Written on September 4th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse

A Simple Way To Funnel New Traffic & Sales From Buried Blog Archives

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LynnterryprobloggerIn this guest post internet marketer and full time blogger Lynn Terry of ClickNewz shares one of her newest tested blog marketing strategies.

On the current theme of Content Marketing, I have a super simple strategy I have been testing to increase exposure and profit that you’ll really enjoy. It’s simple, it’s free… and it works.

Darren gave us 9 ways to seed content to consistently grow our blog readership with each new blog post. This 10th method will bring you a lot of readers as well, without even writing a new blog post…

Putting Your Best Content To Work For You

If you’ve been blogging for any amount of time at all, you probably have some incredible posts buried in your archives. Even blog posts written only a month or two ago rarely get a new comment. Properly optimized posts might continue to receive new visitors through the search engines, but most of your content is buried – both in your archives, and in the search results.

I make a regular practice of browsing through my archives for pillar posts. I often repurpose these posts into articles for Article Marketing, meaning I make a few small tweaks and submit them to EzineArticles.com.

There are 3 good reasons to submit your better archives to EzineArticles:

1. A keyword-rich title on EzineArticles can easily get your article ranked very well in Google search results, as EzineArticles is a content authority site. If the article is not ranking well on your domain, or if you have a relatively new domain, this is a great way to get “indirect” top rankings very easily.

2. Each article you submit may include an author bio, or resource box, which will have a live link back to your blog. Readers and search engines alike follow these links, and inbound links will help your blog get indexed or better ranked.

3. Publishers search EzineArticles.com for great content to use on their websites, at their blogs, and in their email newsletters. In addition to getting more inbound links, you may also find your content in front of a very targeted audience.

Duplicate Content?

There are many theories about duplicate content, and possible penalties for using the same content in more than one place on the web. Most of these theories are completely unfounded. Read this if you’re concerned about duplicate content.

Basically, Google wants to offer a wide variety of results for any given search. If your blog post is not already ranking in the top 10 results for a specific keyword phrase, you can easily achieve an “indirect” top ranking by submitting the post to EzineArticles.com as an article with a keyword rich article title.

Taking it one step further…

This method has been working very well for me, so I decided to take it one step further. Instead of repurposing a great blog post into an article, I turned a couple of my posts into short reports.

It’s the exact same content, just a new format: PDF.

PDF files are very easy to create. You can use any number of free PDF converters. Or you can download OpenOffice.org for free, which will allow you to turn any document into a PDF file with one click.

Don’t be overly concerned with the length of the report. Even 3-5 pages of great content will make a very nice short report that you can give away.

You can also add a cover page, a copyright/disclaimer, and an about page to round it out if you like. If you want your report to go viral, be sure to include a paragraph that clearly spells out the giveaway rights to your reader.

The Results

I decided to try this with a great how-to post I had written for my blog. This particular post ended with a recommendation for Darren’s workbook titled 31 Days To Build A Better Blog. I didn’t do any fancy formatting, I simply copied the blog post and pasted it into a document – and then converted it to a PDF file.

The result? The PDF file converted readers into buyers almost 4x more than the blog post!

Thanks to that short report, I am nearing the $1,000 sales mark for a product that sells for less than 20 bucks – which makes for a nice little commission check… on just one post!

The obvious conclusion here is that a report, or a PDF file, has a higher perceived value. The exact same content, with the exact same call-to-action, has proven to achieve a much higher conversion rate in PDF format.

Using Reports For Links, Traffic & Sales…

You should use one of your new short reports as an incentive for your readers to subscribe to your newsletter or blog updates. This is a great way to increase your subscriptions, and therefore your readership.

You can use your other new reports much the same as you use articles, as well. Submit your reports to free ebook directories, the same way you submit articles to article directories.

Google will index PDF files, so the links within your report will count as inbound links to your blog. Your report may also rank well in Google, which is another great way to funnel new readers into your blog.

Tip: Don’t submit the report you use as your opt-in incentive in other places around the web. Your new visitors will be disappointed to arrive on your blog, subscribe, and receive the same report that brought them there in the first place. Mix it up!

Make sure you include a strong call-to-action in the PDF version of your content. If your content is not directly recommending a product, you can invite the readers to related articles on your blog – or to subscribe at your blog for more great free reports on the topic.

