Adriel Yapana writes:

Hey EzineArticles Staff-

Great! Just what I was looking for. Thank you so
much for your continued support in helping us
get the most from our articles ;)

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Mark Hanson writes:

Thanks Chris,

Nice job with the audio and I really appreciate the handy PDF showing how to create a great resource box.

Regards,

Mark Hanson

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Kevin Baker writes:

Chris,

In my view the resource box is perhaps the most important part of the whole ezine experience. Get this wrong and the proability of being overlooked is very high.

Great PDF nice and handy and not too overwhelming in the detail. MP3 was good too.

Thanks for a good job.

Kevin

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Defend Thyself writes:

Thanks again Chris, one of our largest sources of visitors is EzineArticles.com and we appreciate all you do to help us grow our businesses.

Best,
Chris Winkler

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Rahul Majumdar writes:

Hi there,

Thank you for the additional advice
on resource boxes. I went through
all the referenced material and will
be sure to implement your techniques
in future articles.

Look forward to your next newsletter
tidbits. For authors not yet on the subscriber
list, you should be!

Rahul

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Steve O'Sullivan writes:

I had a problem with one of the embedded fonts. Can’t read the first paragraph.

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Lance Winslow writes:

Does anyone have any quantifiable data on the difference in click rates from a superb resource box and just an average one? Real Data with real numbers?

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YourLawnAndGarden - The Place Where Successful Contractors Meet writes:

Hey Chris, is it just me, or is there a problem with the PDF link (re the resource box story) on your email.

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Shirley Bass writes:

Marc,

I appreciate your Resource Box advice.

I also enjoyed reading Chris’ article (Article Marketing 101 ..) and his call to action. It’s definitely information I will use.

Thanks again!

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Jamie writes:

A resource box samples package would be a nice complement to the information you’ve already provided.

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Liz Bronson writes:

Chris- Great info as always! Thanks :)

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Lance,

We did study a year ago in terms of the avg CTR based on # of URL’s included in each article:
http://blog.EzineArticles.com/2008/05/avg-resource-box-ctr-revealed.html

If you can’t access this PDF URL:
http://media.EzineArticles.com/pdf/perfect-resource-box.pdf

I recommend that you try access it with a different browser (FireFox, MSIE, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc). If that doesn’t work, then try installing or re-installing Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader.

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YourLawnAndGarden - The Place Where Successful Contractors Meet writes:

Chris, thanks for the pdf url access tip.

From a Down Under mate…you fellows are doing a great job!

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Armando Boni writes:

the same like always, great job with this video and audio tips :)

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Patricia writes:

This really helped to take the Resource Box to another level of understanding. All your tips are great!

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Marc writes:

Jamie,

Not a bad idea! We’ll explore it and perhaps you’ll see some Resource Box templates here soon.

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Alice writes:

I love this idea of the Resource Box. Kind of like giving out a free postcard or business card.

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Shirley Bass writes:

Marc and Jamie,

Jamie’s idea is good. I would like to see these examples include a “call to action.”

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Mo Simpson writes:

Good info re the resource box! It never really occured to me put a name in the box, but I could see how this could immediately start a relationship with a reader and enhance CTR.

I’ll be testing that out from now on.

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John writes:

Thanks for sharing via audio.

Using a USP is critical and not nearly enough people do it. Heck most people don’t even have one. It you have a great USP 80% of your work is done.

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Hollis Holloway writes:

Hello EzineArticles,
Great training info. I am looking forward to Article Marketing 101.

Writing with a pull, using the suggestions given will help us help others receive valuable content information.

Thanks again

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Vins writes:

…as they say some of us better learners through images and audio then txt on paper…good job Chris !

Vins
vinsaby.com

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Randy Kemp writes:

I can’t wait to listen to the MP3 and read the PDF.

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Lovie Hobbs writes:

Thanks Chris, I can really us some help on crafting a better resource box.

Cheers

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Aaron Brown writes:

First, thanks for the info. Always appreciated.

I am curious as to why you recommend putting your plain url into the Resource box as opposed to using your keyword alt text.

Also, I was under the impression we could have 2 urls in there. I’ve seen quite a few articles that put one url using the keyword alt text and the other link as the plain url to your site.

Finally, what did you use to create the pdf? Microsoft Word? The reason I ask is that it looks great!!

Regards,
Aaron

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Aaron,

Because Webmasters who reprint your article can be incompetent sometimes (often) and if you have a regular full http:// URL, their CMS often makes up for their inability to get the active link right whereas in many cases, if all you have is 2 anchored text links, you may get no link back to your website. It’s all about traffic! Therefore, include one regular URL at least. Also, we’ve got inside stats that further confirms that full http:// URL’s are clicked more than anchored text links, especially on our members most viewed articles. This isn’t true in every case, but it makes a case for why you should consider including a regular URL.

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I believe either Shaun or Marc in our Marketing team created the PDF and they most likely used Adobe Illustrator to produce it.

November 18, 2009 at 6:43 AM

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Marc, Product Marketing Manager writes:

Aaron,

Chris is correct. We produce our PDFs in Adobe Illustrator and then convert them directly to a web-optimized PDF document. This can be quite a balancing act between file size and quality – it’s nice to hear you appreciated the final result. :)

November 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM

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Aaron Brown writes:

I have to admit, the size was a heck of a lot more than I expected. But, the quality is great and makes all the difference in the world and is well worth it.

I am use to the normal Word format which can really look unprofessional unless you really know what you are doing. I’ve started messing with Microsoft Publisher which is great, and a heck of a lot cheaper:))

Great job Marc!!

November 18, 2009 at 7:55 PM

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Aaron Brown writes:

Thanks Chris.
What pisses me off is that once you think about it, it makes perfect sense:))

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Travis Roy writes:

The resource advise really helped.
Thanks

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