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		<dc:creator>SEO Copywriting &#124; Daily SEO copywriting candy: January 7, 2009</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] a print or online copywriter, you know the name Bob Bly.  Although he and I have debated about SEO copywriting techniques and when they&#8217;re useful, his knowledge around persuasive copywring techniques are [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Mordechai (Morty) Schiller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mordechai (Morty) Schiller</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Give me that old time copywriting&lt;/strong&gt;

Thanks to By Will McInnes for pointing me to 5 Sure-Fire Social Media Headline Formulas That Work. Sounds very much like something Don Dunnington pointed out in a comment on IAOCblog.com, The top SEO trick is no trick at all. It&#039;s called...</description>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/why-seo-copywriting-doesnt-work-for-direct-marketers/#comment-259892</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have provided some very helpfull information on seo copywriteing, and it is a great resource, and I agree with your views compleetly. There is another resource that that I have come across and have referrenced several times that has provided me with some very usefull information on the topic of seo copywriteing. This is a site that was created by a person named Jason Ryan Isaksen. Have you ever seen his web site or had any experience with Jason Ryan Isaksen? If it would be ok, I would appreciate the chance to post a link to his web site on your blog, or would that be breaking the rules in any way? I think that everyone who visits your blog would appreciate and benefit from reading through the information that he has provided us with. Jason Ryan Isaksen has some educated and very helpfull insight on the seo copy writeing topic to share with anyone who is interested in the subject and is willing to take the time to read it. Have you ever heard of Jason Ryan Isaksen or any of his articles? 

Barbara Q</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have provided some very helpfull information on seo copywriteing, and it is a great resource, and I agree with your views compleetly. There is another resource that that I have come across and have referrenced several times that has provided me with some very usefull information on the topic of seo copywriteing. This is a site that was created by a person named Jason Ryan Isaksen. Have you ever seen his web site or had any experience with Jason Ryan Isaksen? If it would be ok, I would appreciate the chance to post a link to his web site on your blog, or would that be breaking the rules in any way? I think that everyone who visits your blog would appreciate and benefit from reading through the information that he has provided us with. Jason Ryan Isaksen has some educated and very helpfull insight on the seo copy writeing topic to share with anyone who is interested in the subject and is willing to take the time to read it. Have you ever heard of Jason Ryan Isaksen or any of his articles? </p>
<p>Barbara Q</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Clark</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/why-seo-copywriting-doesnt-work-for-direct-marketers/#comment-254031</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Clark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The answer is you write different copy with different navigation for different channels.

In a world of quick and easy cut-and-paste, no one writes for one location, format or page.

I hope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The answer is you write different copy with different navigation for different channels.</p>
<p>In a world of quick and easy cut-and-paste, no one writes for one location, format or page.</p>
<p>I hope.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill Henderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Henderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Forgive me for coming to this late--

Two points. First, copywriters shouldn&#039;t feel hobbled by having to work strategic keywords into their copy. I trained as a poet and one of the forms I learned was the sestina. It&#039;s very demanding: 6 6-line stanzas, each line ending with one of the same 6 words (keywords!) in a set rotation pattern. A 3-line half-stanza ends the poem, stacked with all 6 words--again, according to a sst pattern. When you can write one of these, keyword placement doesn&#039;t bother you a bit.

I&#039;ve also had some training in improv comedy--including &quot;games&quot; that require you to improvise a scene without ever using a particular word--for instance, &quot;the.&quot; Again, good training. Formal limitations can actually lead to some very interesting creative choices.

My second point is that I&#039;ve learned not to over-optimize for certain clients. A local design-build firm, for example, may want increased web visibility in their locale or area, but are not be interested in sparking a national response frenzy. 

Oh, also--I&#039;m a believer in long copy, but I also see nothing wrong with optimizing the heck out of the first 50 or 100 words, and soliciting some quality incoming links. That 1-page promo still needs to be found.</description>
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<p>Two points. First, copywriters shouldn&#8217;t feel hobbled by having to work strategic keywords into their copy. I trained as a poet and one of the forms I learned was the sestina. It&#8217;s very demanding: 6 6-line stanzas, each line ending with one of the same 6 words (keywords!) in a set rotation pattern. A 3-line half-stanza ends the poem, stacked with all 6 words&#8211;again, according to a sst pattern. When you can write one of these, keyword placement doesn&#8217;t bother you a bit.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also had some training in improv comedy&#8211;including &#8220;games&#8221; that require you to improvise a scene without ever using a particular word&#8211;for instance, &#8220;the.&#8221; Again, good training. Formal limitations can actually lead to some very interesting creative choices.</p>
<p>My second point is that I&#8217;ve learned not to over-optimize for certain clients. A local design-build firm, for example, may want increased web visibility in their locale or area, but are not be interested in sparking a national response frenzy. </p>
<p>Oh, also&#8211;I&#8217;m a believer in long copy, but I also see nothing wrong with optimizing the heck out of the first 50 or 100 words, and soliciting some quality incoming links. That 1-page promo still needs to be found.</p>
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		<title>By: web2grow - web stuff &#187; Effective copy for websites</title>
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		<dc:creator>web2grow - web stuff &#187; Effective copy for websites</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Here&#8217;s an interesting point - that SEO works better for multi-page sites, but PPC and the single page mini-site (sales letter) work better for many direct marketers http://www.bly.com/blog/?p=210 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Here&#8217;s an interesting point &#8211; that SEO works better for multi-page sites, but PPC and the single page mini-site (sales letter) work better for many direct marketers <a href="http://www.bly.com/blog/?p=210">http://www.bly.com/blog/?p=210</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Bly</title>
		<link>http://bly.com/blog/general/why-seo-copywriting-doesnt-work-for-direct-marketers/#comment-252023</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toby is right. It would be idiotic to rely on intuition, when a simple check with the Overture Inventory tool shows you the actual number of searches on various key words for that month!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toby is right. It would be idiotic to rely on intuition, when a simple check with the Overture Inventory tool shows you the actual number of searches on various key words for that month!</p>
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