Browse through your blog archives today, and locate some of your best (buried) posts. Repurpose those posts into short reports, and put that great content back into circulation to bring in more readers – and make more sales!

Best,
Lynn Terry
ClickNewz

p.s. I found this method to be working so well for me, that I contracted someone to convert and format my posts into attractive PDF files. You can easily outsource this task by posting a request on freelance sites, or on Job Boards at various forums.

If you would like to see an example of one of my repurposed blog posts, feel free to download How to Write a Product Review.

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  • Roseli A. Bakar

    September 4th, 2009 12:24 am

    Great tips Terry !

  • Lynn Terry

    September 4th, 2009 12:30 am

    Thank you Roseli!

    The first time that I made almost $10k in one month from a single blog, I was totally hooked. I am an avid reader here at Problogger, and constantly testing new methods & strategies to grow my blogs and their readership.

    I bought Darren’s 31DBB workbook when it came out, and am consistently following his teachings – putting each simple strategy into ACTION has produced incredible results!

    Blog on! ;)
    -Lynn

  • Loretta

    September 4th, 2009 12:36 am

    I love the idea of creating PDFs from blog posts and turning out reports. It’s so fast and easy …. and it was right there in front of me all along!

  • Todd - Home Construction Improvement

    September 4th, 2009 12:43 am

    Thanks for the great tips. I write a significant amount of product reviews and some of your ideas seem like they will be useful. One of the hardest things to do with product reviews is pointing out negatives. I know that products that I write reviews certainly convert much better with affiliate sales.

  • JennyLee Watson

    September 4th, 2009 12:50 am

    This is great advice, especially when some of your great material was in the beginning days of your blog, when only you, Mom, and the dog KNEW you had a blog!

    Thank you for the vivid example.

  • Dan Reinhold

    September 4th, 2009 12:55 am

    More “crazy good” stuff, Lynn.

    Content…not just for blog posts anymore!!

    Dan

  • Lisa Marie Mary

    September 4th, 2009 1:09 am

    I love these ideas!! We have so much content we’ve already produced – and it’s just sitting back there in our archives, begging to be used!! ;)

  • Strength and Fitness

    September 4th, 2009 1:18 am

    Great article–I especially like the first idea–publishing old posts on EzineArticles.

    A word on duplicate content–I am very lenient with use of one of my blog’s content (kuyakevin.com). It is ministry related, so I allow readers to repost, etc. I’m sure there are duplicate copies from that blog all over the place, but it doesn’t seem like it has hurt my page rank.

  • Karen McGreevey

    September 4th, 2009 1:25 am

    Oh man, great find for me! I found the link to this blog post (on Twitter) just in time because today I was going to start a “new report”.

    I had also thought about doing it with some “repurposing” but wasn’t quite sure of all the steps.

    Thank you, thank you, Lynn. Now I know I’ll be on the right track because I’ll have notes from your post beside me.

  • Blogger User

    September 4th, 2009 1:29 am

    Good ideas lynn… I had tried the idea of submitting my articles to other sites such as EzineArticles (you mentioned) particularly when my blog was news. But what i found was the articles from those sites were ranking higher in SERPS then my original articles. (its not uncommon though) Then i decided not to submit to those articles directories but ya it would be great for the buried articles from the archives like you say.
    thanks.

  • LeslieZ

    September 4th, 2009 1:34 am

    Hey Lynn,
    More great content. That is a great idea to put your posts on ezinearticles. And people are always looking for a way to create a product, well I’d say you came up with a great one with the PDF idea. Keep it coming.

  • Jeffrey Tang

    September 4th, 2009 1:34 am

    The PDF idea is great – a fantastic example of perceived value in action.

    I do have one concern, though – what’s the risk of alienating or disappointing longtime readers by re-distributing “old” content? Is there an “incubation period” that needs to elapse before you consider repurposing a post into a PDF/report?

  • Lynn Terry

    September 4th, 2009 1:46 am

    Jeffrey,
    My readers really seem happy with it, even on current content. If a post gets a lot of comments, I usually follow up with the PDF version and welcome them to download the “printable version”. No complaints yet! ;)

  • Heather Allard

    September 4th, 2009 1:53 am

    Lynn,
    Wow–such great ideas! I’m going to try ‘em all!

