A lead in to Nate's new book on blogging styles, this webinar-ready presentation teaches the audience how to write three different styles of list blog posts as well as how and when to use them, and what results they can produce.

1. NATERIGGS social business design | strategy nateriggs.com @nateriggs

2. #spinsuckspro

4. BLOGGING

6. Know how humans spend time online

7. Consistently have fresh content ideas

8. Understand what resonates with your audience

9. Speak “bloggerese” and know the terminology

10. Have command over technology tools

11. Understand the the nuances of blogger culture

13. 29% of business blogs post an average of 3-4 times each week

14. Bloggers are more affluent and educated than the general population with 79% have college degrees & 43% have graduate degrees

15. 81% have been blogging more than 2 years.

16. Professionals blog 10+ hours/week.Data from: Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2010 report Hubspot 2010 State of the Industry Report

18. Don’t let this be your blog...

20. Familiarity with style frameworks make it easier to stay consistent in your blogging practice

21. Style makes your content more inviting, readable, memorable, and engaging

23. 3 types of list style frameworks

24. 7 tips writing better list style blog posts

26. Understanding the list style blog post

28. Increase the amount of repeat visitors to the specific posts

29. Accelerate sharing across social media

30. Draw higher amounts of comments and audience interaction

32. Quick Break for QUESTIONS?

33. 3 types of list style frameworks

34. Your study guidelines Look at posts from the 30,000 foot view For today, the content doesn’t count Layout is everything in readability

36. Use numbered bullets to help your readers navigate

37. Always include the total number of bullets in the title

38. Each bullet demonstrates one question or statement

39. List as many items as are relevant to the content focus

41. Tell your audience why this list matters to them

42. How will this list help them

43. Bulleted list elements

44. Each bullet is typically one sentence

45. Bullets can be sequential or random

46. Summary sentences

47. Instruct your audience as to what to do with this list

48. Call to action

50. Use of sub headers as bullet points in conjunction with text or numbered bullets

51. Bullets may contain full paragraphs of detailed information, steps, etc.

52. Total number of of bullets is typically kept to 10 or less, to control overall post length

54. Provide more backstory that supports your explanation of the details

55. Bulleted list elements

56. Each bullet item may be 50-100 words in length

57. Use numbered and text sub bullets to increase readability

58. Summary sentences

59. Instruct your audience as to what to do with this list

60. Call to action

62. Use numbered or text bullets, but apply the rules from previous lists

63. Integrate media such as videos or photos to demonstrate the list

64. Each bullet then reflects a list element present in the integrated media

65. Don’t be afraid to turn the camera and show yourself to your audience

67. Tell your audience why this list matters to them

68. How will this list help them

69. Media integration

70. Use video to audible and visually list each of your bullets

71. Embed photographs as examples of list elements

72. Bulleted list elements

73. Apply rules from previous lists

74. Summary sentences

75. Instruct your audience as to what to do with this list

76. Call to action

78. 7 TweetableTitles for writing killer list style blog posts @prtini

79. TweetableTitle 1: @nateriggs says - choose blog post titles wisely: SEO keywords or attention getters - #spinsuckspro

80. TweetableTitle 2: @nateriggs says - link often to other blogs to leverage pingbacks and get attention - #spinsuckspro

81. TweetableTitle 3: @nateriggs says - make your list style posts easy for your audience to navigate - #spinsuckspro

82. TweetableTitle 4: @nateriggs says - use repeat keywords and phrases in list posts to build SEO juice - #spinsuckspro

83. TweetableTitle 5: @nateriggs says – Leave your list 80% complete and ask your audience to help your finish it - #spinsuckspro

84. TweetableTitle 6: @nateriggs says - use mindmaps to create your list bullets at random, then order them - #spinsuckspro

85. TweetableTitle 7: @nateriggs says - experiment with different list styles. Mix, match and create your own - #spinsuckspro

86. Quick Break for QUESTIONS?

87. 11 bright list topic ideas for your homework

89. # of things you know now that you wish you knew when you started your career # most important times to support your co-workers Top # things to never say in a client meeting Top # ways that small businesses can benefit from using the internet # of opportunities you might be missing by not blogging regularly The top # best blog posts you’ve read this month

91. Social business design

92. Professional speaker

93. Daily blogger

94. Author in progressnateriggs.com nate@nateriggs.com @nateriggs

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