How to Attract Readers with Lists
December 9, 2008 by Make More Placements Guy
Lists are a great way to bring traffic to your blog… but why do they work? Well, it is quite simple, people are impatient and they don’t want to waste time. When someone reads the title of your blog article they evaluate it very quickly to make a value assessment. First they look for a clear subject and test to see that it is a subject that would be of interest to them. If all your title includes is words that convey the subject of the article, then an important piece of information necessary for busy professionals to make a good judgment is missing; the length of the article or at least some indication of the length.
If you make your article title into a “list” style title, then it will quite naturally communicate the length or relative length of the article to people who might see the title in a list somewhere. Say for instance, you want to write a quick article about how to attract top flight candidates, if you title it: “An investigation into methods and practices which will yield a nominal increased in highly qualified candidates.” it is highly unlikely that anyone is going to click on the link… it sounds dry and LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG.
However, if you were to title it “5 Quick Ways to Get More Candidates” anyone seeing the title in a list will at the very least think that it must present a group of concise statements that will address attracting candidates. If that is a topic that is of interest to the person seeing the title, then likely you will get a visitor.
So my advice is to the recruiters out there reading this, keep lists at the top of your ‘list’ as a great way to title your blog posts.
Article courtesy of Carl Chapman - Founder CEC Search, LLC dba
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Make your Blog Sizzle
December 8, 2008 by Make More Placements Guy
So you took my advice and you decided to blog instead of using a static website (or maybe in conjunction with one.) But now you are thinking to yourself - “What the heck do I write?” Don’t worry that’s pretty normal. Fortunately you’ve got the Internet to help you.
As I was thinking about what the next topic for my series should be, I did a quick search for blogging ideas on Google. I came up with a great blog called I Help You, where there is a great post that gives 101 ideas about how to make your blog sizzle. As I was reading the list (rather extensive one at that) I saw that there was tons of fabulous information that would be very valuable for even the most experienced pro, let alone someone new to blogging.
One idea that I didn’t’ see on Philip’s list was ‘Do a series of posts on a subject that readers will find interesting.’ Doing a series gives your readers something to look forward to. It also gives them a reason to make your blog a ‘destination.’ Doing a series of articles on your blog is akin to doing a television series and getting the audience involved with the storyline. Building traffic by providing information that is valuable and interesting to your target audience is one of the best ways to ‘Make your Blog Sizzle.’
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Sunday is a Day of Rest - JBE 24 days of Christmas (presents) - Day 7
December 7, 2008 by Make More Placements Guy
Sunday is a day of rest… and this Sunday is a very special one. Today is the second Sunday of Advent (and the first Sunday of Advent in December).
Advent is the season in the Christian church where we wait and prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It isn’t so much about getting ready for Christmas, as it is remembering the God sent his son who would be called Jesus to be a man and walk among us.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Article courtesy of Carl Chapman - Founder CEC Search, LLC dba
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All Work and No Play Makes You Dull - JBE 24 days of Christmas (presents) - Day 6
December 6, 2008 by Make More Placements Guy
I hate to work on the weekends… it makes me think that all I do is work. So I’m not doing it. My present for today (Saturday) was actually to myself. I took the day off and watched my favorite football team beat their hated rivals in a series that goes back 109 years.
Congratulations to the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy and Navy fans everywhere.
Navy now leads the series 53-49-7 since the first game in 1890.
Navy has won 13 straight times against Air Force and Army since 2002, outscoring the programs 441-205 during the streak. The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy (which goes to the academy with the best record against the other two schools) remains docked with Navy.
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7 Reasons Recruiters Should NOT Have a Website - JBE 24 days of Christmas (presents) - Day 5
December 5, 2008 by Make More Placements Guy
That’s what I said, you shouldn’t have a website.
You should have a blog instead.
Now that you’ve found a web host for your business / recruiter website you have just one question - "What the heck do I put up on my website?" My very best suggestion is is that you put up a blog and not a regular website, at least at first. I would suggest that you use WordPress as your blog software. Here are my 7 reasons you shouldn’t have a website but should use a blog for your website:
Blog software is free - there is nothing wrong with wanting to do things economically, and free is about as economical as you can get. You can go to WordPress.org and download blogging software for free. You can also get them to install it for free on your website. If you use HostGator as your web hosting provider (as I suggested in my article on where to host your site) then you can install WordPress yourself with the click on one button on the control panel.
Blog software is robust - there are several million installs of TypePad and WordPress each, and both have large communities that support them. You can find forums and groups all across the internet just by doing a Google search. With millions of users, the software tends to get bullet proof pretty quickly.
Blog software manages content - actually most people use blog software as a CMS or content management system. What that means is that the blog software takes care of the structure of the website handling most of the coding complexity of building a website, allowing the owner of the site to concentrate on content. Basically the blog creates a framework of static pages and post pages (pages displaying articles) that hold your content. Content creation is about the only work you have to do, and mostly it is about as simple as writing an email.
Blogs are attractive to Google - when it comes to indexing sites and ascribing value to them, Google thinks highly of blogs. At least if they contain original and valuable content. The reason is that blogs tend to have fresh, new, exciting (OK maybe that’s over the top), original, and useful content which is published on a daily basis. That is a lot more frequently than the content changes or additions that happen on most websites. Since they change more often, and Google is in the business of being the best search engine - which means they have to have the best index of sites, naturally Google will index blogs more often than they do a static unchanging site.
Blogs have built in promotion features - most people don’t realize that blogs contain two important features that help your website / blog gain notoriety and importance in Google’s eyes, if not in the eyes of your readers and the features work automatically. These two features are pings / trackbacks and RSS feeds. I won’t go into great detail here because these are large enough subjects to have their own posts, but suffice to say that these features help drive your website to the top of search engine rankings.
Blogs help display your subject matter expertise - if you build a static website chances are very good that you will be limited in the number of pages you can publish. All of the pages together have to say something about your business, your products and services, and your team. There is a limit to how much information can be digested in one reading, and a limit as too how much time any of your website visitors will spend reading one page or group of pages in one sitting. Static websites, therefore, can only dish up a limited amount of information about one topic. Not so with a blog. The model is different . You publish bite-size articles about topics in posts (articles) that can be served up on a regular basis. You have the ability to tailor each of the posts to fit the intended audience and their attention span. For longer topics, you can do a series of articles -as I’m doing here - that are connected and get your readership engaged. Because you can dole out information in small chunks on a regular basis, you have the ability to show the depth and breadth of your subject matter expertise without boring the audience.
Blogs develop valuable traffic - as you create content you build value for your readers. You should be providing information to your audience that they will find useful in their daily lives. As you continue to provide information / value then these folks will continue to return to your blog to find more. When they return, you will have an opportunity to present to them propositions that involve revenue generation. It could be that you provide interview tips that candidates find useful - making them feel comfortable with signing up for outplacement services. It could be that you give tips about resumes - driving candidates to you resume writing / review service. You might also provide staffing / recruiting consultancy, and your status as a subject matter expert in staffing might convince a client customer that your working style would be better suited to them than one of your competitors.
Those are my 7 reasons why you should have a blog instead of a static website. If you have questions or would like to investigate how you can get blogging websites set up that integrate with your ATS / recruiting software contact us at the Job Board Engine.
Article courtesy of Carl Chapman - Founder CEC Search, LLC dba
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