Lessons from the Great Michael Jackson

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First I would like to say something in honor of the late Michael Jackson. Even though you might have hated him, loved him, made fun of him, or adored him, what ever you felt about him you have to know one basic thing. He was a great performer and singer. No tricks or gimmicks behind it.

He was genuine, a one of a kind person. He might have had a few problems but if you ignore that fact Michael Jackson was a star.  Here are the tips to mimic him. Read closely and apply it your own writing.

  1. Find something you love or are good at: Write about something you know about. Do not write half minded about a topic you have no clue about. The more you know about it, the more quality content you can put into it which in turn will make your readers enjoy it more.  Remember Quality = Great Content which leads to Readers = Interaction. Plus if you consider something boring do not write it your readers will feel the same way.
  2. Be Full Of Energy: Write with lots of voice and energy. Put lots of exclamation points and adjectives and verbs. Make it like your writing an action book. Make excitement at every turn.
  3. Plan: Plan out everything completely. There is no margin for error especially since you have less than 10 seconds to catch your reader’s attention.  Plan out your post completely and do tons of research so you know what your saying is credible.
  4. Finish It All Off With A Bang: After you have gotten their attention finish it all of with a bang. More excitement, suspense, a controversial question. Make it full of explosions. Just do not over do it that it gets annoying. Picture seeing an Action/Adventure movie where there is bang, bang every second. It is just mindless slap stick and explosions that gets tiring- and annoying. Put a plot to it.
  5. Ignore Hateful Comments: Just like Michael you have to ignore hateful comments. Do not let it ruin your self-esteem or creativity. What ever bad comments there leaving try to fix what they say you’re doing wrong or suggesting. Also there are going to be trolls and haters who just like to make people feel bad and besides not everyone will like your content. Just let it slide.

If you take all these suggestions to heart and try to make each post better than the next you will have a following. After I implemented these tips to my own website I got tons more interaction with you’re my readers and more traffic.  Let your name live long in the inter webs with a nice outlook.

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  1. March 10, 2010

    Hesham @ FamousBloggers said:

    I see some nice style on your writing!

    Planning everything and not giving a space for errors is not 100% guaranteed on the internet, but anyways it worth it.

    This reminds me with dealing with your blog as it’s your biz!

    By they way, Michael is dead, so I am not going to say what I think of him as a person, but I like his music and hard work!
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  2. March 10, 2010

    Derek Jensen said:

    Edwin,

    I am a huge Michael Jackson fan! Reason being because he has made a great positive on many people lives both inside and outside music. And you writing this post is outside music.

    The hardest part for new bloggers is finding what we truly are good at and writing about that matter. For my blog, LifeNotion, it started out being a blog talking about technology tips that were very similar to what you can find on Mashable and Lifehacker. I might have enjoyed what I was doing but it wasn’t really me.

    I would have really liked to see Gary Vaynerchuk and MJ in the same room talking about passion, because MJ just did what he loved and became famous and inspired many from that. Gary did the same thing, but was out to make a profit.

    I do have one disagreement. We should not ignore the hateful comments. We should respond to them by reflecting and relooking at what we have done. I feel MJ would respect this. If you ignore someone, you are just ignoring and hurting yourself.

    Again, love the connections you made. There is always people that we should look up to and see what lessons they would offer us.
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  3. March 10, 2010

    Ron Leyba said:

    The number 2 and number 5 point is what I am really doing right now.

    I think, having a great positive energy, not only on writing or blogging, towards everything you do brings out the best in you.

    And for that hateful comments, just try to look at the positive side of it.
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  4. March 10, 2010

    Dave Doolin said:

    If there were a number 6, it would have to be: “Don’t be afraid to put it all out there, no matter what!”
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  5. March 10, 2010

    Dennis Edell said:

    #5 can also be flipped into great content, just as MJ sometimes created songs out of bad comments, we can do the same with articles…I know I do. ;)
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  6. March 10, 2010

    David said:

    I like the guest posts Nicholas. Nice one Edwin.
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  7. March 12, 2010

    Reza Winandar said:

    May I add something? Do something controversial, like bleach out your skin.
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  8. March 14, 2010

    Kharim said:

    lol Micheal Jaskcon is great.
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