The Ultimate Tool for Building a List Post

I don't know what's more popular when it comes to blog post styles: how to's or list posts.

What I do know is that your readers probably love list posts as much as any other audience and thanks to Tom Treanor of Right Mix Marketing, I discovered a fabulous tool for creating lists that is easy to use and can create a lot of visibility for you and anyone else you care to share the spotlight with on your blog.

List.ly is a social curation tool that enables you to quickly build a dynamic list of links that can be embedded on your blog. You get visibility when others embed your list on their blog, when it's shared and when you allow others to add items to your list.

I set up a list a couple of days ago and as of the time of writing this post, it is trending #3 on the List.ly home page. And that's before I posted it on this blog.

To be totally transparent, I did post a link to the list in my LinkedIn group, on my Facebook page and on Twitter. I also invited anyone who had written an article about driving traffic to a blog or website to contribute to the list.

This is what crowdsourcing is all about. Create valuable content featuring contributions from many smart people. It's a win-win-win: for your audience who gets to take a deep dive on a subject, for your curators who get visibility on your blog and everywhere the list is shared, and you who get to share great content and get more visibility when your curators and others share the post with their audience.

Here's the list I've started on Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog:

Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog

Listly by Denise Wakeman

Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog

Top tips from around the Web on how to drive more traffic to your business blog. More traffic means more prospects, more subscribers, more opportunities and MORE VISIBILITY...blog on! [You're welcome to embed this list on your blog too!]

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10 Ways to Get More Traffic, Attention and Higher Rankings Through Social Sharing

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Tweet Tweet When it comes to getting more traffic, attention and higher rankings, there is one concept that is starting to have a huge impact on those goals… Increasing the number of shares your content gets across social media. That
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If the audience for your blog are primarily business people, then there's a good bet they spend a lot of time on LinkedIn, the business to business networking site.
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21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated 2012) | SEOmoz

Added by Nick Kellet on Aug 04, 2012

It's easy to build a blog, but hard to build a successful blog with significant traffic. Over the years, we've grown this blog to hundreds of thousands of visitors each month and helped lots of other blogs, too. I launched a personal blog late last year and was amazed to see how quickly it gained thousands of visits to each post. There's an art to increasing a blog's traffic, and given that we ...
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Added by Danny Iny on Aug 05, 2012

Growing a blog isn’t hard, as long as you don’t skip important steps. Read this post about all six steps to find out where you are, and what you have to do.
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Use Foursquare to Find Readers Near You

Added by Warren Whitlock on Aug 03, 2012

I’ve been investigating location based apps on my phone, netbook and other gadgets and following the trend of people living with a device in their hand at all times. Why would you want to do this? We’ve always used any
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A Simple System To Generate Thousands of Leads Online

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Added by Missy Diaz on Aug 06, 2012

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How To Get Traffic For Your Blog

Added by Michele Smorgon on Aug 07, 2012

My friend Fred, a talented blogger, asked me for advice the other day.
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4. Break news.

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You're invited to contribute a link to an article you've written about driving blog traffic, or one you've read and think is great. Click on the pink tab at the top of the list. And please share the list, as well. There are many excellent tips featured on the list!

If you have created a list on List.ly, you're welcome to post a link to it here in the comments. Would love to see what kind of lists are being created!

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Comments

Sheri says:

August 31, 2012 at

This is awesome. I have seen list.ly before, but never knew much about it. This may be one tool I keep active with. After reading this I did play with it and wrote a quick article (http://www.sheribambrough.com/ten-links-to-make-the-future-what-you-want/). I can definitely see where this can come in handy as I build my blog archive. Thanks Denise.
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Louise Myers Graphic Design says:

August 19, 2012 at

I did my first list on quote sites! It was quite easy – but I quickly found that you need to moderate the list because I got 2 spam additions (ie, irrelevant) before a day was up. Here it is: http://louisem.com/1829/need-quotes-for-social-media-the-best-quote-sites
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- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 21, 2012 at
  
  Louise, meant to tell you that I love your Quote sites list. Really helpful, thanks for sharing the link here.
  
  - Louise Myers Graphic Design says:
    
    August 21, 2012 at
    
    Thank you Denise, for the opportunity to share!
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Elizabeth Cottrell says:

August 7, 2012 at

Denise, do you know if there’s a way to change the order of the items on a list? I’m not finding a way to do that.
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- Louise Mandar says:
  
  August 7, 2012 at
  
  It’s similar to reddit. Kind of a micro version. Look forward to trying it out. A great alternative to regular written content. And I would think the links to great sites are also helpful for rankings. Thanks for the tip
  Louise Mandar recently posted..Social Media Demographics 2012 Profiles – Reach The Right Audience
  
- Nick Kellet says:
  
  August 8, 2012 at
  
  You can choose “Curated” order as the default order when you edit the list.
  
