Top 5 - Group Writing Project Day 2
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Today is the first time that I’ve run a Group Writing project where the submissions have come in faster than I am able to read them all (I will read them all though!). You readers have blown me away today by the sheer numbers of you throwing yourselves into this project and by the creativity and diversity of your approaches.
Today we’ve had 242 submissions which on top of yesterdays 132 means we’ve already hit 374 bloggers participating (around 30 more than our previously most popular project - with still 2 days to go).
If you haven’t put your post in yet - there’s only two days to go. To enter and go into the draw for the $1001 prize read the instruction on this post and get your submission in.
The Prize and Why Chitika Rocks - #4
As a little thank you to the sponsor of this Group Writing Project (did I mention they’re putting up $1001?) I’m writing a mini series of comments about the - My Top 5 Reasons that Chitika Rocks. Today we’re counting down to number 4.
One of the best converting ad units from Chitika that I run on a few of my blogs is the Related Products Unit (RPU). These units simply look at the keywords that you suggest to them (I link them to the headline of my post) and then provide a text link to 3 related products. These are CPC units and they convert brilliantly - especially if you place them at the end of a post about a product (ie these won’t work as well on non product related posts).
Even though these ads appear at the bottom of my posts they convert as well (if not better) than ads I have above the fold. They’re gold! RPUs wont work for everyone (and Chitika do have a few requirements for publishers before they allow them to be used but if they let you into the program I’d highly recommend testing them on a product related blog.
Today’s Submissions
Warning - before tackling this list (and you’ll want to!) you’re going to need some supplies. Grab a coffee or beer (a six pack would probably be enough) as well as a snack (or two). There are some great reads in this list - please surf by as many as you can, comment, link up and spread some group writing project cheer!
Here are today’s submissions (PS: after the list is a list of the most clicked on links from yesterday’s submissions):
- 5 Ways to Be Macho in Italy by Ms. Adventures in Italy
- 5 Back-to-Basics Strategies For Renewing Your Energy by Ririan
- Top 5 Top Blog Posts in SEO by Michael Jensen
- Top 5 Ways Ignorant Advertisers Lose Money to Google via AdWords by Richard Ball
- Jackie Chan’s Greatest Fight Scenes by Chris
- Top 5 Steps to Redirect Traffic from Your Old Site to a New One by Friedbeef
- Top 5 reasons why a Saab should be on your radar by Swade
- Top 5 Tools Every Blogger Should Use by Scott
- My top 5 addictions by Jen
- Top 5 things about the Shih Tzu by Suzanne Roman
- 5 Steps to Pimp Your Mac Desktop by Jon-Michael St. Amant
- If Only I Could Read Just 5 Blogs! by Jonathan-C. Phillips
- Top 5 Special Health Tips -Part 1 by Doris Chua
- 5 livros para ler ainda este ano by Lu Monte
- Top 5 Monkey Songs by Martin Breton
- Shut Up And Write by Eli James
- Top Five Things that Dictate my Time by Rebecca
- 5 Reasons To Work From Home (or call in sick) by OHSucker
- Top 5 ways to connect online with the 50+ marketing demographic by The Savvy Boomer
- Blog Tasarımında 5 Temel Hata by Utku Tönel
- Snatch! Top 5 Tips on How to Be an Excellent Cell Phone Snatcher by Karlo Licudine
- Five reasons why an internet business might not be for everyone by Mike
- Top 5 Glimpses into my Secret Nude Diary by Jennie Rosenbaum
- Top 5 Reasons Why I Will Never Be Able To Get Rid Of My Beer Belly. by Ah Pek
- Top 5 Ways To Stop Being a Perfectionist by Krista
- Top 5 methods to increase comments on your blog by Thilak Raj Rao
- My ‘Top 5′ Favorite Blogs by Anuj Seth
- Top 5 Business Startup Myths by John Crickett
- Top 5 Great Birding Moments by Trevor Hampel
- 5 Reasons to Use That John by WishBoNe
- Top 5 Easy Ways to Create Information Products by Gobala Krishnan
- Amazing Benefits of Rapid Mental Math by Gaurav Tekriwal
- Mých Top 5 webů 2.0 by Jan Marcinek
- Top 5 Reasons GPS Tracking Makes sense by Dave Starr
- Top 5 National Peace Initiatives by Jay
- Top 5 hacks for Yahoo Messenger by Sahil Gupta
- Top 5 Tips for the College Grad by Kim Roach
- TOP 5 cviků pro krásné paže a hrudník by Martin
- Songwriters: Top 5 Ways to Cure Writer’s Block by Don Makoviney
- Top 5 Ways a Blog Can Earn You Money by FloodofDollars
- 5 Top Myths Foreigners Have About Ukraine by Alexander Radich
- Top ————————- after 3 years of blogging by Ming the Artmaker
- Top 5 Things Moms Should Keep in the Family Minivan by Neena
- 5 Reasons Why I Make Wine and Beer by benevert
- Blogging Networks: Top 5 Pros and Cons by Singhania
- Five Reasons to Participate in Group Writing Projects by Lars-Christian
- The Top 5 Things I Hate Drawing by Matt Glover
- My Top Five Motivational Quotes by Dave Das
- Toddler holding on tight? 5 tips for working at home. by Theda K.
