Jun 17, 2011

10 Tips for Effective Blog Writing.

So you want to write and post content to a blog. Great! Get started now. Don't wait! There are two types of blogs:  personal and thematic. If you want an on-line diary, then it’s personal. Otherwise go with thematic and present yourself as an expert in your field providing relevant content that will draw in readers.

  1. Write original content!!!
  2. 200-400 words in length
  3. Have several outbound links from within the content to quality web sites. (3-5)
  4. Carefully selected wording for the headline. (Top ten tips for…, How to Stop Sex Trafficking, The Best Way to ______, What to do about ______,  Marketing to the Next Generation Guidelines, Trends in Youth Travel, What You Need to Know to ________,etc.
  5. Use Google Adwords to find out which words to use in your headline. Use words that have heavy search volume and preferably low competition.
  6. Use your headline somewhere in your article
  7. Select relating key words that relates to your article that have high search volume and incorporate those words into the content of the article.
  8. Use the key words in your tags
  9. Try to include at least 1 image. When uploading an image to your blog post, use key words in the file name of the image that you have saved on your computer.  Ex. You want to upload a photo, give the file name:  Silk Road Map, or Nepal trekking,
  10. Create wise article directories/categories. Preferably 10-20.  Be sure they are general like:
Encouragement
Trips
Sex Trafficking
Orphans
Parenting
Social Justice
Youth Ministry
Marketing
Leading
Money

·    Make sure your blog is visible/searchable to the public.
·    Have strategic outbound links in the side bar of the blog. Each time you write, a new page will contain those links, helping those to whom you link rise in search engines.
·    Be sure your readers can share your blog posts easily using facebook and other social media tools
·    Have a sign up box so your readers can receive notification of your article each time you post.
·    Have others link to your blog.

Doing these simple steps will go a long way to making your articles more search engine friendly, help them to rank higher, and ultimately have more traffic and readers.The above 10 tips for effective blog writing will help you with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Google has 68% of the web blog traffic and they control the complex algorythms that decide who is #1 on page 1. You want to be on the top.Writing an effective blog that links to other web sites and blogs can also give them a boost in rankings as well.


For more helpful tips and information, go to the excellent site:  www.goinswriter.com

Jun 15, 2011

Our Social Injustice: Human Sex Trafficking and How to Stop It.

Human sex trafficking has hit an all time high and is growing even as you read this article. Young children and young adults are being coerced or tricked at this very moment into selling their souls. Some do it knowingly, others do it as a result of deception. In every nation, this activity is occurring. Like prostitution and farming, it has been around for a long time. It has become too easy for society to turn it's back on this huge social atrocity until it hits home. Simply travel to any major city at night and many of the children you see on the streets are victims of human sex traffickers. These sex traffickers are good at what they do. They know their trade, and they know their commodity. 

With recent media attention, the ability of more people to travel, increased information on the web, and overall general public awareness, the problem of sex trafficking has come into the spotlight. People want to take action. Many are concerned and angry, but they don't know what to do about it. 

Most children and young adults who are sold into sex trafficking never intended to sell their bodies. Most often they were looking for hope - a way out of a bad economic situation. Someone came along and convinced them that life is better on the other side. Often the carrot that is dangled before them is the dream of working and earning money in Europe or North America. Some victims actually make it, but they are sold as sex slaves. Many never make it and are sold as sex slaves far away from home and no where near their intended destination. Dreams are shattered. Bodies are battered. Lives are smattered. Never to be the same again emotionally, physically, spiritually or mentally, victims of sex trafficking are mounting by the hour. Government corruption, ignorance, apathy and the lack of resources all contribute towards this international problem. Like cocaine and other drugs, there is demand for the "product" and therein lies the problem. 

Men, being the main customer, seek out sex for pleasure, escape, reward, dominance and thrill. They are trying to fill emptiness in their lives with activities that can only satisfy temporarily. How long does sex last? Just a few minutes. And then the cycle begins all over again. Often drugs are also involved because the sex doesn't satisfy. Why? Because it's not kosher or halal sex. It is stolen sex. And stolen sex isn't sweet. It turns sour afterwards with feelings of guilt and shame. And that's a lousy way to live. 

So will demand be curtailed? Probably not anytime soon unless there is an amazing awakening on the part of the main purchasers of sex. That awakening can happen. Find out more at this site which will give the solution in many different languages.  Inspired Sex Relief.