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77 Great Lists You Absolutely Need to Check Out

August 9th, 2007 | by the MDB |

The old, worn out list is one of the biggest deals on the internet at the moment. They are everywhere, and now I have made the list of lists! This is the one stop shop to get the best lists on the net at the moment.

We all love a great list, they are effective, quick to read and they are something that you can easily act on. They can allow you to climb mountains. Here are 77 of the greatest lists (in my opinion) of all time that absolutely need to be on your “to do list” to check out. They will help give you ideas to energize your life.

Blogging

• 21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch (awesome advice for a new blog)
• 10 Ways I Got 4,700 Subscribers in Three Months (solid advice from a pro)
• 55 Essential Articles Every Serious Blogger Should Read (”comprehensive” springs to mind)
• 18 Lessons I’ve Learnt about Blogging (some interesting lessons and advice)
• Top 10 Best Designed Blogs (if you are looking for design ideas)
• 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (great list of ideas - try them out)
• TOP 30 Wordpress Plugins in Blogosphere (a 1 stop shop for the best and most useful plugins)

Finance

• 7 Rules For Raising Money Smart Kids (a great gift to your children)
• 52 money hacks - one for each week! (nice range of money saving ideas)
• 7 Ways to Take Charge of Your Finances in 2007 (solid guide to the basics)
• 180 Money Saving Tips to Turn Your Financial Life Around 180 Degrees (a pile of tips on saving money, ranging from kids to shopping to investing)
• Top 25 Personal Finance Myths (get that block out of your head about being wealthy)
• Fortune Magazine: 10 rules for building wealth (straightforward advice - the first one really smacks you on the head)
• 25 Rules to Grow Rich By (sound money and investment advice + some tools)

To make You Laugh - these are hilarious

• 15 Unfortunately Placed Ads (pure class)
• Top 10 Funniest Photos (inventive humor)
• 50 Funniest Short Job Descriptions Ever (ironic humor)
• 10 Worst Drivers Ever Caught on Video (funnnnnnny)
• Top 10 Funny Viral Video Classics (includes the unbeatable Star Wars Kid)
• Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels (be warned - crude but funny)
• Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future (some classic quotes to make you laugh)

Family

• 27 Skills Your Child Needs to Know That She’s Not Getting In School (food for thought if you have a kid)
• 10 ways to entertain young children for $1 or less (without the TV) (yup, entertainment doesn’t have to cost money)
• Twelve Top Tips For Families (UK Based) (useful money saving tips for parents just starting out)
• Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Families (some good ideas to boost your families togetherness)
• Top 5 Teething Tips (this a godsend at that time of need)
• 10 Tips for Raising Children of Character (useful ideas to help your kids cope in the modern world)
• Ten Ways to Improve Your Child’s Behavior (we all want could do with a few ideas to make our kids jump in line)

Self-help

• 5 Steps to Accomplishing your Goals (great advice on setting up goals and getting going on them)
• 10 Steps You Can Take To Guarantee Failure (a tongue in cheek, but still wise look at setting goals)
• 10 Ways to Instantly Build Self Confidence (simple confidence boosts - dress smart, sit in the front row etc.)
• 10 Ways to Hack Your Brain (these are some great and simple memory tricks)
• 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better (a pile of useful learning strategies)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (an easy to follow and useful summary of the so named book)
• 12 Simple Ways to Empower Your Words and Your Life (one of my favorite posts from right here)

Health

• 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It (learn how to wake up earlier and the many benefits of doing so)
• 18 Tricks to Teach Your Body (learn how to relieve burns, stop your toothache etc.)
• 9 Great Reasons to Drink Water, and How to Form the Water Habit (a great rundown on the “more than you ever knew existed” benefits of water)
• Successful Weight Loss: Top 10 Tips On What Works and Why (simple, but to the point advice on losing weight)
• Top 25 Rules of Running (must read advice for anyone interested in running or starting running)
• The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet (as it says on the tin - and useful knowledge to have)
• 9 Things You Can Do For Daily Stress Relief (useful tips to help you relax and enjoy life)

Writing & Copywriting

• 12 First Rules Of Writing (covers how to deliver a quality post time after time)
• 50 Tools that Can Improve Your Writing (seriously comprehensive and seriously useful)
• 10 Sources For Blogging Inspiration (some good ideas on where to find material)
• 5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang (copyblogger - always a great resource for copy)
• 40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation (nice guide to check up on your rusty grammar with)
• 7 More Sure-Fire Headline Templates That Work (copyblogger)
• George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing (focus on the idea of simplicity)

Websites & Internet Marketing

• Ten Tips to the Top of the Search Engines (great outline for beginners)
• 101 Web Marketing Ideas and Tips (if you ever need any ideas or inspiration for marketing)
• 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without (lots of useful css techniques such as tabs or fancy pullquotes etc.)
• 30 Ways to Promote Your Web Application with Little or No Money (great ideas for ultra cheap promotion)
• 66 Ways to Build Links in 2007 (this is full of great ideas for link building)
• 101 Easy Ways to use Google Website Optimizer (huge array of ways to increase your site’s conversion rate)
• Over 40 Ways to Make Money on the Internet (directory of money making opportunities that actually work)

Organization (Getting Things Done)

• 7 Secrets of the Super Organized (learn how to get organized)
• 7 Great Hacks to Beat Procrastination (a bit of self promotion, but I think it really is great stuff)
• 10 Ways to Eliminate Distractions (ways to eliminate those distractions when you are on the computer)
• 10 Ways to Optimize Your Normal Days (advice from Steve Pavlina on basically optimizing your life)
• 11 Causes and Cures for Procrastination (a cause and effect look at procrastination)
• Five fast email productivity tips (how to deal with the problem of email in the modern world)
• Seven Rules of Motivation (simple, but effective and easy to understand)

Relationships

• 10 Inspirational Quotes on Relationships (relationship saving words of wisdom)
• 50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap (a host of ways to keep the romance alive)
• 10 Ways Women Judge You (how to succeed on 1st dates)
• 11 “Don’t-Tell-the-Husband” Secrets All Women Keep (to make the men feel better)
• 11 “Don’t-Tell-the-Wife” Secrets All Men Keep (to make the women feel better)
• 7 secrets to a long — and happy marriage (secrets from eternal couples)
• 64 Ways to Say I Love You (it never hurts to say “I love you”)

Computers: Tips & Tricks

• 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever (shortcuts, speeding up etc.)
• The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities (save on time eating mistakes and frustration with this list - always updated)
• 7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing (learn how to use digg in your google searches and more)
• Top 10 Gmail tips and hacks (take your Gmail further)
• Top 10 Photoshop Tips and Techniques from BrainFuel (save time on photoshop)
• Top 10 Clipboard Tricks (use your clipboard to do more)
• Top 10 Free Wallpaper, Fonts and Icon Sources (valuable information for people who hate to pay but want something different)

Best of Luck & Thank you,



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