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10 Article Writing Quirks
Much has been touted about the effectiveness of article writing in the promotion of their business. While everyone raves about its benefits I’ll look into a few quirks.
  1. Too much junk- You can’t even imagine the amount of rehash material that is being passed off as something in which the reader can find valuable. Some writers rush to put out their work putting quantity over quality. It pays to be original when you are into article writing. Well, I have slack up sometimes on this one.
  2. Takes Time- Due to the multitude of writers entering this field, it will probably take six months to a year for others to become familiar with you and your writing styl...

10 Profitable Tips For Article Writers
1. Write to one person. When you're writing your article picture one person that you are writing to. This will make your writing more personable and help you to keep your readers interested in your article. 2. Use lots of white space within your article. Using lots of white space will help you to make your article look more professional and keep more of the skim readers interested in your article. If you have paragraphs that are...

10 Ways To Generate New Articles Ideas And Topics
1. Brainstorm for new ideas. Add your brainstormed ideas to an idea file that you can go back to when you are stuck for a topic. Also add ideas you get from other sources into this file so that you'll always have a fresh source of inspiration. 2. Visit forums and message boards. Look for an interesting topic or thread in the posts that you can turn into a new article. 3. Check out newspapers and news programs. Depending on what you like to write about, you could find some new hot topics. 4. Subscribe to e-zines that reach your target audience. You'll be able to get new, relevant information that could spark an idea for an article. 5. Review your ow...

12 Top Tips For Up And Coming Article Writers
1. Make your articles available on your site. You'll have an easy way to get more sales by showing your visitors that your are an expert on the topic your visitors are interested in. 2. Use lots of white space. Keep your sentences and paragraphs short and to the point. 3. Write for your target audience. You'll have a better chance of attracting people to your site that are interested in purchasing your products. 4. Use numbered lists. Your numbered lists will help you to effectively share your tips with your readers while making your article easy to read. Use your numbered lists to share points on your article's topic, list your dir...

5 Dynamite Ways To Generate Ideas For Parenting Articles
The key to selling reprints to parenting publications is the creation of dynamite ideas followed through with professional writing. Here, I’m focusing only on finding those lucrative topics.Most topics in regional parenting publications are straightforward: finance, parenting tips, health, sports, and education. The trick is to twist them in an unusual way.
  1. If you’re a parent, what do you wish you knew about a topic? Write down questions that you have as you go through the day. When I was driving the other day, I complained to myself about bad teenage drivers. Then I wondered, “What can parents do to encourage good driving?” If you already know the answer to the question, it won’t make a good article u...

5 Free Time-saving Tools For Article Authors
You can save time and make your article writing and promotion easier by putting some very great tools to use. Below I've included 5 tools that can help you. 1. Article Formatter If your articles aren't properly formatted before being submitted they have a very high chance of getting rejected. Formatting your articles also shows respect for the publishers you are submitting to. The following tool will not only format your articles to any line length you desire, but give you a total count of characters, words, and lines. To format your articles very quickly, just vis...

6 Best Places To Submit Your Articles
You know that writing articles is the best free way to promote your business and gain credibility. You understand the importance of articles containing actual information and not being just long sales letters. Do you know the absolute be...

6 Power Packed Tips For Article Writers
1. Offer an email course, multipart report or a free subscription to your ezine in your resource box.Have your readers come to your site to get your report, course or subscription to your ezine so that they'll be able to see what your site has to offer them.If you use your resource box to promote...

6 Ways To Leverage Technical Articles
Technology vendors often contribute bylined articles to trade journals. The articles are great exposure for these companies but they don't come cheap – the trades rarely pay for these articles but the vendors spend time and resources to assign pieces, write them, approve them and submit them. Your PR agency can help your clients leverage their investment by wringing top value out of these articles. Here are some possibilities:
  1. Reprints
  2. White papers
  3. Product briefs
  4. Booklets
  5. Speech outline and handouts...

7 Ways In Which You Can Overcome Excuses For Not Marketing Your Website By Writing Articles
Wannabe writers, are full of excuses as to why they aren’t writing yet. Many of these excuses can be changed to proactive statements with a mere switch in attitude and perspective. How many times have you read an article, and said to yourself, “I could have written this.” Well, why don’t you?It took me a long time to di...