    You can also use Google Docs to convert files into PDFs. So easy and FREE. :)

    Thanks so much!
    Heather

  • Trina L. Grant | Professional Freelance Writer

    September 4th, 2009 2:05 am

    Instructional posts like this get me excited. I love to see methodology put into action and working in a tangible way. I’m going to try implementing some of the these ideas. I’ve been toying with the idea of re-posting some of my own archives, but debated. This makes the whole idea clear for me.

  • Rick Castellini

    September 4th, 2009 2:07 am

    Wow, inspiring and practical information that can be put to use today. I signed up for an ezine account a couple of years ago, but didn’t continue to work with it thinking it was just one more thing to do that didn’t help my cause of driving more traffic to my site. Thanks to your information, I will try it again.

  • Ark Lady

    September 4th, 2009 2:13 am

    Great idea to turn repurposed posts content into a report. I do repurpose…but some how have not done that.

    What I find works well is to submit great work to eZine articles and get the backlinks. Don’t care if it outranks my blog–the key is exposure and, “Wow, gotta go check that blog out.”

    I take those articles and do not publish them on the blog but make them into my autoresponder series.

    Then I create a video discussing the topic using the article as a guide.

    It is working well for me and I’ll have to try the special report angle.

    Thanks for the idea–had to share mine in return.

    :-)

  • Dayo Nurudeen

    September 4th, 2009 2:16 am

    Another great tips, I enjoyed the PDF part, I will put it into work once my e-book is complete. Thanks for the tips.

  • Young

    September 4th, 2009 2:18 am

    I had tried this method once before, but the post was not acceptable, so I gave up.

  • Seth W

    September 4th, 2009 2:23 am

    That is a fantastic idea. I am glad that I have heard about that opportunity to convert more traffic and get more links. Thanks for the information and a great guest post.

  • Jodi Kaplan

    September 4th, 2009 2:35 am

    Lynn, that is a genius idea.

    Also, for those with Macs, you can create PDFs directly from your word processing software. Just choose File → Print → Save as PDF.

  • Surender Sharma

    September 4th, 2009 2:46 am

    Hello Darren,
    Everywhere I found that “content is king” no doubt but content is not only the part of blog.
    Your tip about conversion of blog posts into pdf format is the wonderful idea to create ebook with the collection of selected blog posts.

  • Blends

    September 4th, 2009 2:51 am

    Actually not all method we using will work but anywhere we can build link to get better serp from google.

  • Mary Gallagher

    September 4th, 2009 3:21 am

    Such good tips you offer, Lynn, and the example you show in how to do the right stuff easily is invaluable. Thanks for sharing and showing!
    best for now,
    Mary

  • Lydia, CluelessCrafter

    September 4th, 2009 3:21 am

    What a clever, simple idea to repurpose old blog posts into pdf’s. That simple act equals a great new product. Not going to hesitate using this on my blog.

  • Jannie Funster

    September 4th, 2009 3:23 am

    ‘Crazy-good stuff” for sure! I’m a kid in the blog-candy store again.

    Gonna re-configure my killer pillar posts as you outline to get Google sending me even more flowers..

    THANK YOU!

  • Pat Bloomfield

    September 4th, 2009 3:46 am

    Fantastic article Lynn.

    You’ve really inspired me about the benefits of republishing some of my better articles and creating eBooks.

  • Marshall Jones Jr.

    September 4th, 2009 3:55 am

    Frank Kern gave another tip that I’ve found useful for upping perceived value: make a video that points to your report. Make sure the video offers some good content as a standalone.

    This works really well because videos online still convey authority, even just a two minute video introducing the main concept in the report.

    Try it.

  • Preecha

    September 4th, 2009 4:02 am

    Thank for the good idea. I ‘m new on blogging and have no idea how to find goods article on my blog . I ‘ll try with your guide to make my blog glow and hohe it make me some erning.

  • Robert Redl

    September 4th, 2009 4:24 am

    Thank you for the pointer to demystify the double content myth. “There’s no such thing as a “duplicate content penalty.” (Susan Moskwa, Google Webmaster Central Blog) see link in article

  • Web Marketing Tips

    September 4th, 2009 4:43 am

    Seems to me that you have used Darren tips practically and now you are reaping the benefit.

