Comments on: The Zoom Guide To Writing High Traffic Blog Posts http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/ Start Something Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:26:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1285 Shane Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:29:13 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1285 Hi Zen, Pictures really help make a post. Different people take in different forms of info more easily and a lot of people are very visual. SO a pictures really help. The illustrations on Zoomstart, I do myself, and I use Sketchup and photoshop. Lately I've been using free images from available from either morguefile or sxc.hu (thanks to Nate Whitehall for recommending sxc). I usually do a little photoshop work to the images just to size them and add some effects or some elements to make them fit in with the post better. Hi Zen,

Pictures really help make a post. Different people take in different forms of info more easily and a lot of people are very visual. SO a pictures really help.

The illustrations on Zoomstart, I do myself, and I use Sketchup and photoshop. Lately I’ve been using free images from available from either morguefile or sxc.hu (thanks to Nate Whitehall for recommending sxc).

I usually do a little photoshop work to the images just to size them and add some effects or some elements to make them fit in with the post better.

]]> By: Zen Zoomie http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1282 Zen Zoomie Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:19:49 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1282 I like the post--I've always found that the images some bloggers add to their posts make all the difference between just glancing at an article and actually catching your attention and bring you in to <i>read</i> the article. But I haven't found a very good source of high quality free imagery to use in my own posts yet. Any suggestions? I like the post–I’ve always found that the images some bloggers add to their posts make all the difference between just glancing at an article and actually catching your attention and bring you in to read the article.

But I haven’t found a very good source of high quality free imagery to use in my own posts yet. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1250 Shane Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:48:01 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1250 Thanks Gregg, It's good to be back! Thanks Gregg,

It’s good to be back!

]]> By: Gregg Hawkins http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1249 Gregg Hawkins Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:46:07 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1249 Great post and great resources. Glad to see you back after your week break!! :D -Gregg Great post and great resources. Glad to see you back after your week break!! :D

-Gregg

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1247 Shane Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:36:56 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1247 Hey Anthony, Technically, I didn't really take a week off. I was in "school" researching and working to understand what works and why ... okay I did skip out a couple of days :) List your work and work the list! And let me know how well it works out for you. Love to get some feedback on that. Hey Anthony,

Technically, I didn’t really take a week off. I was in “school” researching and working to understand what works and why

… okay I did skip out a couple of days :)

List your work and work the list! And let me know how well it works out for you. Love to get some feedback on that.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1246 Anthony Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:15:56 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1246 Shane, Wow! Maybe I need to take a MONTH off. I'm really impressed by this post...............it's full of great info, and put together really well. I'm gonna copy and past that checklist for future reference. I also really like to keep up with the whole Freelance Switch story. I started reading Collis' blog, NorthxEast when he first started. I was blown away by how quickly his name became well known. Shane,

Wow! Maybe I need to take a MONTH off. I’m really impressed by this post……………it’s full of great info, and put together really well. I’m gonna copy and past that checklist for future reference.

I also really like to keep up with the whole Freelance Switch story. I started reading Collis’ blog, NorthxEast when he first started. I was blown away by how quickly his name became well known.

]]> By: Surefire Ways To Get A Truck Load Of Comments On Your Blog Posts | Smart Wealthy Rich http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1244 Surefire Ways To Get A Truck Load Of Comments On Your Blog Posts | Smart Wealthy Rich Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:45:56 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1244 [...] a problem I had, and wrote about the steps and actions I took in order to resolve it. If you write in an authoritative way and still tell a story, chances are your post will receive a decent number of [...] [...] a problem I had, and wrote about the steps and actions I took in order to resolve it. If you write in an authoritative way and still tell a story, chances are your post will receive a decent number of [...]

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1243 Shane Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:33:09 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1243 Scot, They have a great success story. I think their design helped quite a bit, but the biggest factor -- they have a truckload of talent over there. Scot,

They have a great success story. I think their design helped quite a bit, but the biggest factor — they have a truckload of talent over there.

]]> By: Scot Smith http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1242 Scot Smith Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:47:31 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1242 The Freelance Switch story is one of my favorites. If you read how they created the amount of subscribers in such short time, you might think to yourself, "Why didn't I do that??" I think a lot of it has to do with the blog design, also. The Freelance Switch story is one of my favorites. If you read how they created the amount of subscribers in such short time, you might think to yourself, “Why didn’t I do that??”

I think a lot of it has to do with the blog design, also.

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1241 Shane Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:29:08 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/zoom-guide-to-high-traffic-blog-posts/#comment-1241 Hey Robin, Thanks. It was time very well spent. Feel free to bookmark the post or print it out. I have the checklist printed out and I keep it in my Zoomstart binder with my notes and post ideas, etc so I can check my writing against it regularly. Hey Robin, Thanks.

It was time very well spent. Feel free to bookmark the post or print it out. I have the checklist printed out and I keep it in my Zoomstart binder with my notes and post ideas, etc so I can check my writing against it regularly.

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