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7 MINUTE READ

Youllusearound7,400wordstoday.Atleast,thatstheaverageaccordingtoresearch

(http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003420.html).Ifyoureamarketer,

someofthosewordsmaymaketheirwayintopagesonyourwebsiteandpostsinyour

socialnetworks.

Thewordouchooematter.Alot.
Eventhoughwechoosewordsthousandsoftimesperday,dontdoitunconsciously.

Whenourwordshavemarketinggoals,wemustchoosethemcarefully,deliberately,

andwithtrafficinmind.Becausesomewordshavethepowertoincreasetraffic.

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Heresalistofwordsthatincreasewebsitetraffic,bothfromsearchenginesandsocial
mediaandinstructionsforusingtheminyourmarketing.

Whichwordattractviitorwhoareread
tou?
Searchenginesareusedinallkindsofways.Butinmarketing,therearereallyonlytwo

kindsofsearchersandtwokindsofkeywords.

1.Somepeopleareresearchingtheirproblems.Lookingforanswerstoquestions.
Whydoesmysinksmellweird?

2.Otherpeopleknowwhattheywant.Theyrelookingforthespecificproductor
servicethatwillsolvetheirproblem.sinkrepairChicago

Itsthatsecondgroupthatarereadytobuy.Ifyoucanattractthesevisitors,theyare
morelikelytotakeactionthanthefirstgroup.Targetingthemisntdifficultifyouchoose

therightwordsforyourwebpages.

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Heresalistof84keywordsthatareusedbypeoplewhoarereadytobuy(originally
publishedbyCloudLiving(http://www.cloudliving.com/keywordresearch/)).

1.Alleviate

2.Avoid

3.bargain

4.Best

5.Bonus

6.[BrandNames]

7.Budget

8.Buy

9.Cheap

10.Cheapest

11.Codewith

12.Compare

13.Comparison

14.Coupon

15.Cure

16.Dealwith

17.Deals

18.Discount

19.Discountcode

20.Easily

21.Eliminate

22.End

23.Fast

24.Fix

25.Forchildren
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26.Forcouples

27.Forgirls

28.Forguys

29.Forkids

30.Formen

31.Fornewbies

32.Forsale

33.Forseniors

34.Forstudents

35.Forwomen

36.Gain

37.Getridof

38.Guide(s)

39.Heal

40.HowcanI

41.HowdoI

42.Howdoyou

43.Howto

44.Howtogetridof

45.Howtomake

46.Improve

47.Increase

48.Inexpensive

49.Learn

50.Lowcost

51.Lowpriced

52.Method(s)

53.[ModelNumbers]
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54.Need

55.New

56.Onsale

57.Order

58.Overcome

59.Plan(s)

60.Prevent

61.Program(s)

62.Protect

63.Purchase

64.Quick

65.Rebuild

66.Recover

67.Reduce

68.Reduced

69.Relieve

70.Remedy

71.Repair

72.Restore

73.Review

74.Reviews(s)

75.Scam

76.Software

77.Solution

78.Solve

79.Technique

80.ThatWorks

81.Top
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82.Training

83.Treat

84.Vs

Combinethesewordswithyourtopictocreatetargetkeyphrases.

Next,usetheKeywordPlanner

(https://adwords.google.com/ko/KeywordPlanner/Home)toseehowmanypeopleare
searchingforthephrase.ThephrasedoesntappearinthePlanner?Thatsbecause

fewerthan10peoplepermontharesearchingforit.Writethepageanyway.

Evenifthephrasegetsalowvolumeofsearches,thefewpeoplewhodosearchforit
areverytargetedandverylikelytotakeaction.Trustme,someoneissearchingforthe

phrasesomewhere.Ifnottoday,soon.

Makethewritingonthenewpageverydetailed.Yourgoalistomakethebestpageon
theinternetforthephrase.FollowSEObestpractices

(https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/seobestpractices/)whenusingthekeywordsand
makesuretolinktothenewpagefromolderpages

(https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/internallinking/).

Tipaoutemanticearch(/log/emantic-eo/)

AsGoogleevolves,searchresultsarebasedlessonspecificphrasesandbasedmore

ongeneralmeanings.Thisbenefitswebsitesthathavesectionsofmanypagesrelevant
tothewidertopic,allrelatedandinterlinked.Creatingseveralpagesusingbuyer

keywordshelpsindicatethatyoursiteisrelevantforthebroader,semanticmeaning.

