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What to write so people read your blog

December 26, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

This post easily could have been entitled "The top 5 posts of 2011." The problem is that some posts were skipped over depending upon your trust of WordPress Stats or Google Analytics for accurate rankings. Instead, I looked at the types of topics that were most viewed (read) out of the 254 posts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, google, google search, headlines writing, read, techniques, topic, write

Sketchnotes: Doodling with a purpose

September 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Recently I had the pleasure of attending Mike Rohde's Milwaukee Likemind presentation on Sketchnotes. You can see my first attempt at Sketchnotes in the foreground of the picture with this post. I've tried sketchnotes a few times since and found real value in capturing notes this way. Doodling. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, personal development, Stuff I Like, Writing Tagged With: doodle, doodling, drawing, jim, mike rohde, purpose, techniques

Your Turn – Question For My Readers

August 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

This week I have shared four of the actions I take to get readers here and to keep them coming back once they find me. Here's a recap of those activities: Why Images in Posts Work Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers Use as Many Channels as You Can Don't Forget email I've been watching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, personal development, sustainability, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: consistency, human interest, questions, readers, reliability, techniques

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