Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car

Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America’s first self-driven vehicle licence

Headline Ideas
Why you should still be arrested for drink driving whilst in a driverless car
Will a bald man be more or less sexy as a passenger in a driverless car
Is it illegal to fall asleep in a driverless car
Driverless car allows you to blog and tweet whilst travelling.
Ten people you wouldn’t want in a driverless car with you
Drive a car from your iPad
Drive a car from home
Can a driverless car park in the disabled zone?
Top ten driverless cars in Sci Fi

This is a very techy story and so the more data and futurism you can stick in the the better.
Pulling in other driver and car stories will work, for example how long before the driverless Taxi or truck or even bus.
This story will run and run and so we can add to this and see where it develops.

It leads to certain social issues about in car behavior which can be explored

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18002220
An American expert in violent self defense has not been granted entry to the UK. He is an ex Navy Seal who teaches how to inflict crippling pain on attackers and was to speak at a martial arts conference

Headline ideas
Top ten Americans banned from the UK
Americans that should be banned from the UK
Brits banned from the USA
Brits that should be banned from the USA
Brits that shld be sent to the USA (Piers Morgan Simon Cowel)
How violent should self defense be?
Top ten nerve points to attack
Ten reasons martial arts people are nutters
Why your Mum should start cage fighting

Every once in a while an American is banned from entering the UK and it becomes news, I think the last one was the nutty Christian preacher who torched the Quran.
It probably happens with most Western countries, but as I am mostly plugged into the UK news its what I notice the most.

So there is the foreigner banned from a country story, but then there is the other story of teaching a specific form of violent self defense, which raises a lot of story possibilities.

I am sure the fighting forums are buzzing from this news, this is where you could get a lot more nuanced story ideas from and also help with promoting your story.

Identify those in forums that are leaders and appeal To their ego to get a quote from them, when you publish the story with them in they will mention it to others on the forum.

There is going to be a view for and against the ban.
Also a view that promotes this form of fighting and one that is against.

But what may be a better is Web Content News Feed.

So what’s it about?

It’s a service I am launching in the near future that will provide you with ideas for web content that attracts based on the News Hook. You can very quickly and easily create links and get attention by posting stories that are based on the news.

But who has time to suck in all the news output, let alone spend the time to sift, curate, edit, develop different news content ideas.

For example, if you had a hair loss site, you could have done something around the fact that Rupert Murdoch had recently given evidence before the Leveson committee on Media ethics and practices. If it came out on the day it may have gotten a little heat.

If people are tweeting and blogging about stuff it makes sense to create content that reflects the conversation and news is generally what people like to talk about.

News comes in all shapes and sizes and obviously there are some news subjects you would not use to help with your online marketing such as natural disasters, death and destruction ets. It’s basic common decency and common sense.

It can solve the problem of constantly coming up with ideas for content creation by providing you with a list of hot stories that are worth shaping into content, with some ideas of what niches could use them and a bunch of headline ideas.

I will give you more information as we get going with examples and pricing. In the meantime, follow the twitter account and head over to Linkbait Coaching to sign up for the email newsletter.

Becoming an article writer can be both creative and rewarding, for some people it’s the perfect job. But the fact of the matter is, the more you write the more you will earn. For an article writer, being able to squeeze every last drop of writerly juice out of yourself is the route to financial success.

Being a writing machine does not mean you write without emotion or creativity, it simply means you focus on speed, accuracy, and quality. It means not having writers block, not having a problem getting started and being able to keep to deadlines.

Over decades of writing experience I have discovered 3 simple steps.

• Write every day, at least 5 or 6 days a week.
• Get a routine, find the best time you work and keep the rhythm
• When not writing, think about writing. Always carry a notebook to capture those little thoughts and ideas.

1. The great thing about writing is that you can do it part time or full time and need very little resources to get started. But you do need to get started. You need to flex those wordy muscles. Writing every day will help you do that, it helps build stamina and enforces a rhythm in your writing day.

I have used this system very effectively over the years. When sitting down for the first time of the day do a word dump. Open up a new document and force yourself to start writing, even if it’s “I’m really not in the mood to be writing right now, I would much rather be fishing……..”

Just write it, it doesn’t even have to make much sense. Fill up about 500 words minimum. Don’t try to write, just the words flow, make mistakes, ignore grammar and spelling rules. What you will find is that this excercises the part of the brain which does the writing, and at the end of limbering up you should be more in the mood to write.

Plus, you will have blown off any excess thoughts by putting them into words and uncluttering them from your mind, leaving your brain free to be filled with the important stuff.

You may also find that this free association method of writing produces some interesting writing which you can use later.

Save the document, knowing that the next day you start to write you will crank out another.