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Whichwordgetpeopletoclick?
Rankinginsearchenginesdoesnotmeanautomatictraffic.Peoplewhosearchstill
havetoclick!Theydecidetoclick(ornot)basedonthesnippetorlistinginthesearch

results.

Snippetsaregenerallymadeupofabluelinkwithafewlinesofblacktextbelow.

Althoughthereareallkindsofthingsthatappearinsnippetsthesedays,inmostcases

thelinkisthetitletagofthewebpageandtheblacktextisthemetadescriptionofthe
page.

Thesnippeteitherconvincesthemtoclickoritdoesnot.Andthewordsmatter.

WhenNeilPatelanalyzed(http://www.quicksprout.com/2013/12/04/11seochanges
thatwillgiveyoubigresults/)63GoogleWebmasterToolsaccounts,hefound

correlationsbetweenwordchoiceandclickthroughrates.

Theewordgetpeopletoclickonournippet:
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1.Howto

2.[Listrelatednumbers]

3.Free

4.You

5.Tips

6.Blogpost

7.Why

8.Best

9.Tricks

10.Great

Toimproveclickthroughratesfromsearchenginestoyourwebsite,usethesewordsin

yourtitletagsandmetadescriptions.

PROTIP:Remember,titletagsshouldbenomorethan55charactersinlengthand
metadescriptionsshouldbenolongerthan155characters.Usethiscontentchecklist

(https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/webcontentchecklist17waystopublishbetter
content/)ifyouneedmorehelp.

Whichheadlinewordgetpeopletohare?
IrisShoorandherteamanalyzed100blogsandthousandsofheadlines

(http://www.startupmoon.com/thedarkscienceofnamingyourpostbasedon

studying100blogs/)tofindwhichwordsgeneratedthemostsharing.Notsurprisingly,
shefoundthatheadlineswithnumbersgetsharedthemost,especiallywhenusedas

digits,notspelledwithletters.

Also,headlineswithbignumbersgetsharedmore.Theheadlineofthispostisan

example!

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Theearethewordthatappearedintheheadlineofthe
motviralpot:
1.Smart

2.Surprising

3.Science

4.History

5.Hacks(hacking,hackersandlifehackrelatedtopics)

6.Huge/Big

7.Critical

Shooralsouncoveredthepowerofnegativewords.Poststhatframedthetopicfrom
thedarkerperspectivetendtogetsharedmuchmoreoften:

1.Kill

2.Fear

3.Dark

4.Bleeding

5.War

Why?Becausepeoplehaveanaturalbiastoavoidloss,sonegativewordsquickly

grabourattention.Usingfearandlossaversionisawellresearchedaspectof
neuromarketing(https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/neuromarketingwebdesign/).

SoaheadlinesuchasHowtoKeepYourPlumbingHappywontlikelygenerateas
muchtrafficas11ThingsThatWillInstantlyKillYourGarbageDisposal

Fearnot!Itsnotnecessarilycynicaltousenegativewordsinmarketing.Itsoftenjusta

waytoempathizewithyourreaders.Youraudiencehaspainpointsandusingwords
thatdescribetheirproblemsisausefulwaytoconnect.
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Positiveornegative,wordsthatevokestrongemotionswillbesharedmoreoften.

(source(https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?

whdmsaction=public:main.file&fileID=3461))

Whichwordgetpeopletoretweet?
SocialmediascientistDanZarellaanalyzed10,000tweets(http://danzarrella.com/the
20wordsandphrasesthatwillgetyouthemostretweets.html)todiscoverthewords

thatappearmostofteninretweets.Hecameupwiththefollowinglist.

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TheearethewordthattendtogetharedonTwitter.
1.You

2.Twitter

3.Please

4.Retweet

5.Post

6.Blog

7.Social

8.Free

9.Media

10.Help

11.PleaseRetweet

12.Great

13.SocialMedia

14.10

15.Follow

16.Howto

17.Top

18.BlogPost

19.CheckOut

20.NewBlogPost

Noticethewordspleaseandretweetmakethislistatnumbersthree,fourand

eleven,showingthepowerofcallstoaction.Wantpeopletosharesomething?Ask

thempolitely!

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Note:ZarellasfindingsactuallyconflictwithShoorsresearch.Takipifoundthatthe

wordsyouandhowtodidnthaveaneffectonsharing.ButZarellawasresearching

TweetsandShoorwasresearchingheadlines.Possibly,theidealwordsforatweetare

notnecessarilytheidealwordsfortheactualheadlineonthepage.

