Top 10 lists
How To’s – Be Helpful and make sure your guide is easy to read
Current Events – In my opinion the best way to get instant results. Relaying accurate info is very important.
Offbeat or Extreme - Hardest to get your clients to approve but can be very succesful
Images - Use within a post and be unique

Crafting Social Linkbait
Research is extremely important
With the current events you need to know what’s happening
With the how-to guides you need to research what’s effective and working

Title & Description
Title’s and descriptions are where we see the most errors
Needs to be simple, strong, and focused
Once you have a title you need a story to back that title up
Make sure you capitalize the first letter of each word
Avoid spelling out numbers

Interact & Share
You need to have buddies to add comments and promote your story
Make friends on the social media sites that you use
Get you friends to vote on stuff
Return the favor when they ask

Social Media Tips
Relate to the community
Use images
Limit Ads
Offer a summary
No spelling errors, jargon mistakes, or bad information
Is it duplicate?
Check what worked before
Digg effect
Be link worthy
Submit at the right time

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