Why you still don't have an agent

This is an email I received from Jeff Rivera

Why you still don't have an agent

Brian,
Many writers have been struggling for years to find an agent and they've tried everything. They're starting to think that they'll never get one, or that there's some kind of universal conspiracy against them and they're wondering why.

If you still haven't landed an agent or know someone who hasn't, listen up. I'm about to tell you exactly why and what you can do about it, to change things today.

As someone who deals with hundreds of agents every year, who's constantly on the phone with top editors and publishers and authors from James Patterson and from Nicholas Sparks to Janet Evanovich to David Baldacci, I hear first-hand what successful people in the industry have done to separate them from the pack and why they're successful and others are not.

In the coming weeks, I'm going to outline exactly what you could be doing wrong to block yourself from ever landing agent.

Today we will discuss one of the top reasons why writer's can't get an agent. In fact, I've helped so many aspiring writers (literally over a hundred) take that first step, getting an agent to even request their manuscript, that I can scan someone's query letter in less than 5 seconds and tell you exactly what they're doing wrong.

Let's start with the first mistake writers make and prevent themselves from landing one:

The first 50 pages suck.

Sure, I'm supposed to say something politically correct like "your work is not up to par" but no, I'm not going to insult your intelligence. I'm going to tell you how it is. In fact, I'm going to say exactly what agents tell me about 98% of writers, behind closed doors. "They suck. Their work is awful." The agents wouldn't use the writer's manuscript to wipe themselves if they ran out of toilet paper or at the bottom of their pet Parakeet's cage.

Sure, the writer thinks it's a masterpiece. After all, they've spent the last few months, if not years writing it. Everyone likes it. Even their best friend and mom told them so.

NOTE: That's the writer's first mistake, relying on the opinion of those that love them. They say they want their feedback, but in reality, the amateur writer only wants their loved ones' praise and their loved ones will give them nothing else.

No, you need to take it to the most objective, negative, nasty person you know and after they say it's amazing, then it's ready. Drop your ego, and resist the writer's kryptonite, defending your work. In fact, take it to three objective people, who aren't related to you, who don't even know you and aren't afraid to tell you the truth. In fact, remove your name from the manuscript, use another name, a pseudonym, and ask them to read it. Then, you'll get the truth.

Writers are often in such a hurry to get an agent that they blow their chances to get one by rushing to get their manuscript to an agent before it's even ready. No, no and no! If you really want to land an agent, that thing better be better than anything else there on the market. Read, read and read your competition. Stop thinking there's nothing out there like it because that's a lie. And to tell you the truth, it's the last thing an agent wants to hear from an aspiring writer.

NOTE: Agents and editors aren't looking for something that hasn't been done before, they need to be able to compare it to something successful (other than Twlight and Harry Potter) so that they can get a proper advance for you. But it has to be different enough, that it feels fresh. (More on that in future pieces)

It's those first 50 pages that really matter. When an agent reads a query letter they like, they often ask for a partial (the first few chapters, equivelant to about the first 50 double-spaced pages).

If you want to guarantee those pages are ready, after the three objective opinions, get it edited by a professional and I'm not talking about for grammar and spelling. I'm talking about for content, for pacing. You need developmental editing, line editing and then finally copy-editing.

NOTE: And if you can't afford it (though if you're going to invest in anything, it should be this), see if you can trade services with a professional editor. There has to be something you can barter. You might be able to find an older, more experienced writer who is willing to do it for you.

But that's not all. There are 11 other mistakes that writers make that are blocking them from ever landing an agent, more on that in the future. But I will tell you this quick little tidbit: You don't have to be a good writer to land an agent, you only have to be a good storyteller. There's a difference and we'll talk about that and more in the near future.

Jeff Rivera
HowtoWriteaQueryLetter.com

Thanks for the article writing tips and shedding light on an unknown area of writing copy.
Brian Ankner (non-guru)

Grammar Checking Software - Improve Your English Writing Skill

By John Smith

One of the hardest things in writing English is the use of grammar. Are you one of those who sometimes are doubtful on what grammar marks you are going to use? If so, then this article is for you. Grammar Software is the best solution to your problem.

Grammar Software is the solution to any problem on basic editing and proofreading. The software enhances these functionalities (proofreading & Editing) of conventional word processors. You should always remember that English writing is a skill that can be improve through practice. If you will always use the software, it is as if you have a virtual teacher in the comforts of your home. If you desire to improve your writing skill level, read further.

According to the developers of such punctuation and grammar correction software, this technology is designed to ensure that your English writing matches the basic punctuation and grammar rules. The software automatically identifies and corrects your writing errors and will enable you to further edit your text or document. It is true that language analyzing technology is complex, but in recent years it made a significant progress as databases got bigger and algorithms got smarter. This state-of-the-art writing technology offers the following benefits: grammar check, punctuation and spelling check.

Natural Language Processing technology (NLP) can surely transform English writing easier.

Advantages in using this kind of technology:

* Analyzes sentence structure for correct grammar and making your writing more comprehensible.
* Automatically corrects sentence construction problems that is miss looked during manual proofreading.
* It will refine your writing style.
* It will amplify your vocabulary.
* Improve your status quo once people will notice that you are a well educated person.

This amazing technology constantly progress through time, and through this (progress of time), newer version and features will be added, thus making it more useful to you and everyone that uses this software. By doing extra research on this solution, it would bring up additional benefits that are not covered in this article.

If you want to be like the experts, having a clear, clean, and professional English writing, use grammar correction software. The fact that English writing is very important nowadays, expect further development with this technology.

If you desire to improve your English writing skills, then do not take chances, avail of this new technology and take advantage of the things you will get out of it.

About the Author:

Want to find out more about grammar software, then visit John Smith's site on how to choose the best grammar checking software for your needs.

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Use Article Marketing To Grow Your Business Fast

By Patricia Hedge

Article marketing is a great way to build your business, but unless you know how to make it happen fast & drive massive amounts of traffic to your site, you're just going to waste your time. That is why I want to show you exactly how to grow your business fast with article marketing!

Article Marketing Secret #1

To start with you need to think in terms of leverage. The internet provides an opportunity to leverage yourself like no other way that you have experienced before. For the sake of discussion let's say that currently you are writing 10 articles per month, reaping 100 visitors to your website, well then you know that your success will grow by 1000% if you personally write or have written 100 articles per month.

The power of article marketing is unbelievable! Simply continue to to do more of what is working and you will benefit from the same results only this time it is multiplied by the increased amount of articles that you submitted.
So the bottom line is the more submissions you make to the article directories the faster your traffic will increase.

