By Chris Taylor

Some of you may have already experienced writer's, or in this case blogger's, block. This is when you can't seem to start blogging anything worthwhile, sometimes not even a single word's worth.

How could this happen when you were so good at blogging before? Why is it that you can't get one word written? And the most frustrating thing of all: the more time you spend thinking about blogging, the less able you are to start your next project! Is there any cure? Luckily, there are a few things you can try.

Visiting other people's blogs is a good start. Read through your favorite ones, or do a random blog search and see what gets turned up. Reading what other people have to say can spark
your own creativity and send you over the hump of blogger's block. Leave some comments to get you started; you might be able to expand on their ideas, and sometimes you can track back
to your own blog. Looking at your blog inbox can help, too, as there might be a question or comment there that can get you started.

Look for a word or topic. Then begin writing about it. You can also do this with pictures. Check out photos and think of something to write about it. You can also check the news, which is always rich with current events. Even if there isn't anything that directly relates to what you normally write about, writing about something completely different than your normal topics can help.

If those things do not seem to work for you, you can search for creative or journal writing software to help you with your writing problem. Oftentimes, these things have suggestions of topic or idea that can help you get started.

Think about an extraordinary topic. For example, you can research about inventions and inventors. What was the first car ever invented? Anything that you fancy can become a blog entry. You can look for answers to questions like the one about the car at online resources like encyclopedias and almanacs. When you have the answer, blog about it. You never know, maybe some people are thinking of the same things and you have answered their questions. Besides, it can be good to drift from your usual topic one in awhile. Your readers might feel refreshed by the change.

If none of these exercises help, it might be time to do something unrelated to writing for a while. Sometimes we just need a break from writing! Go outside, go shopping, go to a movie. Anything to take your mind off of your blog. You just might feel refreshed and ready to start blogging once you get back up in front of your computer.

There are a lot more ways to beat blogger's block. If you come up with something new that helps you get over it, think of what a good blog topic your experience would be! Who knows, you may even help someone out there who is struggling with blogger's block!

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Labels: Article Writing, Blogs and RSS

By Trey Thomas

If you own, run or maintain an Internet business, you probably need articles to provide you with content for your website. Users are always looking for information and if your site can
provide that information, you'll drive more traffic to your site, boosting business for you.

Articles provide many benefits, but perhaps the most important thing they do is to place your site high in page rankings for search engines. This happens because your articles have keywords in them that are relevant to your site. Therefore, when someone does a search for the information they're looking for, your site is more likely to come up if you use relevant keywords.

In addition, articles are a way to link your site to another site or newsletter. Visitors appreciate quality content, and if you have it, you are much more likely to be asked to link your site to many other sites, increasing your exposure. This also increases confidence and trust levels in your company and web site, which drives more customers and traffic to you.

If your site has quality articles, it's also likely to get more exposure because visitors to your site will tell their friends and family to visit your site for the information you provide. This drives more traffic to your site and in addition, provides you bigger sales of whatever product you're selling because those who visit your site trust and believe in you. Your products and services will also be much easier to sell when customers know that you are experienced with your particular area of expertise and know what you're talking about.

In short, articles are very important to your site and to your business. You need them to keep ahead of the game and in addition, you need to keep providing new ones. One dilemma, though, is that many people don't like writing articles.

Most web site owners would rather spend their time on their business. Unless your company is large, you probably don't have the necessary resources to have a pool of writers specific to your company. In addition, plagiarizing or copying other articles is frowned upon as well. Also, this is illegal, and it can definitely get you into trouble. At the very least, it puts you in a bad light and will make your customers question your honesty if they find that plagiarism existing on your site.

Therefore, what are your other options? You might not know that you can actually get free articles. These articles exist in the public domain and here, articles are available without fear of breaking copyright law.

Public domain articles are given freely to the public for their use. You can do whatever you want with them. You can place them on your site without giving credit to the original author or authors, and although it makes you look very professional (and, in fact, is probably the most ethical thing to do) to name the original author rather than taking credit for it yourself, you
don't have to. Keep in mind, though, that you'll need to choose articles that are very relevant to your site and therefore, many articles in the public domain may not be appropriate; many
articles in the public domain have had their copyright lapse, meaning that they were written long before the Internet even existed. Therefore, you have to be careful that whatever free articles you choose pertain specifically to your site.

Of course, with public domain articles, your competitors will have access to those articles as well. Therefore, readers will probably instantly know that these articles are not yours, since they've seen them in various other places. In this case, simply rewriting them to make them original is a little bit easier than developing an article from scratch, but still provides you with original content.

Another bonus of rewriting articles is that you can make sure you optimize them for keywords particular to your site, which the original article or articles probably will not have.

In short, even with public domain articles, rewriting them to make them original is the best way to go. It also is a good idea to write your own original content. If you truly cannot write for yourself, you can hire a freelance writer or writers to do that for you for relatively little expense. The investment you make in these articles is worthwhile because you hold copyrights to them and can use them in any way you wish. You'll also be able to optimize them for keywords right from the start. Simply put, if articles build your business, you'll likely not find them as distasteful to write as you might have at the beginning, before they drew traffic your site and therefore made your business more successful because of them.

About The Author:

Trey Thomas is a frequent contributor to PLR Article Source. He is also the co-author of the popular new eBook. "Article Marketing For Content & Profit". Discover this hottest new trend in making astonishingly large incomes in Internet Marketing. You can get a complimentary copy at: http://PLR-ArticleSource.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

By Deepak Dutta

Article marketing is nothing new. But applied to affiliate marketing it is the easiest way to make money online. And best of all, you can do it without spending a dime using only free tools available online.

This is all you will need :

- A free keyword research tool,
- A free text editor,
- A free Clickbank account,
- A free Blogger account.

Do a quick search on your favorite search engine and you will find these free tools very easily.

Quick cash blue print :

1 - Keyword research :

Using your keyword research tool, search for low competition keywords. Those are keywords that have at least 300 searches a month and that have less than 5000 competing pages in Google (when entered between quotation marks like this "keyword"). Try to find 5 to 10 good keywords related to the same topic.

The idea is to focus on keywords for which you can get a first page ranking in Google, Msn and Yahoo.

Hint : If you have no idea of which market to target, start by checking popular phrases like: how to, purchase, get rid of, help, cure, tips, etc.

2 - Find a digital product to promote

Go to Clickbank.com and find a product related to your topic. Choose one that pays at least $15 to $20. Generate your affiliate link and write it down or save it in a text file on your computer.

3 - Article writing :

Write an informative article (approximately 400 words) focused on each of your keywords. Put your keyword in the title and in the first and last paragraph of your article. Also sprinkle it throughout your copy. You can also throw in a few other keywords related to your topic. This will help you rank well.

Most important, write a great bio box that will make people want to learn more and click on the link to your blog. Put your keyword in your bio box as an anchor text link to your blog.

4 - Set up your blog.

More and more article directories will not let you put your affiliate link in your bio box. So your blog is going to be your landing page. The idea here is to put up a simple blog that will presell(not sell) your product and make people click on your Clickbank affiliate link to go to the sales page.

Hint : set up a blog for every product you promote and give it a keyword focused name.

5 - Submit your articles to article directories.

You will need to find article directories with a PR of 5 or more. These are the ones Google likes and it will help you get a first page ranking in the search engines and drive tons of free traffic to your blog.

Post one article a day on each article directory and do not post the exact same article to more than one directory.

Hint : Your best choice is Ezinearticles.com. You will need good quality articles, but it is the most powerful directory online. Alternatively you can use Goarticles.com.

6 - Rinse and repeat !

Article marketing is a game of numbers. The more articles your submit, the more money you will earn. But every product is not going to be a winner. Some will do well, some will not. So test a new product every week putting up 5 to 10 focused articles each time.

That is all there is to it. This may seem to good to be true, but it really does work. Off course it will take a couple of weeks for money to start rolling in on a regular basis but the magic of this method is that once you write a money making article it will generate residual income for months and maybe even years -- without ever costing you a single dime.

