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July 31, 2009
29 ideas to help you beef up your content pages
29 Content Ideas to Help Beef Up Your Content
Are you looking for help with ideas for how to beef up the content on your Web site. Your high performance, information rich pages might use any of the following (but not limited just to these either):
1. People are always looking for content that is on the lighter side. Genuine humor etc.
2. Remember that like real life, most Web based businesses are about building rapport and relationships. What content could you include to help you build relationships?
3. Build an article library and have all your articles similar
in theme.
4. What about an information page featuring your own free tools.
5. Just old fashioned "good reading" which offers your readers advice or solutions to their challenges.
6. Your information page might be a reference page loaded with interesting, inspirational or famous quotes.
7.Your pages might contain a related territorial map (yes images can be used most effectively with text.)Interesting statistical data, nostalgic information, community information that you believe your ideal audiences are searching for.
8.It might be a sales letter but remember the emphasis is on quality content and originality.
9.Something that would deliver tremendous value for Web sites that are looking for region specific traffic.
10. It could be any of the above suggestions with a seasonal angle relating to Christmas, Halloween, Easter, or something else appropriate to the Web content within your main theme.
11.A Questions and Answers information rich FAQ page.
12.You might write something based on humor or human interest
13.Consider statistical topics or common nostalgia that may relate to your industry.
14. People love to read about other peoples experiences and or opinions and views. Why not interview someone in your industry.
15. Create a page with an emphasis product reviews and identify benefits of each product in comparison.
16. It could be a theme related feature article or story.
17. Create a page that demonstrates or teaches your audience something cool and include a Flash animation.
18. Your pages might something with a current events or newsworthy or seasonal news.
19. Your information rich pages might want to contain detailed local attractions in your area.
20. There may be room for the use of information pages that use some humor or emotional content that is still of good value.
21. Remember that like real life, most Web based businesses are about building rapport and relationships. What content could you include to help you build relationships?
22. Create each individual information rich page containing useful and diverse subject matter. Remember high value to your readers but all original (and no duplication in content).
23. What about an information rich page offering an entryway into a useful, interactive section like a message board perhaps detailing terms of use for the message board.
24. Just old fashioned "good reading" which offers your readers advice or solutions to their challenges.
25. Your information page might be a reference page loaded with interesting, inspirational or famous quotes.
26.Every type of statistic that you think your audience is searching for. Local churches, cost of living info, population, crime statistics and even driving directions.
27.It might be a sales letter but remember the emphasis is on quality content and originality.
28.Something that would deliver tremendous value for Web sites that are looking for region specific traffic.
29. It could be any of the above suggestions with a seasonal angle relating to Christmas, Halloween, Easter, or something else appropriate to the Web content within your main theme.
One of the best ways to come come up with original ideas is to think laterally about "your audiences needs" in comparison to how they are searching on the major search engines.
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Posted by John at July 31, 2009 03:01 PM