Friday, May 30  

Why You MUST Aim To Make Digg's* Home Page With Every Single Thing You Write

A couple of months ago I wrote this blog post:

Forget Trump, 8 Business Lessons From The Governor’s Hooker

That article was, without doubt, the most popular article I've ever written on this site. By a mile.

You know why?

Because I wrote it with the intention of getting it onto Digg (that didn't work, but that doesn't matter).

Because I wanted to get the article onto Digg I did something I don't always do.

• I wrote the headline to grab attention.
• I wrote the article to grab attention.
• I wrote about a subject of extremely high interest.
• I wrote the article so it was a bit amusing.
• I wrote the article so it was interesting to read.
• I wrote the article so it provided some value to the reader.
• I wrote the article so it was easily readable - by that I mean the sub headings, the list and the bolded words.
  

Writing for Digg makes it a much better writer.

The way Digg works - where people vote on the best content - makes you write to get read.

It gets you to hone your writing skills to be highly effective - because if you 're not getting the article on Digg, it's just not interesting enough.

Which means your writing isn't good enough.

Cheers

Brendon

* Digg is a site that has it's members vote (digg) on the best content submitted.

"Once something is submitted, other people see it and Digg what they like best. If your submission rocks and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for the millions of our visitors to see."

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