About The Author:

Dr. Deepak Dutta is the creator of http://www.semanticbay.com - an interactive social network website based on user shared text and picture contents on any topics. His other website http://www.classifiedsforfree.com - is one of the oldest online classifieds site where users can post ads in more than 600 US cities and 60 countries.

Labels: Affiliate Marketing, Article Writing

By Christos Varsamis

Article Marketing is by far the most reliable long term internet marketing strategy for one primary reason. It provides web content which is the reason millions of users worldwide surf the internet daily. They seek for information.

Articles are the core of information on the net, whether they are objective or subjective about any issue. Search engines were built to provide content and actually the struggle was to provide the most relevant web content according to the search terms the user provides.

Article Marketing is a relative new internet marketing industry with great potential. However many pitfalls and misunderstandings have been released lately. That was expected because it's a market principal, whenever there is growth and opportunity, "opportunists" and "scammers" step in.

The first subject is the article submission software and article automation procedures of any kind. The promises sound great. Massive submissions to article directories with push button software solutions. As tempting as it may seem, it is too good to be true. That happens because the algorithms the huge search engines corporations developed are so advanced that they detect any instant massive growth of links of any website. They are programmed to consider this "growth" as unnatural and then take precautions. These precautions could be a downgrade on search engine results for the spamming website or ban it completely form the search engines.

In simple words do not try to fool search engines giants like Google for example. Their spam filters are extremely advanced. Even if you succeed the spamming temporarily you will be discovered sooner or later and if you have a serious online business you jeopardize it.

The same applies to instant and massive web content growth of the website. For example if you had a website with five sub WebPages and after 3 days you have 2000 web pages. Google spam filters will detect it again as an unnatural web content growth of your website and proceed to the according measures. You must realize that search engines will do anything to protect the quality of their search results because this will bring targeted traffic and consequently the advertisers. You must grow your website and internet exposure step by step. This way you will gain long turn results and you will not be afraid of Google's frequently algorithm's alterations because you follow the rules.

The next subject is the PLR industry (Private Label Articles). Since most of the people are not writers or they despise writing, there comes the PLR solution which is monthly service (most of the cases) providing a number of articles each month to the subscriber. These articles are written by ghost writers and provided to hundreds of paying subscribers. It seems ideal but it's not.

The spam filters are here too and focus on duplicated content. The same article by dozens of websites will not give you any advantage. What you can do is to modify them or by hand (which
is time consuming) or with using some of the anti-duplicate content software titles. But there relies a problem. Most of these software titles do modify the articles for search engines but it's not readable by the users. So you must be careful and check constantly what the PLR software provides and how alters the article.

The last subject relates with the article directories which have been increased massively the last two years. Should you consider submitting your article to 500 article directories without examining the quality of each one, or you should improve the quality of your article and submit it to qualitative ones?

The second case is more effective in the long run because you maximize your possibilities to have your article published to a huge online publication with thousands of unique visitors daily. In that way you gain massive exposure and most important credibility to your industry.

Finally the conclusion of the above is that shortcuts will not help you. The future on web content industry belongs to people who are not afraid to write (they don't have to be novelists) and produce Unique content. The entrepreneurs who grasp the value of unique content and apply it to their marketing efforts will definitely gain the advantage.

About The Author:

Christos Varsamis is the Creator & Publisher of http://www.proarticlesbiz.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

By Jo Han Mok

This has to be one of the "best" ways to generate sales. Controversy creates two types of interest. Negative and positive. And both forms of interest work together to make you profits. How exactly?

Well, let's do a quick example. Person N and Person P. Person P loves what you have written and can directly relate to what you have said. Person N on the other hand thinks you're an obnoxious creep full of insane beliefs. Both Person P and Person N comment on your writing. They read each others comments and they are inflamed by those comments. So, they begin a back and forth battle of words based entirely on what you had to say! Now comes Person S, Person V, and Person C. They add their two cents and take sides of who's right and who's wrong. Then come more comments. And more, and more.

And if you're selling something that expands on your initial post, you'll get both those that hate what you had to say, and love it, buying your product. The negative folks will want further proof that you're a total moron while the positive folks will want to learn more about what you are teaching, or saying.

Every single day, millions of folks hop onto the internet and have something to say. Most likely they'll do this through writing. Whether it's through an article, an email, or a blog. The "trick" is to make what you discuss controversial through your writings.

Don't be "Boring". That won't do a thing for you. The essence of creating controversy is by using passion. If you've had a bad experience with another person, tell people about it. If you really love a particular product, or person, tell people about it. But be sure that your writings can convey the passion that you feel whether it's negative or positive.

If you are effectively creating controversy through your writings, most people that read it will either love what you have to say or hate it. Either way, they'll "Talk About It". And if you give them a chance to communicate how they feel about it, this will lead to more profits in your pockets!

But, in order to use controversy you have to be willing to take a stand on a certain topic. No "wishy-washy" comments will do. If you make people angry, "Good"! But don't back down on your opinions though. That defeats the purpose of using this tactic completely. If some people don't like what you're saying, who cares?? At least you had the guts to stand up for what you believe and say it. And that's the point that will come across to those that love your writings.

I "Know For A Fact" this works. Jason Cain is a living example of this dirty trick. He uses controversy in his writings and makes immense profits from the dust he stirs up. Some folks hate him. Some folks love him. The love-hate factor doesn't really matter though. What DOES matter is that people are reading what he has to say. And they are 'Listening'. And, they are BUYING.

Another terrific example is a fellow by the name of Stuart Halpryn. He creates controversy through the amount of money he charges for products he sells. He lets his readers know that he is directly responsible for pissing other marketers off by charging extremely low prices for their products to his customers. And it works! He's earning good money from using controversy

The whole idea of this tactic is to speak your mind, send off a spark, and watch it build into a roaring flame

About the Author:

Jo Han Mok is a #1 bestselling author and frequent featured speaker at Internet Marketing bootcamps and conferences. Visit his website for a simple step-by-step plan to profit online in 21 days or less! http://www.SuperFastProfit.com

Labels: Article Writing, Blogs and RSS, Copywriting, Internet Marketing

By Jill Black

Developing tutorial courses to offer at your web site is an excellent way to promote yourself, business and your web site.

A good tutorial is one that is unique in some respect and must contain valuable information or your reader/s will unsubscribe.

There are thousands of free tutorials on how to create an ezine, email marketing etc so brainstorm for something unique that represents your site, your product, or a specific skill you can teach people.

Always keep in mind that the aim of any tutorial course is to teach, inform and provide quality information of interest for your target audience through the sharing of your knowledge on subjects you are familiar with.

These courses *can* be invaluable for pre-selling your readers on your products if they are done right.

Developing your course

Decide on your subject then create a lesson plan.

Begin by making a list of topics and then depending on the number of topics separate each into your individual course lessons.

For example: five topics become five lessons, ten topics ten lessons and so on. Follow the same format for each lesson using plenty of white space to make it easy for people to go back and find information they may like to review again.

In the first lesson outline the course contents and what they can hope to learn during the course of your lessons.

Give each lesson a number.

Give each lesson a title.

Then follow with the actual lesson.

Throughout your course you can refer to your product/s and how it can help solve a problem within the context of the topic under discussion. Never however, use your course for the blatant advertising of your products and services or it will be a quick click on the un-subscribe button.

At the end of each lesson give highlights of what to expect in the next lesson. Keep it interesting so subscribers will look forward to the arrival of the next installment.

Once you have completed your written course the next step is to sign up for a follow-up auto responder capable of delivering your lessons at pre-determined intervals. This can be every day, or perhaps every second day for as many days required.

Follow the instructions given with your autoresponder and do a trial test to ensure that the delivery options are set correctly.

Next place your course information on your web site with your course description and the mailto: link to your auto-responder.

After mastering this type of auto-responder course consider providing workshops via email or.

Self-learning training courses delivered via email

These courses are structured the same way as offline correspondence courses and tend to do well year in and year out as the market for the course information always constantly replenishes itself.

Self-learning training courses require structured lesson plans, a course outline and set objectives for the knowledge the student can expect to gain from the course. Often this type of course includes a self-knowledge quiz at the end of each lesson for self-evaluation purposes by the student of how well they have understood of the current lessons content.