Article Marketing Secret #2

In some cases you might even consider to increase your prices! This is a massive leverage point in getting your business to the next level if you are going to focus on using article marketing to expand your business. It only makes sense that if you decide to double your prices, or provide by sourcing out products that can handle the price being doubled, then you are going to be able to make twice as much money.The majority of people are scared to do this thinking that then no one will buy from them. The very truth is, you can expect to make the same or more sales if you just double your prices because the customers will now be in a different financial category.

The point I am making here is that many people will not buy your $20 product but without question will buy your top of the line $200 product.

About the Author:

Learn more about Article Marketing. Stop by Patricia Hedge's site where you can find out all about The Unique Article Wizard and what it can do for you.

Keep typing till your fingers blister!
Brian the Article Guy

Article Marketing And Public Speaking

By Ace C. Erin

Article Marketing is a form of "soft-sell" advertising that works in an indirect and often more successful way. Unlike traditional advertising which seems to get one's guard up because modern people tend to inundated with ads and thus will likely ignore them, Article Marketing presents itself as something informative and "harmless" by evaluation. No one wants to feel manipulated, but today's customers recognize that the point of an marketing is precisely that, and thus the message of a regular ad will most likely be successfully resisted by a majority of customers.

Then again, with Article Marketing, information and facts that is of interest to the customer is presented in a friendly way reminiscent of a normal newspaper or magazine article (hence the name) and thus effortlessly gains the consumer's trust. By not pitching a sale, the individual does not feel pressured and, in fact, is generally unaware of the fact that promotional efforts are indeed being made all the same. In this way, there is no internal opposition for marketers to conquer in the potential customer, making the job that much simpler.

For instance, a local accountant may pen an article in the local paper concerning taxes throughout tax season. He or she will reveal, say, new alterations to the tax law for the current fiscal year, changes which may affect routine credits and exemptions. In doing so, the accountant is truly providing a useful service while at the same time putting his or her own business in a positive light - as the source of such knowledgeable and useful information.

The business is mentioned only casually, almost as an afterthought - but it is precisely because of this understated manner of presenting one's business, in conjunction with the offer of timely useful information, that can help unconsciously endear the business to consumers, creating a positive association of the business that pays dividends in increased business.

It is, in short, exposure, free publicity - of the good kind. It's a little different online, but the core is basically the same. Businesses still create articles in their area of expertise in order to receive exposure and achieve recognition by sharing timely and useful information. But the internet offers exponentially increased reach, and can be a very powerful profit generation engine if deployed correctly.

The advice of proven professionals will be of great benefit in this arena. Whereas so-called "old media" like print and radio may still be indulged in on an amateurish basis by oneself, such as calling up the local paper to offer to write timely tax advice, when it comes to the worldwide web it is usually best to have well seasoned experts handle all the intricacies involved, a great deal of which is technical and technological.

About the Author:

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The Right Way To Do Technical Writing

By Ken Carter

Many types of writing exist and these include creative writing, business writing and technical writing. Lately technical writing has been gaining growth as a field and it has attracted many freelance writers. Even employed professionals are now looking towards it. Going hi-tech has only made it a more interesting venture.

The identifying factor in technical writing is that the subjects been written about are to do with technical stuff. The main focus that technical writers stick within are engineering, aeronautics, computer sciences and other related topics like consumer electronics. They need a technical understanding of the subject they work on.

The gist of technical writers is to get the material written in simpler sense. A typical day at work will involve the production of how-to guides and beginner manuals on computers software or electronics.

If there is to be any effective work at the end of it all, the writer should work under close supervision of a technical expert's work. He should be referring to an expertly written manual while he goes about the writing process. This way, the people involved in the writing of the material have all the understanding required to gather an audience.

Technical writing can be started in many ways. It is best that a technical writer sticks to a field within which he has a passion for doing. Therefore, is someone has a qualification or a liking for engineering; he can write about engineering manuals and keep readers abreast with the latest in that field.

Working knowledge about something is an added advantage because in this case the writer will just keep writing about a certain subject matter that he knows inside out. He will be interested in transferring those skills. He demonstrates the ability to break down complex arguments into palatable content.

In case you are interested in becoming a technical writer, you should first search the internet for the technical writing association. Seek advice from others in that field.

You should sharpen your skills and increase your credibility by getting the formal certification and proper technique.

About the Author:

The writer additionally often publishes articles about things like pressure washer extension hose and shelf bracket.

Article Writing Benefits That You Should Enjoy

By Davion Wong

If you are wondering if there are any article writing benefits, then you need to know that there are lots of them. Actually, there are already several individuals who have tried this out and most of them really took advantage of it. As a matter of fact, there are already a lot of success stories out there so it is really a good idea if you are going to try it out.

Probably, one of the most obvious article writing benefits that you have already heard has something to do with the profit. If you are going to think about it, this is certainly one of the most profitable enterprises in the Web. If you can produce essays in bulk, there is a chance that you will be paid more.

Other article writing benefits have something to do with the convenience that it can give to anyone who is venturing in this kind of enterprise. Indeed, this is also a very convenient job because you can do everything right in front of your computer. You no longer need to leave the comforts of your home to work. You just need to be constantly online so that you can do some and research and so that you can send your compositions.

You also do not need to have some experience because the only skill that you need to have is the skill to compose essays. As a matter of fact, this is the only requirement that you need to meet.

But even if this is the case, there is still a need for you to realize that this is not a very easy job. In order for you to succeed, there is still a need for you to make sure that you can really compose.

You should also know that your success will not come easily because you still need to work hard for it. If you can compose good essays, you can expect success.

In general, with these great article writing benefits, there is really no wonder why a lot of people are into it. And if you think that you have the skill, then you should try it too.

With these article writing benefits, there is really no wonder if you want to try it out too so it is really a good idea if you will learn more about it.

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Keep typing till your fingers blister!

Brian The Article Guy

10 Article Writing Keys For Newbies

By Alfred Lancer

This article on the 10 (no, 11... yes, 11) tips for newbies is not written from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or database manager. Rather it is by and from the perspective of an author who remembers the early misgivings. It is written especially for the beginning article writer. The Tennessee Mountain Man has written and submitted hundreds of articles for publication to thousands of article hosts and database managers and still finds Article Writing his nemesis.

1. Necessity vs Desire:

Articles and Blogs are necessary in today's scheme of search engine indexing. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just remember what the Bible says, "there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man". That's right! All of us hate article and Blog writing at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many a webmaster would call them "a necessary evil" as they are not generally anyone's best liked house keeping chores.

