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The daily storyline of science How To Trick People Into Reading Your Blog Last week I had the opportunity to chat with a local journalism student. She was working on a project and was tasked with talking to a business professional on the topic of blogs and content marketing. Troy must be fresh out of real pros, because, well, she decided to talk to me. And I’m glad she did because we had a great conversation about using blogs for business. One of the questions that came up during our chat was how you get someone to read your blog. Walk them through a process I tend to write a lot of tutorials and best practices-type posts both here and in my regular posts over at SmallBizTrends. Uncomplicated something that’s complicated Another way to trick people into reading your blog is to make them feel smart. Be a storyteller People are attracted to stories because they give us context, someone to root for and deliver the “what’s at stake” needed to keep people interested. Solve problems Entertain them Ignore what they tell you – people turn to the Web to be entertained.

What Does Eight Years Of Blogging Get You? Eight years ago on this day in 2003, I started Blogging. Here's some basic info about what has transpired in eight years here at the Six Pixels of Separation Blog: over 2700 Blog entries, over 20,000 comments and over 270 audio Podcasts. If you have read or listened to only one percent of all of that content, you'll know that both acknowledging this milestone or speaking about the numbers (how big/how many) is not my style. Yes it is. Starting this Blog was (and still is) without the question the single most important thing I have done in my professional life. 8 Reasons Why Blogging Still Rules: It's slow. Why do you Blog? By Mitch Joel