Popular topics include.

Business and money making courses
Public Speaking courses
Language courses
Salesmanship courses
Writing courses
Interior Decorating courses
Inspiration and self-improvement courses
Computer Programming
Stress Management courses
Massage courses
Astrology courses

"How to"... Just about anything that can be adapted for delivery via auto-responder that will provide people with the information and knowledge they are seeking.

Develop a prospectus for interested students to download (PDF format gives a more professional look) then create a course outline and sign-up enrolment form page at your web site.

Set your auto-responder to automatically deliver lesson installments to each of your paying students at weekly or fortnightly intervals. Tip: Many students like recieving the whole course upon signup. As an alternative offer the course in PDF ebook format. Making this option available will increase the number of student enrolments.

Note: Training courses contain no advertising for products or services - they are the product.

Many "how to" books can be adapted or broken down into course lessons and presented in this way providing an extra source of income for your business (or as a business in itself) or to be sold offline via direct mail to capture both the online and offline markets.

About the Author:

Jill is the owner of Netwrite-Publish. For more writing and publishing ideas log onto http://www.netwrite-publish.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

By Harry Hoover

Today's news release is written differently than those from the past. It needs to be newsworthy and it needs to sound like a human wrote it. However, you must include the right keywords in it. Let's examine some news release optimization techniques. Research Is Key. If you have already optimized your website, then you know what keywords to include in your releases. However, if you are starting from scratch, it is important to do some keyword research. There are some decent free keyword research tools, like the stripped down version of Wordtracker, the one from SEO Company and Google AdWords. Look for keywords that have the highest volume and the least competition. For instance, when we launched AccessURP, we searched for keywords that would bring people looking for commercial real estate in Charlotte, NC to the site. We used several variations of that phrase in our pay-per-click ads, in our search engine optimization, and in our news releases.

Anchor's Away. Use anchor text in your releases. You'll notice in the news release how I anchored the phrase commercial real estate. This provides an important backlink using keywords. PRWeb has a wealth of tools to help improve your release for the online environment. Additionally, PRWeb distributes directly to consumers and journalists interested in your topic. They also distribute releases to bloggers, and thousands of websites syndicate their content.

So, for as little as $120 per release, you can build high quality backlinks to your site and cost effectively reach people interested in your release.

About The Author:

Harry Hoover is a partner in Charlotte, NC ad agency http://www.mycreativeteam.com/creative.php My Creative Team. He has 30 years of experience in crafting and delivering bottom line messages that ensure success for serious businesses like Bank of Commerce, The Bray Law Firm, CruisingTheICW.com, Duke Energy, Jacobsen, Levolor, National Gypsum, North Carolina Tourism, Rubbermaid, TeamHeidi, VELUX, and Verbatim.

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing, Keyword Research

By Judith Kallos

Everyone wants top 10 rankings as though just because they wished it that should make it so. Wishing has nothing to do with rankings. Unless you have a genie in a bottle, we all know it simply just doesn't work that way.

How about I get you thinking differently about this issue?

Don't Chase Search Engines-Let Them Chase You!

How is that possible?

Become a Search Engine All-You-Can-Eat Buffet!!

I can hear you out there.. "Yeah, sure!" Well, it's not that difficult of a methodology really. All you have to do is think differently than all the hype, amateur Web designers and unscrupulous marketing "gurus" have led you to believe about how getting found works.

First off, what search engines like is fresh content and lots of it; yummy! That's the fuel for their fire so to speak. So it goes without saying that if you keep adding new content on a regular basis that will encourage search engines to visit your site because you'll have a fresh buffet of tempting entrées.

How do search engines know you have new content? Certainly not by osmosis!

If you make the effort in the appropriate areas, much of which the costs are minimal, they'll get a whiff of the appetizing content you have to offer and act like they are at an all-you-can-eat buffet!! Your site will be like Mama's house on a Sunday afternoon. You know what I mean; dinner smells so good everyone in the house can't wait to get a plateful! That's how it goes with search engines and content.

If you don't have savory content-why should search engines visit you and give you higher rankings over those who serve up a delicious all-you-can-eat Sunday dinner? The answer is they don't.

The "build it and they will come" way of thinking does not apply to Web sites in this day and age, so everyone needs to wash that concept right out of their hair. All it takes is for you to be prepared to mix, cook and serve. Mix up a new article, cook it to perfection and serve it to the hungry search engines!

That's not too much to ask to succeed online is it? If it is, well, maybe you should reconsider your online endeavors. If you don't want to make these efforts, just forget about achieving no charge organic/natural listings. You'll never rank anywhere near the top so determine your PayPerClick budget and go setup your campaign straight away.

Now let's setup your buffet! Start a blog that you post to continually and submit it to all the blog directories. Make sure your blog offers a subscribe feature so visitors get notified by e-mail when you enter a new post. Also offer RSS and podcasting feeds of your blog posts so that visitors can get your information in as many flavors as they choose. See? Your mouthwatering buffet is growing!

Onliners visit your blog and then follow the links to the scrumptious new articles on your site. They like your articles and link to them or post them on their site with a link to yours. Incoming links to your site; lip smacking good!

You also offer an RSS feed of your top articles to get the word out. You add your new articles to your site map. Google checks for your site map XML file and updates its index with your freshly baked content. You add your seasoned articles to all the article banks that have popped up in the last year or so-more delectable links to your site! Can you see what is happening? We are creating a feeding frenzy!

This interactive medium called the Web is now more interactive than ever. At first when it all began, "interactive" meant some flashing this or moving that. Now interactive means just that; you need to interact and be involved by using all these tools or you'll be left in the dumpster by those who do.

One thing is sure; chasing search engine algorithms is a futile effort at best. But when you have the nourishment they want, tasty content, search engines are hungry little bots and it's hard to keep them away. Food for thought? You bet! Open your own buffet today and feed the beast!

About the Author:

Judith Kallos is an authoritative and good-humored Technology Muse who has played @ http://www.TheIStudio.com for over a decade. Check out her new Dot Com Business Starter Kit @
http://www.DotComStarterKit.com

Labels: Article Writing, Blogs and RSS, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

By Chris Taylor

Some of you may have already experienced writer's, or in this case blogger's, block. This is when you can't seem to start blogging anything worthwhile, sometimes not even a single word's worth.

How could this happen when you were so good at blogging before? Why is it that you can't get one word written? And the most frustrating thing of all: the more time you spend thinking about blogging, the less able you are to start your next project! Is there any cure? Luckily, there are a few things you can try.

Visiting other people's blogs is a good start. Read through your favorite ones, or do a random blog search and see what gets turned up. Reading what other people have to say can spark your own creativity and send you over the hump of blogger's block. Leave some comments to get you started; you might be able to expand on their ideas, and sometimes you can track back to your own blog. Looking at your blog inbox can help, too, as there might be a question or comment there that can get you started.

Look for a word or topic. Then begin writing about it. You can also do this with pictures. Check out photos and think of something to write about it. You can also check the news, which is always rich with current events. Even if there isn't anything that directly relates to what you normally write about, writing about something completely different than your normal topics
can help.

If those things do not seem to work for you, you can search for creative or journal writing software to help you with your writing problem. Oftentimes, these things have suggestions of
topic or idea that can help you get started.

Think about an extraordinary topic. For example, you can research about inventions and inventors. What was the first car ever invented? Anything that you fancy can become a blog entry. You can look for answers to questions like the one about the car at online resources like encyclopedias and almanacs. When you have the answer, blog about it. You never know, maybe some people are thinking of the same things and you have answered their questions. Besides, it can be good to drift from your usual topic one in awhile. Your readers might feel refreshed by
the change.

If none of these exercises help, it might be time to do something unrelated to writing for a while. Sometimes we just need a break from writing! Go outside, go shopping, go to a movie. Anything to take your mind off of your blog. You just might feel refreshed and ready to start blogging once you get back up in front of your computer.

There are a lot more ways to beat blogger's block. If you come up with something new that helps you get over it, think of what a good blog topic your experience would be! Who knows, you may even help someone out there who is struggling with blogger's block!