8 Facts On Promoting Your Business With Articles
Business owners have the greatest potential for writing successful articles. Most people usually start a business because they have a particular interest in certain products or services. Business owners usually have already gained much knowledge in their particular market. They can optimize their potential by setting aside time to research and study their area of interest to become even more knowledgeable in their market. One good resourceful book can help ignite the enthusiasm to gain more and more knowledge. Business owners can use this kno...

8 Tips To Get Publishers To Notice You
If your articles aren't getting published very often, or you just want to increase the chances of them being published, then you will benefit from the tips in this article. 1. Article Length You should always keep you article 500 to 800 words long. If you can't fit what you want to say into that amount of space, then break your article up into more than one part. 2. Resource Box Length When writing your resource box, keep it 5 to 6 lines long. In a resource box you are simply trying to get people to request more information, not sell them something. If you want a longer ad, buy one! ...

A Newsletter Publisher's Main Task: Packaging Value Content
The main task of a newsletter publisher is to select and package quality content of direct, practical relevance to its specific readership audience.This might sound quick and easy, but it is not. Publishing a quality newsletter is more than just cutting and pasting quality content into your newsletter. A quality newsletter is more than just the sum of its parts. The more the different sections in a newsletter support each other, the more benefits subscribers can get from it.A quality newsletter makes sense out of the Internet chaos. A good newsletter editor understands the Internet big picture and is able to pick out relevant information which is packaged i...

A Publisher’s Rant – A Checklist Of Items
Assuming you’ve read my rants on articles, you may want a checklist of items to consider for future articles. I am at your service.ChecklistThis checklist is going to be short and to the point. Remember, I’m lazy. Go back and read the o...

A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate The Body Of Your Article
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate the body of your article and wh...

A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your Article Headlines
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate your headline and what you can do about it.The HeadlineThere is a school of thought out there that your headline should be designed to captivate readers. In the real world, this is probably true. When I am looking for articles, it is not. I want keywords ...

A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your Articles
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s my rant and what you can do to change my mind. Don’t Send Me Your ArticlesFirst of all, don’t send me articles. I only take them from directories. The purpose of this article is to give you a better idea of what I’m looking for in articles. It is not to create an assault on my email account. You’re Killing MeOkay, "hate" is strong word and I probably shouldn’t use it. It is, however, the word that comes to mind when I blow an hour in an article directory...

A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your Byline
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate the byline of your article and what you can do about it.BylinesThe byline of an article is your chance to pimp your site and yourself. I don’t really care what you write. There only time I would forgo using an article because of the byline would be if you’re one of those people that writes seven or eight lines of text. Please try to keep it to three lines or less.Something To ConsiderIf you’re writing articles, yo...

A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your First Paragraph
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate your first paragraph and what you can do about it.A BiggieFirst paragraphs are a huge issue with m...

An Appeal To The Bloggers!
Blogging is smart an art. Blog sites are the nicest portals which do aid people to unfurl their inundating mind streams, in umpteen aspects and share their ideas and experiences. It satiates several yearning hearts by being a platform for unleashing the artistic potencie...

An Article About Articles
Everyone that publishes a newsletter or ezine knows that the "list" is the most important thing, if you want to be successful with any online venture. To build that list we are told to submit ads to other ezines, join as many ezines as is humanly possible to read in a 24 hour day without food or sleep. And of course write articles.They also tell us that any dim bulb can write. I've read a few articles and I think that statement may be somewhat false. Ok, we know we can write because all of the kids in your daughters 3rd class think you write "neat" poems.Now all we have to do is pick a topic that is intersesting, informative, is less than 1 ba-zillion words, and will make people want to come back and read more of your articles. Hopefully they will become subscribers to your publica...

An Easy Way To Write Articles To Promote Your Biz
If you're not a born writer, a simple way to begin writing articles to promote your business is to write list articles. Your list articles could be a top ten list or top seven list that deals with a specific subject. You could also write up a list of tips that deals with a broad subject such as marketing o...

