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		<title>Article Writing Mistakes &#8211; 7 To Avoid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making your articles available for reprints by other ezine publishers and webmasters is the cornerstone strategy in building an avalanche of pre-qualified visitors to your website.
If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by others, here are 7 common mistakes to avoid:
Article Mistake #1 Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making your articles available for reprints by other ezine publishers and webmasters is the cornerstone strategy in building an avalanche of pre-qualified visitors to your website.</p>
<p>If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by others, here are 7 common mistakes to avoid:</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #1 Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.</strong></p>
<p>In addition to having your article proofed by others, you may also want to be sure that you have clearly defined paragraphs. Nothing is worse than a big blob of text with 20 run-on sentences.</p>
<p>Readers no longer read articles in depth and often only &#8217;scan&#8217; your article. They want small bites of information that can be easily digested? also known as &#8220;info-snacking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Keep your &#8220;voice&#8221; in the same person throughout the entire article. If you are using the first person voice (I, me) or the second person (you, we, us) or the third person (they, them, he, she)?be consistent by staying in one voice for the entire article.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #2 Too much hype, bragging and self-promotion.</strong></p>
<p>If you are as good as you know you are, there is no reason to fill the body of the article with hype, gratuitous links to your site or blatant self-promotion. Readers are smart and will see right through your &#8220;hype-veil.&#8221;</p>
<p>Better to only sell or pitch your company in the RESOURCE BOX below the body of the article. Research I&#8217;ve done indicates that the resource box often gets a 3% CTR (Click Through Rate). Be sure you take advantage of that by not selling hard in the body of the article.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #3 Content based on what you need to learn, not what your reader needs.</strong></p>
<p>Put yourself in your reader&#8217;s shoes and ask yourself, &#8220;What does this article offer me?&#8221; Research what your reader wants to read by doing survey&#8217;s with your own audience or do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #4 Making your article broad or superficial in content.</strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists. Offer a secret or expertise that you have around the topic. Be original in covering your topic as narrowly as possible in a way that has not been done by others. Brevity is golden.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #5 Headline and article summary does not grab readers&#8217; attention.</strong></p>
<p>The headline is often ~95% of the initial reason why someone might read your article or pass it over for another article. Don&#8217;t bore your audience out of the gate with a dull headline or worse, a boring introduction to the article.</p>
<p>If you have to use two sentences to make your headline, you&#8217;re thinking too hard. Keep it simple and make it brief. Use keyword research tools to optimize your article title.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #6 Plagiarizing or &#8216;buying articles&#8217;&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s ok to research the Internet for article ideas, but it&#8217;s not ok to copy word-for-word of any article. Paraphrasing can also be classified as plagiarism. Be original. Let the words flow from your mind into your article. You will sleep better at night and your articles will have a higher value in the marketplace.</p>
<p>Buying articles is not a great idea?especially if you do not get an exclusive license to use them. What good is the same article if thousands of people call it their own? If you do outsource your article writing to ghost writers, make sure you have an exclusive right or license to the works.</p>
<p><strong>Article Mistake #7 Don&#8217;t burn out the RESOURCE BOX by overloading it.</strong></p>
<p>The RESOURCE BOX is your pay-off for giving your article up for free reprints, but don&#8217;t abuse the welcome mat by including a dozen website addresses. Stick with one website URL or two at the most and you&#8217;ll find your article may find a higher distribution rate.</p>
<p>If you want to be really tacky, include an affiliate link in the RESOURCE BOX. A better strategy is to have a domain name registered for every affiliate program that you pitch and include the domain name that rewrites or refreshes to your affiliate link. This is much less tacky and looks more professional.</p>
<p>About The Author:</p>
<p>Christopher M. Knight invites you to submit your best articles for massive exposure to the high-traffic <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/" target="_new">EzineArticles.com</a> directory. When you submit your articles to EzineArticles.com, your articles will be picked up by ezine publishers who will reprint your articles with your content and links in tact giving you traffic surges to help you increase your sales. To submit your article, setup a membership account today: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/submit/" target="_new">http://EzineArticles.com/submit/</a></p>
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		<title>How to Be An Expert In Your Field</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step you should want to take is to investigate how others have accomplished this task.  There are thousands of web sites available for your research.  Some of which have companion print newsletters that may also publish your article. You can start with your favorite search engine such as http://google.com or try [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The first step you should want to take is to investigate how others have accomplished this task.  There are thousands of web sites available for your research.  Some of which have companion print newsletters that may also publish your article. You can start with your favorite search engine such as <a href="http://google.com/" target="_new">http://google.com</a> or try <a href="http://ezinesearch.com/" target="_new">http://ezinesearch.com</a> to learn more about submitting your article.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once you&#8217;ve got a general idea of the types of articles that may spark the interest of your potential customer, you must start writing your own.  Make sure your article helps your prospects solve a problem. It should be easy to follow and it goes without saying it should be free of spelling and grammatical errors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are many ways you can approach writing expert articles.  