Website Awards are given from other sites to reward your site for a specific reason. They will usually give you an award graphic or text link to include on your site if you win. Awards are great to display on your Web site because they will give your business more credibility to your visitors and customers. Some things your Web site could be awarded for are:
Content
Load Time
Web Features
Ease of use
Originality
If you think you have a chance to win one of these awards submit your Web site to the sites that give out web awards. Visit other peoples Web sites and see what awards they have won. Only register for awards that are related to the content of your Web site; this helps promote your site to your targeted audience. Before you register to win an award, make sure your Web site is ready. Your sites content spelling and grammar should be correct. It should be easy to navigate through your Web site. Graphics should be related to the content on your page. Create your own awards site for other Web sites. Give the winners a graphic or text link to place on their Web site when they win. This will link your Web site to theirs and draw more traffic to your Web site.
6. Check online bookstore’s best sellers list. They’re very good resources for finding winning topics and ideas to write about.
7. Use the time of year to come up with good topics. You could relate your content to the holiday, season, things that happen years ago during that time, etc.
8. Join some related e-mail discussion lists. Explore the question being asked and the subjects people are discussing.
9. Relate your article to a current fad that’s going on in your specific industry. The topic is usually interesting to your target audience.
10. Make a file of visitor or customer questions you receive via e-mail or phone. Usually, others have the same questions, but never ask.
1. Participate in chat rooms related to your targeted audience. Watch what questions people are asking and ask others what information they’re interested in.
2. Examine what information in being broadcast on TV, news and talk shows. That information is usually hot topics.
3. Hang out in similar message boards. People leave questions for information they’re seeking. That is a strong indicator of subjects to write about.
4. Survey your web site visitors or current customers. Ask them what type of articles they would like to see published on your web site or in your e-zine.
5. Regularly check your site’s guest books. People sometimes leave questions or comments that would help you generate high readership articles.
7. Business History Articles: they include information about your business. Examples: years in business, goals your business has accomplished, community affairs, financial information.
8. Product Articles: they include information about your product or services. Examples: new products, improvements to existing products, new accessories.
9. Visual Content: they include visual helpers that help explain, show, or supports an example. Examples: charts, photos, graphics, graphs.
10. Entertaining Content: they include humorous and off beat information. Examples: contests; quizzes, trivia, puzzles, games, cartoons.
11. Excerpts: they include information used from other resources for different purposes, but can also support your business. Examples: journal articles, transcripts of seminars, reprints, speeches, press releases.
12. Technology Content: they are new technologies you can use to present your content. Examples: audio clips, streaming video, MP3 files.