Article Banks And Google Alerts Harness Your Publishing Power
Content is the currency fueling the Internet. Yet, article banks, repositories for authors to promote their content, are still the Internet’s best-kept secret. I learned about article banks through a casual chat at a networking event. A few days later, I posted my first article, Five Secrets to Winning Book Proposals. What happened next made me a true believer in the marketing prowess of free content. My website stats skyrocketed. In on...

Article Submitting: How To Study A Publisher’s Website
There are many websites that will host your articles on the Internet. Some small, some large, some with guidelines, some without, some support streams of topics, some have a limited focus, some charge a fee and some are free. With so many places to post your articles how can you maximize distribution with the least amount of eff...

Article Writing: How To Use Your Chakra Energy To Write
The seven Chakras are the hidden energy centres in your body through which you receive, process and transmit life energies. They act as "energy transformers" and influencers of change.Your thoughts, emotions or actions can either block or activate these hidden energy centres. In this article, I address ways to activate each of the Chakras to improve your article writing.1. Base Chakra – the energy of existenceThis energy source is associated with survival, self-preservation and security. The major blockages to activating the Base Chakra are "self-sabotage" or self-talk that is full of self-doubt. The real tragedy is that, unless you can manage these self-doubts, you cut yourself off from the other six sources of energy...

Article Writing & Promotion...your Fast Track To Sales & Profits.
Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable information, are highly sought after by newsletter publishers, magazines, ezines, etc. It is a marketing truth that "Content Is King". Good, keyword rich, content is what drives online traffic through search engines and gives the visitor a reason to keep coming back to a website. This is often referred to as "sticky content". As a traffic-generation tool it is unsurpassed. Webmasters and publication editors have an insatiable ...

Article Writing Tips From Spongebob Squarepants
Wisdom can be found in the most unexpected places. Today, wisdom bubbled up from a pineapple under the sea. I suddenly realized that everything you’d want to know about writing articles for your website can be taught by SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends.When you write for your newsletter, blog, or website, which characte...

Article Writing Tips
3 Tips when Writing ArticlesDo you love to write? Do you want to put those writing skills to good use? Perhaps you want to see your name published whether it be in a newspaper, magazine, e-zine or other forms of publication. Here's 3 tips to start off your New Year. 1. BrainstormOnce you've decided what your writing is going to be about, br...

Benefits Of Submitting Articles – 10 Reasons Why Free May Bring In The Bucks
Websites, Bloggers, Ezine Publishers all need content. All business need exposure and advertising. Writing artilcles to share your expertise with others can benefit in a number of ways even if you offer your articles freely.1. Brand Yourself. You will brand your website, business and yourself . Make sure you include your name, business name, credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.2. Gain credibility. You will become know as an expert on the topics you write about. Get an edge on yo...

Blog Wars: Attack Of The Splogs
The engines, namely Google, are striking back at sploggers and their malevolent creations, the splogs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splog According to media reports Google has taken measures to impede those attempting to use its Blogger service to create and maintain fake blogs. http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2005/10/24/google_trying_captcha_to_obstruct_sploggers/index.php Blogger's official corpora...

Break In With Fillers: The Best Market For New Writers
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can't go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one of the best opportunities for new writers. Fillers Are In DemandI've spoken to hundreds of editors and been told over and over again that fillers are the one thing they never get enough of. Most publications tend to publish more freelance fillers than they do freelance articles. Yet, they often receive 100 times more articles than fillers. This is a gap in the freelance market that you can take advantage of. Fillers are a Great Place to Get StartedMany publications are careful about publishing feature articles from writers they don...

Break In With Fillers: The Best Market For New Writers
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can’t go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one of the best opportunities for new writers.Fillers Are In DemandI’ve spoken to hundreds of editors and been told over and over again that fillers are the one thing they never get enough of. Most publications tend to publish more freelance fillers than they do freelance articles. Yet, they often receive 100 times more articles than fillers.This is a gap in the freelance market that you can take advantage of.Fillers are a Great Place to...

