How does a piece of content become a runaway success?
Maybe you’ve got the perfect attention-grabbing headline, one with real “READ ME” quality. Perhaps your article contains a successful blend of hot topics, helpful personal insight, and expertise. Possibly, you’ve captured a trending topic from an original angle. Maybe your story is so unique and captivating (ahem, Content of the Year winner Sean Durity) that it catapults across social networks.
Or maybe your story has grabbed the attention of our editors and landed on the Yahoo! homepage – a singular destination viewed by millions of people every day. Now it's become crystal clear you’ve scored a real hit – your page views are flying off the charts and your voice is being amplified with magnitude. There's really nothing like the feeling you get when your words are traveling around the world at the speed of light!
Let’s take a look at three recent heavy hitters from Yahoo! Contributor Network who made it to the coveted Yahoo! front page:
Brad Sylvester got the inside scoop on an intriguing social experiment, and shared it in an article, “Amish Project,” published January 31 on Yahoo! News. Brad scored an interview with Jake P. Reilly, a copywriting student who had just completed a 90-day stint tuned out from the virtual world. Reilly chose to forgo modern conveniences; he went sans email, social networks, and his cell phone. This thought-provoking interview has been tweeted over 1,500 times and has been recommended on Facebook a staggering 13,000 times – a bit ironic considering the premise of the article! With page views well into seven digits and counting, it’s safe to say that Brad’s unique piece has overtaken the virtual world.
When newlywed Sophie Walton first ventured into the realm of financial independence, she found that shopping at the dollar store was necessary to scrape by. Now that her financial situation has improved, Sophie still finds herself frequenting the dollar store. Sophie tells us why it’s all about the Washingtons in her article “First Person: Confessions of a Dollar Store Shopper,” published on Yahoo! Finance January 18. Her savvy tips made their way to the front page of Yahoo!, and the piece amassed over 1,000 comments in the following weeks. Her combination of relatable first-person anecdotes, smart tricks, and an eye-catching headline helped the piece take off.
Rena Sherwood picked a great time to write on a great topic. On January 1, in a world abuzz with fresh New Year’s resolutions, Rena published “Lose weight running with your dog” on Yahoo! Shine. The useful and smart piece picked up instantaneous momentum, and Rena received almost 600 comments following its front page placement. Follow her lead, or Pony's lead (Pony is her dog), and you’ll be keeping your resolutions in no time.
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How do u not know what blogging is or how to do it? You are doing just by posting a comment. I think. lol
How do you start a blog? I've submitted articles to Yahoo Voices, but I wouldn't call it blogging. Thanks.
Hello to everyone!
I am very excited to have finally figured out how to contribute material to Yahoo! I have been blogging my brains out for many months--and feel it is time to focus on some of my own ideas, experiences, and middle-aged mental meanderings.
Have been experiencing many new "challenges" in the past few years--at a time when I thought life would be settling down--not so! Time to be creative--and Yahoo! seems a great place to start.
Thank you, Yahoo!
I've been reviewing concerts - mostly country - for about 40 years. I write for a major east coast newspaper. I retired in '68 but I'm still at it, working free-lance. And, as a free-lancer I have contributed to a variety of publications. (Those were the good, old days when editors had the decency to respond to inquiries). I have worked as a deejay (not the idiot scratch-the-music variety), have been a television newscaster and, many eons ago, when all was live, co-hosted a game show and introduced grade-z movies. I have also done radio commercials that have been heard around the country. For the most part, I am retired and, about that - 'retirement sucks'.
If anyone has any questions or thoughts about yesterday's country stars and/or today's superstars, I would enjoy hearing from them, and offering my not too humble opinions and
thoughts.
Thanks 'Y' for this opportunity. One complaint - please - teach contributors how to spell. Some of the errors are frightening.
I think I have several articles that fit the Read Me quality. But then too my articles will never make it as it would seem.
The more you write, the better you get at writing! Keep it popping!
Does anyone remember the five and dime stores?
The old fashioned soda fountain, smell of fresh buttered popcorn for free and real good friendly service is a lost bit of American history.
My contribution to the Yahoo! audience will enlighten those who want to learn
of the good 'ol days and educate many on how to survive the rising cost of living.
Stay tuned! Our program SURVIVING POVERTY is coming to a channel near you!