After all, you did take some time looking at some well-written ones before so you know how it&#8217;s done. Right? In other words, there isn&#8217;t any one way to write your article but you can adhere to the following format until you get your bearings.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Try starting with a three-part article that contains around 300 &#8211; 500 words.  This is simple and easy way to begin and your readers will enjoy fast solutions to their problems. In the first part of your article, you should clearly state an issue or concern of your readers. You should also state how this unresolved issue would negatively affect their lives, businesses, or relationships etc.  You can complete this section within one paragraph to two paragraphs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The second part of your article should include one to five solutions to the stated problem.  You can offer advice, references to helpful websites, or a step-by-step approach. Use your imagination to offer the best solution.  More often than not there will be several effective ways to solve your readers&#8217; problem.  It&#8217;s important to note that if there are links within your article that you check with your targeted publications to see what rules they have in regards to web addresses, particularly e-zine sites. They may have restrictions against including affiliate links or more than a certain number of links within one article.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, finish your article with a basic overview of what you&#8217;ve written.  Also, state how your proposed solutions will positively help your readers. Be sure to include a byline at the end of your article, which should include your name, copyright information, and your web or e-mail address.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After you&#8217;ve completed your article, submit it to various e-zine or publications of your choice. By establishing yourself in your respective industry, you build a rapport with potential customers and visitors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Copyright © 2005 Rhonda Winn &#8211; All Rights Reserved. Rhonda Winn has been helping small business owners since 2000. She is the author of the popular eBook, &#8220;<a href="http://www.buybiztools.com/product_info.php?products_id=4" class="broken_link"  target="_blank">How to Live Your Dreams and Achieve Unlimited Wealth in Small Business</a>&#8221;  Receive the first chapter free, when you join her bi-monthly newsletter today: <a href="http://smallbizstartupkit.com/" target="_blank">SmallBizStartupKit.com</a>. Her site contains dozens of free downloads, articles, forums, resources, journals, and more.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You are free to publish this article as long as the content remains unchanged and copyright notice and byline is not removed from article.</p>
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		<title>Essential HTML Skills For Article Authors &#8211; 7 Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many successful authors close their mind to learning HTML because they figure they don&#8217;t need to know it. I&#8217;ve been in technology, marketing and writing on the Internet for a decade+ now and I too shut my mind to learning HTML&#8230; until earlier this year. My thinking was that HTML coders only make $8-$10/hr and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many successful authors close their mind to learning HTML because they figure they don&#8217;t need to know it. I&#8217;ve been in technology, marketing and writing on the Internet for a decade+ now and I too shut my mind to learning HTML&#8230; until earlier this year. My thinking was that HTML coders only make $8-$10/hr and why would I want to learn a skill that I can outsource to someone who specializes in HTML coding?</p>
<p>Guess what? You don&#8217;t have to learn more than 15 minutes of HTML knowledge to significantly improve the quality of your articles. In today&#8217;s issue, I&#8217;m going to show you the top 7 easy-to-learn essential HTML skills that can help any article author make better looking articles before the day is over.</p>
<p>The 7 HTML &#8220;MUST KNOW&#8221; article author skills include how to format a URL or an email address, how to enhance your text with BOLD, ITALICS, or the UNDERLINE font attribute and how to set up a bullet or numbered list in HTML.</p>
<li><strong>How To Make A URL/Website Address &#8220;Linkable&#8221;:</strong><br />
This: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">http://EzineArticles.com/</a> will create this: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">http://EzineArticles.com/</a></p>
<p>Just substitute your website address from the above code and now you know how to &#8220;link&#8221; up a website address. Some like to create anchor text links or what I call, &#8220;keyword stuffing.&#8221; Here is the code to create links out of keywords:</p>
<p><a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">Ezine Articles</a> will create this: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">Ezine Articles</a></p>
<p>One Note: Use anchor text links sparingly when submitting articles to directories as some have limitations on the number of times the same URL can be linked up. For example, with EzineArticles.com, you are only allowed to have one URL in a given article that is the same and your article could be rejected if you have two links to the same URL regardless as to whether you linked it up like the first and/or second example above.</li>
<li><strong>How To Make Your Email Address &#8220;Linkable&#8221;:</strong><br />
This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a></p>
<p>One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.</li>
<li><strong>How To Make Something BOLD:</strong>This: <strong>Make my words bold</strong> will create this: <strong>Make my words bold</strong></li>
<li><strong>How To Make Something ITALICS:</strong>This: Make my words italics will create this: Make my words italics</li>
<li><strong>How To Make Something UNDERLINED:</strong>This: Make my words underlined will create this: Make my words underlined</li>
<li><strong>How To Make A Bullet Point List:</strong><br />
This:</p>
<ul>
<li>First bullet</li>
<li>Second bullet</li>
<li>Third bullet</li>
</ul>
<p>will create this:</p>
<ul>
<li>First bullet</li>
<li>Second bullet</li>
<li>Third bullet</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>How To Make A Numbered List:</strong><br />
This:</li>
<li>First point</li>
<li>Second point</li>
<li>Third point</li>
<p>will create this:</p>
<li>First point</li>
<li>Second point</li>
<li>Third point</li>
<p>By opening up your mind to allow yourself to learn the above 7 essential HTML tips for article authors, you can improve the quality of your articles immediately.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing an article is not an easy task. You have to have an attention grabbing headline, new content and most importantly, a vision to be seen as an expert.  Your knowledge of your industry can bring you the visible creditability that you have been looking.  That is what being a guru is about.
Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing an article is not an easy task. You have to have an attention grabbing headline, new content and most importantly, a<strong> vision</strong> to be seen as an expert.  Your knowledge of your industry can bring you the visible creditability that you have been looking.  That is what being a guru is about.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t expect to be paid for your work.  That&#8217;s right. You have to do it for <strong>free</strong>.  The rewards are greater than you can imagine.  Gurus write to promote themselves, their company or their products or services.  If your work is published where there is a high readership, than your company can attract business you would not otherwise of had access to.</p>
<p>Some careful consideration should be given to the following questions?</p>
<p>	Who should you write for?</p>
<p>	What type of articles should you write?</p>
<p>	Do you already know editors that you can approach, now?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that each magazine or publication will have its own <strong>requirements</strong>, such as length of article, type of content and deadline.</p>
<p>You <strong>do not</strong> have to reinvent the wheel for every publication.  You can submit the same article to several publications.  However, you many need to reformat the piece to meet the requirements of each publication.  You do not want to submit the same article to competitors.</p>
<p>You can use the wide world web to publish your article.  This gives you <strong>instant gratification</strong>.   Imagine viewing your article immediately after you post it.  Writing articles for the internet can not only <strong>boost your expert status</strong>, but it will draw traffic to your website.  If you are good, people will want to hear want you have to say.</p>
<p>You will not have a <strong>targeted audience</strong>, in most instances, when you post to the internet, unfortunately.   It will still draw traffic and possibly potential clients.  There are many sites that you can post your articles to for free.  This is a<strong> low cost </strong>way to self promote.</p>
<p>If you decide to publish your works in magazines, you will have a targeted audience.  Of course, you must do your research on the type of <strong>readership</strong> for each publication.</p>
<p>Your articles will take on a<strong> life of their own</strong>, over time, and it does not matter if they are published on the internet, newsletter or magazine.  Once they are published they will be reprinted often and readily accessible for long periods of time.</p>
<p>Write <strong>quality articles</strong> and let them speak for you.  Yes, it will take some time.  Make writing one new article a month and getting it published one of your goals.  Organize your time to make it happen.  It will<strong> pay off</strong> in the end.</p>
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		<title>Articles Guest Articles: Good for Some, Bad for Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent debate started me thinking about how some marketing strategies can be right for one Web site, but wrong for another &#8212; depending on the site&#8217;s purpose and the underlying reasoning behind the action.
If an action doesn&#8217;t directly and logically plug into site goals, then there are likely more profitable ways to spend that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A recent debate started me thinking about how some marketing strategies can be right for one Web site, but wrong for another &#8212; depending on the site&#8217;s purpose and the underlying reasoning behind the action.</p>
<p>If an action doesn&#8217;t directly and logically plug into site goals, then there are likely more profitable ways to spend that time and effort.</p>
<p>Publishing third-party articles on a Web site is one of those marketing strategies that can be right for one site, yet wrong for another.</p>
<h2>Publishing Guest Articles as a Strategy</h2>
<p>Publishing guest articles as one of your Web site marketing strategies can help broaden the amount and quality of content on a site, which in turn can lead to a more solid, stronger reputation. James Edwards of Umbrella-Consultancy explains:</p>
<p>IMO having quality articles on your site will show that you are&#8230;someone who embraces the industry and respects the work of others. Most research scientists post links to other respected scientists&#8217; work&#8230; I think it can only be good to have quality material by other people in your field posted on your site.</p>
<h3>Helping Web Site Visitors</h3>
<p>Another situation where adding others&#8217; articles to your site can make strategic sense is when a lot of visitors arrive looking for a solution other than the one you provide on your site. Rather than have them wander off, no closer to an answer to their problem, you can build goodwill and credibility by having articles on the Web site that give them more information.</p>
<p>For example, several types of people arrive at my site through the search engines:</p>
<p>* Some are people researching marketing consulting services.</p>
<p>* Some are students looking to write a paper or finish an assigned project for school.</p>
<p>* Some are looking for marketing software.</p>
<p>* Others are looking to buy printed material (e-books, templates, workbooks, etc.) in order to proceed, step-by-step, on their own.</p>
<p>The only ones that are going to be interested in what I have to sell are those in the last group. Instead of letting the majority of visitors go without a fight, I have articles on the site from handpicked individuals or companies.</p>
<p>Those articles are chosen according to how good the quality is, how well the subject matter fits, and whether I think the information will help site visitors.</p>
<h3>Information Sites</h3>
<p>If a site (or section of a site) is informational in nature, guest articles can be a viable Web site marketing strategy, for several reasons:</p>
<p>* Repeat, purchase-related visits. A good information library can help potential customers through the decision-making process. If they find the information on your site especially helpful, they will be predisposed to coming back later, when they are ready to purchase.</p>
<p>* Increased Web site revenue. Publishing others&#8217; work can generate more revenue for your own site. For example, when I publish a third-party article, elsewhere on the page I include one or more of the following: AdSense; an advertisement for my own products; a newsletter sign-up box; or a relevant affiliate link. That way, every path off the page satisfies one of my own goals (direct ad revenue, new newsletter subscriber, or product sales lead).</p>
