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Results. Everyone wants them, whether to sell more products, spread good ideas, or win more funding. In our busy digital world, the way to results is influencing people on the web. But how?
An ad campaign won't cut it. A Twitter account doesn't guarantee it. Manipulative tricks will backfire. Instead, you need quality, compelling web content that attracts people and engages them for the long haul.
Clout explains the key principles of influence and how to apply them to web content. Along the way, those principles come to life with lots of practical examples. With this book, you'll:
The Art and Science of Influential Web Content: An Interview with Colleen Jones
The Art and Science of Influential Web Content: What Rhetoric Really Is
Download Chapter 4 Rhetoric: The Art of Influence (includes Chapter 4 and Index)
Part I THE CROSSROADS
1 Same Road, Same (Lack of) Results
2 A Harder but Higher Road
Part II THE PRINCIPLES
3 Context: Where Clout Begins and Ends
4 Rhetoric: The Art of Influence
5 Psychology: The Science of Influence
Part III THE CLIMB
6 Plan
7 Persist through Roadblocks
8 Prepare to Evaluate
9 Evaluate with the Right Methods
10 Adjust
11 Reach the Top—But Don’t Stop
Index
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