Comments on: Getting Strangers to Talk About YOU, Seth’s Way http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/ Everything about writing and marketing white papers Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Susan http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24770 Susan Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:09:09 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24770 I have just recently discovered the wonderful world of Squidoo and must say I wish I had found it months ago. I agree that lens are good for practicing copyrighting and that is what I am currently using them for. Thanks for the article and the information. Now to go check out that lens about Spoiling your Guinea Pig. I would like to thank you for making my stumbling that much more enjoyable. Your blog made the <a href="http://lifeisrisky.com/blog-stumbling-8-july-07/">Life Is Risky Blog Stumbling</a> for today! (Note: The post is updated as I am stumbling. If you don't see your site listed check back!) I have just recently discovered the wonderful world of Squidoo and must say I wish I had found it months ago. I agree that lens are good for practicing copyrighting and that is what I am currently using them for. Thanks for the article and the information. Now to go check out that lens about Spoiling your Guinea Pig.

I would like to thank you for making my stumbling that much more enjoyable. Your blog made the Life Is Risky Blog Stumbling for today! (Note: The post is updated as I am stumbling. If you don’t see your site listed check back!)

]]> By: Whitney http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24132 Whitney Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24132 I can't say our traffic has been stellar, but the numbers are consistent from week to week. In the stats for our Typepad blog, Squidoo is second to Google as a referrer of traffic to the blog. Over time, though, the gap between Google and Squidoo has widened. What I find Squidoo useful for is the practice in copywriting. "Writing short" doesn't come easily (technical documentation is one of the ways I pay the rent), but it's become easier after writing on my lenses for more than 18 months. Squidoo also forces you to look at a topic differently, and come up with better titles and headings. The "How To Spoil Your Guinea Pig" lens has always been a slightly better performer than the other lens...and I think the title has something to do with it. I can’t say our traffic has been stellar, but the numbers are consistent from week to week. In the stats for our Typepad blog, Squidoo is second to Google as a referrer of traffic to the blog. Over time, though, the gap between Google and Squidoo has widened.

What I find Squidoo useful for is the practice in copywriting. “Writing short” doesn’t come easily (technical documentation is one of the ways I pay the rent), but it’s become easier after writing on my lenses for more than 18 months.

Squidoo also forces you to look at a topic differently, and come up with better titles and headings. The “How To Spoil Your Guinea Pig” lens has always been a slightly better performer than the other lens…and I think the title has something to do with it.

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24083 Michael Stelzner Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:22:10 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24083 Hey Whitney - I found just the opposite on my Squidoo page :( Hey Whitney - I found just the opposite on my Squidoo page :(

]]> By: Whitney http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24079 Whitney Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-24079 Carrie: I've had lenses on Squidoo for a little more than a year now -- as part of the Web-ucation efforts of an animal rescue I work with -- and have found them very useful for sending traffic to our blog and main site. Carrie: I’ve had lenses on Squidoo for a little more than a year now — as part of the Web-ucation efforts of an animal rescue I work with — and have found them very useful for sending traffic to our blog and main site.

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-23953 Michael Stelzner Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:37:52 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-23953 Carrie - Seth is a very smart marketer. Be sure to check back tomorrow here for some more wisdom from Seth. - Mike Carrie - Seth is a very smart marketer. Be sure to check back tomorrow here for some more wisdom from Seth. - Mike

]]> By: carrie http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-23943 carrie Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/06/25/seths-orange-shirt/#comment-23943 Wow, thanks for this info about Squidoo. I just looked at the site and thought it was fabulous and am going to register right away. A lot of great information and a great business idea. I noticed an "I Love Lucy" "lense" which really resonated with me since I just wrote a blog entry 2 weeks about missing Lucy. As for the Ebay sales pitch and the t shirts, I am a t-shirt lover and collector from way back, starting with a lot of running races I did in the 80's and then morphing into t-shirt collections every time I visited a new city (including last weekend - Pasadena!) so I'm not surprised this tactic worked so well, although the speediness of so many people wearing the shirt eveyrday is impressive. I have heard of Seth Godin but am going to research him further now, he seems like a genius to me! Wow, thanks for this info about Squidoo. I just looked at the site and thought it was fabulous and am going to register right away. A lot of great information and a great business idea. I noticed an “I Love Lucy” “lense” which really resonated with me since I just wrote a blog entry 2 weeks about missing Lucy. As for the Ebay sales pitch and the t shirts, I am a t-shirt lover and collector from way back, starting with a lot of running races I did in the 80’s and then morphing into t-shirt collections every time I visited a new city (including last weekend - Pasadena!) so I’m not surprised this tactic worked so well, although the speediness of so many people wearing the shirt eveyrday is impressive. I have heard of Seth Godin but am going to research him further now, he seems like a genius to me!

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