Career Advice On Freelance Writing Jobs
Sometimes the freelance writing jobs available are those that no one wants. Or, they are those that new businesses are looking to fill. You will not find postings for the best jobs and em...

Checklist For Writing Articles That Get Read
When writing articles for publication, it is important that you bear certain matters in mind. If you want to write a good article that stands a good chance of publication you need to take the following into consideration before, when you are in the process and after completion:Have you formed a full idea on what you want to write about? Which subject? Which topic? Do you know where or how to find facts or material for your article? Have you collected sufficient raw facts/data for your article? Have you considered the article’s audience / market? Will it interest or captivate your readers? Does your ar...

Comparing Publicity Submitting Articles Online, Pressreleases, Book Signings, And Blogs
Comparing Publicity: Submitting Articles Online, PressReleases, Book Signings, and BlogsYour audience online awaits information from you. That's why they visit Web sites related to their interest area. With that in mind, know that writing and submitting articles is the number one Online publicity and promotion game around. You already know that a great Web site with a lot of content keeps pulling your visitors back for more information. Maybe you don't know that to get your targeted audience to your site, you need to spread your free, useful information around cyberspace.That means to start and keep going a publicity ...

Discover 3 Easy Ways To Promote Your Articles
Are you using these methods to promote your articles? If not, you are missing out on some easy ways to get more traffic. Ways that require no additional work on your part once they are set up. 1. Fr*e Ebook Compile all of your articles into a fr*e ebook and give it away. Set it up on its own page. Include a description and a request form requiring people to enter their name and email address before they can...

Do You Really Want To Get Published? Write For Trade Magazines!
Have you been repeatedly snubbed by consumer magazines? Do you have little to show for your re...

Don’t Lose Your Article Back Links!
You heard writing articles is a great way to drive traffic to your site. So you have written several articles and posted them to dozens of article sites...

Don't Miss These 10 Must Know Facts About Promoting Your Website With Article Writing
Most all ezine publishers need fresh content. Article writing is something that gets tedious to the publisher who sends out an ezine every week. Fresh, unique ideas are always attractive, and ezine authors don't mind publishing others work, (along with a complete research box, (THIS IS YOUR AD) as well.If you can learn and excel with this kind of content writing, you can win in two areas. Promoting your own site, or writing content for others site owners and earning dollars as a ghostwriter.I have been writing and promoting on the web for over 3 years. Here are the tips I find most important to a beginning --article for promoting-- writer.Articles should be short enough to read in less than 5 minutes. Ideally they should be between 300 and 600 words (an average page in a pr...

Dreading The Writing Assignment? Outlines To The Rescue
Writing technical articles is a challenge. There you sit, surrounded by reams of research, notes and interviews. Where do you start?Remember 5th grade English? You start with an outline. Outlining has fallen on hard times lately. Mind mapping and brainstorming are much more fashionable. These techniques are great when generating ideas, but once you’ve got your ideas germinating you’ve got to outline them. Without an outline, your a...



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6 Power Packed Tips For Article Writers
1. Offer an email course, multipart report or a free subscription to your ezine in your resource box.Have your readers come to your site to get your report, course or subscription to your ezine so that they'll be able to see what your site has to offer them.If you use your resource box to promote...

Fair Use And Copyright: What You Need To Know
While running a writing community for the last three years many questions have come up regarding copyright. What is copyright? “The legal protection given to authors which protects them against unauthorized copying of their work.” All writers at one time or another have quote...

The Only Thing You Need To Know About Writing Articles
You don't need to be a great writer to write great articles, just be fast and entertaining. There is only ONE SINGLE THING you need to know about article writing.Tell a story.Stories are easy to follow and interesting. Why are the Chicken Soup for the Soul books interesting? Because they're stories people can relate to. (I bet the most "interesting" person you know is the one with the best stories to tell.)With a story, there is progress for the reader and events are locked together: this happened, then this happened, then this happened. It's easy to skip over the stuff that wastes space.Have you ever read a book, or watched a movie, WITHOUT some kind of story or journey? If you did, the cover of that book probably said something like "Dictionary," "Owner's Manual," or, "Book of Poetry." If that was a movie, the VHS cov...