    Nice to see this … We have also implement the theory of Pillar post and this one really works … in fact its always work.

  • Domain Name Expert

    September 4th, 2009 5:10 am

    Very nice Post Lynn.

    Usefull Tips, the idea of the pdf is a must!

    Clever and simple is the idea.

    Thanks for Sharing

  • Traci Knoppe

    September 4th, 2009 5:13 am

    Excellent advice Lynn (as always!). I’ve been re-purposing content since we returned from NAMS last month. Love it!

    Thanks for the great article, and thanks Darren for having Lynn as a guest blogger. ~ Traci

  • Angela Treat Lyon

    September 4th, 2009 5:14 am

    This is great–I have so many posts many of them can only be accessed through Archives. I can see how I could do the same thing with my podcasts. Thanks!

  • Lynn Terry

    September 4th, 2009 5:29 am

    Really appreciate all the great comments here!

    To “Web Marketing Tips” – very true. The secret is in taking ACTION. Darren has laid out all of the details, especially in his 31DBB guide, for anyone to have a successful blog. It’s one thing to read a blog or guide, but applying it is what makes it work!

    Marshall – I agree with you on the video tip. I’m a huge fan of repurposing content in various formats. Nice add to the topic!

    “Blogger User” – it’s true that sometimes your articles on EzineArticles will outrank your own domain in Google results. For a new blog, this is a GOOD thing. If you are not experiencing good rankings yet yourself… using EzineArticles is a simple way to get “indirect” top rankings (ranked on THEIR domain) – then you funnel that traffic through to your blog with an awesome call-to-action in the resource box ;)

  • Chris | Martial Development

    September 4th, 2009 5:48 am

    After EzineArticles deleted links from my republished articles–even though the links were relevant, and explicitly allowed under their own editors’ guidelines–I vowed NEVER AGAIN.

  • Chris | Martial Development

    September 4th, 2009 6:02 am

    I would recommend you ONLY attempt “article submission” with material for which you have no chance of ranking alone. Maybe then, you have nothing to lose.

  • We Fly Spitfires

    September 4th, 2009 6:31 am

    Awesome idea. I like the concept of turning articles into PDFs or subitting them Ezine. Will check it out!

  • Blake @ Props Blog

    September 4th, 2009 6:39 am

    It’s funny how a simply converting posts into a PDF can make them seem more valuable. Since I have a new blog, I don’t have a huge archive built up; however, I will be making note of articles that will be ideal candidates for converting into a report.

    Thanks for the tips!

    Blake

  • Paramendra Bhagat

    September 4th, 2009 6:41 am

    Great idea.

  • Carl Coddington

    September 4th, 2009 11:41 am

    Part of me is glad you wrote this post and the other part upset that thousands of people will be starting to use your PDF idea. Anyway, I just subscribed to your blog. You have a great writing style.

  • Amyrhiz

    September 4th, 2009 12:40 pm

    Hi, Thank you for sharing this with us. It will really be great helped because I am a totally newbie about this. Thanks again. Keep posting more about making money online. :-)

  • Bibokz

    September 4th, 2009 12:40 pm

    Content is always the king… we just need to provide the right information related to our topic and we’re in.

  • Angie (Losing It and Loving It)

    September 4th, 2009 1:15 pm

    Amazing tips once again. This week there has been a lot about content there out on the web/blogs, etc and I think it’s trying to tell me something don’t you? ha ha I have come a long way but still have a lot to learn. I’m glad to hear that it’s not too hard to make things into pdf. The easier the better for me.

    I think I have a few blog posts that I can re-purpose now that I think about it.

  • Lynn Terry

    September 4th, 2009 2:05 pm

    LOL Carl – Thank you!

    I have to give props to my geek-bud Nicole Dean for inspiring me to create more short reports, and dig in deeper with repurposing. A favorite topic of ours when we’re hanging out. Check out clicknewz.com/2011/ for an a-ha moment on that point ;)

  • ConnieFoggles

    September 4th, 2009 3:43 pm

    It’s good to know that the belief of duplicate content has gone the wayside. I’m going to start using your ideas not only to earn some extra money but when I get “blog block”. Sometimes reading through my older posts can inspire me to write something on that same topic. Knowing that I can use that post almost word for word is a huge help.

