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12 Essential Apps for Tweaking Your Mac
Apps are big news these days, made bigger by the smartphone craze (iPhone apps, anyone?) And while Mac users still make up less than 10% of the computer-using population, they are among the most voracious consumers in the tech marketplace. Put the two together – apps and Macs – and you get link bait like [...]
Continue reading...10 Gadgets with Mind-Blowing Moving Parts
Monday, November 24, 2008
The thing I most want to point out about this link baity list of technology turned on its ear is the comments in engendered. Notice how this pictorial inspired some readers to do more than merely jot down their thoughts on the subject but to submit their own picturesque contributions, in essence expanding the list [...]
Continue reading...7 Bizarre Things (And 1 Bodily Fluid) People Use as Money
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Cracked Magazine does it again, delivering valuable humor in an economical package, in this case a list of tokens certain peoples of the world use for commerce rather than commonplace dollars and cents (including: rocks, bottle caps, and - get this - urine). It’s tricky to find uncommon Trivia that matters to your audience. Money, being [...]
Continue reading...100 Blogs that Will Inspire You to Be a Better Person
Friday, November 21, 2008
What makes this comprehensive and nicely organized list-oriented link bait post particularly special is its source: a massage therapy jobs site. What do the two have in common – the subject and the source? Self-improvement, of course. But this isn’t a lesson on writing link bait about self-improvement. It’s about expanding your horizons on what you [...]
Continue reading...Ultimate list to download free e-Books
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The appeal of free stuff never goes out of style. Especially in rough economic times. Free movies, free music, free samples – as a culture (and particularly as a cyber-culture) we can’t get enough of all things free. The trick to making successful link bait out of a list of sources for acquiring a certain type [...]
Continue reading...15 Ways to Hack Your Brain
Monday, November 17, 2008
Self-improvement is a cornerstone of so many internet trends. From weight-loss to productivity to happiness, many of the most successful and enduring online ventures involve helping people to better themselves. We’re all desperate to be healthier, happier, richer, sexier, smarter, more effective and skillful and successful in our endeavors…and so on. Along those lines, here’s a [...]
Continue reading...Halloween Link Bait Link Dump
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween link baiters! In the spirit of this ghoulishly delightful holiday, I decided I’d treat you to some successful Halloween-themed link bait. Only problem is, there are way too many to choose just 3. So rather than leave any good fright night link builders out, I thought I’d give ‘em all to you in one [...]
Continue reading...Brain Trust: 100 Ivy League Business & Entrepreneurship Courses You Can Take for Free
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
It seems free resources is the subject of the day. This one’s of Ivy League business and entrepreneurship classes that have made their course materials available to the general public for free online. Courses in: Accounting and Finance Economics Communication Management Leadership Marketing and Advertising Product Development and Launch Technology Law Field Specific courses A good lesson to derive from this piece is that effective link [...]
Continue reading...30 Free Stock Photo Sites: Ultimate Collection
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Here we have a resource that’s little more than a glorified link dump post (with banner images and brief write-ups the only factors distinguishing it). Yet it’s become a popular page linked by many webmasters (and would-be’s). That’s because it’s clean, concise, thorough, easy on the eyes, and above-all: useful. Most web pages with “Free” in [...]
Continue reading...The 6 Most Obnoxious (And Unavoidable) Facebook Groups
Friday, October 24, 2008
Cracked Magazine does it again, proving that they know how to capitalize on pop cultures prevailing fads and trends. In this case, the subject is Web 2.0, specifically social networking stalwart Facebook. As we all know, “Best of” lists make for effective link bait and “Worst of” lists arguably more so. So try this juxtaposition in [...]
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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