2. Just Start, It Gets Easier:

First it is sometimes difficult to get a subject or theme and to get the first couple of lines scribbled down. The Tennessee Mountain Man knows authors who literally get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. Once an author has a starting point and gets passed the initial thoughts, article and Blog writing usually goes fairly smoothly.

The main thing is that you get started. Pick a subject you know something about and just start. You will be pleasantly surprised at just how easily ideasflow. Don't assume everyone knows what you know. They don't. Will Rogers once said, "all men are ignorant, just on different subjects". And, so it is!

3. Good vs Perfection:

Your old English comp professor is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have to be perfect. That is not to say it does not have to be on point or to say that it does not have to be correct. It does or at least it should be. But, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, seldom possible. Too much detail and you run the risk of losing your reader on several levels. Too long and most readers simply don't have the time or interest to wade through the material regardless of how important it is.

4. Blog Length vs Article Length:

Most publishers want a minimum of six hundred (600) words per article - some will let you slide with four hundred (400) words. Blogs can be much smaller. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate pictures and embedded links.

Just don't over do it. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a host who can ban you from their publications. Articles, on the other hand, typically cannot carry these extra touches according to the requirements of most publishers.

5. Format:

Prepare your article in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. There are many tools from which to choose to get the job done. A search for 'free ASCII editor' or for 'free plain text editors' will provide one with a multitude of free options. Word Press is a popular choice. If all else fails simply use notepad to turn out your masterpiece.

6. Spelling and Grammar:

Once you have your article or Blog run it through a good spell checker and a good grammar checker. Microsoft Word works well for these purposes. Just don't use the MS Word copy for publication of your article. Rather use it's suggestions to make any necessary corrections to your plain text copy. The MS Word copy will work for Blogs although the Computerman prefers other editors.

Just like the days when you were pushed by Profs, you will find Article and Blog writing skills become easier with time and practice.

7. Publish and Announce:

Once your Blog is ready you may want to use some automatic tools to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog hosts and select those which best suit your needs. Join one or more and publish your Blog there. Then search for Blog announcers and rss announcers and use them to get your Blog noticed.

Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your Articles to free publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of hosts in an hour or so. The only way to go.

8. Patience:

Now, have some patience. Here is where you lose control. Many of the men and women who host articles are timely and your articles will be reviewed within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours. But, many others will be days and weeks down the road therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.

9. Rejection - "sorry your article has been declined":

Be prepared for most hosts to reject your articles. Do not take it personally. It usually has little to do with you or your article.

Some databases routinely reject articles for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some hosts are simply too lazy and get so far behind, the easiest and fastest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject everything. You will learn who these are over time.

Then there are those who run your articles through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, irrespective of how they are used, your article gets no farther. These are the people who can't publish the Holy Bible because it contains words that offend them or their readers. Don't worry about these folks who are so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use.

Remember, just as in everything else in life, for every rule there is an exception

10. Keep the faith, and keep cranking out articles:

Since most authors, especially newbies, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your articles are accepted and published driving visitors to your website while creating those all important back links.

It is not necessary that every host to accept everything submitted to them. After one or two hosts publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize you anyway by ignoring additional postings. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won't. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not increase your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more important to get published by hosts with the highest Google page rank possible.

Now, one BONUS TIP for you: Along with "the rejection slip" will usually come a suggestion on how to "fix" your article and a request that you resubmit it. Don't waste your time. While trying comply with one database manager's request you could have written a new article from which you get much more punch. Enough publishers will pick your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.

Everybody has a thought or idea at least once a day usually at the most inopportune time. How many good ideas have you lost because of waiting? Don't procrastinate! Go! Capture that thought before it is gone forever.

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30 tips for ebook writers and authors

Section 02: Generating Ideas and Research


So, you know what "topic" to write about, but how do
you come up with WHAT to write about that topic? You
may have identified "making money" as your topic, but
what will you write about "making money"? Will it be
Internet related? Stocks and bonds? Direct mail? Home-
based business? Fundraising?

And when you narrow it down to the actual subject, what
kind of information will you share in the eBook?

That's what this section will hopefully help you to
decide by exploring some ways to generate ideas and to
do some research.

6. Brainstorm To Get Other Folks' Ideas. Whether you
get family members, a group of friends, or other
writers together, brainstorming is a wonderful way to
beat Writer’s Block. When you are stuck, make
brainstorming fun. You can sit and just start throwing
ideas out or make a game by putting ideas in a hat and
then passing it around to read or act out.

We call this a "mastermind" session. And you'd be
absolutely amazed at how productive it can be. Folks
throw out ideas that you never even thought of. They
offer opinions that you weren't even close to
considering. Why? Because they think differently than
you do. And that can be a good thing.

Are you having trouble generating ideas for your eBook,
or expanding upon what you are already writing about?
Get a group of folks together (or even ONE person is a
start) and ask questions. Explain what you are writing
about and ask for suggestions, ideas and opinions.
Voila -- with the wave of a magic wand, you've got more
ideas and a fresh perspective to write from.

I know. I know. When I say "research" you envision some
guy up late at night with fifteen books open, 5 empty
Coca Cola cans (he needs the caffeine to stay awake!)
and an anxious look on his face.

Research scares the heck out of most folks. It sounds
too much like doing a term paper for a trigger happy
high school English teacher with a red pen in her hand!

But, it doesn't have to be that way. Let's look at some
(slightly less painful) ways of getting ideas for your
eBook.

7. Use Childhood Memories. Here's a great exercise. Sit
down with a pad and paper and start writing down
childhood experiences. Start with a specific age and
think about the school attended at that time, the
friends you hung around, the style of the clothes you
wore, a favorite pet, anything you can. You will be
amazed at how many ideas you can develop that can be
useful to you in writing, or that spawn other ideas for
your eBook.

Just as you revisited your own childhood, talk to other
family members or friends and ask them to share stories
about their upbringing. For example, one writer asked a
close friend from Israel about her experiences as a
child during World War II. What unfolded was a
wonderful story of determination, as the friend shared
how her family had withstood persecution and survived
horrible ordeals. Just like that a new chapter to an
eBook was added, "How to Overcome Opposition: 7 Secrets
From A Survivor."

Wow -- it's amazing how looking at childhood memories
(and ALL past experiences) can be used to develop ideas
for use in your eBook content.

8. Listen. Listen to people. Whether you're shopping,
at the job, or in the gym, listen to what people are
saying. What subjects are being discussed? What seems
to be important to other people? Many times, you will
get ideas based on everyday discussions. Having good
listening skills is a huge benefit to writers.

