Optimized Content & Copywriting for SEO
A web or blog page is just one drop of the water that comprises the ocean of websites out there. If your drop does not stand out – well – then it’s just another a drop. If you make each web page stand out – you can boost your entire site’s performance. Today Back-links and Social Media are more important than ever for improving your site’s organic performance – so we are going to talk about not just creating an ideal article – but also about creating an ideal page.
How to Blog – What is Link Bait?
SEO Content Writing – How to Blog and Write Press Releases & Essays for Maximum Traffic
How To Blog, Write for Maximum Traffic
Link bait (or linkbait) refers to anything interesting or newsworthy on a website that encourages links from other websites. This can include content – online tools – downloads or anything else that another site owner might find compelling enough to link to. Link bait is important because most search engines use backlinks as a major factor in determining ranking.
Okay enough of that: Let’s talk about how to make a link bait page – not just a link bait article:
How To Write Optimized Content – Search Engine Optimization & Copy-writing:
1. Do some keyword research to find out what people are searching for:
(These keywords should be relevant to your website or product).
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Keyword Tool by Google
You can use Google’s Keyword Tool
2. Create a catchy Headline. Keep your chosen keyword (s) at the front.
i.e. “Keyword Keywords – Five Vital Points You Need To Know”
Try and keep your headline under 150 characters.
“Unique is Better”- Try and make all of your Headers Unique.
Your Headline Should be the H1 on your Web Page (H1 is the most important Header Tag).
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This “Linkbait Generator” can give you some ideas – but keep your Title relevant to your page content. Ideally – your H1 is unique on each page. Otherwise you may need to change your template.
3. Catchy Image (with a caption using the keywords you want to focus on)
Be sure to you fill in each of the image fields with basic information (add Alt – Title – Description & a Caption).
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Link Bait Web Page
HTML Example: 
4. (1st paragraph) Talk about how this article will benefit the user in a cheerful – happy tone.
5. (2nd paragraph) You really need to give them a reason to keep reading.
This is done next with “you need to stay tuned!” (or a mystery sandwich).
6. (3rd paragraph) In-Your-Face helpful tips and know-how that benefits the reader.
7. (4th Paragraph) Offer your help in every way possible.
How can you answer people’s questions if you don’t know how to reach them? Get their E-mail address. Offer your help – answer questions – pose questions & offer assistance whenever appropriate.
8. (5th Paragraph) It’s all about exchange – offer free stuff!
In this day & age people want & except free things. So give it to ‘em. Plus – what better way to get someone’s e-mail address than to offer something for free to get it?
9. Single call-to-action above the fold (near the top of the page)!
When you l& on the page what is the first thing that catches your eye? It should be a single Professional button or what you want them to do – or a single “Call To Action.” Make sure it is not spammy and something that you yourself would click on if you came to the page.
10. Video- Google Video and YouTube
YouTube is considered the second largest Search engine – with billions of visits and billions of searches by people all over the world. Additionally – Google has integrated Video into their Search results. So share a video in your page. Use YouTube to upload if you need to.
Bonus! Sharing on Facebook – Twitter – LinkedIn and Google+
Social Media Marketing is more important than ever.
WordPress: I would recommend using a Plug-in like “GetSocial” which loads floating “share” buttons. If you are not using WordPress – Try using AddThis.com or ShareThis.com – they make it very easy to share content on Social Networks.
See my other article on how to add floating buttons like this site: Floating Social Media Marketing Buttons
