Easy Content Weekly – July 30, 2011

Wow, I look away for a moment and it looks like it’s been a really busy week here at Contentrix.

Great tips and advice seem to be flying everywhere, that’s for sure.

On the other hand, it’s been a quiet week for PLR updates. However, there’s still great stuff to check out including some illustrated step-by-step tutorials and a special report from PLR Nook. Plus, there are only a few days to check out All Health Content‘s Double Your Content special.

Now, let’s get to it… Read more…

Content Marketing Lessons From Rock Bands

I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a ‘reality sitcom’ addict. One of my favorites is Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Now I call it a ‘sitcom’ because the stuff on it is so outrageous some of it has to be scripted, but that’s another article for another day!

What I want to talk about today is how I noticed some of the things Gene does to promote his rock band ‘Kiss’. It got me thinking about the music industry in general and how good they are at creating and promoting their content (the music).

So I’ve come up with what I think are some great content marketing lessons we can all learn from rock bands. Let’s jump right into it with the first lesson… Read more…

What Do You Do Best?

Everyone always asks what your biggest struggle is, but rarely do people ask us to look at the positive things we bring to the table.

It’s important to understand our strengths because:

* We can maximize the benefits of them.

* We can focus on our strengths and hire/recruit someone to do the other stuff

* We can leverage this strength in forming partnerships that benefit from our strengths

In short, if you know what you’re good at, you’ll go far… Read more…

Creating Consistent Content

Developing a strong following on your website begins with consistent content. The number of times that you post each day or week and the specific day that you choose to post your articles are not as important in creating consistency as simply posting on a regular basis. It is the consistent that readers will find reliable.

Consistency and procrastination have been waging war in my life since I was old enough to make a plan. I would have told you that procrastination has the winning percentage, but I recognized something as I was writing this article. Procrastination wins out when the things are important or what I want or need to do. Consistent always wins when cake is involved.

Forming a habit of being consistent requires doing. I can plan to be consistent, I can think about being consistent. The only way to be is to do.

Forming a Habit of Consistency
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Customizing PLR or Ghostwritten Content

A lot of people ask how to make content written by someone else more uniquely theirs. Whether you’re using PLR or hiring a ghostwriter, you may want to personalize things a bit for a few reasons:

* To more clearly show your voice and style
* To more accurately reflect your opinions
* To showcase your experience and knowledge

Here are a few ways to do that… Read more…

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