Don't forget the kids. Kids are innocent and provide a
sincerity that is often missed with adults. If you have
children of your own, nieces or nephews, or friends
with smaller children, sit down and just talk to them.
Believe me -you will hear all kinds of things that will
soon get you out of Writer’s Block. They possess such
great imaginations that they will actually help yours
kick into high gear.

Attend a workshop. Listen to a teleseminar or
conference call. Sit in on a class. Do an interview.
Absorb information that other people are sharing and
extract IDEAS that you can use yourself.

9. Analyze Data. Conduct some analysis with people who
can contribute to the topic you are writing about. Do a
survey. Take a poll. Ask questions. Have them ASK YOU
questions. Compile all of the information and you've
got even more ideas for writing your content.

For example: I know of a marketer online who wanted to
put together an eBook for newcomers to the web to help
them learn how to do business online. He had a half
dozen or so ideas about what to share, but that was
all. He knew that "newbies" have a lot more questions
than that! But, he didn't know what they were -- being
an EXPERIENCED web marketer, he took a lot of "basic"
things for granted.

So, what did he do? He sent a SURVEY out to people on
his newsletter list and the lists of his online
marketing friends. The result: Over 200 questions that
newbies wanted answered! That's around 195 more "ideas"
than he started out with. And that's also a GREAT way
to come up with new ideas...ask questions and have
folks ask you questions.

10. Watch TV or Movies. TV is another source for ideas.
As you know, television covers anything and everything
and if you're struggling with Writer’s Block, there
will be something that will help spur your mind into
action. With 598,000,281 different stations to watch,
you're bound to find something helpful! :o)

If you want to write an eBook on snakes, sit down and
watch the Discovery Channel. You will gain a ton of
important information and once again, you can determine
what wasn't covered. If the show covers the detailed
information on the top 10 venomous snakes in the United
States, why not do research on the next five. Ideas are
often found by using the ol' remote control!

11. Play The Alphabet Game. Here's another great idea
generator exercise. Starting with the letter “A” in the
alphabet, literally start thinking of events, places,
people, items, verbs, etc., that start with that
letter, which are related to your eBook topic. The goal
is to go all the way to “Z.” This is a great way to
shake loose Writer’s Block.

For example: if you are writing an eBook on internet
marketing, here are some ideas...
A = affiliates
B = build a list
C = conversion
D = digital products
e = ezine
f = follow-up
g = google.com

And you would complete that all the way through Z. Do
you think any new ideas could be generated from such a
list? Of course! Try it -- you can thank me later.

12. Conduct Interviews. Find some interesting people in
your church, school, work, or even family and friends
who have had a unique experience in life and conduct an
interview with them. Sometimes we think we know someone
well until we take time to talk to him or her – really
talk. For example, one young woman interviewed her own
mother. She thought she knew everything about her and
her life but during the course of the interview, she
discovered cherished pieces of her life that she didn't
even know existed.

Her own mother had her ears pierced at age eight, in
1935, by Chief White Feather, the grandson of Chief
Sitting Bull. He lived in Indiana down the street from
her and took a real liking to her. The daughter had no
idea! Interviews will unearth all types of buried
treasures. And look for EXPERTS in your field of
interest. Ask them a handful of questions and then use
the entire interview as an actual part of your eBook.
That's what I did with Eye-Popping Popups.

I asked a half-dozen prominent web marketers how they
were using popup windows to make sales. I gave them 10
questions and then published their exact responses in
the eBook. It ended up giving me about 20 pages of FREE
content, and free publicity for them.

Until the next post.....
Brian Ankner (non-guru)

Writing Articles For SEO Purposes

The main reason for writing articles is for the
backlinks and secondary reason of presenting yourself
as an authority on the subject.

When they read your article and like the way you
present the information they will trust that you know
what you are talking about and go through the link in
the resource box to your site.

Articles equal traffic in 3 ways. First by the link in
the article to your site. I receive about 6-10% of my
traffic from the link in the articles I have written
and submitted to various high traffic directories
(ezinearticles, goarticles, etc.).

Second is from various sites that have published your
article because of its relevancy to their site subject.


*tip* go to Google and type in the title of your
article in quotations to see how many sites have
published it. Oh yea, make the titles of your articles
unique enough not to be mistaken for other results. For
instance one article I wrote has the title...
"Professional Article Writing, From Hobby To Income",
when entered into Google it shows 243 results. As I
scroll through the results I can find all the different
sites that published my article.

Traffic from published articles does not amount to a
whole lot but you do get the backlink from "related"
sites, a very good thing.

Third is search engine traffic. After you have
submitted a few articles and they get picked up by
dozens of sites, your backlinks will start to grow.
Backlinks are what will get you in the first page of
the S.E.s results for the keywords in the title of the
articles.

*tip* obviously, put relevant keywords in the title of
your articles.

The more backlinks, the more traffic. Simple.

Google ranks you according to your backlinks. Yahoo
ranks you according to your unique content. MSN ranks
you with a combination

In order to get your site ranked highly in all three
you must have unique content and many backlinks.

For writing articles about subjects that I know very
little I use Instant Article Wizzard


Within a few minutes you can create great articles for
your niche sites without all the time consuming
research needed normally.

I use it regularly and have gained "Expert Writer
Status" at the directories with it. Obviously it
produces good articles. Yes you will need to add some
of your own flare to the articles so they sound like
you wrote them but that part is a peice of cake!

Thanks for reading, untill the next post
Brian Ankner (non-guru)
Article Writing

Outsourcing Your Content Creation

The content of your site tells a whole lot about yourwebsite. They will basically describe what your site is about and also tell people what your site has to offer. Articles and website content makes a whole lot of difference in your site because they can catch the attention of your website visitors and keep them in there.

With good website content you get the benefit of clearly depicting what it is you want to share with people. Also, good content and articles can lead people to your site. With more traffic, you get to earn more from your site making it profitable. A sites success, be it for profit or not, is the number of the flow of traffic in your site.

So how does good content and great articles get you traffic? Well, many search engines rely on the keyword and keyword phrases of a site to put it in their results list. If your content contains a good number of keywords and keywords phrases, it may be chosen to be a part of the top listed sites in the search resultpages.

But before you think of just plastering your site with all the keywords and keyword phrases it could hold, search engines also filter out that abuse. You must have good well written articles that incorporate the keywords and keyword phrases properly in their content and articles.