- Top 5 ways to love your wife by Jayson Joseph Chacko
- 5 Top Things I Miss About Harare, Zimbabwe by Sharon
- Five Games You Need To Play To Live Well by Yehuda Berlinger
- Top 5 Free Ways to "Start" Generating Traffic to Your Blog by Ankesh Kothari
- Top 5 Things That Kill a Band by Jo
- Top 5 Reasons why I Hate Parallel Programming (Sometimes) by MIchael Suess
- Top 5 Ways To Identify a Bad Listener by Derick
- Top 5 Eco-Friendly Flooring Options by Cameron
- Top 5 Affordable Hobbies: Big fun on a little budget by Paulm51
- What Are Your Top 5 Travel Dreams? by Stacy
- Top five: free and ready to user php and javascript scripts by Steph Vrech
- Top 5 OS X Command Line Utilities For Administrators by Slaptijack
- Top 5 Zombie Video Games of All Time by Erik Zempel
- Upside down God by Julie McKown
- Top 5 Tips for Beating Blogger’s Block by Joanna Young
- My Five Top Firefox Plugins by Nenad Ristic
- 5 Reasons Why Every Business Needs a Newsletter by Simon Payn
- Top Five to Do While You Live by Mark
- You’re Pointing Out Vista’s Flaws. Cancel or Allow? by Marvin Sum
- Top 5 most influencial swiss designers by Mirko
- The 5 most important features to look for in a new sports watch by Blaine Moore
- Flying Travel Annoyances by Nick
- Top 5 Reasons Personal Fiance Blogs Are Better Than The Media by Canadian Dream
- 5 Reasons Queen’s Market Must Be Saved by Jon Tillman
- Top 5 Cutest Gadgets Ever by Cutie
- 5 semplici regole per raddoppiare la velocità di Emule by Davide
- The top 5 reasons RSS is so great by Allan
- Top-Five Wedding Planning Blunders by Rhonda
- Top 5 Twisted Videos (but still OK for a 10 year old!) by Vern
- top 5 reasons your website can go into google supplemental results by Sante
- Top 5 Reasons To Save For Retirement Now! by Retire Happy
- 5 Things You Should Know About Your Audience…from a tap dancers perspective! by Terrence Taps
- The top 5 Joost alternatives by SoftVision
- Five ways Shiatsu has changed my life by Tony Brown
- Five Hard Truths of Freelance Writing by Anne Wayman
- Top 5 Ways To Define Your Own Personal Style by Gala Darling
- Five Reasons Property Managers Need to Develop Better Online Programs by Erin
- The Top 5 Strangest Things I’ve Learned While Blogging by Robert Hruzek
- Top 5 Reasons Monster Trucks Are Taking Over America by Harry L
- Top 5 Reasons I Started and Continue A Personal Finance Blog by Sun
- Flyfishfanatics Five Fabulous Flies by Rick Passek
- Fly Fish Fanatics Five Fabulous Flies by Rick Passek
- Top 5 DC Things To Do This Summer by Francoise Galleto
- Top 5 Youtube Videos by Nitesh Bhasin
- Top 5 things to do with all the Top 5 lists by Rajaram S
- Top Five Ways to Stop Content Theft by Ashish Mohta
- The Top 5 Most Half-Baked Ways I’ve Tried to Earn Money (And What I’ve Learned) by David
- Os 5 melhores aplicativos Adobe Apollo by Marcos Lavorato
- I’m a stranger here myself by Jul
- The 5 Most Amazing Flowers in the world…plus 5 more by Stuart Robinson