  Then you can just drag the items into the sequence you want
  Nick Kellet recently posted..Social Metrics: The Return on Amplification
  
Rebecca Livermore says:

August 6, 2012 at

Denise, this one looks really interesting to me, and I definitely plan on giving it a try. Thanks for sharing it!
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- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 7, 2012 at
  
  I look forward to seeing the lists you create, Rebecca!
  Denise Wakeman recently posted..How to Attract Your Perfect, Ideal Audience With Inexpensive Facebook Ads
  
Missy says:

August 6, 2012 at

Listly looks like a fun platform and am wondering how it fares for driving traffic back to one’s blog. Thanks for sharing, am off to check it out.

Cheers!
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Louise Myers Graphic Design says:

August 6, 2012 at

I saw this on Tom’s site and thought it was interesting. Denise, thanks for explaining how to make use of this tool, and its benefits! I will just have to follow your lead in crowdsourcing some lists. Very cool!
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Elizabeth Cottrell says:

August 6, 2012 at

WordPress glitch: just thought I’d mention that when I hit “publish” on my blog post in which I had embedded my list.ly list, I got an Error message. I had not put a blog title since the list had a title already, but it seems that adding a title was the only way I was able to get the post to publish correctly. I hope this will save someone else this problem…or perhaps someone can suggest something else I was doing wrong.
Elizabeth Cottrell recently posted..Are handwritten notes part of your regular business correspondence? (dofollow)

- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 7, 2012 at
  
  That makes sense, Elizabeth, because you’re embedding content in the body of the post. WordPress can’t pick up the title of the list since it’s in the javascript or something like that. Thanks for the head’s up.
  
Elizabeth Cottrell says:

August 6, 2012 at

Well, Denise, you’ve done it again: taught us another amazing tool to use in our business blogging. After reading your article, I signed up, created my first list, and embedded it in a blog post: http://riverwoodwriter.com/handwritten_note

Love it!
Elizabeth Cottrell recently posted..Are handwritten notes part of your regular business correspondence?

- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 6, 2012 at
  
  Glad you like List.ly, Elizabeth. Also love how you take immediation action…great list!
  
Elena Meadowcroft says:

August 6, 2012 at

Denise, thanks so much for sharing! I experimented with it and made a list about various social media sharing practices and recommendations. Here’s the link:
http://list.ly/list/1Ye-the-science-of-social-media-sharing-for-businesses
Feel free to add to it, I’m sure you know plenty of great resources!
Elena Meadowcroft recently posted..Learn from Target: How to Handle Social Media “Accidents”

- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 7, 2012 at
  
  Thanks for sharing your list, Elena. I’ll check it out!
  
Wendy LugoSantiago says:

August 6, 2012 at

Denise, great tool! I am already thinking about how I can use it as well. I added a post to your list already. Now, I just have to make my own list .
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- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 6, 2012 at
  
  Thanks for contributing an article to the list Wendy…blog on!
  Denise Wakeman recently posted..Ignoring the Small Sales? Here’s How They Can Lead to Big Sales
  
David Frey - MarketingBlogger.com says:

August 6, 2012 at

Tom and Denise,

This is an awesome tool. I love it!

It never ceases to amaze me with all the things that clever people create online that add value.

I’m going to do a list on my blog. Thanks Tom and Denise.
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- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 6, 2012 at
  
  Thanks for contributing a post, David! One of the things I love about the Web is all the cool stuff people create. This tool is great if you are at a loss for something to write about…find a list and post it with a couple of comments of your own. Instant blog post!
  Denise Wakeman recently posted..19 Ways to Promote Your Ebook
  
Tom Treanor says:

August 5, 2012 at

Denise, great post and list. I’m glad you liked Listly and it looks like it’s going to be a great tool for you. Thanks for the mention!
Tom Treanor recently posted..How to Add Text to your Images (dofollow)

- Denise Wakeman says:
  
  August 6, 2012 at
  
  Thanks Tom, I was browsing through list.ly looking at all the types of lists people have created. Lots of great applications for promotion, education and entertainment. Thanks again for introducing me to the application… blog on!
  Denise Wakeman recently posted..Ignoring the Small Sales? Here’s How They Can Lead to Big Sales