Using Now Publics Web 2.0 Features

Now Public is a user driven news site. It has some very cool features that can generate traffic for you.

How to Use Them Wisely

One of the “buzz words” in Web 2.0 Marketing is buzz. Now Public is a web 2.0 content site that lives for buzz. It thrives on the submission of “stories” that “reporters” upload. Reporters can report on anything they think is newsworthy and the community can vote it up or down or add relevant content to it. It is a completely user driven web 2.0 site.

Not surprisingly, Now Public can be a powerful way to get fast traffic. It's way faster than article sites or even blogs. For one article I wrote recently I got 400 hits the first 6 hours. Not bad for a 15 minute piece of work. I also got 5 signups to a membership site from it.

NP has many Web 2.0 Features that will enhance exposure of your websites, as well as greatly extend the reach of articles you write. It is also very quick and easy to use.

Here's a short list of features:

1. Post articles which automatically get seen on the main page.
2. A voting system that allows your article to become prominent.
3. Ability to update articles with audio & video – automated Utube function
4. A profile with links to your main websites, feeds, friend function, etc… etc…
5. Automatic Posting to up to 5 of your blogs.
6. Rapid traffic, especially for “buzz worthy” content
7. Any links are allowable in your posts

Take a look at my profile to see the features live. http://members.nowpublic.com/tsebastian

Want a quick start? Take these steps:

1. Go to Now Public and become a "reporter".
2. Add the "Highlight" power tool to your Firefox browser.
3. Create your profile
4. Add your 2 main websites
5. Add all your blog info so you can automatically & simultaneously post to them
6. Create a “story” in your niche and post it.
7. Repeat step 6 often

My insider advice for Now Public is:

Of course, create your profile first. Then complete steps 1-5. Next,

Write a unique newsworthy post relating to your niche subject and be sure to put a link in it to your site or blog or your product sales page. Especially here, I recommend cloaking any affiliate link.

Do this on a regular basis. You can upload graphics, audio & video too. That can create a lot of interest. Linking your story to a related video on Utube is an automatic function, so this is simple and will generate better results.

Writing for Now Public is a little different than writing typical articles. It's not difficult to catch on to what type of stuff really flies there. Just think of yourself as a newspaper reporter and write about your subject from that angle. This is actually fun and refreshing. You can also pretty easily convert any articles you've already written to be more “newsy”. This is a fantastic way to get lots of extra mileage out of your articles.

Tip: Now get this. There is a system for other people to update (add to or comment on) your original article (you get to approve it). But, each time it gets updated it moves to the top of the line and gets viewed again on the front page. You can keep an article on the front page by updating it yourself. Below is some more info to help you do that.

Buzz Grouping With NP

As you have probably seen by now, this site lends itself very nicely to Buzz Group activity. Having a group of co-reporters to update (called crowd sourcing) and vote on (flag) your stories can become a powerful force to create great traffic.

The simple way to work this is to have members of the group visit your profile. There they can see your latest stories. They can choose to crowd source it with text, audio or video. They can flag it and make it more popular. Or, they can make a comment. All three would be best of course.

Getting Content For Your Stories

Here's how to get a never ending supply of relevant content for articles and especially Now Public which thrives on buzz and breaking news.

Get a Gmail account.

Sign up for notifications using your keywords or phrases. You will receive tons of breaking news about your niche subject.

Go to those news sites and "Now Public" them with the highlight tool. This amounts to a comment on the news article which of course will contain your Cloaked Affiliate Link for the product of your choice, or your blog etc.

You can use these breaking news stories to update your own original stories too! Just find a news story that relates to your post and update your post with the info or pictures or video.

Or, you can zip through some of them and create your own related original story or cutting edge article using the news stories as references. Believe me you don't have time enough to even begin to write the incredible content that will be flying into your mailbox.