? I am listed on xyz (here am I blowing my own trombone, and you have to get to know that.)
? I support this and that (the committee for prevention of cruelty to overworked imaginations, the society for the saving of purloined umbrellas , and I would like it very much if you would join me in these committees too. By the way they have been started by me, and you just need nine dollars to join which will go into the CCFPJ fund - caring and cherishing of Forsythe P Jones to keep him in hamburgers and videogames?)
? These people visited this site and were wearing pink pajamas, singing yaaa ya yippee yippee yah when they came swinging down the mountain.
? I am a member of this site, that club, that committee, that society and they would like to know everything about you. You can even give them the name of your dentist.
? I like these pictures? I really do not know much of art , but I know what I like
? Vote for me here and there? I am standing for the most popular bore contest.
? Subscribe here . Except for your own personal newsletter, do not ask everybody to subscribe to newsletters which are going to tell them about absolutely nothing at all in the shape of spam.
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? latest posts - these are links to your post, more PR material , and indexing of your site
? your best work - post you are proud of, things you want people to read, again links to these post will give them better SERP's. ? archives - let people find your old posts . You also have plenty of potential matter to make any future e-books.
? RSS feed button - only one, just in case someone want to subscribe to your feed.