- 5 Excuses for NOT Being Creative…and Why They’re Invalid. by ShadowsEdge
- Top 5 AdSense Tips for Forums by Ryan Ferone
- Top 5 Ways to Improve E-mAil Effectiveness by Danny Flamberg
- The Top 5 Google Whores I Want To Meet by James Pegram
- Michael Scott Negotiation Tactics and My Top 5 Negotiation Tips by Tripp Atkins
- How to tell if you are stuck in the 90s - Test Yourself by Yoav
- 5 best places to go while visiting Acadia National Park by Norman Sargent
- Five Things I Hate About Microbudget Movies by Scott Eggleston
- Top 5 Jogos Gratuitos (Free Games) by Newton Wagner
- Top 5 Reasons ShoeMoney May Be The Anti-Christ by Don
- Top 5 Pains in My Arse by stupidtom
- Top 5 Physical Therapist Recommended Body Hacks by Eric Robertson
- 5 Top Ways to Jumpstart Your Brain in the Morning by Ellen Weber
- Top 5 Ways To Achieve Early Retirement by Canadian Money
- Top 5 iPhone Rumors of All Times by Stephane Dion
- Top 5 Reasons to Hate GTD by Andrew Flusche
- 5 Essentials for a good brewpub by Al
- Top 5 AdSense Boo-Boos by Eric Giguere
- The Top 5 Keys to Managing Adult ADD by Jennifer Koretsky
- 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Investing in a Biotech Company by Brian Orelli, PhD
- Top 5 Wealth Secrets by Chee Kui
- 5 Top European Cities I’d move to next by Juergen Horn
- Top 5 Philanthropists by Blain Reinkensmeyer
- Top 5 Australian beach locations for the IT commuter by Vincent McBurney
- Another Old Movie Blog by Jacqueline T. Lynch
- 5 Simple Strategies For Stress Management by Robert Monteux
- Кое ме стимулира да продължавам / Топ 5 стимула by Atanas Yanev
- Top Five Web Messengers To Access Yahoo Messenger On Web… by abhishek bhatnagar
- Summer 2007 Fashion Trends: Top 5 to Buy Now by Rebecca Mielke
- Top 5 language related peeves by Lulu
- Top 5 Things to Do to Make Money Investing Stocks by StockTube
- 5 Superheroes in the Bible (better than Spiderman 3) by Josh Rives
- Special Edition: Top 5 Doggie Facial Expressions by Erin Moore
- Top 5 Green Companies to Put Your Dollars Behind by Crystal
- Top 5 Good Reasons to Sell a Stock by Q
- Top 5 Blog Contest Winning Tactics by Joe
- The Top 5 Fles Ever Created by Brent Reece
- Start your days with 5 new positive habits by Tantowi
- The Five Most Dangerous Women by the Grit
- Top 5 Ways to Earn Cash Fast! by At Home Mom
- The Top 5 things you need in an up-to-date web site by Melissa Fach
- Top 5 Ways to Lose Your Great Search Engine Rankings Fast! by DazzlinDonna
- Five Ways to Get Even with a Bad Boss by Marilyn Haight
- Top 5 Reasons You Should Invest In Commodities by Wolf Stone
- Why Your Mom is the Engine of Growth in the Global Economy by Ben
- The Top 5 Reasons to Get Even Leaner by Alexander Becker
- Top 5 Video Players in Linux by Binny V A
- My Top 5 Reading Ladies by Amy Palko
- Weirdest gadgets I’ve ever seen - Top 5 by j. noronha
- Top 5 Ways to Get F—- Up at Work by Trevor Covert