  • Leigh Kostiainen

    September 4th, 2009 4:06 pm

    Lynn,
    Your ideas are just so simple, even relative newbies can use these type of strategies.

    It looks like you have inspired a lot of people today.

    I will be looking at how to optimise my PDFs a bit more now as I didn’t know about the Google indexing.

    You ROCK!

    Leigh

  • Andi | Web Marketer Depot

    September 4th, 2009 4:16 pm

    Re purposing contents into PDF file is a fantastic idea. The first guy using this strategy that I know of is John Chow with his Make Money Blogging Report. I’ll be trying this method out for my site as well, when it have more articles. Thanks for the great tips.

  • Stan Dubin

    September 4th, 2009 6:44 pm

    Looks like a ton of people really liked the idea of re-purposing content as a PDF and then using it as an incentive to opt-in, or a freebie (especially if it promotes a product), so I’ll chime in as well.

    Lynne Terry can also be heard on the Internet Marketing This Week podcast. Google “IMTW” and you’ll see it right away. Great podcast.

  • catering melbourne

    September 4th, 2009 7:14 pm

    Great article, great advice.
    Content was / is king,

  • Susanne Myers

    September 4th, 2009 10:45 pm

    Excellent idea. I love being able to repurpose content and add more value to readers / visitors along the way. Very interesting that the conversion rate for the recommended product went up. Can’t wait to try this.

  • Christine @ GoGoMamaGo

    September 4th, 2009 10:47 pm

    Love this! I was thinking of different ways to create “reports” and this is a terrific idea. Off to hunt through my archived material now….

  • Adam Baird

    September 4th, 2009 10:56 pm

    I love the idea of creating free reports from blog posts.

    You can also compile a number of blog posts to create free reports. Obviously, this can create a number of different uses for “old” content.

  • Kent Austin

    September 4th, 2009 11:13 pm

    Great post. Especially the info on duplicate content, which has alway been of concern. This is going to make my life a lot easier!

  • Michael

    September 4th, 2009 11:14 pm

    This a great post as it has given me another fantastic way of generating more traffic, I do employ “deeplinking” and it works well.
    this idea of “re-packaging” my most popular content will be a useful addition to my “traffic toolkit”
    Thanks so much, keep up the awesome work
    Michael

  • Kim Roach

    September 4th, 2009 11:28 pm

    Wow! I love these repurposing strategies.

    Great idea about the PDF. I’ve been doing that for a while… turning my articles into PDF format and submitting
    them to sites like Scribd.com, DocStoc, Free-ebooks.net, etc…

    Another really easy way to turn your articles into a PDF is
    to use YouConvertIt.com. It’s a free site online that will
    convert almost any file format.

    I was really surprised that the PDF file converted readers into buyers 4x more than the blog post. That’s incredible!

    I’m going to have to try that out. I wonder if that would also
    work well with your mailing list… (sending a link to a PDF
    in your emails.)

    Thanks for all of the incredible tips Lynn!

    You sure know how to over deliver :)

  • Avil Beckford

    September 4th, 2009 11:30 pm

    Hi Lynn,

    Thank you for the great tips. I have never thought about re-purposing my blog posts as articles. I have been blogging at The Invisible Mentor for nearly six months and there are some gems hidden in the archives. I will take your advice and convert them.

    The idea of turning some blog posts into a report is great as well and would work for me. I have been working on a series about what 10 innovative thinkers would have blogged about.

    I submit my articles to Ezinearticles and Selfgrowth, just in case some of your readers want another option. Thank you! Avil

  • clarky

    September 4th, 2009 11:44 pm

    I have to say the woman is really an expert. I always think that Internet marketing is men’s work, not women’s. Now, she teached me a lesson: don’t ever contempt women.
    I really enjoy this, wish in the future I could post a guest post on Problogger.net :).

  • Technology Slice

    September 4th, 2009 11:45 pm

    Great article. It’s a good idea to make the most of the content you already have.

  • ITrush

    September 5th, 2009 12:02 am

    Another great post here Darren.. hope I can implement it right away.