<p>* Increased targeted traffic. Each new page of quality content has the potential to bring in a happy chunk of incremental traffic from the search engines.</p>
<p>* Future collaborations or other projects. An indirect benefit from publishing others&#8217; articles is contact and future collaboration with authors. For example, after one author received several new sign-ups to her newsletter through an article published on my site, she contacted me about collaborating on an audio product.</p>
<h2>Poor Fit With Marketing Strategies</h2>
<p>For some business models, including guest articles in a list of Web site marketing strategies does not make sense. For example, it can be counterproductive to include guest articles on Web sites where the primary goal is to sell.</p>
<h3>Service Web Sites</h3>
<p>If the goal is to generate direct sales and leads for your own services, it doesn&#8217;t make sense to dilute the message and call to action with diversions. Karon Thackston explains:</p>
<p>The purpose of my site is to get those in need of copywriting services and SEO copywriting services to contact me in order to do business. People who come to my Marketing Words site are looking for information about copywriting. They are also looking to hire a copywriter.</p>
<p>Therefore, you will find only material written by Karon on her site.</p>
<h3>Product Sales Sites</h3>
<p>Some sites have a single goal: to sell product. Every page on the site is devoted to product descriptions or copy designed to move a visitor toward a purchase. In these cases, where the predominant call to action is &#8220;buy the product,&#8221; articles could hurt sales by diverting visitor attention away from the products.</p>
<p>Visit your favorite online retail sites, and you are likely to find product descriptions, reviews, photos and other product-driven content &#8212; but little or no guest articles. Their absence on many e-commerce sites is an illustration of the poor fit of such articles as a marketing strategy for those sites.</p>
<p>Understanding how different techniques support, or sabotage, Web site marketing strategies can be critical to a site&#8217;s success. Align your strategies with overall goals, and your business is more likely to flourish.</p>
<h2>About the Author</h2>
<p>Bobette Kyle draws upon 12+ years of Marketing/Executive experience, Marketing MBA, and online marketing research in her writing. Bobette is proprietor of the Web Site Marketing Plan Network, <a href="http://www.websitemarketingplan.com" target="_new">http://www.WebSiteMarketingPlan.com</a>, and author of the marketing plan and Web promotion book &#8220;How Much For Just the Spider? Strategic Website Marketing For Small Budget Business.&#8221; ( HowMuchForSpider.com/TOC.htm )</p>
<p>Copyright 2004 Bobette Kyle. All rights reserved.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people which in online business world find difficulties in searching long-term and continuous earnings.
According to research which have been done, one of the way of people market its product and become rich through internet are by writing articles.
Following will be explained about the ways to write article and market your product
First regulation :
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people which in online business world find difficulties in searching long-term and continuous earnings.</p>
<p>According to research which have been done, one of the way of people market its product and become rich through internet are by writing articles.</p>
<p>Following will be explained about the ways to write article and market your product</p>
<p><strong>First regulation</strong> :</p>
<p>Do not stop to look for and read other related articles that you prefer with your enthusiasm. With reading many articles, your knowledge and keywords will automaticly increase.</p>
<p><strong>Second Regulation</strong> :</p>
<p>Searching the topic of interesting to make the topic mentioned as your article materials. Many sites providing the source of articles, for examples :</p>
<p>http://www.workoninternet.com</p>
<p>http://www.smartads.com</p>
<p>http://www.goarticles.com</p>
<p>Look for your inspiration there, and find interesting title and develop your mind.</p>
<p><strong>Third regulation</strong> :</p>
<p>After getting materials to write article, make yours mind framework or map into diagram block or mind mapping. You can use or program of software that like mind mapping. Or you do it by yourself at a piece of paper.</p>
<p><strong>Fourth regulation</strong> :</p>
<p>After mind framework work up, hence developing the mind framework as according to point of each mind block. Writing sanely and plausibility. Peoples always like to read article to feed them by informations and knowledges.</p>
<p><strong>Fifth regulation</strong> :</p>
<p>After writing finish. Start to read again all content that you write. You can edit some mistakes and maybe something that on your mind have not been wrote yet.</p>
<p>Note : <strong>Title </strong> is a major matter to be paid attention. People usually like title with word opener likes: How to make money online? , 5 ways to improve your business skill. Title early influencing entire of article content which you write on. If reader frown upon your title, hence they not possible have a will to read the overall of your article.</p>
<p>After all articles You have been made, hence upload your article into your web hosting and start to publish it on internet.</p>
<p>Many sites providing a service to publish your article on internet for free and also at the certain price.</p>
<p>For example :</p>
<p>www.ideamarketers.com</p>
<p>In each published article, make sure to always put your box resources below which are contain your site links. If your article was accepted and getting many appreciation of reader. Hence they will always visit your sites. Therefore exploit this opportunity as good as possible in doing sales of you. If you sell e-book, hence each;every part of your writing is accompanied ation that contain the information links to your e-book sites. With note, don&#8217;t put down affliate links at your article or they would not respect you.</p>
<p><strong>Author Resource Box</strong></p>
<p>Handry Teguh is a web designer and articles publishers at <a href="http://www.buaya.com." target="_new">http://www.buaya.com.</a><br />
And now his job was an IT Solution Consultant and Implementator in<br />
security and storages solutions of Multi Vendors Product like : CA, MICROSOFT, GFI, SYMANTEC, CCTV.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how can you make your article worth reading?