There are many of those who cannot afford the time to write their own website contents and articles. While writing content and articles specifically designed for the internet may take some getting used to and some researching and learning, there are many writers that can be found all over the world who could do it for you.

Many of us do not have the time to learn web content writing and article writing designed for the internet. There are writers who have great experience in doing this and charge only a minimal fee for such work. Writers like this can be regarded as experts in this style of writing and can greatly help your website to get that coveted spot in the search engine rankings.

Other than getting your site in the web results page of search engines, they can also provide your site with meaningful articles and content that can impress your website visitors and entice others to view yoursite.

Every website could use the extra traffic website visitors could invite.
Then there are those who need papers to be done either for their school or office work. Top writers around the world are very knowledgeable and do extreme researching to get a job done right. They are also very adept in many writing styles that are needed to best suit the client’s need.

Many writers around the world charge a minimal fee depending on the type of writing job needed and the number of words needed in the content. Usually, a two hundred fifty worded article would cost from 4 to 8dollars depending on the writers experience and ability. This is a small price to pay for having acontent rich site or for a well researched and written paper.

There are also many sites that can offer you these services with their team of well trained and experienced writers. They offer many writing services to cover any writing needs. A writer can be based anywhere in the world and are guaranteed to offer good contents and articles. Each one are doubly checked, edited and proofread so that you would get your money’s worth.

Finding a good writer or a site that offers these kinds of services is simply done by searching for them in search engines. Type down your keyword or keywordphrase (e.g. Content Writers, Article Writers) and you will see a long list of sites that offer these services.

The top sites would probably be the best since they have done a good job of keeping their content at a high quality to get them high rankings. But you may also want to shop around and read some of their sample work to get an idea of how much it will cost you.

For more help with content creation go to my Article Writing site where you can get some freebies to get you started in the writing process!

Basic Concepts to Help You Improve Your Writing Skills

This article is by Mike Lawson, a great writer and a published author. Just thought I'd throw in a different writer's point of view once in a while.


This article is directed at writers seeking publication in magazines, e-zines, newsletters and various other forums. Topics such as vocabulary, grammar and style as well as content, research and editing will be discussed. But before we get that far along, we want to touch on some of the basic skills and characteristics that good writers have and editors seek.

Writers can be classified into four basic categories:

1. Bad writers
2. Competent writers
3. Good writers
4. Great writers

Bad writers: These are the hacks that either can not or will not use the fundamental skills of the written language. Their misspelled efforts are grammatically inconsistent, eaten alive with adverbs and lack continuity in content. Albeit poor examples to emulate, they too have a purpose we will discuss later.

Competent writers: These are writers that possess the fundamental skills of language, can put together a cohesive work and convey the intended message. But their abilities end there. They simply lack luster. If they do get published, it will probably be in the middle of mediocrity.

Good writers: This is the kill zone! This is where you desire to position yourself as a writer. These writers produce excellent content that is fundamentally sound, stylish, entertaining and informational. They have mastered fundamental skills and have a collection of specialized skills that allow them to tweak every word and phase to their advantage. These are writers that readers hate to put down as opposed to pick up. While it is impossible to turn a bad writer into a competent one, it is possible with hard work, for a competent writer to become a good one.

Great writers: The Grand Masters, the literary legends: Shakespeare, Hugo, Steinbeck, etc. The rules here are simple enough. You either are one or you are not. It is not a learned skill or acquired trait. You cannot make a master out of a really good writer any more than you can make a bass fiddle out of a drum.

Keep this hierarchy in mind. Do an honest assessment of yourself. Where are you on the writer's scale?

If you are a bad writer, then I am sorry. There is not much help to offer that will bring you along. Are you a competent writer? Are you content with that? If you are, then you may as well go on your way, too. You will be able to find a niche writing somewhere that will afford you a level of mediocre success.

Are you a competent writer that is motivated to put forth the effort to become a good writer? Or the good writer that has a desire to be even better? Good then! You are the target audience of this series of articles.

Writing is a complex system comprised of many simple parts. The stronger the foundation of the fundamental elements, the more stability in the structure that rests on it. The cornerstone to success in anything that you do is to have a set of obtainable goals laid out before you with an end in sight; a road map, if you will. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?

You have already assessed where you are now and where you want be. Once you know this, you can make a plan that takes you there. Develop a mission statement of what kind of writer you will be.

A mission statement forms the constitution that governs the implementation of your plan. Shy away from weak words and phrases: "I will try to, as best I can," etc. They predict failure. Instead use powerful words and phrases! Your mission statement should be full of will statements. "I will master the grammatical aspect of the craft," or "I will continuously improve my editing skills." Make these commitments to yourself and stick to them!

Before you ever pick up a pen or type the first word of a project, you should have a mission statement committed to making you a better writer. It doesn't have to be a long, drawn out, complicated matter. Maybe just a paragraph or so that lays out your personal creed as a writer.

Mike Lawson is a freelance writer and entrepreneur running many Internet ventures. Learn more about writing successful content for your articles or website at Appalachian Writer's Forum or contact Mike at Bluegrass Solutions.

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5 Easy Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Going

Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into
words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the
interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send
your message across you have to get the attention of the reader
and have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their
curiosity.

The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of
creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people,
some just gets into a block or something to that effect that can
drive someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair
out when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their
creative juices flowing.

Putting words into images in the readers mind is an art. A clear
and crisp depiction requires a certain flair that only creativity
can provide. Similes and metaphors help a lot, but the way an
article gets entwined word for word, sentence by sentence then
paragraph by paragraph into a whole article develops the essence
of the article.

So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There
is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy
ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee
you of having the perfect mindset but many methods may aid you in
achieving that state of mind. Here are five easy ways for that.

1) Keep a diary or a journal with you always. Ideas can be
triggered by anything you may hear, see, or smell. Your senses
are your radar in finding great ideas. Write all of them into a
journal and keep it with you for future reference. You may also
write down anything that you have read or heard, someone’s ideas
could be used to develop your own ideas and this is not stealing.
Remember that ideas and creativity can come from anywhere; it’s
the development of the idea that makes it unique.

2) Relax and take time to sort things out. A jumbled mind cannot
create any space for new ideas. Everyone must have a clear mind
if one wishes to have their creativity in full speed. Get rid of
all obstacles that can be a hindrance to your creativity. If you
are bothered by something, you cannot force your mind to stay
focused.

Try to relax every time that you can and think about your
experiences and interactions with others. Your experiences are
what shape your mindset and your opinions which could be
reflected on your writings. Try to discover yourself, find out
what triggers your emotions. Discover what inspires you and what
ticks you off. You can use these emotions to help you in
expressing yourself and your ideas, with this you can grow
creatively.

3) Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness.
Your working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make
you feel happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good
state of mind and a messed up workplace that causes distraction
won’t be conducive in firing up your creative flow.

Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and
relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that
inspire, or anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A
clean and well organized workplace also rids of distractions and
unwanted hindrances. With a good working place, you can work in
peace and never notice the time pass by.

4) Set the mood. Setting the mood requires you to just go with
the moment or to induce your self to feeling what makes your mind
works best. Finding out what makes you tick could help you find
ways to get your creative juices flowing. Set the pace and tempo
for your mood and everything else will follow.

There are many ways to set the mood. Some writers have been known
to use alcohol, a little sip of wine to stir up the imagination.
Some would like some mood music while others let the lighting of
the environment create the mood.

5) Go on a getaway and just do something unlike crazy. Letting
yourself go and have fun produces adrenaline that can make your
imagination go wild. Take an adventure or a solemn hike. Whatever
it is that is unusual from your daily routine can take the rut
out of your schedule. In no time at all, your creativeness will
make use of that experience and get your imagination to go on
overdrive.

Review Of The Software Called DupeFreePro

Article Writing Tips Review Of The Software Called DupeFreePro.

DupeFreePro is a simple software that is a breeze to use, just enter an article in it on both sides and start to rewrite the new one.

After you have re-written 20% of the article by changing a few words in each sentence and maybe adding a few thoughts of your own, click the "compare" button and the software compares the new one and old one for duplicate content with a selection of down to 3 word phrases.

I usually do 5 word phrases as 3 word phrases is too small, too hard to re-write that far. The software will show you with highlighting the similarity between the two.

Just look for easy words to replace in the 5 word phrase and you are set to go. DupeFreePro is not a spinner, spinners change the nouns, pronouns, verbs and adverbs to a similar word but no matter what, the article will read poorly.

With DupeFreePro you are the one changing the words so that not a single sentence is duplicate and by doing it yourself it will also READ very well!

Using the feature where it will check the top 3 search engines with the text you highlight and come back with any duplicate results is a guarantee that your article will be an original. Google has said they will check for duplicate content down to the sentence.

There are many more features with this software, it's hard to beleive these guys are GIVING IT AWAY!!! Well not that hard to beleive, Micheal And Steven are a couple straight up guys. I have received many tips for my business through their newsletters


With DupeFreePro you will have unique articles with little time wrapped up. BTW, I will give a link here for DupeFreePro and it's a straight link, no affiliate link or anything, I'll not make a dime if you click the link and go to DupeFreePro!!!!(mostly because the software is FREE !!!)

Untill the next post,
Keep typin'
Brian Ankner

Articles are a quick way to your customers wallet

One way of promoting your website and product can be
achieved for free. As an additional bonus, this “free”
method can boost your sites and sales, doubling and
even tripling your income.

Articles. One of the easiest ways to promote your
website in order to generate traffic and increase your
earnings.

How does this work?

Write articles relating to your website and submit
them to “free content” submission sites. Easy to do,
takes little time and can increase your website
traffic, sales and of course, your income.

How can article writing boost traffic and income?

The article on the free content site contains a link
to your own website. Readers, after reading your
articles, may choose to click on the link and pay you
an unexpected visit. Having them on the free content
sites is also making these articles available to other
webmasters who may wish to publish that article on
their site.

If they do, your article will include a link back to
your site. And anyone who reads the article on that
site can still click on the link to visit your site.

As the list of your published articles grow larger,
and more and more of them are appearing on different
websites, the total number of links to your site
increases also. Major search engines are placing a lot
of significance on incoming links to websites so they
can determine the importance of a certain site.

The more incoming links the website has, the more
importance search engines attaches to it. This will
then increase your website’s placement in the search
results.

If you site is into promoting a product or service,
the links that your articles have achieved will mean
more potential customers for you. Even if visitors
only browse through, you never know if they might be
in need of what you are offering in the future.

There are also those who already have specific things
they need on their mind but cannot decide yet between
the many choices online. Chances are, they may stumble
upon one of your articles, gets interested by the
contents you wrote, go to your site and became enticed
by your promotions. See how easy that is?

Search engines do not just index the websites, they
also index published articles. They also index any
article that is written about your own website’s
topic. So once someone searches for that same topic,
the list of results will have your site or may even
show the articles that you have written.

And to think, no effort on your part was used to
bring them to your site. Just your published articles
and the search engines.

It is no wonder why many webmasters are suddenly
reviving their old writing styles and taking time to
write more articles about their site than doing other
means of promotion.

Getting their site known is easier if they have
articles increasing their links and traffic and making
it accessible for visitors searching the internet.
Since many people are now taking their buying needs
online, having your site on the search engines through
your articles is one way of letting them know about
you and your business.

The good thing with articles is that you can write
about things that people would want to know about.
This can be achieved in the lightest mood but
professional manner, with a little not-so-obvious
sales pitch added.

If you think about it, only a few minutes of your
time is spent on writing one article and submitting to
free content site. In the shortest span of time also,
those are distributed to more sites than you can think
of. Even before you know what is happening, you are
getting more visitors than you previously had.

If you think you are wasting your time writing these
articles, fast forward to the time when you will see
them printed and wide-spread on the internet. Not to
mention the sudden attention and interest that people
are giving your website and your products or services.

Try writing some articles and you will be assured of
the sudden surge in site traffic, link popularity and
interest. Before you know it, you will be doubling and
even tripling your earnings.

Nothing like getting benefits for something you got
for free.

For the resources that professional writers use,
Go To ==> Article Writing Tips <==

6 Red Hot Tips To Get Your Articles Read

There are many people who dread having to write
papers or articles. Many just feel like it seems to be
too much work and it all just goes to waste when no
one reads the. To some people, reading articles seems
like work to, especially if the article is boring and
very bland. Well, articles are supposed to be read,
that’s their purpose to impart your message and
information. If it is not read then it is a waste of
time and effort.

But all the same, articles have to be written to be
read. It’s just a matter of making them good. Making a
good article doesn’t have to be strenuous and
straining. There are just some points needed to be
reminded of, and some guides to follow. Once you get
the hang of it, writing articles could be fun, as well
as profitable for you and your site.

Of course, writing articles must be about something
you know about, that’s why if you own a site, you
probably are knowledgeable about that certain topic and
theme. When you write about it, you won’t have a hard
time because you already know what it is and what it’s
about. It’s just a matter of making your articles
creative and interesting.