About The Author:

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Labels: Article Writing, Blogs and RSS

By Lisa Sparks

We draw our inspiration from a variety of sources, so it's logical that every now and then someone may say we swiped an article. Of course the charge is false. Bottom line: Real article marketing pros don't steal content, because we don't have too.

Gathering data from many sources can cause a problem now and then. That's why I've developed a three step system for avoiding those accusations and it's served me well for the
several years that I've been using article marketing to boost traffic to my Web sites.

If you're holding back from article marketing because of a lack of original ideas - don't fear. Here are three ways to ensure you'll stay clear of plagiarism police when you write your content-rich article:

1.Take the structure, not the words.
When using other people's articles as inspiration for your own - a very common practice among professional writers - look at the article for it's structure and not necessarily the words
themselves. For instance, I use templates to quickly write my articles. I use various types of templates, but there are hundreds out there. So just look for the template - or the structure - of the article and swipe that. After all, structure isn't copyrighted, but the writer's words are.

2.Draw from many sources.
Another great way to make your articles original is to take pieces of information from a variety of sources and industries. I'm always on the lookout for good ideas, inspiring headlines, and some motivational quotes, which can set off a flood of article content - giving me five to 10 articles all at once. Start holding on to junk mail, interesting ezines and quotes. When you're looking for advice for your articles, turn to these sources to give you just the boost you need.

3.Gather a bank of your favorite writers.
Some writers just give me the greatest rush of information. No matter how many times I read their books and listen to their pod casts I seem to get something new from what they have to
say. Who puts wind in your sails? Whoever it is, there's no crime in taking bits of pieces of their concepts and putting your own spin on them. Chances are, they did the same thing with their mentors/favorite authors.

Bonus solution: Give the author credit. You can always just bite the bullet and reveal your sources so-to-speak. Attribute an idea, thought or phrase to the original author. Then debunk
whatever it is he or she has said. You can also completely agree and offer a case study of exactly why you agree with what the author said. Attributing information to the original author silences all plagiarism critics.

About The Author:

Boost traffic, get more leads and increase sales by learning the secrets to writing well and writing fast. Get Lisa Sparks' no-cost special report on the secrets to making article marketing work for you by visiting: http://www.ArticleSecretsRevealed.com

Labels: Article Writing

By Trey Pennewell

By Dee Owens

The title of my book is as important as the characters
themselves. So the name of the book is as important as the
characters themselves. You can choose an important event as I
did in The title of my book is as important as the characters
themselves. In my first I named my book La Roe's after the
Heroine in which the story was told from her POV, Secondly it
also describes part of her. La Roe means The Red and her first
name Emerald means Green she consequentially has red hair and
green eyes. La Roe's is also about an entire family in which
her children will come to play mainly her daughter which
according to family tradition will be named La Roe also.

So the name of the book is as important as the characters
themselves. You can choose an important event As Fay's Wish in
which the mother a Fay makes a wish for her daughter. Then in
Mystic Inn it represents the hotel, and Vampires Revenge
represents the revenge our heroine will play on the hero. I
think the name should give a clue to the reader of something
grand about to take place.

So how to name you MS, well as you right it an important scene,
place, person, or thing will stand out and hopefully shout use
me. I find that I don't know the name until that exact moment.
It is as hard as naming your Characters themselves, esp. if
they represent them.

One thing to remember though never force the name, it will come
to you and if you feel the need to name it temporarily then use
the heroine's hero's or even something such contemporary
romance, fantasy, or even pain in butt book 3 or whatever
number it is.

About The Author:

Dee Owens writes articles for
http://www.articles3000.com. A free ezine articles site.

Labels: Article Writing, Ebooks

By Dee Owens

Ezine Articles have been around since the early 80's, and the
group Cult of the Dead Cow claims to have published the first
one in 1984. No matter who was the first to create it, Ezine
articles have become a part of everyday web hosting, designing,
and promotion. Ezine articles are a way to focus on specific
content and keywords.

The Pros
The benefits of Ezine Articles are numerous to say the least;
however, the top Pros make your work and research all worth the
while. Traffic the proper Ezine articles can generate enough
visitors to make your web page a success, while improper
content, repetitiveness, and missing links can spell disaster
for any on-line business. Making sure that all of your content
is accurate and up to date can be tedious but a necessary part
of maintaining a successful site.

The Cons
What can go wrong with Ezine articles, you would think what
cons can there possibly be on something that if you look in the
right spots you can get for free, but there are a few. The
first being the content of the article, is it accurate, current
and informative? If not then this can cause serious problems
such as someone marking your site as an unreliable source. The
safety net for this is the fact that the articles are written by
other authors and can be stated one point of view. Another
major con is how fast others generate new articles, the web
content changes daily and unless you have catchy headlines and
SEO Articles then you can be left behind.

Summary
Many Ezine articles free as long as you follow basic guidelines
when using them in either your website or emails. First, you
must leave where the article came from in the article and not
change any part of the source. You may do minor editing but
nothing major that can change the articles content, also
copying only parts or just a few lines is illegal as well.
Most times, you must inform the original host of the Article
where you are putting the Ezine Article, or if it is part of a
solicited email list then a forward of your email should work.
Not all require notification however; it is good business sense
and ethnics to contact them. Ezine articles can be user
friendly as long as you remember that the information has to be
accurate, you keep the source of the article in it, and you
follow the copyright guidelines. However finding the right
article for your web page can be a difficult task. Don't give
up though, with patients and the right Keywords, and the web
you are sure to find the right article for you.

About The Author:

Dee Owens writes articles for
http://www.articles3000.com. A free ezine articles site.

Labels: Article Writing, Blogs and RSS

By Lisa Sparks

No matter what you write to your clients or customers, the
benefits have to be up front. That's the rule we all know it.
Now how do we stick to it?

Make a benefits list. Just write down what you know your
readers want to get out of life or in their profession. List
what they need to make easier.

Making this list helps you:

- write benefit-laden headlines and articles

- choose article subjects that interest your readers

- increase sales (After all, readers respond when you focus
only on them.)

By creating this list and posting wherever you write, you'll
have a quick point of reference whenever you need to come up
with an article quickly.

Here's an example of a list I made for accounts payable clerks:

- keep independent contractors separate from employees

- reduce paper

- keeping up with sales tax issues

- stay out of legal trouble

- checking expense reports against receipts

These are all things they'd want. Now you can use this to
create headlines. Try to put the benefits in the headline
first. Here are a few examples:

An Easier Way to Determine Worker Status

Small Steps to Going Paperless

Heads up: A/P Could Pay for DOR's Sales Tax Losses

Here's Poof Spot Checking Expense Reports Pays Off

It's best not to pull this list out of thin air. As much as you
think you're close to your audience, and you know exactly what
they're thinking, they can often surprise you with new
interests. Here's how to stay current:

1. Start calling or e-mailing a select group of customers.
You'll want to choose people who you speak with on a regular
basis and who are opinionated. They are not hard to find. These
wonderful gems are on every businessperson's client list.

2. Ask them these questions:

- What keeps you up at night?

- What's the toughest thing about your job?

- What's the one thing you would change about your job?

- Could you please describe your day from the time you sit at
your desk in the morning until you leave at night?

3. Draw out their emotions. Once you have this info, look for
any emotions the respondent has. Are they angry about new
regulations? Tired of having to match invoices? Eager to remove
paper from the accounting process? Loving a new kind of computer
software? Use these emotions to write your lead paragraphs and
headlines. They're the undercurrent that will keep your readers
glued to just about everything that flows from your computer and
into their inbox.

What You Can Do Now: Think of who you can ask today, so that
you can start building your benefits list. It's the secret to
the success of your e-mail marketing campaign.

About The Author:

Boost traffic, get more leads and increase
sales by learning the secrets to writing well and writing fast.
Get Lisa Sparks' no-cost special report on the secrets to making
article marketing work for you by visiting:
http://www.ArticleSecretsRevealed.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

By Lisa Sparks

I've had so many people approach me about how to boost traffic,
increase sales, and get more leads into their businesses. I
always tell them that there is a really low-cost way to make it
happen for them. Frankly, articles that I wrote three years ago
are still bringing me strong and consistent traffic today.