It&#8217;s all about the angle&#8230;
You are about to write an article. Your reasons are your own. Maybe it&#8217;s a promotional article to gain publicity. Maybe it&#8217;s a contribution to a company newsletter or journal. Maybe you just want to write articles for fame, fortune, or both&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So how can you make your article worth reading?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all about the angle&#8230;</p>
<p>You are about to write an article. Your reasons are your own. Maybe it&#8217;s a promotional article to gain publicity. Maybe it&#8217;s a contribution to a company newsletter or journal. Maybe you just want to write articles for fame, fortune, or both&#8230;</p>
<p>No matter why you&#8217;re writing an article, it&#8217;s your responsibility to make it interesting.</p>
<p>So how can you make your article worth reading? It&#8217;s all about the ANGLE.</p>
<p>First pick your topic. For example, let&#8217;s say your topic<br />
is something that many people may find themselves yawning about. We hear a lot about diet pills. How can you &#8220;spice up&#8221; your topic? You need an angle!</p>
<p>Then you need to decide what aspect of the thing you want to write about. Are you selling diet pills? Lots of people are. Is there anything new or particular interesting in the world of diet pills that people are interested in that you know about? Is it possible to buy pills that actually make you lose weight while sleeping? Do you have the inside scoop<br />
on how the average guy or gal can stay at home and make money selling diet pills? Your job is to do the research, use some creativity, and come up with several different angles. Let&#8217;s take a look at some popular article types:</p>
<p>1. THE HOW-TO</p>
<p>People love how-to articles! They lead the reader step-by-step through how to accomplish their goals. They also sometimes offer resources the reader can contact for more information.</p>
<p>What expertise do YOU have that you could share? Turn that subject into an interesting how-to article. A few examples: How To Get Free Publicity for Your Website, How To Convince People To Join You In Joint Ventures, and How To Make Money With Your Computer.</p>
<p>Think of the titles that you could write about. Everybody knows something that they can share with others. Think about your profession or your hobbies. What are you really good at? Someone<br />
out there could use your knowledge.</p>
<p>2. THE MINI CASE STUDY</p>
<p>Raise a provocative question and then answer it with three or four real-life examples. Example: For an article titled,&#8221;Can A Stay-At-Home Mom Really Make Good Money?&#8221; You could begin with a few stats on how today&#8221;s women are making fortunes without having to leave home. Then you could feature a few real cases, each with different outcomes to show all sides of the issue. Forums are excellent sources of information and interviews no matter what your topic.</p>
<p>You could use one similar to the essay in my &#8220;Instant Essay Creator.&#8221; It is called &#8220;Should School Uniforms Be Mandatory?&#8221; This was based on an actual survey of high school administrators that have mandated<br />
school uniforms and swear by them.</p>
<p>3. THE SURPRISE</p>
<p>&#8220;Amazing New Product Claims To Erase The Signs Of Aging!&#8221;</p>
<p>You hook the reader by getting him interested in this revolutionary idea. For example, an anti-wrinkle cream. The cream is becoming famous because of its claims to allow anyone to erase the signs of aging<br />
caused by too much sun. This is ideal to use when you&#8217;re discussing the drawbacks of a new practice or method that&#8221;s controversial right now. As the reader, you get all excited, thinking you&#8221;ve discovered an incredible new product. But the article reveals, point by point, that too much sun exposure is unsafe and that intelligent people will not just throw caution to the winds and risk getting skin cancer. They will purchase &#8220;Super Sunscreen Deluxe&#8221; from the given website! Now that&#8217;s marketing!</p>
<p>4. THE TREND</p>
<p>Whenever a trend sweeps the nation, you&#8217;ll suddenly see dozens of articles covering the topic. From the latest skirt length to the latest exercise gimmick. People want to know all about these trends their origins, benefits, and limitations.</p>
<p>5. THE STUDY</p>
<p>These articles report the results of a study or survey. If you do a bit of research, you can probably dig up a recent study on which you can base your article. Examples: &#8220;More Couples Admitting to<br />
Have Met Online,&#8221; &#8220;Religious People Are Happier Than Others,&#8221; or &#8220;Most People Prefer Dogs To Cats.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now that you&#8217;ve gotten the idea, pick an angle and WRITE!</p>
<p>Kristi Sayles invites everybody to check out her<br />
Instant Article Creator Software at <a href="http://www.writethatarticle.com" target="_new">http://www.writethatarticle.com</a> It is an interactive, template-based program that teaches how to<br />
produce professional &#8220;Sales-Pulling&#8221; articles to distribute to Ezines. The customer receives LOTS of valuable freebies-including a list of Ezine publishers that are just begging for your article! (This article is an example.) More of Ms. Sayles&#8217; writing programs are at <a href="http://smartauthor.com" target="_new">http://smartauthor.com</a><br />
