How to write good texts for blogs, social networks and micro-blogging services

Internet has its own rules of verbal contacts. It is insufficient to be a good writer. Texts for Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, your blog must satisfy the requirements of effective web writing. The text for print campaigns is not suitable. If you want to earn money with your blog learn these rules because the most important things in Internet is the copy.

1. Define your objective and do the plan of your text

It is common rule for any texts, but it is very important for web writing. You should have a clear picture of the result. When you have a plan your writing will be clear.

2. Define your audience

It is very important to know who will read your copy. Web writing is easy to target to different groups of people. Remember that the text should be different for Facebook, for Twitter and for your blog. Before writing a new copy or changing old one you must figure out who you are going to speak.

3. Write shortly

Big texts frighten off your potential readers. They haven’t time to read large text. Shorter texts attract more attention.

4. Your text should be scannable

Before reading visitor scans the text. He decides is your text worth for reading. Make your copy easy to scan:

• Write short paragraphs;
• use descriptive headers and sub-headers;
• use bullets lists;
• add images and diagrams;
• highlight key points of the text.

5. Be creative and flexible

Different services have its own constraints of writing. Tweeter for example allows you use only 140 character, Facebook have limited formatting. To create effective copy and compress large information in small text you should work hard and use all your creativity.

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Classmates.com, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Habbo, hi5, Last.fm, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, MyLife.com, MySpace, Tagged.com, Twitter… Every day social networks steal the time and life energy from people. There are some people who live into these networks day and night. Psychologists name this Social Network Addiction.

Have you or not this kind of addiction, believe you or not that you need to be careful with sharing you time, we propose to you 9 rules of stand against social networks addiction.

If you have more friends in social network than in your real life, we advice you read theses rules.

1. Redefine social network

Social networks are the tools but not the lifestyles. Use it but don’t let them use you.

2. Monitor your time

Set a limit and track a time. When time is up, logout. Don’t worry if something left undone. Tomorrow you’ll have the time to finish all your business.

3. Go for a walk

You need to relax. Go outside, look at the trees and clouds, meet peoples. Working with computer all the time can harm your health, so don’t forget to do pauses.

4. Do not double yourself

Do not subscribe in the same type of social network. Limit your memberships. It saves your time.

5. Use networks effectively

Do not add to friends everyone. Choose only people with the same interest. Try to limit the number of your friends. It’s impossible to communicate with hundreds people. Use your time smartly.

6. Set out the priorities

Log in only when you finished your work or during the lunch-break. It increase your productivity at work.

7. Do not procrastinate

Sometimes we have the work that we don’t want to do. And we begin to procrastinate, do anything but not the work. Do not log in. Be strong. Do the work first.

8. Do not use cellpnone applications

Get some rest. Use your social networks only when you are at computer. You really don’t need Facebook or something else on your mobile.

9. Make your real life

When we use social networks all the time we forget about real conversation. Just call your friends (don’t send them message, call them), go for a date, spent your time with family and friends.

Use the social networks and don’t let them to use you.

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