That's why article marketing - the process of "giving away"
your articles - is one of the best ways to get traffic today,
and will be tomorrow, and several years from now.

Here's how the process works:

1. Write an amazing article on a subject your audience is very
   interested in.
2. Edit the article or hire someone else to edit it for you.
3. Distribute the article in article directories - a top
   directory is www.EzineArticles.com
4. Sit back and watch the flood of traffic, leads, and sales
   overwhelm your merchant account.

What I've just outlined may seem simple, but there is a rather
involved process behind the whole thing. For one, you have to
write a clear, well-thought-out article. Some people hire
others to do this for them.

Big mistake!

What I'm about to write may make a lot of people angry or even
cringe at the thought of having to do this, but I wouldn't be
leading you on the right path if I didn't share this one very
important piece of advice with you.

** Always write your own articles.**

Hire someone to edit, but if you're just starting out in this
article marketing thing, always write your own articles.

Put Your Personality On Display to Rake in Higher Sales

Bottom line: You have a unique voice and that's what your
readers will fall in love with. If they don't feel your
personality, they won't feel as if they know you. In my
experience, if my readers don't feel like they know me, they'll
won't buy from me.

No writer can capture your personality - no matter how good
they are. I should know, I've been a professional writer for 16
years now and unless I have good previous writing samples to go
by, quickly capturing a person's personality in print is nearly
impossible. Now, I could always extensively interview someone to
find out just what their personality is, but time is money and I
charge handsomely for that kind of time - and so will any other
copywriter worth his or her salt. When you're just starting out
as an article marketer, paying such a hefty price may not be in
your budget.

Good news: There's an alternative. You can follow a set formula
to create your very own quality, content-rich articles.

It's good to write clear, easy-to-follow, content-rich
articles.

Why? If you write an article that has great content and that's
infused with your unique voice, many ezine publishers, web
designers, and others with web sites will publish your article
on their web site.

That's good for you because the bottom of your article will
contain a resource box. This resource box lists why you're an
expert and then gives a link back to your web site. The more
your article - with the resource box - gets published, the more
traffic you'll get. And traffic leads to more subscribers on
your lists and more subscribers on your list leads to more
sales when you launch new products and services - or when you
re-launch existing products and services.

About The Author:

Boost traffic, get more leads and increase
sales by learning the secrets to writing well and writing fast.
Get Lisa Sparks' no-cost special report on the secrets to making
article marketing work for you by visiting:
http://www.ArticleSecretsRevealed.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

By Lisa Sparks

A few years back, I found that the process of writing articles
really isn't a process at all - it's an art, and it's a very
elegant one.

There are so many ways to make an article easy to read for your
audience it's mind-boggling.

While a debate rages on about whether articles should be dense
and conversational or sparse and easy-to-read, I find myself in
the middle, happy to write conversational articles with loads of
impact.

The fact remains: People aren't going to read something that
looks like it might take a long time to read. I'm a
professional writer and I don't even like to read long
articles. (To me, long ezine articles it shows a lack of
discipline on the part of the writer.)

Here are a few maxims I've discovered and they've served me
well in the past:

• Keep articles to anywhere between 400 and 700 words -
  anything more than that and you're asking for your article to
  have single-digit page views. Who wants that?
• Use sub-heds. Short for subheadings, these breaks in the
  content are mini-paragraphs that move the reader along in the
  story. I only employ these when I'm writing case studies or
  articles that approach the 700 word mark.
• Note: I only write these after I have written the entire
  article. I take a good look at the text and then I try to
  insert a sub-hed every two or three paragraphs. This technique
  works wonders in making an article appear more readable.
• Use bullets, numbered lists, and bold sentences whenever
  you're writing the advice portion of your articles.

Quick Tutorial on Adding Status Boosting Advice to Your
Articles

It's a must to have advice in your articles. This sets you
apart as an expert in your field and makes you likable because
you're helping to solve the problems of your prospects.

Here how I used advice in my articles:

• Make sure the advice is actionable - something to reader
  can do right now to reach a goal, eliminate a problem or become
  more efficient.
• Include the most important items at the top of the list
  and the least important ones at the very end.
• Finish strong with a final piece of advice that is not
  in the numbered list, bulleted list, or bold sentence category.

I usually structure the sentence like this one: "Bottom line:
Follow a set format to make writing articles easier."

This allows the reader to leave your article with the one
nugget of information that he can finally use to solve whatever
problem may be hanging over him at the moment.

Now article writing can be fun because you have the right tools
to ensure readers will want to read your articles.

Bonus! How to Put This Concept to Work in Your Articles
Write your articles out without thinking about these tips I
just mentioned. Just empty your brain of all the information
you have about a particular problem facing your audience and
how they can solve that problem.

Then walk away from the article. Don't look at or think about
it for at least three hours or so. Next, insert sub-heds to
break up the paragraphs into bite-sized pieces. Format your
advice into bullets, numbered lists or bolded first sentences.

You'll be surprised at how well your articles will look to
someone who's first viewing it.

Doing this, in combination with a phenomenal headline, will
send your article views through the roof. People will clamor
for your articles and publish them both online, and in ezines.

About The Author:

Boost traffic, get more leads and increase
sales by learning the secrets to writing well and writing fast.
Get Lisa Sparks' no-cost special report on the secrets to making
article marketing work for you by visiting:
http://www.ArticleSecretsRevealed.com

Labels: Article Writing

Craig Andrews

Do you want to drive your site to the top 10 in Google and
major search engines? Over the next few months, do you want to
drive a boat load of traffic to your site? Sales a little slow.
How about hearing that cash register ring like Santa's sleigh
bells out of control? Follow these top 7 article submission
strategies to give some gas to your website.

1. Every week, get your site in front of hungry customers.

As we all know, the internet is an information highway. You can
find information on just about any topic you can think of, and
you can find an equal amount of people surfing for it. There
are plenty of hungry customers out there so each week you need
to have an article ready to submit. High traffic ezines,
newsletters, and major article directories are your best bet.
They need articles so give them what they want. Be desciplined
about submitting articles to this excellent source of pre-sold
traffic. It's money in the bank.

2. An hour a day keeps the slow times away.

As I mentioned previously, the major sites need fresh content.
This is what keeps their customers coming back. Don't think for
a minute that your article isn't good enough. Get them submitted
on a weekly basis. Set aside at least one hour a day to write.
Writing two or more articles at the same time will maximize
your time and efforts. The more articles you submit, the more
publicity you'll receive. Soon you will be recognized as an
expert in your field.

3. The World Wide Web is a haven for free publicity, you can't
beat it with a stick.

Disciplining yourself to submit articles on a weekly basis will
soon have your URL listed on hundred's of sites. After a several
months you can count on a thousand other sites. After a few
years your URL listing could reach five thousand sites, and in
five years quite possibly you could reach one hundred thousand
sites. Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants. Did you ever think
you could have a thousand visitors a day? It's possible, but
takes time.

4. PPC ads, PR sites, and link exchanges will be a thing of the
past.

As you continually submit articles, over time more and more
information hungry people will undoubtedly read your articles.
Trust and confidence will develop from your readers. You will
soon become an expert in your field. The result of this
transformation and growth will lead to more sales. You sonn may
forget there ever was PPC ads or link exchanges. This could take
up to a year or more. Don't give up. As they say, quitters never
win and winners never quit. Be patient and persistent as you
reach for the golden ring.

5. Construct an article directory on your Website.

One of the best ways to enrich your site with original content
is to archive your articles on your website with an article
directory. Search engines love content rich sites, and new
visitors will be attracted to your site by the fresh new
articles. A key to successful article writing is to fill your
article titles, article content, and resource box or bio rich
with keywords.

6. New opportunities await you.

Over time, new opportunities will make their presence through
your article submissions. This can be fantastic revenue sources
for you. You will eventually come in contact with other
publishers, ezine owners, and webmasters. Disect their
establishment and determine how they could fit into your
overall plan. Can you joint venture with them? Can they offer
their readers an exclusive article or promotional piece about
your product at special discount specifically for them? You
will now have an opportunity to be in the spotlight to
thousands of their readers. This could be the mother of all
deals!