Whichujectlinewordgetpeopleto
openemail?
ArecentMailChimpstudy(http://blog.mailchimp.com/subjectlinedatachooseyour

wordswisely/)analyzedtheeffectofwordchoiceinsubjectlinesonemailopenrates.

Thedatacoverspersonalization,capitalizationanddifferenceacrossindustries.

Oneofthemostdramaticfindingsrelatestowordsthatindicateurgency.Takealook:

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Justasemotionscanbetriggeredbynegativewords,somewordstriggertheloss

aversionbiasinadifferentway.Thesewordstellyoursubscribersthattheinformation
intheemailistimesensitiveandthatbyignoringtheemail,theymaymissout.

1.Urgent

2.Breaking

3.Important

4.Alert

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Ifyouremailisrelevanttothemoment,letyoursubscribersknowbyusingthesewords

inthesubjectline.

onu:Whichwordgetpeopletou?
Drivingtrafficisonlyhalfthebattle.Gettingvisitorstotakeactiononcetheyreonyour

siteistheotherhalf.Andyes,wordsareafactorheretoo.Inanexcellentposton

Copyblogger(http://www.copyblogger.com/persuasivecopywritingwords/)byGregory

Ciotti(https://twitter.com/GregoryCiotti),thesearethefivemostpersuasivewordsinthe

Englishlanguage:

You

Free

Because

Instantly

New

Ciottirecommendsusingthesewordscarefully.Dontjustmakeeverythingonyoursite
new,free,andinstant.Ifyouunderstandthepsychologybehindthesewords,youll

inspiremoreofthosenewvisitorstobecomeleads,subscribers,followers,and

customers.

Recommended:IncreaseBlogTraffic(https://venngage.com/blog/increaseblog

traffic/)byNadyaKhojaonVenngage.

Gotafewwordsforus?Pleaseinstantlyleave10hugeimportantcommentsandbest

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OrbitMedia.He'saninternationaltopratedkeynotespeakerandtheauthorofContent
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COMMENTS (68)

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Roberton3/5/14
Reallynicearticle,ThanksAndy.
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TaraJacobsenon3/6/14
ThisisoneofthebestresourcesIhaveseeninalongtime.Postedtoournonfiction
marketingblog,lettingthemknowtosubstitutebooksalesfortraffic.Whileitisgreatfor
blogtraffic,theideasworkbeyondbloggingforwritingbookdescriptionsorsalespages
also.Thankyouforputtingthistogether!
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14
Happytohelp,Tara!Everymarketingwriterknowsit:wordsmatteraLOT.
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TimReederon3/6/14
Soonpoint,Andy.Anotherexcellentpieceofwriting,andyouclandestinelysetyourselfup
togetaLOToforganictraffictothispost.LOL.Brilliantasalways.Thanks!
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14
Thanks,Tim.Actually,Ididntdomuchtooptimizethetitleorheaderofthispost,but
theresmoretolifethansearchenginerankings.

Gladyoulikedthisone.Ofcourse,youvebeencarefullychoosingwordsforyears.
Wasanyofthisnewtoyou?
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Laurenon3/6/14
Youwroteasmartandsurprisingblogpost,Andy.Lotsofgreattipsandtricks!
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14
Thankyou,Lauren.Iwashopingitwouldalsobeaninstantlyurgentpost,butIll
settleforsmartandsurprising.
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Bethon3/6/14
Excellentarticle,Andy.Asalwaysitshowyousayit!
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Sarahon3/6/14
Ivefoundthatinsomecircumstancesofficialisalsoagoodwordtogetclicks.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14
Interesting.Thanks,Sarah.Icanseewhythatwouldwork.Iwonderifunofficial
mightalsobeagoodwordinsomecases
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TeriGidwitzon3/6/14
Nicecompositeoflotsofresearchinonepost.Helpful!

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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14

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Thanks,Teri!Itsbeenalooongtime.Nicetoseeyouhere.Hopethingsaregoing
wellforyouandthewordsinyourmarketing.
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MattMaldreon3/6/14
Outofthe141wordsmentionedinyour5lists,thereare5wordsthatrepeattwice.Lets
callthesethemagicalwords.
*Great
*Howto
*Reduce/Reduced
*Top
*You
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/6/14
Goodcatch,Matt.IwasntsurehowtohandlethesesoIjustletitride.Howto
didntsurpriseme,buttheotherswereunexpected.Ifyoutrywritingaheadlinewith
all5magicalwords,letmeknow!
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HeidiCohenon3/6/14
IloveitItsnotonlyWHATyousay,butalsoHOWyousayit.Pickyourwordswell.Happy
marketing,HeidiCohen
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ultimatetrashcanKristaon3/6/14
InoticedthatthewordweirdgetsusedalotasinOneweirdtrickobviouslytrickisa
specialwordbutaddingthewordweirddoessomething.Maybesomeonehasinsights

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CindyLevitton3/6/14
GreatpostAndy!Ilovetothinkaboutwordsandhowtheyareusedandorganized!This
articlemademethinkmorecarefullyaboutthewordsIusedtodescribebeforeandafter
photosonmybusinessFacebookpagetoday.