Ms. Sayles&#8217; newletter can be viewed online at <a href="http://smartauthor.com/treasures.html" target="_new">http://smartauthor.com/treasures.html</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madhanskumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve got to start somewhere, but once you&#8217;ve created your very first How-To report and learned to develop your own research  tactics &#8211; life will never be the same again. You can write a report on almost any topic you like, providing you have knowledge of the  subject through personal experience or research.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve got to start somewhere, but once you&#8217;ve created your very first How-To report and learned to develop your own research  tactics &#8211; life will never be the same again. You can write a report on almost any topic you like, providing you have knowledge of the  subject through personal experience or research.</p>
<p>There are loads of subjects to choose from. How about; solving household problems, hobbies, leisure activities,<br />
social activities, science, psychology, computer problems, mon~ey-making/saving, gardening &#8211; the list is endless.<br />
Simple, basic, informative reports.</p>
<p>These reports are written guidelines that give the reader more information on a subject he/she wants to know more about.   You&#8217;ll find that the better selling reports are well researched, authoritative, factual and helpful to the reader in the  achievement of his/her goals. Your report can be 2 or a 20 page document &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t matter, so long as it contains the  information they want. Writing your report can be very easy. However, it does take longer for some than it does for others,  even if they are equally intelligent and knowledgeable.</p>
<p>Picking a subject to write about, one that has sales appeal, is not as hard as it sounds. Just go to any search engine and<br />
type-in your chosen subject and you&#8217;ll soon see if it&#8217;s popular or not. You will also find less popular niche subjects as well,  to exploit. However, you will need to attract the right customers. Though, choosing the right keywords to attract your targeted  prospects is for another report and not this one.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t want to spend months researching your subject, pick something that has a particular interest to you, something  you already know a great deal about. Your knowledge and enthusiasm will show through, causing your reader to over  look any technical writing weaknesses you may have.</p>
<p>Be factual and clear and don&#8217;t pad out the report just for fill. Try to outline the report before you start writing the main body.   That way, you know exactly what you&#8217;re going to write about before you get too deep into the subject and end up doing loads  of re-writes.</p>
<p>Everything that&#8217;s written should have a natural beginning, a body and an ending. When writing your report, make it sound as though  you are talking to someone on a one-to-one basis. Keep it warm and friendly with a hint of humor, because when analysed, writing  is no more than a written conversation.</p>
<p>Ok, now it&#8217;s time to &#8216;brain storm&#8217; &#8211; sounds painful doesn&#8217;t it? Well it&#8217;s not. Begin by writing down all the subjects you know  something about, no matter how small. Start with any we&#8217;ve already mentioned above and include subjects like: horticultural, carpentry, glass cutting, painting, needle patch work, collecting memorabilia, golf, darts, pet training, astrology, astronomy, sleep walking, giving-up bad habits, smoking etc etc. Possible &#8216;How-To&#8217; reports can be created from almost any subject.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve made your list, go through the topic&#8217;s one at a time and keep going through them until you find one subject that you&#8217;re  really comfortable with, even if it&#8217;s not the one you originally knew most about. You see, that&#8217;s the one you&#8217;ll put your heart and soul  into, and that&#8217;s the one you&#8217;ll be most passionate about.</p>
<p>Now you&#8217;ve decided on the subject, the next step is thorough research. The library, magazines, books, newspapers, search  engines &#8211; anything that will give you information on your chosen subject. Gather this information based on your outlines we talked  about earlier. However, don&#8217;t get bogged down with a fixed set of outlines, they&#8217;re just a guide to the way you want to list or  discuss each aspect of your subject.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;ve finished with your first draft, be proud of yourself and take a break. Go back to it a few days later, rejuvenated.   Scrutinize it with a sharp pencil. Polish each paragraph for clarity, accuracy and flow. Make sure it&#8217;s easy to read, easy to  understand and each sentence follows the one before it. The smoother the writing of the report, the easier it will be to read  and the easier it will be to sell.</p>
<p>And finally, place your report in a .PDF file or a .EXE file for easy down-loading by your customers. Now go and make a<br />
cup of tea while nimbling-up your research cells and writing fingers.</p>
<p>Ed Bellamy is a webmaster and ezine publisher.</p>
<p>For more tips and tricks visit dotBASiCWorld.com</p>
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reference box, also called a bio box, that get the results