7. Be sure and say thanks.

There's nothing more satisfying after submitting a bunch of
articles, and then one day you receive an email saying "We
published your article in our ezine or website." Remember they
are placing your article in front of many additional readers
than just your submissions. It could well be an additional
thousand readers. Be sure and email them back thanking them for
their interest in your article. Ask them if they would like to
receive more free content to use at their convenience, and if
you could place them on your email list for future mailings.
These can be golden.

Lastly, these top 7 article submission strategies have the
ability to drive more traffic, and power your URL to the top
ten search engine rankings. It is a major component for
increasing sales. It takes time though, Rome wasn't built in a
day.

To your success!

About The Author:

Craig S. Andrews at http://www.craigsandrews.com invites you to discover the most
powerful article submission software! Generate more traffic, inbound links, and higher search engine rankings. Visit:
http://www.articleprosoftware.com

Labels: Article Writing, Internet Marketing

Website Copywriter: How to Be Successful

Steven Gerber

Free Article Content Explained

William Davis

Creating successful website articles takes a sharp marketing
mind. It also requires top-notch writing skills. So, what
happens if you just don't have everything it takes to make your
website a success?

Some webmasters use free article content to entice visitors and
turn a profit. Free article content is available on a number of
directories, and is a valid service for those who lack the time
or talents to write their own articles. It can also be a
feasible option for those who have just started working as an
affiliate for several companies, but lack the funding required
to build niche websites to entice visitors.

Free article content is often the only option for those who are
running a website on a minimal budget. It is not, however, a
good choice for effectively building your website or creating
revenue. There are a number of ways that free article content
can actually be detrimental to your business-building efforts.

Search Engine Exclusions
If your website contains the exact duplicated content as other
sites, search engines will tend to skip over it. The more sites
that share your free article content, the less likely it will be
that you achieve good search engine rankings. It is essential
that your website receives good search engine rankings in order
to entice visitors to click on your affiliate links. If you
cannot get visitors, you will never make a profit. Your first
priority should be to work on the search engine optimization of
your site so that you will eventually be high enough to ensure a
good number of customers.

Getting Visitors to Commit
Boosting your site high on search engine result pages and
acquiring visitors is hard work, but it is unfortunately only
half of the battle. You must be able to convince those visitors
to click on your affiliate links. If your visitors see the same
free article content that they have already seen on a multitude
of sites, they'll be less likely to click on your links. People
want to see unique perspectives, and tend to purchase goods or
hire services from those they view as subject experts. If your
content is simply a duplication of the same material on other
sites, you'll be exposed as someone who falls back on another
person's efforts. Your readers may view you as not knowing what
you're talking about, and you'll lose credibility as being
knowledgeable about your product recommendations. This will
reduce the number of website visitors who will be willing to
click through and spend money.

Author Bylines
Most free article content is only given to you if you agree to
place the author's byline under the article. Failure to follow
the stipulated rules can bring penalties. Most author bylines
include website links, so this poses another problem. If the
article is especially intriguing, there is the strong
possibility that the reader may click on the author's byline
link rather than your affiliate links. Of course, authors only
contribute free article content as a means to expose their own
names and links to the public eye. In using this type of
content, you may be shooting yourself in the foot and losing
possible profitable website visitors.

Most websites are in place for the purpose of making money.
Using free article content is a quick and easy way to pad your
site with material, but it can be detrimental to your financial
goals. Novice website owners often find it the only option; but
if you have the funds available you are much better off hiring
a writer to prepare original material. Another option is to
write your own articles, begin making a profit, and then spend
the resources on a professional writer.

Everyone is more comfortable buying a product or hiring a
service from someone they deem to be an expert. Using free
article content can be a feasible option for beginners, but
don't give your readers the opportunity to see you as anything
short of professional.

About The Author:

William Davis writes for several popular web
sites, especially http://tasup.com and http://fidew.com

Labels: Affiliate Marketing, Article Writing

Online Copywriting Makes Content as the King

Steven Gerber

By: Diana Barnum

By Trey Pennewell

By Mark Silver

By Timothy Spaulding

If you have an online home based business you know that
routing traffic to your web page is incredibly important.
Not only in order to make sales and increase revenues but
to continue your business. However, you probably have
realized that getting your web page noticed and getting a
high ranking result from the search engines is difficult.
In light of that, here are a couple of tips you can use
that will help you increase the traffic to your web page.

First, you will need to do some research to see where your
page ranks in several different search engines. Do this by
performing searches on the keywords you think are relevant
to your web page. Once you have this information, you will
be able to take action and become better than your
competitors whose pages are being returned as higher
relevant results. No matter where you rank in the results,
if it is less than number one you have some work to do. So,
take a look at all the web pages that are ranked higher
than yours and see what these pages have that yours does
not. Evaluating your competition will help your Web page
become stronger and more competitive, something that is
important to your bottom line.

You need to do this kind of research for all the different
keywords that pertain most to your Web page and that people
search for the most often. You want your web page to rank
high in the results for a number of keywords, so be
diligent about researching what other web pages are doing
and what you can do to get your page returned higher in the
results.

One of the best ways to improve your web page ranking for a
variety of keywords and phrases is to use keyword rich
articles on your web page. This will allow you to provide
useful information for web surfers as well as include
keywords that will help your page get noticed.

When it comes to keyword rich articles, you can either
write them yourself or have them written for you. The first
thing you need is a list of the most popular keywords and
phrases people search for, and then write articles that
include useful information which uses the exact keyword
phrase multiple times. When someone searches for that
particular term, your page will be returned as a high
result as long as you are outdoing your competition. The
most important thing to keep in mind is that you need to
provide relevant, useful and pertinent information. When it
comes to outdoing your competition regarding keywords and
search engine results the relevance of your article is
essential a higher web page ranking. If you are creating
relevant, keyword rich articles, people will get to your
page and will be more likely to stay.

Finally, if the keyword articles get your web page ranked
higher in search engine results, as they should, do not
expect that it will stay that way. There is more
competition online every day, which means you will have to
be diligent about continuously tracking your competition,
what they are doing, and where your web page ranks in the
search engine results. You will have to make changes in
order to keep ahead of your competition, but as a home
based business entrepreneur you know this is an essential
part of business.

About the Author:

Timothy Spaulding is the owner of the Work At Home Business
Resource Center at
http://www.workathome-awesomeopportunities.com and Home
Made Profits at http://www.homemadeprofits.net which
provide valuable tools, articles, affiliate programs and
products for the home based entrepreneur.

Labels: Article Writing

By Tinu AbayomiPaul

Information based marketing is one of the oldest and most
effective techniques for bringing targeted prospects to
your site and converting them into buyers. This is part of
the reason that software, and distribution services that
make the process of article promotion easier are so popular
lately.

Though the various tools you can use to make the process of
distributing your articles more easily are invaluable in
getting your content the most exposure, that's only half of
the story.

Getting article marketing to work for your site lies
primarily in two things:

. The article you're submitting, and
. The preparation you do before you a single word of your
content is written.

Since those two determining factors make at least 50% of
the difference in bringing you success, let's take a look
at what the most common mistakes are in that area, and how
to overcome them.

Mistake #1 - Confusing the Reason to Promote with Articles
with the Reason to Write Articles

There are three key benefits to promoting an article -
branding, lead generation, and as a corollary, online
promotion, particularly as part of your optimization
efforts.

Yet there is only one reason to write an article, and that
is to inform your audience. If your article is not geared
towards this as its primary purpose, you will fail to see
the three benefits of promotion - because no one will want
to read your article.

How many links you're able to generate by submitting your
article to hundreds of sites will matter little if you're
unable to get them picked up by publications, or read by
people who search for information.

Sure, if you know what you're doing all those links
pointing back to your site will count for something in your
search engine results - but remember that generating links
to your site is only one part of optimizing your site for
Google, Yahoo or MSN.

