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Classic Questions is always evergreen in marketing. Just don’t simply ignore what that old guy, Norman Vincent Peale, or Albert Einstein theory on life and science.
Their words are the fruits of their life experiences and wisdom.
You need to avoid to think that the last 10 years marketing strategies has outdated and the new one practically a better theory. Sometimes you will get better result for the oldie secret! 
This classic question is a no-secret If you are a web marketer before the blog happen to strike in to your mind.
If you can answer these 3 question excellently, you post popularity will rise soon enough along with the effort that you invest on your blog!
So, the classic questions are:
- So What?
- Who Cares?
- What’s In It For Me?
Confused? Well, try to pretend that you don’t know me and never visit my blog. Or pretend this is your first time visit.
I don’t know where are you from. May be from other website or friends blog, or mybloglog, or may be directed by your favorite search engine to this blog. This question may have to become biggest possibility one to appear in your mind, conscious or sub-consciously:
“Okey Now, So What this blog is writing about?”
As soon as your read the headline of the blog post(e.g. 10 tips for blogging), the next question will appear:
“Oh, Who Cares about the 10 tips for blogging! What’s it in for me? Do the tips useful for me? Is it effective?”
Basically, if you could answer the above question inside your post, the ending would be nice and success. But if you can’t bribed your reader’s mind with your content, you will face the risk to lose them forever.
In essence, this 3 classic questions is very useful guideline to please your reader.
Why useful? Because your reader will have a chemical reaction by feeling ‘proud’ to the post which has fulfilled their desires, or you have answered their questions nicely.
Above question is just an example of how the reader looks and ask themselves when visiting our blog. There is a different scenario in every different area of expertise.Just make sure you can answer this in every of your post. That will enough to make your blog enjoy to read and your reader will get some advantages from it! ;p
Hope this post is useful. See you in the next post.
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(August 15, 2007, 6:10 pm)
Well, this post has got something for everyone so people will love to come back
Reply to ReviewSaurus(August 15, 2007, 11:48 pm)
thanks!
Reply to Ken XuThis is the greatest motivation for me, Mayank!
(August 18, 2007, 2:30 am)
very useful indeed
Reply to jenny(August 18, 2007, 7:09 am)
Thanks, Jenny. Thanks for commenting.
Reply to Ken Xu(August 15, 2007, 6:50 pm)
I know you’re discussing the basics, but goddamn, this is something so important that people often overlook.
Reply to Patrick Burt(August 16, 2007, 3:55 am)
Hi, Pattrick! Thanks for commenting.
Reply to Ken XuYou are right. These basics is a hidden gems in the blogosphere.
(August 16, 2007, 2:08 am)
you are right.
Reply to Chee Kuibtw, if this is my first visit here, i will stumble this post and subscribe to ur rss feeds!
(August 16, 2007, 4:54 am)
Oh! Thanks for your kindness! I will provide you a stumbled button to help you stumbling my other post!
Reply to Ken Xu(August 19, 2007, 5:29 pm)
Interesting post.. worth reading.
Cheers,
Reply to VaibhavVaibhav
(August 19, 2007, 11:37 pm)
Thanks for commenting, Vaibhav!
Reply to Ken Xu(August 24, 2007, 11:20 am)
thanks for the great tips. i got so inspired that i cited them in the post i submitted to problogger’s 31-day project…
Reply to proud mom(August 25, 2007, 4:22 am)
Hi, Proud Mum!
I’m really glad that my post inspired you and hope you can use it to the maximum state to optimized your blog!
Reply to Ken XuBy the way, could you let me know the post that you submitted to problogger? I would like to read it.
(August 25, 2007, 10:11 am)
Hi Ken Xu! My post hasn’t appeared at Problogger since they’re still on the 23rd day and I submitted mine just last night and Asian time is advanced than the U.S. Hopefully it will come out tomorrow or on Monday. But I can give you the URL now: http://www.wymn.net My post is entitled, “Blogging, Writing and Giving Birth.”
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