To make sure that your articles get read and enjoyed,
here are six red hot tips to get your articles read.
These tips will make your articles readable and
interesting.

1) Use short paragraphs. When the paragraph are very
long, the words get jumbled in the mind of the reader
just looking at it It can get quite confusing and too
much of a hard work to read. The reader will just
quickly disregard the paragraph and move on to much
easier reading articles that are good to look at as
well as read. Paragraphs can be a single sentence,
sometimes even a single word!

2) Make use of numbers or bullets. As each point is
stressed out, numbers and bullets can quickly make the
point easy to remember and digest. As
each point, tip, guide or method is started with a
bullet or point, readers will know that this is where
the tips start and getting stressed. Format you
bullets and numbers with indentations so that your
article won’t look like a single block of square
paragraphs. Add a little bit of flair and pizzazz to
your articles shape.

3) Use Sub-headings to sub-divide your paragraphs in
the page. Doing this will break each point into
sections but still would be incorporated into one
whole article. It would also be easy for the reader to
move on from one point to another; the transition
would be smooth and easy. You will never lose your
readers attention as well as the point and direction
to where the article is pointing.

4) Provide a good attention-grabbing title or header.
If your title can entice a person’s curiosity you’re
already halfway in getting a person to read your
article. Use statements and questions that utilize
keywords that people are looking for. Provide titles
or headers that describe your articles content but
should also be short and concise.

Use titles like, “Tips on making her want you more”,
or “How to make her swoon and blush”. You could also
use titles that can command people, for example, “Make
her yours in six easy Ways”. These types of titles
reach out to a persons’ emotions and makes them
interested.

5) Keep them interested from the start to the finish.
From your opening paragraph, use real life situations
that can be adopted by the reader. Use good
descriptions and metaphors to drive in your point,
just don’t over do it. Driving your examples with
graphic metaphors and similes would make it easy for
them to imagine what you are talking about. Making the
experience pleasurable and enjoyable for them.

6) Utilize figures when necessary and not just
ordinary and insipid statements. Using specific facts
and figures can heighten your article because it makes
it authoritative. But do not make it too formal, it
should be light and easy in them and flow. Like a
friendly teacher having a little chat with an eager
student.

Brian Ankner has been writing articles and website
content for quite some time now and has created a site
dedicated to helping aspiring artists blossom into
great writiers. For the resources that he uses,
go to => Professional Article Writing <= and pick up
the tools to start your publishing career.

How to Create an Outline For All of Your Articles

We’ve done it through junior high, it expanded longer
through high school, then on college it became
chapters. No matter how many times a person has done
it, writing articles has proven to be a task many have
continuously avoided. Now at a time when writing
articles could help your job or work, facing the job
at hand can be still faced with unfriendly behavior.

While there are a great number of people who do not
have the same attitude in article writing as others,
there are still those who would rather walk in piping
hot coals than do some article writing. What sets
people apart from others towards article writing is
that they are prepared and have some methods and
procedures in writing articles.

One of the methods you can use to prepare yourself
when tasked to write in article is creating an outline
first. Creating an outline for all your articles makes
you prepared. You have an idea of what to do first and
make a plan for your succeeding steps. Being prepared
makes the job easier and faster. Being organized will
allow for disorientation to be shunned away.

An outline can act as the design or blueprint for
your article. This will guide you in creating the
introduction, body and conclusion of your article.
Here in this point, you can write down some of the
ideas and sentences that you feel will look good in
your article. This could be some of the focal point
that could help make your article creative,
interesting and appealing to a reader.

A carefully planned and fully prepared project would
guarantee and ensure a problem and worry free
procedure that can virtually go without any hassles.
Creating an outline for all your articles will get you
ready and breeze through writing an article in no time
at all. Here I will provide you with some tips and
guidelines in how to create an outline for all of your
articles.

Do a couple of brainstormings and jot down your
brilliant ideas first. Think of some ways to attract
the interest of your reader. Designate a time frame
where you can write down all the ideas that you can
use for your articles. By this time you should have
done all your research and information searching.
Review and reread your ideas and notes, gain mastery
and sufficient familiarity with your topic so that
writing them down later on will be easy for you.

The next step is to discover your sub topic and sub
titles. As you would provide a first sentence for your
article, one that would immediately grab the attention
of your reader, you would need some as well for your
sub topics. To be concise, you would need to get all
the facts that will support your point.

These are the frames or skeleton of your article, now
its time to add the flesh and the meat of your
article. You will need to connect all your paragraphs
and sub topics. This will form the body of your
article. While the introduction will usher in the
ideas of your paragraph, you will need a conclusion.
The conclusion will wrap up your points and drive in
what you are saying in your article.

The outline for your article would also require you
to write a draft first. This may take more than one
attempt but remember that it is called a draft for a
reason. Your outline shall be perfected as each draft
is written and this draft is meant for your eyes only
so there’s no reason to feel ashamed. As you go on,
you will clearly see the bigger picture and write an
article that will perfectly suit what is demanded of
it.

Reread and reread what you have written down. Always
refer to your outline so that you wont drift away from
what you had first written down. Its not hard to be
caught in the moment and get lost in your writing
frenzy. Your outline will help you keep in track. All
those hours spent in outlining your article will not
go to waste. This will serve as your guide in writing
articles. Trust and rely on your outline because this
will prove to be a very helpful tool in writing all of
your articles.

While in the process of creating topic and sub topic
headlines you will sometimes come up with similar but
not tightly focused thoughts. Write these down on
another sheet as they will be the basis for your next
article to compliment the first one. When using this
method you will find it easy to come up with several
ideas for subsiquent articles all surrounding the
first. After all, who wants to write just one article?

Article writing can be a rotten chore or a simple
process when using a system. It's your choice!

(of course I often use an article writing software!)

Keep Typin'
Brian Ankner

3 Things You Must Do Before Submitting Your Articles

To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start
digging up those creative writing skills back. With modern
communication technology comes the popularity of information-
based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective
techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting
them into buyers.

This is why article writing, submissions and publications are also
getting popular. There are already many tools that people can
use to make the process of distributing their articles more easily.

Though this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure,
which is only half of the story. Let us take a look first at the
common mistakes that some people make before submitting
their contents to article directories:

1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason
to write them. In article writing, there are three key benefits
why you are promoting them; branding, lead generation and
promotion, which are all part of your optimization efforts. But
there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to
inform your audience.

If the article is not focused on this primary and most important
purpose, it will fail to achieve the three promotion benefits
because no one will be interested in reading them. You need to
figure out first how to get people to read what is in your article,
then make them click on your resource box.