  • Kaspersky key

    September 5th, 2009 12:44 am

    I have a question, which is not related to this post.But i will wait for next entry and hope that i will ask my question in relevant Post.
    Thanks for another good post.

  • mega4shared

    September 5th, 2009 12:46 am

    Excellent post Lynn, thanks 4 the Useful Tips

  • Cheryl Andonian aka Momblebee

    September 5th, 2009 1:09 am

    Great ideas Lynn. I only started my blog a few months back and I feel like some of my posts that I’ve written are pretty good, but because I was just starting out, they didn’t get much traffic. I felt resigned to that just being how it was…but now I’m going to re-think that and see if I can breathe new life into some of my earliest posts.
    Thanks for the fab insight!
    Cheryl

  • Lyle Robinson

    September 5th, 2009 1:49 am

    Hey Lynn. Thanks for sharing. You insight into all things Marketing is a boon for us all. I have been thinking of late that I might try submitting some stuff to Ezinearticles, but I wasn’t sure what…now I know…:) Thanks again and thank you to Darren for giving yo a guest spot. I look forward to more. All the best.

    Lyle

  • David Stillwagon

    September 5th, 2009 5:09 am

    Hi Lynn,
    Great information about submitting post to ezine and the clarification about duplicate content.

  • fas

    September 5th, 2009 5:17 am

    Sweet tips about using ezines and also converting into pdfs.

  • Andrew Ballenthin

    September 5th, 2009 6:36 am

    Thanks Lynn, great tips for optimizing past work. I’ll be sharing referrals back to this blog from a number of my networks. I’m writing a book on social media monetization for Pearson from a marketing perspective and if you have some more of these goodies I might be interested in somehow having you quote in some sections of the book. If you are interested please get in touch with me via email.

  • Lynn Terry

    September 5th, 2009 6:52 am

    Hi Andrew,

    I can’t connect with you through your link on FB for some reason, but you are welcome to contact me via email: Lynn-AT-ClickNewz (dot com)

  • Rebecca

    September 5th, 2009 8:32 am

    Okay I took the plunge. I chose one of my best articles and submitted it. It’s going to take a week or more for approval and then we’ll see if this works.

  • Reza Winandar

    September 5th, 2009 9:33 am

    Not only ezinearticles, but articlesbase is great place for submitting articles and getting backlinks.

  • rajput

    September 5th, 2009 7:16 pm

    Again a great guest post. Your idea on converting and editing the blog article to make PDF files and then uploading the same to various websites for getting inflow of traffic is really amazing.

    Keep blogging

  • Ben

    September 5th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Love the PDF idea ! Thanks.

  • Iman Yusef-Yahya

    September 6th, 2009 1:32 am

    Thank you so much Lynn for an excellent post. I never thought about turning blog posts into .pdf reports.

    Putting together a free report has been something that I have been seriously considering, and your post has helped to make the task that much easier. Not only will I do one, but several of them.

    Thanks for explaining how to funnel new traffic & sales from buried blog archives to me like I was a 2-yr. old:)

    I also bookmarked your .pdf report on “How to Write a Product Review.”

  • Lynn Terry

    September 6th, 2009 1:38 am

    That product review report outlines the exact methods I used to SMOKE the sales in a big launch last year – make it to the sales leaderboard and win some cool prizes. Including a beautiful 50″ Samsung TV that I use as an external monitor for my laptop -ha!

    Enjoy :)

  • MakeMoneyAffiliateMarketing

    September 6th, 2009 4:04 am

    Great idea, I usually submit my articles to ezinearticles.com then wait for my articles to be approved. Once they are approved then i take the whole article to my website and make a post out of it, change the title so it gets indexed by Google and send the original link back to ezinearticles.com. I also like to send back links to my xml feed of my ezinearticles.

  • Clay Franklin

    September 6th, 2009 5:43 pm

    This is a great idea Lynn.

    I have at least one good blog post on it’s way to Ezine articles.

    Thank you Darren for having Lynn guest post here.

    Clay

  • Chanthirakumar

    September 6th, 2009 7:05 pm

    thank you for the very use full post.

  • Paul Hassing

    September 7th, 2009 8:58 am

    Thank you Terry. This is a great idea that I’m off to try right now! Best regards. P. :)

  • Amit

    September 7th, 2009 9:04 pm

    Wow ! Lynn you just showed the other side of the aspect “More Sales with good search engine ranking.”

