Test Post 3

by Conrad Hall

Training call 2

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3 Reasons to Give Up and Quit in 2010

by theconradhall


You’re ugly. Your mama dresses you funny, and you’re broke. What other reasons can I throw at you for quitting? Here are the 3 biggest reasons I’ve seen in the last 2years:

  1. I don’t have the time
  2. I don’t know what to do, and (my favourite)
  3. I need help

Welcome to the party, folks. It’s life. We’re all in the same boat, and I happen to think it’s a lot of fun. [click to continue…]

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6 Keys to a Successful Blog Post


Mean teacher image What #blogoff2 is Teaching Bloggers

There are dozens of posts for Blog Off 2. Some have zero comments while others are well into double digits. Why is that?

Let’s take a look at 6 things the most popular posts are doing so you can put them to use for yourself. Each of these posts has:

  1. An Attention Grabbing Headline
  2. Emotional Appeal
  3. Useful Content
  4. A Current Topic
  5. Graphics
  6. Conversation

How well are you doing at putting these into your blog posts and articles? If you’re interested in improving your social media ROI, do keep reading… Read more on 6 Keys to a Successful Blog Post…

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Twitter Profile Creation Guide


This is the third video in the series. It’s also the shortest. Twitter doesn’t require much for your profile.

These videos, plus a free electronic download of the book, are part of what I’ve planned as supports for when “friends, followers and Customer Evangelists” is released. After all, there are so many hyperlinks in the book it just makes sense to get the electronic copy when you buy the print copy.

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LinkedIn Profile Creation Guide



This is a video I created to go with my new book “friends, followers and Customer Evangelists.” It’s actually part of a series of 3 videos to give readers a step-by-step guide to creating profiles for the Golden Trio (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

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Facebook Profile Creation Guide


This is a video designed to support the information in my upcoming book “friends, followers and Customer Evangelists.” I’d appreciate having your feedback – especially since this video is the longest of 3.

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50 Lessons Life Taught Me

The REAL column from Regina Brett, columnist with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, OH.

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6 Keys to a Successful Blog Post

There are 6 elements every blog post must have to be successful. Read on as Conrad Hall, author of Friends, Followers and Customer Evangelists, shows you what they are and how to use them.

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Community Building with Competition


Today kicks off the second annual Blog Off competition at Community Marketing Blog.

Andrew Ballenthin, the founder and organiser, tells me there are 20 confirmed competitors and maybe a couple late comers. There is one person from Huffington Post competing, another newbie (Sam Diener) who has been blogging for just a few months – he’s already built an audience of more than 20,000.

There are two objectives to Blog Off 2

  1. Show the power of social media to build community
  2. Demonstrate how to measure social media ROI

To do that, competing bloggers have 12 days to engage their audience, develop traffic and Read more on Community Building with Competition…

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Better Blogging – Day 20 of the 31 Day Challenge


The editorial calendar says I’m supposed to write about “copywriting – editorial vs. promotional.”

I like that topic, and it’s important – but it’s either happening after lunch or getting pushed to tomorrow. (Gee, it’s nice being your own editor!)

Why? Because Day 20 of 31DBBB is about Leaving Comments on Other Blogs.

When I read this through,two ways of commenting occurred to me.

  1. Follow the instructions and interact with other blogs. I’ll do this.
  2. Expand on the instructions and write a comment post today about the 31DBBB book.

Picking up a copy of 31DBBB was a result of thinking “I need to get more organised about managing my blog.”

To be honest, I had never heard of Darren Rowse and was Read more on Better Blogging – Day 20 of the 31 Day Challenge…

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