To overcome this issue, you'll need to figure out how to
get people to read what is in your article, and then click
through to your site from your resource box. The best start
to a solution is to produce better content.

In the end it's a matter of choice. You can get a little
exposure from increased link backs, on a very basic level,
or enjoy massive exposure from a little extra work.


Mistake #2 - Starting The Article Promotion without a Plan

Not every article can fulfil all three purposes of
promotion. Some will work better for branding, others can
generate leads and increase sales. But if you don't start
out with a plan for what the function of your article
should be, you'll end up unhappy with the results.

To overcome this issue, before you write a single word,
decide what purpose the article is supposed to serve. An
article meant to brand you as an expert should display your
knowledge. One for generating leads may need to be geared
towards solving a very specific problem.

An article that gets published every where and helps to
make you known is not meant to have the same level of
exposure as hyper-targeted content geared towards a narrow
group of people. Learning the difference will help you know
what kinds of articles to write.

Mistake #3- Publishing Content That Doesn't Help Your Reader

Maybe you're thinking: "All I want is links back to my site
- any visitors the article generates is gravy."

Well guess what? Not all article banks and directories are
going to accept your content automatically. You can double
the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles
that the directories want to share with readers. And all it
takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to
increase your potential audience tenfold.

So if you want article marketing to work for you, write
articles that publishers want in their publications.

This also means obeying the standard guidelines, running a
spell check, researching a good topic to write about, or
even hiring a writer to produce articles on your behalf.

Mistake #4 - Failing to Maximize the Promotional
Opportunities of Article Marketing

You already know that articles marketing can help you
generate additional links back to your site. But did you
know that you can get more visitors and better search
engine results from articles in a variety of ways?

You can mention your desired keyword in strategic places,
though you should take care not to overdo this. Some people
will also tell you to make use of anchor text, which can
also is an effective method. However, you should know that
the majority of directories and publications aren't able to
support this.

There are alternatives to this method that are just as
effective, if not more so, but they require more space to
explain.

It's not just about the links back to your site either.
Part of doing well with article marketing is getting picked
up by publishers with large audiences, or gaining the
ability to leverage other brands due to the quality of your
work.

Better search engine results are great.

But by themselves they don't put money in your pocket -
there are a myriad of factors that can turn your article
marketing efforts into an opportunity to increase your
income, not just the number of visitors to your site.

About the Author:

Tinu Abayomi-Paul is a Web Promotion Specialist who runs
the Free Traffic Tips Blog. You can read part two of this
article at http://www.freetraffictip.com/article-marketing
and learn about three more common mistakes even veteran
article marketers make.

Labels: Article Writing

By Christopher Kyalo

There is no internet marketing chore that I enjoy more
than doing a regular google search to check the viral
effect and progress of my online marketing articles.
Within a recent short period I saw the number of
websites where my articles are listed grow by a
staggering 16,000.

The full implications of this is that without me
lifting a finger 16,000 more websites, blogs and their
pages, with search engine prominence, now contain my
articles. This means that even if just one person in
the entire month reads only one of my articles in each
of those locations, I will end up with a total of
16,000 unique readers per month. And without any more
effort on my part.

But for articles to enjoy this kind of magic they must
have 3 key ingredients.

An effective internet marketing article will have a
good headline

What causes you to click on a link or ad? What
attracts your interest to any content online? It is of
course a headline. Writing headlines is an art in
itself. Those who are good at it, earn a lot of money.
Tabloids like the National Enquirer or The Sun in
Britain understand the power of a headline because
they've sold millions of copies of their publications
regularly for many years and it all hinges on how
effective the main headline is.

I learnt this lesson well in my offline marketing days
when a newsletter I used to publish would sell a few
hundred copies on one headline and then sell over
300,000 copies with another headline.

On the net, headlines are even more important and when
writing articles you should bear this in mind. Apart
from taking care of the keywords (with search engines
or google adsense ads in mind), your headline should
be so enticing that anybody mildly interested in the
subject you are covering will want to read it.

In writing this article, this are the headlines I
considered and discarded before I ended up with the
headline I used. Study them carefully and learn
something about internet marketing headlines.

- 3 things an effective internet marketing article
must have
- Why my internet marketing articles posted in only 20
sites suddenly appeared in 16,000 other websites
shortly after
- Why my internet marketing articles grew from being
in only 20 sites to 16,000 within no time
- 3 things an internet marketing article needs to go
crazily viral

I would have chosen this last headline listed here,
except that more specific headlines are more
believable in a World Wide Web that is choked with
hype these days.

An effective internet marketing article must contain
useful information or tips

Why would somebody bother to take an article and post
it at their website or blog? There is only one reason
that would cause them to do this. Your article must
contain useful and valuable information. Some internet
marketers deliberately hold back vital information and
refer others to their websites for it. This is a
mistake because the reader will judge you from the
information they read in your article. If there is
little or no information then the assumption is that
your website will not be any different and probably
has more of the same.

Remember that online there is always too much to do
and too many websites to visit. So for anybody to
visit your site, they will need to see some really
useful and valuable information.

An effective internet marketing article must be well
written

Your internet marketing article must be very well
written to be read and posted widely. Remember that
people on the net are in a hurry and they have the
widest choice mankind has ever had in history. So if
they have a problem making head or tail of what you
are trying to say in your article, with a simple,
impatient click of the mouse, they will move
elsewhere.

Online writing should be brief, direct and to the
point. It also helps a great deal if the article is
broken down the way it has been here, with simple
points listed in bold.

With a little effort, most people can write reasonably
well. But even if you can't good online writing
services are very affordable. In fact the going rates
are so dirt cheap that many offline writers used to
earning a minimum of $500 for any piece of writing
they do, are bitterly complaining. Luckily their
complaints haven't changed anything.

Check this site for details on an excellent
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About the Author:

Christopher Kyalo has made money online using articles
as his only online marketing tool. Discover all his
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By Bonnie Jo Davis

Writing and submitting articles to publishers in order to
promote your business, services and products is a wise choice for
any entrepreneur. The only cost for this kind of marketing
project is your time and, if you want the maximum benefits, the
amount you pay your proofreader/editor. Many people are
overwhelmed by the submission process and don't know where to
begin. I have outlined below the ten steps I take with each
article submission project. Having a process in place makes
organizing submissions so much easier and removes the confusion
of where of what to do first.

1. Start by having your article proofread and then add it to
your website. Make sure you have a catchy title and a by-line
that compels readers to take action.

2. Use a text to html tool to format your by-line so that your
URL will appear live when your article is posted on a site. I
recommend you use the tool at
http://thephantomwriters.com/link-builder.pl.

3. Collect the information you'll need for most submission sites
including: title, author name, address, phone number, e-mail,
website URL, topic, two line summary of the article, word count,
line count, article URL, auto responder address (if available),
document file names and 10-15 keywords.

4. Make a list of the type of submission sites appropriate for
your article. I use EzineAnnouncer to collect and keep track of
my submission list and I always write down the categories that
are a match for my article. My latest submission qualified for
more than 400 sites but your success depends upon your article
topic.

5. Begin submitting to sites that accept articles by e-mail.
Never send an attachment unless asked. Incorporate the entire
article into the e-mail and include an option for the recipient
to opt-out of your list.

6. Your next step should be to sign-up for all new submission
sites on your list that require registration. Typically, you
have to wait for a confirmation e-mail before submitting. You
can move on to the next step while you wait.

7. Submit to all sites you have registered for and to all sites
not needing registration but offering a submission form.

8. Check your e-mail, confirm your new accounts and visit those
sites to add your article. Keep track of your login and
password for each site.

9. Update your submission list by removing or correcting bounced
e-mail addresses and URL errors. You will also need to add your
new submission sites to your list.

10. Create a report to keep on your computer with the name and
URL of the sites you used for submission. Update this list when
you submit your older articles to newly discovered sites.

Create your own submission process by building on the steps I
have provided and you will find your submissions taking less
time while helping you to become more organized.

(c) 2005. Davis Virtual Assistance. All rights reserved.