    I just opened a new tab on my browser to find all the free eBook directories …getting ready to submit few of my PDF’s.

    Thank you for sharing such a good piece of info.

    Amit

  • Pete | The Tango Notebook

    September 9th, 2009 12:06 am

    I’ve been trying to contact professionals in my industry to let me repackage their content for months with no avail. I read this and am now thinking, I’ll just repackage my own stuff!

    This article was so good that I’m printing it out and putting it on my Reference Wall :)

    Genuinely,
    Pete | The Tango Notebook
    Latest Post: How to Lead and Follow Tango Like a Pro

  • excITingIP.com

    September 10th, 2009 1:07 am

    Hey, that pdf idea was great! In our industry, we need to rename it as White Paper on …. and it would do still better. Of course, you need to have much quality content on it – I would suggest combining two or three similar posts on the same topic and giving it as a pdf report or white paper. Would do great. Thanks for the tip.

    excITingIP.com

  • Dave Doolin

    September 10th, 2009 4:17 am

    This article is really timely!

    I have 96 of 101 pillar content articles on WordPress written, and I need to go back through everything that’s done and bring them up to date as well as implementing these suggestions.

    4/100

  • wesley

    September 10th, 2009 10:49 am

    How soon after you’ve written a blog post will it get buried in the archives?

    Very interesting read because it’s a great way to generate more links and content for your blog or website without having to actually write anything more. Submitting these blog posts to free article directories could also help indexing.

    For more traffic tips and a free affiliate e-course visit http://www.theeasyincomepro.com

  • The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk

    September 11th, 2009 8:49 am

    Excellent tips! I’ve often thought about digging up those old posts – revising them even, but you’ve suggested a whole new level that I’m going to jump on asap! Recycle and reuse – talking about going green…money green that is! Thanks – this excites me!

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  • Lynn Terry

    September 11th, 2009 11:40 am

    Wesley – that depends on the frequency of your publishing schedule. I have been blogging for 5 full years, so I usually go 6 months back to poke around. But I don’t have a set rule on this, and have used the distribution model on posts as fresh as same week.

  • Isaac

    September 12th, 2009 3:00 pm

    Wow great ideas. I want people to go to my website. That is the only reason why I am posting. It has art and is updated every day.

  • Alexis Wingate

    September 18th, 2009 1:48 am

    What a great article! I will definitely be putting some of these suggestions into practice.

  • routeur

    September 18th, 2009 7:02 pm

    This post sounds familiar to affiliate/internet marketers, perhaps a little foreign to bloggers. Well done nonetheless..

    I am continuing my informal series of posts on how to become a better bloggers and when I say “better” I mean “more traffice” and/or “more money.” Problogger.net is one of my favs in this area, especially as he talks so much about repurposing your content. Write once and sell it over and over again. This is not the lazy mans guide to blogging, it is the smart mans guide to blogging.

    PS – I am very aware of the fact that I just posted on measuring the weight of our soul prior to posting about how to be a better blogger. Weird? Yes, but the fish is thirsty for ideas and curious about the world in all it’s dimensions.

  • Trish L

    September 21st, 2009 10:37 pm

    Lynn,

    Once again you’ve pushed my brain into overload. So many great ideas to take things to the next level.

    A long time ago, I made a commitment to “learn something new every single day” – your site, blog and Mastermind Group make that really, really easy to do! :)

    Keep the great stuff coming!

  • Yvonne A Jones

    September 25th, 2009 11:52 pm

    Thanks, Lynn, for a great post. I love that point about going back into your blog archive, tweaking content and submitting to ezine articles. I’ll be reviewing some of my early blog posts in a new light.

  • umar

    October 11th, 2009 8:22 am

    I like to going back into blog archieves

  • Affiliate Marketing Online Reviews

    October 18th, 2009 11:22 am

    Thanks for the incredible tips. I’ve been thinking about how to bring some old posts to life and you gave me great ideas. Thanks!!!

  • Kris James

    November 12th, 2009 12:15 pm

    Fantastic article thanks! These sorts of tips and ideas are so helpful and really inspire me to keep going even when I feel a bit disheartened at my rankings.

    Thank you!


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