- My Top 5 Fantasies by Fleiger
- My Top 5 Sources of Inspiration in Photography by Brian Auer
- Top 5 Lasse Gjertsen-videos by Espenhh
- Spanking The Adsense Monkey by Mark "$1001" Wielgus
- Adult Supervision: Top Five Reasons To Get Your Boss Involved by Carl Moeller
- The Top 5 Ways Exercise Will Get You Laid! by Anna Fleet
- Top 5 Ways to Know if You’re a Home Haunter by Sue Clark
- Top 5 Historic Second Homes by Florence Beaton
- Do You Know These 5 Easy Ways of Making Online Friends? by kayliz
- The Top 5 Tips to Becoming a Political Blog Maven by Alec
- Top 5 Chuck Norris Facts by Johnny
- My Postpartum Top Five Top Fives by Kate Baggott
- Top 5 Best and Youngest Bloggers by Roberto Alamos
- Top 5 Reasons Bloggers Make Great Pets by Jason Spence
- Five Keys To Optimal Health by Edward Sanderson
- Top 5 Hottest Blogger Fantasies by Sharon Sarmiento
- The Top 5 Ways To Make Money Online Or Just To Make A Living by James Thoenes
- Top 5 things I would do if I could by Hailsky
- Top 5 Ways to Make Money In Your Underwear by Vince Cordic
- 5 ways to impress a girl using telecommunications by Tim@Todspace
- Top 5 gym free exercises by Steven Aitchison
- Don’t Grow These 5 Plants by Doug Green
- Top 5 Ways to Become a Major Poet or enternetusers (With Apologies to W. H. Auden). by Geoffrey Philp
- Top 5 top5 entries for Darrens Top 5 Group Writing Project by Marc Kantoori
- If you Could Cross-Breed Anything, What Would It Be by Brian Free
- Top 5 U.S. Security Threat by Ryan Driscoll
- The top five ‘Top 5′ lists by David Cassel
- The Top 5 Things To Do With Rhubarb by Montegue Blister
- The best life hacks I’ve found so far by John Stansbury
- Top 5 Reasons Why I’m Entering The Group Writing Project by Genie Strickland
- The Top 5 Reasons that I want a Parrotlet by Crystal Apilado
- Using the Web to Find Writing Jobs (The first five steps) by John Hewitt
- Building A Blog Community by Shelly Kneupper Tucker
- Top 5 Reasons to NOT Get Married by Kerri Aldrich
- Top 5 Ice Cream Flavors by Elizabeth
- Here’s one I wrote now, the top 5 Ingredients of compelling writing by Darren Hill
- Top 5 Diet Food Obsessions by Elizabeth Ramer
- Top five steps to curing your acne problems by Bill Nadraszky
- Google Hell: Top 5 Reasons You Are There … And How to Escape by Christine Parfitt
- Places I want to see when I get to the British Isles by Judy Money
- Top 5 Brain-Numbing Habits by Suzanna Stinnett
- Top Five Reasons to Index Your Portfolio by Canadian Capitalist
- Top 5 videos to take the edge off of a long day by pearl
- My Top 5 Life Traumas and What I Learned From Them by gia combs-ramirez
- How To Start Your Own Business Today! No Excuses by John Anthony
- My Five Most Awestruck Travel Experiences by Steve Madsen
- 5 Steps To Increase Your PPC ROI With My Free PPC ROI Calculator by Dominic
- Top 5 Tips To Win enternetusers’s Top 5 Group Writing Project Contest by Efren A.