you want from your Internet-posted articles.  The first is
adding the right keywords into the language.  Second, is to
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are two primary factors in creating a successful<br />
reference box, also called a bio box, that get the results<br />
you want from your Internet-posted articles.  The first is<br />
adding the right keywords into the language.  Second, is to<br />
write tiny ads that led to a call to action.  Neither is<br />
going to be easy, but both are necessary and accomplishable.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s walk through the process together, and I will give you<br />
a few techniques that have brought me large responses and<br />
click through rates of upwards of 45%, sometimes even<br />
higher, when averages usually run under 8%.</p>
<p>Beginning with understanding what an Internet article is and<br />
its intention, creates a starting point for both of us.<br />
Let&#8217;s begin there.  Simply, distribution of these articles<br />
is solely for electronic publishing.  Guidelines from<br />
publishers prefer 500 to 1400 word counts with an average of<br />
700 to 800.  Creative intentions range from building an<br />
expertise in a particular market, topic or industry, a taste<br />
of a topic for marketing of a product, or as a paid writing<br />
gig for others, so that they may complete one of the other<br />
previously mentioned intentions.  Publishing can occur<br />
inside a newsletter, also called an ezine or electronic<br />
newsletter, or be published on a website.  Each has its own<br />
pros and cons.  Website posting does tip the scale higher on<br />
the pro side.</p>
<p>The next thought process moves us up the railing to knowing<br />
what action you want the reader to take.  This ties in with<br />
your intention and also making it a reasonable request.<br />
Reasonable means not asking for the reader to leap and buy a<br />
product or service based on the small amount of information<br />
given in the reference box.  For coaches or consultants,<br />
it&#8217;s even a leap for readers to commit to a complimentary<br />
session based on that small amount of information.  A<br />
reference box builds only one point, far from the seven to<br />
ten-points needed before people take an action that calls<br />
for a higher commitment.  Selling too soon always turns off<br />
an action request.</p>
<p>Since publishers usually don&#8217;t allow more than five 60-<br />
character lines or 450 or less characters, focus is best<br />
limited to one action request.  The request usually requires<br />
a &#8220;click here to&#8221; request, for instance:</p>
<p>* visit website for more information about product, service,<br />
workshop, seminar, conference</p>
<p>* consider subscribing to</p>
<p>* find out more about the author</p>
<p>* call us for (something beneficial and free)</p>
<p>A reference box needs to have the following basics:</p>
<p>1.  The author&#8217;s name and background expertise on the topic.</p>
<p>2.  The call to action request.</p>
<p>3.  A benefit for readers to take the action.</p>
<p>4.  Keywords for search engine optimization (SEO).</p>
<p>Developing the author&#8217;s name and expertise sentence is easy<br />
and the call to action addressed, let&#8217;s move to the<br />
remaining two items:  benefit and keywords.  Take the major<br />
benefit for one of your calls to action.  Here is an example<br />
of a short-list of benefits to being a subscriber of my<br />
nonfiction for-profit monthly newsletter:</p>
<p>* Learn additional avenues to make money with your writing</p>
<p>* Explore and improve your nonfiction for-profit writing<br />
skills and techniques</p>
<p>* A metacenter site to find resources to ease your journey<br />
in this area</p>
<p>How-to details on finding your features and benefits are<br />
available at the Abundance Center&#8217;s website.</p>
<p>Continue to create five or more benefit lines for each of<br />
your action requests, products and services.  You will be<br />
able to use these in multiple places, not just your<br />
reference box.  The benefit line or phrase in the reference<br />
box needs to build a curiosity or draws readers to want to<br />
click and find out more.  If the reader sees the benefit as<br />
somewhat unbelievable, whether true or not, isn&#8217;t always the<br />
best way to get the preferred action.  Sometimes it&#8217;s best<br />
to downplay the benefit, yet continue to make impact.  For<br />
example, articles I&#8217;ve written were published thousands of<br />
times over the past year.  Instead, it&#8217;s best for me to<br />
adopt the term, prolific writer.  Hype is a big turnoff for<br />
sophisticated readers.</p>
<p>We have walked through the who and expertise lines, created<br />
benefit lines, next you will want to create a list of<br />
keywords for the topic, service and product, then sprinkle<br />
them into the resource box information.</p>
<p>Keywords help Net visitors find your article (and you) and<br />
the website where the article is posted.  Keywords are words<br />
people would search on to find information on that topic.<br />
Using the keyword finder on Google or the new Amazon search<br />
engine is one way to find what people search on most<br />
frequently.  However, the finder is limited to last month&#8217;s<br />
searches.  The key finders will give you hints, however, I<br />
believe your common sense will do the same.  Additional<br />