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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/7/14
ThesewouldbegreatwordstouseonFacebookposts,especiallythewordsthat
leadtomoresharing.Thanksforthecomment,Cindy!
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AbdessamadElbazon3/7/14
GreatArticleAndy,Thankyou,veryhelpful
ButFirstIHavetoworkonFirstHalf.Traffic
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MichelleDamicoon3/7/14
Andy,thisisanexcellentarticleandverythoroughlyresearchedandorganized.Thankyou
verymuchforsending.Ihavealreadyforwardedittoafewclients!
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/7/14
Nicetoseeyouhere,Michelle!Andthankyouforsharingit.Ihopeyourclientstake
fulladvantageoftheresearch.

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LawrenceWhittle(@LawrenceTheBrit)on3/7/14
131wordsisagreatstart,@persadoworkswithseveralmillioncombinations.

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Amandahon3/8/14
Wow!Thanksforthiscomprehensivelist.

Imalwaystestingemailsubjectlines.Afterall,IdontthinkyoucanuseUrgentallofthe
time.Orcanyou?
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Andyon3/8/14
Isupposeifeverythingyousendisurgent,thewordmayloseitseffect.Itslikethe
littleboywhocriedwolf.Someofthesearebestsavedforwhentheresanactual
wolf.Thereareprobably131cleverwaystocrywolf,butifyouusethematthe
wrongtime,youlllosetrustwithyouraudience.

Wolf!nowait,itwasjustasquirrel.
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Amandahon3/8/14
Exactly!

IcreatedaNewsletterandEmailSubjectLineswipefile.WheneverImstuck,Iread
subjectlinesandnewsletters.Itsbeenabighelp.
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Hennekeon3/10/14
Greatpost,Andy

MarketingExperimentsoncetestedseveralheadlinesandconcludedthatthesimpleword
getispowerful:http://www.marketingexperiments.com/marketingoptimization/optimizing
headlines.html(http://www.marketingexperiments.com/marketingoptimization/optimizing
headlines.html).

Also,thewordannouncingmightbeagoodalternativetonew.Icantremember
whetherIveseenatestofitseffectiveness.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/10/14
Thatsgreatinput,Henneke.Icanimaginehowgetwouldworkwell.Ialsoagree
withyourthoughtsonthewordannouncingsinceitimpliesnew.Youdont
announcesomethingafteritsbeenoutforawhile.Itsoftenthemeaning,andnot
thespecificword,thatmakesthedifference.

Thanksforyourcomment.Gladyoulikedthisone!
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Geraldineon3/10/14
IntroducingwouldworkinthesamewayasannouncingandisoneIvebeen
knowntousefromtimetotime.

Awesomearticlebytheway!Definitelyonetobookmarkandreturntooften
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MarkPatchett(@MightyLStartups)on3/11/14
Loveit,brilliantwriteup!
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Vickyon3/11/14
ReallyusefulpostAndy,thanks.Itsgoodtimingformetoo:Imjustputtingtogetheran
emailaboutpowerwordsincopywriting.Youvegivenmeafewmoreideas!Idalsoadda
fewwordsthatreallytriggerpeoplesemotions.Theshort,emotive,AngloSaxonwords
thatconnectdirectlytothereadersbrainandmakethemfeel.Wordslike:love,hate,sex,
risk,chop,child,cash,crash,best,worst,rage,lose,burn

WinstonChurchillknewhispowerwords.Thisisoneofmyfavouriteexamples.Ifyouwant
tostirpeopletoaction,youcoulddoworsethatstealfromWinston:Wehavebeforeusan
ordealofthemostgrievouskind.Wehavebeforeusmany,manylongmonthsofstruggle
andofsuffering.Youask,whatisourpolicy?Icansay:Itistowagewar,bysea,landand
air,withallourmightandwithallthestrengththatGodcangiveustowagewaragainsta
monstroustyranny,neversurpassedinthedark,lamentablecatalogueofhumancrime.
Thatisourpolicy.Youask,whatisouraim?Icananswerinoneword:Itisvictory,victory
atallcosts,victoryinspiteofallterror,victory,howeverlongandhardtheroadmaybefor
withoutvictory,thereisnosurvival.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/11/14
Anglosaxonwordsbeatoutthelatinbasedwordsfordirectnesseverytime!Itsa
greatpoint,Vicky.Ilovethecurt,almostpercussiveimpactofthesewords.Ifthis
adviceisincludedinyourpost,Idlovetoreadit.

