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Keeping Your Best Posts Alive With A Cornerstone Content Page In working on the redesign for this site, I’ve not only considered the overall layout and look but also usability. How easy is it for readers to navigate my site? How do I highlight popular posts that haven’t gone past their use by date? How do I easily direct readers who are only interested in particular areas? How do I lead readers through a series of posts on a specific topic? In other words how do I best meet your needs. Enter Cornerstone Content to act as a hub, a […] Continue Reading…

List Posts Fail? You may think I’m contradicting myself after my last post was strongly in favor of the list post format? I’m still a fan but, like any blog post type, quality counts. List Posts, despite their general popularity, can fail. Where List Posts Fail 1)  When There’s Lack of Research or Information When long list posts are compiled with little thought or research, and offer nothing unique. A search I made for note-taking/productivity apps brought up one post listing 8 apps and another with over 100. Guess which one I read? I wanted advice on the best, not […] Continue Reading…

A List Post About List Posts No 1 Do you think list posts are a good idea, or do you steer away from them? I believe they have their place and, if done well, can form a valuable part of your blogging repertoire. I present my case in the form of a list post because that seemed appropriate. I originally wrote a long post with 25 points but decided to split the post up into a series of three. Read on to find out why. Advantages of List Posts We are very familiar with, and therefore identify with, lists. We […] Continue Reading…