information on finding keywords are available in articles<br />
section of the Abundance Center or search on &#8220;keywords&#8221; &#8220;how<br />
to&#8221; &#8220;article&#8221; in Google.</p>
<p>Another tip, slightly outside the scope of this topic, which<br />
will help the attractiveness of your article, is not to use<br />
the same reference box, or bio box, repeatedly in all<br />
articles.  Density is important to increase attraction from<br />
the search engines yet too much of a good thing shoots you<br />
in the foot too.  Too much density means 25 or more exactly<br />
the same.  Changing the benefit line, call to action, and<br />
keywords broadens your exposure as well as the opportunity<br />
for searchers to find the website that your article is<br />
posted &#8212; one key purpose people publish and host your<br />
article.</p>
<p>Writing tight copy, including a reference box, always<br />
requires more time and focus even for the best writers.  Be<br />
patient through the development.  Review other reference<br />
boxes for likes and dislikes.  More importantly, be creative<br />
and test the response rate occasionally if article writing<br />
is a major part of your marketing program.</p>
<p>In summary, the reference box provides author&#8217;s name and<br />
tied-in expertise, the major benefit for clicking and an<br />
appropriate call to action that is reasonable for someone<br />
reading the article.  The sprinkle in or substitute search<br />
engine optimizing keywords into the resource box to increase<br />
exposure and attractiveness for both yourself and whoever is<br />
publishing your articles.</p>
<p>Catherine Franz, a business coach specializing in marketing<br />
and writing, presents multiple learning opportunities for<br />
business owners at the Abundance Center or Catherine&#8217;s blog.<br />
Visitors experience the opportunity to increase skills and<br />
knowledge through articles, newsletters, and programs.<br />
<a href="http://www.abundancecenter.com" target="_new">http://www.abundancecenter.com</a> blog<br />
<a href="http://abundance.blogs.com" target="_new">http://abundance.blogs.com</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a really simple way&#8230; to promote your online
business today.  It makes no difference if it is a product
or a service.  You can start today getting some needed
exposure to your site in two simple steps.  That&#8217;s why I
call it the &#8220;Two Step&#8221; approach.
Discovering how to get visitors to your site is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a really simple way&#8230; to promote your online<br />
business today.  It makes no difference if it is a product<br />
or a service.  You can start today getting some needed<br />
exposure to your site in two simple steps.  That&#8217;s why I<br />
call it the &#8220;Two Step&#8221; approach.</p>
<p>Discovering how to get visitors to your site is a steep<br />
learning curve for most.   Whether you are a beginner or a<br />
veteran, it requires some work.  This article gives you a<br />
simple, yet doable plan to solve your traffic problem.</p>
<p>There are many ways to promote your site.   Some cost<br />
you money. Some cost you time.  Most cost you both money and<br />
time.   Well,  if you are like this author,  I have a lot<br />
more time than money.</p>
<p>This approach is not going to cost you any money,  but you<br />
will invest some time with your efforts.  Sound fair to you<br />
?  Then let&#8217;s get started.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the first step in the &#8220;Two Step&#8221;:</p>
<p>1) WRITE ARTICLES</p>
<p>Articles are probably the very best way for you to get some<br />
good, targeted traffic to you site.</p>
<p>There are many fr*ee ways to gain traffic, but none of them<br />
bring you &#8220;targeted&#8221; traffic.   That&#8217;s what you really<br />
need.</p>
<p>Here is the second step in the &#8220;Two Step&#8221;.</p>
<p>2)  DISTRIBUTE YOUR ARTICLES.</p>
<p>There are lots of ways to accomplish this.  I am going to<br />
suggest a few of them.  Very likely you will discover many<br />
more ways.</p>
<p>-Send them to other publishers who are looking for fresh<br />
content.</p>
<p>-Place them in article directories. (A simple search will<br />
locate many,)</p>
<p>-Create an article directory on your site.</p>
<p>-Place them in autoresponders with follow-up messages.</p>
<p>-Send them out with snail mail messages that you are doing.</p>
<p>The more articles you write, send out and publish to<br />
directories on line,  the more exposure you will get and the<br />
more traffic you will receive.</p>
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<p>Set yourself a goal to write at least one article per week<br />
and distribute it.  More often if you can do it.</p>
<p>You will be amazed with the results,  and the benefits of an<br />
article campaign can last for years and become viral as your<br />
articles are posted on other&#8217;s site.</p>
<p>Writing and publishing articles is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to bring your site some long term targeted traffic.</p>
<p>What are you doing to promote your site?  Where will you be<br />
a month from now&#8230;a year from now?</p>
<p>Why not put the &#8220;Two Step&#8221; into motion for your site ?<br />
It&#8217;s as easy as a waltz around the dance floor.</p>
<p>This article is available by autoresponder at:<br />
mailto:TwoStepApproach@freeautobot.com</p>
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