AndthanksfortheChurchillquote.Whatagreatwaytostartmyday.
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Vickyon3/13/14
HiagainAndy,

Askandyeshallreceive:myemailaboutWinstonChurchillandthepowerofagood
oldAngloSaxonwordwentouttoday.Youcanfindithere:
http://archive.aweber.com/sunflower
news/EvwGr/h/How_Winston_Churchill_can.htm
(http://archive.aweber.com/sunflower
news/EvwGr/h/How_Winston_Churchill_can.htm).

Mynextonewillfocusmoreonwhichwordstouseandmyresearchiswhatled
metoyourpost(andontoyoursubscriberlist).Illlinkbacktoyouifyoudontmind,
becauseyourfocusisslightlydifferentfrommine.

GladIgaveyouagreatstarttoyourday!TTFN.

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melissaon3/11/14
BrilliantpostAndyIagreethatthekeyisusingthesewordsintelligently,andintheright
placessotheyarereadincontextwithyourmaincontenttoincreasetraffic,shares,or
whateveryourobjectivesmaybe..

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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/11/14

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True!Usethemwiselyandincontext.IwasjustjokingwithsomefriendsonTwitter
howridiculousitwouldbetotrytousethemallinonepost.Imsureitwouldbea
terriblepieceofwriting,butitwouldbefuntotry.

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RogerC.Parkeron3/12/14
Andy:
ThispostistheperfectcomplementtoyourContentChemistrythebooktellsyouwhatto
do,theothertellsyouhowtodoit.

Thanksfortheinspiringcasestudyoftopshelfcontentmarketingandwriting.
Roger

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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/12/14
Thismeansalotcomingfromyou,Roger.Thanksfortheencouragingwords.

Tothereadersofthisblog,IhighlyrecommendcheckingoutanyofRogerscontent,
includinghisbooks.

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MuhammadSaadKhan(@invinciblesaad)on3/12/14
Itsagreatpieceoutliningsomeessentialswordstobeincludedinheadlinesand
descriptionsofthearticles.Plusthesewordsalsohelpsindicatingthereadersthecontent
iswrittenfor.IusuallytrytousethewordYousoicanrelatewithmyreaderupfrontand
urgehimtoreadwhatihavewrittenexactlyforhim/her.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on3/12/14
Thanks,Saad.ImalsoabigfanofusingYouinmarketing.ButIhaveatheory
aboutbuttons.AlthoughIthinksecondpersonlanguage(you)isgreatfor
marketingcopy,Ithinkfirstpersonlanguage(me)mightbeslightlymoreeffective
inbuttonsandcallstoaction.Suchassignmeup.

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Ihaventseendataonthis.Ifcomeacrossanything,pleaseletmeknow.And
thanks,asalways,forthecomment!

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RaphaelCalzadillaon3/14/14
Greatpost.Ifindyourstuffamazinglyhelpful.Thankyou,Andy!
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ianrazorcoaston3/12/14
HiAndy,
Ilovethispost,itssouseful.Ivecopiedsectionsofitintoevernote!

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DannyRosenbergon3/13/14
Wecanimplementthesuggestionsinthisarticleintoourpoststoday.Thatsthesignofan
informativepieceofwriting.

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MichelePriceon3/15/14
Andy,wasthisthepostyoumentionedon#BBSradioyouweregoingtowrite?Weloveand
appreciateyourbrillianceandmakingusthinksmarter.
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AndyCrestodinaon3/17/14
Yes!Thisisthepostwetalkedaboutonyourlastpodcast,Michele.Imgladifthe
#BBSradiolistenersfindthisuseful!

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SFGregon6/19/14
The84readytobuykeywordsareperfectforenteringintotheKWPlannerIncludebox.
Ivebeenlookingtoaddtomylist.Thesearewonderful.Thankssomuch.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on6/19/14
ThosewordsarealsofuntocheckinUbersuggest.org.Sometimestheymatchup
withotherwordstomakesuperspecific,butnoncompetitivephrases.

