How to Stand Out in a Sea of Fives

Darren Rowse of problogger.net just finished up another of his whiz-bang Group Writing projects.

The topic of the project was “Top 5″

I got the feeling that many of the entrants were students from the school of Brian

It was really interesting to see the different techniques that people used to stand out – after the jump I’ve listed all of the posts without using 5 or five in the title. Out of the almost 900 entries, only 77 people didn’t use “5″ in their titles.

Also for those that missed it, Darren let in on his amazing Chitika earnings – almost $250K!

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4 Responses to “How to Stand Out in a Sea of Fives”

  1. 1
    Nick Says:
    May 12th, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    haha interesting twist to linking to some projects…if only I got a prize for being part of the elite non “top five” title-ers

  2. 2
    Evelyn Says:
    May 13th, 2007 at 3:17 am

    I’m with Nick! Nice twist! Hmmm… I’m No. 77! I feel special! Cool idea to do. Thank you! :)

  3. 3
    Joe Rawlinson Says:
    May 13th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

    It is refreshing to see a list from the group writing project that isn’t just a copy and paste of every entry. Thanks for putting some thought into this one and for including me in your list!

  4. 4
    Ask Brent Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    At least someone’s giving credit for their creativity…good call.

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