You can achieve this by producing better contents.

2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article
marketing. You may know already that your articles can help
you generate additional links back to your site. But do you know
that you can get more visitors and better search engine results
from that same articles? Mention keywords at strategic places.
Just be sure not to over do them. Some are even using anchor
texts which is also an effective method. But it is important to
know that majority of the directories are not able to support this.

Remember that is not only about the links back to yoursite.
Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked up
by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining the
ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality of your
work. Better search engine results also are great benefits. But
these things do not put much money in your pocket. There are
other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an
opportunity thatcan boost your earnings.

Not just increase the number ofvisitors to your site. Start out
with a plan and see to it that your article will serve the function
that you intended it to have.

3. Publishing content that does not help your readers. Maybe in
the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is you
wanted is links back to your site. And any visitors it can generate
are fine. Guess what? Not all article banks and directories are
going to accept your content automatically.

Oftentimes, they have some guidelines and specifications on the
articles that they are accepting. You can double the number of
sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories
want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with
a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience
overnight.

Write the articles that publishers want in their publications if you
want your article marketing to work the most effective way
for you. This also means you have to obey the standard
guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even
hiring a writer to produce a good content on your behalf. In the
end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part.

You can start getting a little exposure from increased links back
but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from a little
extra time making quality contents. It will be your choice. You
may not be aware of the fact that an article submitted on
directories is not meant to have the same level of exposure as
highly-targeted content ones geared on a narrow group of
people.

Learn the difference between these two and it will surely help
you know what kinds of articles to write and to submit.

Till the next post, keep on typin'
Brian Ankner
Professional Article Writing Tips

Making Money with Articles: Becoming an Affiliate

If you can either write articles or have the promotion and
marketing knowledge to publicize articles that others write,
becoming an affiliate for several companies may be a great way
for you to generate a good income right from your own home.

You can do this by receiving part of the revenue off of sales that
the company gets from people who “click through” from your
website via the company’s links that are placed on your pages.

Since you will be promoting a product or service, you will need
a killer sales pitch and website content to get your readers
interested in the product, convince them that they cannot live
without the product, and to keep them coming back to your
website time and time again for more recommendations and
your useful content, which will get them clicking on your links
once again.

Although many affiliate companies only give you money off of
the first sale you make from each customer, you have the option
of promoting a good range of companies so that you can still
make a profit off of your returning customers.

If you cannot write this kind of content of your own, there are
many ways to pick up free or paid content to place on your
affiliate website. There are many reasons why paying for such
articles would be to your advantage.

First, you will be able to tell the writer exactly what you want,
what product you are trying to sell, and what direction they can
go in to keep your readers interested and informed.

On the other hand, when you search for free content, you are
limited to what is already out there. Secondly, you will own the
copyright to this content.

That means that no one else can reuse it without your consent.
If you opt for free content, you will be sharing that content with
an unknown amount of other affiliate websites, plus the original
author will be able to place their byline at the bottom of the article
which could result in them stealing your traffic.

There are many products that have nice affiliate commission
rates for those who know how to pre-sale their product and
deliver click through customers who are ready to buy.

As long as you choose to promote a product or service that can be
very useful to a wide variety of people, then pre-selling your
chosen company may not be that hard at all.

The key in this situation may likely be getting those customers
to your website so that they have a chance to see your
recommendations and click on your affiliate links.

Brian Ankner has been writing articles and website content for
quite some time now and has created a site dedicated to helping
aspiring artists blossom into great writiers. For the resources
that he uses, go to Professional Article Writing and pick up the
tools to start your publishing career.

Writing articles without a website

When you are trying to make money through promoting articles and affiliate links, you will need a good, simple, and easy to navigate website to put them on. There are two ways that you can accomplish this: you can try to do it yourself if you have any web design skills or you can hire someone.

Doing it yourself, unless you were a pro to begin with, can be difficult for some. You will need to read many tutorials and it may take some time to get going. You could also risk having a site that looks very badly made and thrown together. It is also important (for visitors and search engines) that your site is easy to navigate, which may be a problem if you do not know what you are doing.

Making a Do It Yourself website can be hard, but if you accomplish your goal, maybe you will learn so much that you can write a few articles on it to add to a new DIY niche site!

Another way to go about this task is to set up a blog. You can go to blogger.com and set up a blog in which to place your articles after written.

Most article directories want to know where you are using the article prior to posting, or submitting, the article.

Blogger.com blogs are free and there are MANY tutorials on how to set up a blogger blog.

If your writing articles for sending traffic to a salespage for a product you are selling this can be accomplished on a blog also. Just put the link for the salespage at the end of the post (the article) and maybe somewhere in the middle of the post also.

The advantage of sending the traffic for the article to your blog before the salespage is that they will get to know you more before you ask them to buy. At your blog they will read several other things that you have written proving that you know what you are talkin about!

Be sure to add your photo to your blog like I have here. If you are trying to sell something, people want to and like to SEE YOUR FACE!!!! People feel more comfortable buying from someone that they can associate a face with.

Keep typing,
Brian Ankner The Article Guy

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Free Article Submission Software Gets You TONS Of Quality, 1-way Links!

With the search engine evolving each and every day, it's absolutely critical to not fall into the trap of following the latest and greatest craze for ranking highly in the search engines.

Things such as cloaking, keyword stuffing, blog spamming etc. are things that worked at one time, but are definitely not something that will last in the long run.

Your website will either get banned for doing something like that, or you simply won't get ranked anywhere and your effort will be in vain.

With that said, now is the time to start taking your business seriously. There are legitimate ways to increase your search engine ranking that will always be effective at not only increasing your search engine ranking, but also at building your credibility in your chosen niche, generating quality leads to your business, and not to mention, getting your name and business in front of lots of people around the world.

What's this method I'm referring to? Article Submission. Yes, you heard me right... Article Submission really isn't anything shockingly new, but the problem up until now has been the fact that although submitting your articles to article directories was an incredible way to increase your search engine rankings, it took one heck of a long time to actually find these directories, and then fill in all of the required criteria for submission.

This is where the brand new, free software program created by Brad Callen and Bryxen Software, Inc. comes into play. This software will allow you to submit your articles to literally hundreds of popular article directories all over the world.

Only a few mouse clicks and you'll be able to instantly submit your articles. It's taken the tedious process of finding and filling out these submission forms, incredibly easy and fast.
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But, please keep this to yourself, as I'd like to keep this our secret weapon :-)
Enjoy!
The Article Guy
Brian Ankner

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