About the Author:

Bonnie Jo Davis is an experienced writer and publications co-ordinator with over ten years of experience submitting articles online and in print. Read her blog and join her no-cost
monthly e-zine.

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By Scott Hawksworth

There are many schools of thought on how to build strong
backlinks to a Web site. Some webmasters build reciprocal links,
while others register their site in many directories. Still
others do both of those, and rent links as well!

But one method used by a growing number of webmasters is that of building link popularity through the syndication of original articles. Syndicated articles are becoming increasingly popular because article syndication builds permanent links from many different, topically related, keyword rich pages. There are several steps one can take in order to ensure that an article is syndicated as much as possible, and that the links from those syndications are of the highest quality.

1) Write High Quality Articles

The amount of syndication an article receives is directly
proportional to the demand for that type of article. Higher
quality articles will prove more valuable to webmasters looking
to reprint articles. Perfect spelling and grammar are requisite
in order to ensure the widest syndication possible. Webmasters
will be more inclined to reprint well-researched and well-written
articles. Most articles are not of the highest quality, so a
higher quality article will stand out significantly.

Articles should be more than simply a place to put a link in
a resource box. The goal of article writing should be to make
the article itself interesting. An interesting article can be
syndicated on websites with high traffic and PageRank. Increasing
article syndication will cause the link in the resource box to be
copied by many Web sites.

In addition to building more links with higher quality articles,
webmasters will find that quality content articles will result
in an immediate traffic increase to a site. An article that is
appealing to readers will naturally attract a large readership.
The more readers an article has, the more likely those readers
are to click on the link in the resource box.

2) Manually Submit to Related Sites

Another technique used by many webmasters to increase an
article's syndication is to submit articles to related sites. The
best syndications and links come from quality sites in a specific
niche, not simply article banks. For example, there are many Web
sites that will only accept business-related articles. Any
webmaster of a business-related website looking to build link
popularity should write an article concerning business and submit
it to these sites. Potentially, other business sites could take
note of a high quality business article and syndicate it on their
sites (which are all related under the unique subject of
business). Doing this will build topically related links which
can improve a Web site's search engine rankings dramatically.

3) Write a Compelling Title

Articles have to be interesting in order to get the readers to
scroll down to the resource box, or inspire webmasters to reprint
the article on their Web site. The best way to draw a wide
variety of readers is to have a compelling title. Catchy titles
and sometimes even controversial titles can draw more readers.
Coupling a compelling title with a high quality article is an
excellent way to attract readers specifically looking for
articles to syndicate.

Article topics should also be interesting. If a website is
focused on a specific subject, an article about an interesting
element of that subject will be syndicated more than a general
article. For example, there may be hundreds of available articles
about mortgage refinancing, but how many articles focus on ways
financial advisors will try to manipulate someone seeking to
refinance?

4) Stay Organized

Time should be taken when finding article sites to submit to.
There are many Web sites that have large lists of article sites
that accept submissions. A good technique is to submit articles
to all of the article sites in a list and check later to see if
those articles have been syndicated. Searching for the title of
the article submitted in quotations on Google will show where
exactly it has been reprinted. Backlink searches on MSN and
Yahoo! can also be helpful. Building a solid list of verified
article sites can help maximize article syndication and also
time efficiency.

Some article sites only accept submissions via e-mail. Some SEOs
shy away from e-mailing articles because it is more time
consuming and often involves the creation of a biography and
picture submission. E-mail submission article sites however are
often more inclined to only reprint articles of high quality, and
thus these types of sites' articles are often widely syndicated.

5) Write a Killer Resource Box

The heart and soul of a syndicated article is its resource box.
The anchor text and link destination of the links in the articles
should be varied. Varying anchor text will help avoid penalties
in search engine rankings and create higher-value links. Often
changing the resource box after submitting to each site proves
beneficial. An article about dogs with the anchor text "dogs"
should be varied with anchor text like "puppies" for the other
article submissions. Using technology such as latent semantic
analysis, search engines will notice "dog" and "puppy" as related
words, but will not penalize the site for having unnatural links
(e.g., if all of the links used "dog" as anchor text). This same
effect can be achieved by varying the link target. Linking the
first half of the article submissions to page A, and the second
half to page B will avoid penalties from search engines like
Google. Articles are a proven way to get links, but if a new site
suddenly acquires 100 links to the same place in a short time,
search engines might penalize it.

Article submission is a great way to get high quality links from
topically related sites. The more effort and care given to an
article that is submitted, the more syndication potential an
article has. Compelling titles, high-quality content, and
interesting topics will all improve the syndication of an
article. Varying backlink text and destinations can also help
avoid heavy penalties from search engines. Some SEOs believe that only traditional directory submissions and link swapping are effective methods of building links. I, however, am a firm believer in the power of a well-written article to deliver a large number of topically related links to any fledgling site.

About the Author:

Scott Hawksworth works for Andy Hagans Link Building as a link popularity building campaign manager. See http://www.andyhagans.com for more information.

Labels: Article Writing

By Jeremy Hershberger

One of the most effective (and free!) ways to get noticed
on the web is to write articles. Even if you have no
writing experience, it is easier than you may think, even
fun. You can write an article on just about anything you
want and choose how you want to publish it.

The best way to start is to write about a subject you
understand thoroughly, such as the subject of your ezine if
you have one.

Use a search engine to research what you want to write
about, and browse some online discussion forums which
relate to your subject to gain additional knowledge.

There are article-writing ebooks and other literature
available on the web that can provide you with useful
advice if you are intimidated to write your first article.
Just do some web searches to see what you can find. Some
of the literature is free, some isn't.

As you conduct your research, begin writing a rough draft
immediately while ideas are still fresh in your mind. You
can revise, edit and rearrange later. Your article doesn't
have to be perfect, as long as it is presentable and easily
readable.

Keep your lines formatted to about 60 characters. The
'Lucida Console' font uses the same amount of space for
each character, so you could use it then set your margins
accordingly in your word processor program.

I use Notepad which uses Lucida Console by default. I turn
off word-wrap and set the window size to where I want it
and hit 'enter' as my text fills a line. You may come up
with a method that works better for you.

When your article is finished, you'll need to add what is
called a "resource box" at the end. This is where you
place a few lines which include your name, as well as
anything you'd like to offer your readers.

You should make your resource box stand out by placing a
line of asterisks or hyphens above and below it, for
example:

*************************************************
Copyright © 2005 [your name]
[email address if you wish]
[several lines to advertise your website, ezine, offer
freebies, etc]
*************************************************

When you feel comfortable with your article and ready to
publish, you can choose from several different options
available to you. You can use all if you so choose:

* Article Directories
* Ezines
* Article Announcement Lists

Article directories are websites that you can submit your
article to. They will review it then publish it on their
site, making your name and links in your resource box
available to all who are interested in the information you
provide.

You get an added benefit of having your website's search
engine ranking increase as your link is placed in more and
more article directories! It all depends on how much time
you want to spend submitting to the hundreds of available
directories on the web.

You can also browse ezine directories, searching for ezines
relating to your article's subject. Look for those which
indicate they accept article submissions.

Send a polite email to the publisher asking to submit your
article, and include the article. If you prefer, send it
as an attachment.

There are also article announcement lists which you can
submit your article to. These can be found by doing a web
search for 'article announcement lists'. You have to
subscribe to the list before you can post to it.

When posting to an announcement list, include in your email
your rules for reprinting your article, such as allowing it
to only be reprinted if no changes are made and only as
long as your resource box is included. These rules are up
to you, ultimately.

You can also use submission websites or software such as
EzineAnnouncer which are designed to submit your article to
a large number of places, cutting down on time you have to
spend doing it manually. These programs come with a price,
so look them up and decide for yourself if they are worth
it to you.

Read this article again, and formulate a plan based on the
advice given. The methods outlined above will get you well
on your way to boosting your online presence, and you will
be surprised by how effective they are.

About the Author:

Jeremy Hershberger is webmaster of his Plug-In Profit Site,
a money-making website you can have built and customized
just for you on your own domain, 100% ready to take orders
and pull in massive residual profits. See:
http://www.online-income-solutions.com/pips.html

Labels: Article Writing