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Lora, come on, you had a career in showbiz! What are you doing around these scummy old SEO males? ;)
The article is actually pretty good. It only consists of general advice against the use of silly layout and composition techniques that most scammy marketers use on their sales pages. Nothing that requires years of experience in LPO.
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Thanks katfrench. I've tried to stay from the grammatical mubo-jumbo. :)
Halfdeck, I appreciate your advice, but I am going to argue back. :)
"On the other hand, an average..." I do this too, but don't say "on the other hand" if you haven't said "on the one hand."
'On the other hand' can be used without using 'on the one hand' first. Look it up in a dictionary.
"Why bother about good writing practices..." Why bother with
'bother about' and 'bother with' both imply the same thing. Again, check the dictionary.
"You are first a writer" saves people time if you write "you're first a writer"
Wether to use contractions or not is every author's own stylistic choice. In fact, contracrions don't save people any time, but they add conversational touch to your writing.
"Even though you are doing good" doing WELL :)
Again, I don't see a problem here. Do or well, both have same meaning in this context.
"a messy writing style limits the potential effectiveness" potential is something that's not yet realized. It's cleaner if you just write: "messy writing limits the effectiveness of your ideas", or use imagery and say "messy writing cripples your ideas"
Well? Of course it limits the POSSIBLITY of more effectiveness.
"A clearer version would say: I believe you should go ahead with your plans."
It's the same as saying "I think." Say "Go ahead with your plans." or just "Do it!"
Here I agree with you. And guess what? I gave similar examples following the 'I believe' example. Read the article again. :)
You say "prefer smaller words", but look at your own writing: "To utilize the full potential of your ideas, you have to grow a habit of passing your writing through strict quality filters."
Can you just not write "Persuasive, effective writing requires self-discipline."
Although, I could use your version as an alternative, the word self-disclipine is too general and does not put the emphasis on 'growing a habbit of writing with strict quality standards'.
"You have to make writing better your habit to become a natural writer just like all those guys you envy."
Is that grammatically correct?
How is that not?
As I said, I do admit that my writing needs more clarity, and I still appreciate your feedback. :)
Halfdeck, that's some serious nitpicking. I've already defended myself. All you have to say in response is that it sounds wrong or messy to you. But it doesn't make it grammatically incorrect as you claimed earlier.
I take one point from you though. That at times I get too verbose, and I need to work on that.
Thanks again for your feedback. I assure you I've learnt something from it. :)
After reading Aaron's internet marketing mindmap, I feel like I've become a marketing guru myself!
Shpunn.
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I'd like to be able to bury the stories (or is the bury button already there and I have missed it?) because spammers need to face the wrath of Sphinn's bury brigade :-)
I couldn't agree more! BlogRush will die as fast as it has risen.
P>S. This is my first mention of BlogRush, and yes I run a blog about blogging ;)
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