Gladthiswasuseful!

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Dirkon12/8/14
Thanksforpostingsuchaveryhelpfulpost.Iveusedyourelistofkeywordsincreatingtitle
andformulatinglongtailkeywords.Itwasreallyabighelp!Anothertipthatgreatlyhelpsme
ingeneratingtrafficisRespondingtocommentsonthesocialaccountsandengagewith
readers.Doingsoincreasesthechancethattheywillcomebackandsharethepagewith
friend.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on12/8/14
Thanksforyourcomment,Dirk!FYI,Iwouldhaverespondedtothiscommentevenif
youhadntsaidthatrespondingtocommentsincreasesthelikelihoodofsharing.

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Kamalon2/24/15
DearAndy,thanksforthelistofusefulwordswhichcanhelpustodrivetraffictoour
websites.Theexplanationisawsome.

Iwouldliketoaddthesetwo:
PriceCut,PriceDrop
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on2/24/15
Thanksforyourinput,Kamal!

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khajasyednazimuddinon3/11/15
Whynot?lotmoretosaygoodfilteringWordofgems!Realfactnodenialtrue.
Goodworkkeepgoing.Thanks
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Paton3/12/15
Excellent,excellentarticle.Ihavetowriteaboutverytechnicalregulatorytopicsforboth
informedanduninformedaudiences.IrealizenowthatIneedtosimplifythelanguagefor
BOTHgroups.Theinformedaudiencestillneedstherelevantinformationquickly,
expressedineasilydigestedlanguage.

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RogerC.Parkeron3/13/15
Thefactthatthispostisstillattractingcomments,ayearafteritsoriginalpublication,
speaksvolumesaboutthevalueofevergreencontentfromselectingtopicstoexecution.
Lotsoflessonstobelearned.

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raviguptaon6/24/15
Ihaveonlyonewordtosay,WoW.Ireadthearticlewhataawesomearticle,improvingmy
websitegooglerankingthankyouforsharing.Ihavealotofworkyouwillfindalovely
support.Thispostisveryinspiringme.Ialwaystakeyouradvicesveryseriously,keep
posted.
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on6/24/15
Imgladyoulikedthisone,Ravi!HopefullyyoullfindsomeotherusefulSEOposts
here.Enjoy!

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MaryAnneon6/29/15
Iloveit!Beingtotallynewatonlinemarketing,yourarticlewasexactlywhatIneeded
togetstarted.Thanks!
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AndyCrestodina(@crestodina)on6/29/15
Thanks,MaryAnne.Ifyoulookaround,Ihopeyoufindalotofotherusefulposts
here.WevealsowrittenabookcalledContentChemistrywhichissortofaround
upofthebestcontentfromthisblog.

Enjoy!

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HelgeSverreon7/24/15
InterestingarticleAndy!

Willbeincorporatingthisintomywebsiteshortly,thanksfortheresearch!

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StacyClarkon9/21/15
Greatadvicetakingnotes!

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DanielGlickman(@cmoconfessor)on11/3/15
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HiAndy,
Thanksforagreatresource!
Isavedittosharewithmywritingstaff.
WillyoufollowupwithasimilarlistspecificforB2Bwebsites?

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CliffAuerswaldon11/8/15
Remindedmeofanawesomebooktitledwordsthatsell.Haveyouread?Iusedtobuild
myadcopiesaroundthatbook.FewhereIhadntthoughtof,thanksmuchIlovethese
typesofarticles!!

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ExcitableApeon12/8/15
Excellentwork.AndyandCrestodinawordsthatALWAYSgetmetoclick!
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Libbyon1/30/17
Ha!Thosearethetop2onmylist,too.
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startwithclickon12/28/15
Youwroteasmartandsurprisingblogpost,Andy.Lotsofgreattipsandtricks

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balajion8/18/16
greatarticle

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DebVosejpkaon1/26/17
Thankyousomuchforthisarticle.Extremelyhelpful!

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Libbyon1/30/17
Definitelybookmarkingthisone.Thanksforgreattips(asalways)Andy!
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AnkitSachdevaon3/10/17
Anicearticleandadifferentone.Ihaveneverseensomethinglikethiswhichcanhelpus
boostourblogswilldefinitelybookmarkthis.

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MarciaRieferJohnstonon10/31/17
Hi,Andy.Thanksforthispiece.(YoullwanttodroptheextratintToinonesubhead.)
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