- Top 5 Reasons Hawaii is the Best Vacation Spot in the World by Sheila Beal
- ShanKri-la’s Top 5 Firefox Extensions by K-IntheHouse
- Five Keys to Developing the Heart of a Champion by Ian McKenzie
- NBA Funniest Quotes by Easterangel
- Top Five Ways to Write a ‘Top Five’ Just Like Everyone Else by Dustin
- 5 Mistakes Made by Beginning Programmers by Brandon Wood
- Five Best Rides at the Carnival by Jasia
- 5 People Who Inspire Me In Different Fields by Glenn Wolsey
- Top 5 Kinds of Skin Care Products for Any Skin Type by Carleen Pruess
- Top 5 Reasons I Need an Angel Investor or V.C. by Eric D
- Five things to know when buying cigars by Cigar Jack
- Top 5 Financial Tips for Recent Graduates by Elizabeth
- Top Five Reasons To Start a Personal Finance Blog by Plus6
- High Five Baby! by Sue Olson
- Top 5 most entertaining foreign films of the last decade by Jithin Jerald
- Let love in by Cordia Amant
- Top 5 Reasons Why DazzlinDonna Is My Bestest Friend… by Michael VanDeMar
- Top 5 reasons to leave academia–and to stay by Rich Nyfelt
- Five Steps to a Stress-Free Vacation by Laura Moncur
- Top Five Nations in the World by Sinu Kumar
- Well played Britney … Well Played: Top Five Reasons Why Britney Exposing Herself Was A Business Move by Kevin
- Top 5 Reasons To Use a Home Theater PC instead of a Cable DVR by Brent Evans
- Top 5 Youtube Movies that will Change Your Life! by Phil
- Top 5 Tips for a Successful Link Train by Gary Lee
- Top Five Reasons To Freelance by Jacqueline
- Top 5 Reasons Why DazzlinDonna Is My Bestest Friend… by Michael VanDeMar
- Top 5 Resources Domain Owners Shouldn’t Live Without by DotSauce Domain Magazine
- Top 5 Image Hosting Services by Nirmal T V
- Car/Brand Spotting, Burbank to Huntington Beach by Steve
- My Top 5 Web Developing Tools by Jason Bartholme
- Five Must Have Celebrity Haircuts for Spring by Norell Clemons
- My Top 5 Ways To Inadvertently Make Comfy Beds For My Indoor Cats by Carolyn Iott
- Top 5 Hacks for Intelligent Investors by George
- The Top 5 Reasons to succeed and why it sucks to be a Loser by Christoph Puetz
- 5 Steps to Busting Brick Walls with Collateral Lines by Bryan Koen
- Top 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Any Software by Craig Jones
- Top Five Strategies For Travelling Light by Graham Barker
- Top 5 Reasons for Multiple Blogs Under a Single Domain by TheOzz
- 5 Ways To Make Money On The Internet by Ryan Shamus
- The Top 5 Things That Make Me Run by Tom O’Leary
- Is Your Week-End Over Before It’s Started? Use These Top 5 Ways To Make Your Week-End Last Longer by Shamelle
- Baby Names from Video Games by Nancy R. Callahan
- The 5 Gremlins Of Market Growth GIC by Financial Jungle Guy
- Quantum Computer: Top 5 Urban Legends by nextquant
- 5 things I wish all bloggers did by Zieak
One More Top 5
So today I thought I’d do something a little different and track which five entries from yesterdays list that most people clicked upon. I tracked this using MyBlogLog’s outbound stats checker. Here’s what I found (yep - it’s the ‘top 5′ - I had to didn’t I?).
- Become Blog Worthy
- My Top 5 Favorite WordPress Blogging Tools
- The Top 5 Web Sites for a Deserted Island
- The Top 5 Ways to Become a Millionaire
- Get Fit and Sexy While Blogging - the Top 5 Unusual Things to do at Your Computer
So the lessons from this little experiment:
1. Be First (the most clicked link was the first one on the list - all were in the top half of the list)
2. Write about blogging - I guess it makes sense. Readers of enternetusers are bloggers… it’s a topic that will appeal
3. Be a little Creative with your title (that last one got me to click on it)
4. ‘How to’ posts seem to work (all really promised to teach or provide something useful at some level)
5. Be Quirky or Amusing - many of the next 10 most popular posts had very amusing titles or were quirky (like My 5 Fingers Ranked, 5 Superhuman Powers I would like to have and 5 Cool Things You can do with your DNA).
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