2. I absolutely need a routine, as my mind can wonder as easily as a goose in a granary. Make a specific period of time for writing only, and by writing I don’t mean twitter, which I am sure you realise by know is a huge eater of time.

Develop a routine, the brain has its own internal clock and will know when it is time to start writing and prepare. The brain is an amazing thing and the subconscious can do a lot of the heavy lifting if we allow it.

If you are new to being a writer explore the best time for you to write. For some people it can be afternoons or late at night. For me it’s 5.30AM till about 1pm. The afternoon for me is a writers dead zone, I pick up again after 7 and can write till late.

Everyone is different and don’t try to follow other writers habits, find your own way and create your own habits.

When you have a routine you find you can get all those distracting jobs done in the down time. Your friends and family will know that you will be working. And just a quick word, not that I need to. Turn the IM, the twitter client, and the email off. They are not needed for the goal of writing.

3. I’m amazed at how many ideas I get when doing something else, and sometimes they happen on the rare occasion when I don’t have my notebook and pen with me. Fortunately my iPhone can act as a back up and has an excellent voice recorder and notepad.

Always carry a notebook and when you have a thought, write it down, don’t trust your memory.

Walking is a great aid to the thought process of writing, but it can be so hard to unshackle yourself from the computer and the Internet and let your mind wonder. Discipline is required and to be a writer you must have it.

Think about the articles you are writing and different ways you can approach the same subject. Think about future articles and problems you can solve. Most articles are about solving a problem, as you go about your daily business keep your eye out for problems and instead of having a moan about them think about how you would approach it in an article.

For example, you could have a problem with your phone company and have to spend hours on the phone to a foreign call center. Think about writing an article about how foreign call centers have affected business. You don’t necessarily have to be in that niche as it helps excercise you writerly muscles, plus one day someone may ask you to write such an article and wouldn’t it be great to simply reach into your file and say, “Already done”.

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Below is an updated list of example headlines which you can use for blog posts, linkbait, articles etc.

I haven’t updated the list on the blog so it is quite chunky. The newsletter goes out about twice a month with new and fresh headlines. If you wish to request headlines and receive the newsletter you need to be a member.

Members also get access to an exclusive list of writers who can turn words into online magic, sprinkling fairy dust all over your website.

Headline examples available to members

Cosmetic surgery
Dating
Australian travel
Luxury travel
Broadband
Finance
Information technology security
Holiday
Physiotherapy
Stag night
Environment
Positive Thinking
Swine Flu
Food and Beer
Blogging
Communication
Business
Hot Tub
Car
Adventure travel
Celebrity
Underwear
Fashion
Office plants
Mobile phones
Nanny
Voip
Credit Cards
Books/bookshops
Poker
Woodworm
Hotels
Salesmen and training
Tea
Office
Money
IT Hardware
Curtains

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Membership comprises mostly of publishers who are hungry for linkalicious content. I priced the content at the low price of £500 and crafted it to appeal to both those on social tagging sites and those who link.

After a few days the content sold, proving that such a market exists and establishing a price point.

More see before you buy linkbait will be created only for members of my “Headline and Content Ideas“, newsletter. Membership is only $50 a month which allows you to get access to a regular stream of headline ideas.

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The linkbait is slightly edgy, not something that would appear in the Daily Mail but would be fine in FHM or Maxim. Can’t really tell you much about it at this stage else it will give the game away.

I’m afraid the offer is only open to members of the site which only costs $50 a month. And of course you get access to hundreds of headline examples.

This is an experimental move and if popular I will allow others to sell their linkbait and articles to the publisher members. If it falls like a wet sponge on an expensive rug, no problem, I can simply use the content on my own sites.

If you want a social push for the content, we can talk about that.

The price of the linkbait is £500

Look forward to hearing what you think about the latest idea.

Everyone one knows, or should know the benefits of guest blogging. If not you should really check out these articles which explain why you should be guest blogging and why you should allow guest blogging.

• Why Guest Blogging is a Powerful Way to Gain Exposure for Your Blog
• Increasing Your Exposure With Guest Blogging
• Why being (or having) a Guest Blogger is A Good Thing

A big problem is finding blogs to post on and other guest bloggers of high enough quality to post on your site. I think I have a solution for you. You can now access the guest post exchange forum on the Magnetic Web Content publisher forums.

It allows members to request blogs to post on and to request articles for their own blogs. This is a service that people have been asking me about for a while and a number of current members are very keen to trade content.

If you are already a paid up member of the publisher forums then head over there now and get some cracking content for your blog and find somewhere to post your tasty content.

Those who are not yet members can join right now for $50 a month. Click here to subscribe.

You will also get access to the headline and content idea newsletter I regularly publish.

You also get access to over a hundred writers, who are advertising services on the forum.

See you in the forums.