If you’re like me, you are constantly searching for the secret of how to create interesting blogs that people will actually read.

I just listened to a Richard Dennis training on HOW TO Use Graphics to get eyeballs interested in reading your blog posts.

Richard Dennis is one of the most respected marketing writers in action today.  His trainings offer incredible free and low cost resources for learning how to write for marketing purposes and how to get your articles & posts noticed.

In his training on using Graphics in your blog, he says it is imperative to grab your reader’s attention immediately so they are drawn to continue reading.

The most effective way to peak interest is through humor or whimsy.

Richard recommends starting off your blog posts with a humorous or eye-catching graphic.

He then gives several examples of opening lines that either pose a question or make a statement about a challenge the reader may be experiencing in their business.

The whole idea is to grab your readers’ curiosity enough to get them to read further.

It is important to note that most people learn visually. 

We absorb more information more efficiently through pictures, drawings, graphs and stories.

We can also read more quickly and efficiently if information is chunked into smaller segments with a lot of spacing between sentences and ideas.

Using graphics not only helps readers learn, but it can also give a readers a positive, happy feeling when visiting your site, which will transfer over to their impression of YOU as a business associate.

To read Richard’s complete article, visit his blog at Net Traffic Machine and download the pdf.

To listen to the audio of Richard’s training, please contact me at mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.

Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen

mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com

Ezine Articles is giving us another opportunity to challenge our literary and marketing skills with the 4th Hundred Articles in a Hundred Days Challenge.

Participating in this challenge is a valuable chance to increase your web presence while polishing your writing and keyword skills.

Why is it important to write?

When you are using the internet to market your home based business, you will need to have a web presence that shows your value as a leader.

These days, when most people want to know something, they turn to the internet search engines.

Writing blogs and articles is a great way to get search engines like Google to recognize you.

So, it is in our best interest to court the search engines when marketing our businesses.

The challenge begins today, May 1st, and ends at 11:59 PM CST on August 8, 2010.

Ezine Articles has made signing up for the challenge a breeze by logging into your member interface.  They’ve written a blog post to guide you through the process.

If you read my previous post about how I did not the make the challenge…how I even fell far short of the goal at 28 articles submitted…you may wonder why I am even trying it again.

Because it is a challenge.

It is challenging me to rise above my current marketing performance and strive to reach a new goal.

This is what growth is all about.

This is what leadership is about.

Step out and enter the race to better yourself.  You are guaranteed to learn something and gain new skills.

You will also be braving new territory that your business associates will want to follow you into.

Believe In your Success, I Do!
Karen
mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.net