how-to posts I’ve read this month, this one, with 27 lessons, is by far the best and most inspiring (found via Problogger, who else?).