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Article marketing is still the best way to promote your website or business for free. It generates hundreds, sometime thousands of one way links to your site. This its the best source for unlimited traffic to your website in terms of linking strategies and search engine optimization. You can submit your articles online to article directories and ezine publishers. You ‘re probably reading this article right now from one of those sources!

Well written articles establish you as an expert, provide readers with valuable information, and will give you unique content for your website. So you want to focus on a niche that you have some knowledge about. It could be about golf, dogs, computers, or anything you want. Articles are normally 400-600 words in lenght, answer some question or need, and include a “resource box”. The resource box contains your name, credentials, and a link to your website.

This is where the real power of marketing articles is revealed. Article directories have thousands of subscribers and also thousands of webmasters who use these articles as free content for their site. In exchange for giving them free content, they must leave your resource box with your name and link back to your website. If their website has a high page rank, search engines will see your link and this will improve your page rank as well. If their website has lots of traffic, some of that traffic will come to you through your link. So you’re killing two birds with one stone - one way links to your site from high page rank sites, and a constant flow traffic from the your links.

Generally, a good article marketing campaign requires writing at least 1 or 2 articles everyday. Submitting them to all the directories, mailing to your subscription lists, and adding them as content to your own site. This can be a very time consuming task, but you’ll be rewarded with free high quality targeted traffic.

There are several tools available to help you and will save you a lot of time. If your having trouble writing articles, there are several private label content companies to choose from. Private label content companies will have a directory of articles that you are allowed to copy and use as your own. There are private label content companies popping up everyday, so it’s important that you pick one that is established in the industry.

If you don’t know where to submit your articles or it’s taking too long, there is software that will automatically or semi-automatically submit your articles for you. The software is updated from the vendor with the latest high quality article directory sights available. It then submits your articles to the hundreds of directories in minutes. Doing this by hand would normally take several hours.

Once you have your articles written and submitted, you’ll want to add them to your website as content. This will improve your search engine rankings and help drive additional traffic to your site. Many webmasters will add adsense code from google to further monetize there efforts. Using unique article content on your site will also improve the revenue generated from adsense versus all of the “me too” duplicate websites getting just pennies per click.

In summary, articles generate unlimited free traffic, establish you as an expert, and generate more income for you as an internet marketer. In part 2, I will talk about how to write articles, how to find a popular niche, and how to make money from articles.

Robert Rogers is a writer in the Washington DC area. For more free tips and information about this article, please visit his blog at:

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It is true that this article is directly more towards
teleclasses, yet, the ten tips also included hold true for
any type of electronic Learning (eLearning) marketing and
promotion.

Teleconferences, also known as teleclasses or teleseminars
depending on the presentation format, are the second hottest
marketing delivery technique for 2004. This delivery format
satisfies the yearn to learn and opens an exchange to
unbelievable global portions.

Previously called distance learning, the teleclass format
actually began in the mid-1990s through higher learning
institutions. Now, without leaving your office or easy
chair, you can put on a headset, lean back and learn. No
parking challenges, gas usage, or travel time required.

Technology is exploding in this part of the communication
industry. In 2003 this market tripled their service
features for leaders, use and availability in on the
incline, and the attendance limitations of 30 a few years
ago now expands to 150. And in 2004, the market continues
to show that it will double even 2003s number.

Teleconference phone numbers are still limited to
availability in only certain states, like Florida and
Nevada. The pressure for other states to add
teleconferencing services at these reasonable rates is not
there yet. The bell is toiling louder every year.

Currently, you can purchase a personal-use 24/7 line in the
range of $600 a year. Alternatively, you can rent a line by
the hour from $10 up or even share a line.

You can find no cost teleconference lines, like

Some of the top quality online article submission sites will post your articles for you rather than you having to post them online yourself. Why is this of value? Well if you have 100s of article to put online it will save you hours of time and it makes sense because the average time to post an article online is about 45-seconds.

For those online article submission sites that do this free of charge for bulk submissions, well I say that; This is an incredible offer and time saver and I would also like to say as we go into another season of article writing. When choosing an online article submission site you should look for sites that are continually being upgraded too. Recently I went to a top online article website which had modified its home page, wow you know I was very impressed with this new Very Professional Home Page Design. It is a very good upgrade without taking away the Feel and Successful Original Style. It is hard in web design to upgrade without losing the spirit and original successful style which made a website so Great. This particular online article submission site has achieved both criteria and this will be another New Beginning for them, as they storm into the future, charting new waters and building something that is so great for all mankind. I am impressed with all of it. If you are into article marketing then perhaps you will consider all this in 2006.

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Prospective clients often call me and outline the book they are hoping to write, then ask, “Do you think I need a ghostwriter?”

Honestly, I can’t answer that question for any client – no matter how much money is burning a hole through his or her pocket – but I can help you to determine for yourself whether or not you need a ghostwriter.

1. Do you have the time to write a book?

Believe it or not, writing takes time. You have to consider the planning, research and actual writing necessary to create a 40-100,000-word manuscript. Writing is a commitment that should not be assumed lightly and if you bite off more than you can chew, your project may forever go unfinished.

2. Are you a good writer?

Sometimes, this is a difficult question to answer on your own, so have someone else read your work. Ask for an honest opinion about your ability, and take it from there. Writing isn’t just about stringing words together on a page; writing is an art, and if you don’t have what it takes, you’ll never be published.

3. Could you benefit from an insider’s perspective?

Don’t be fooled: most people who call themselves “ghostwriters” have never published a book, and have no industry contacts. However, if you find a ghostwriter who has been in the business for some time and knows agents and publishers, he or she can put you on the road to success.

4. Do you know anything about marketing a book?

Writing a book isn’t the end of the line; you still have to find someone to publish it. And unless you’ve written the Great American Novel, you’ll have to create a winning query letter and synopsis. A ghostwriter who has had experience in the industry can get your book on shelves much faster than you can do it alone.

If the answers to these questions lead you to believe that you could benefit from a ghostwriter, then my advice is to hire one. It might seem like a large expense, but once you’ve received that $150,000 advance, it won’t seem like much of an investment at all.

Laura J. College is a professional ghostwriter with more than ten years’ experience writing fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. Her work can be found all over the Internet, and she is currently accepting ghostwriting clients. Check out her website at laurajcollege.com laurajcollege.com

The most impressive public speaker I ever heard was an executive with a company I used to work for a couple of decades ago. I do not remember his name, but I clearly remember how powerful and dynamic he was in front of an audience.

The first time I heard him speak, I remember feeling awed by how powerfully he connected with every one of us in the audience. But I didn’t realize how he did it that first time.

The second time I heard him, I paid close attention to what he did, what he said and how he did things. I wanted to learn how to “bag” an audience as powerfully as he did.

He started every speech or presentation like this: First he announced what his topic was and gave a few specifics. Then he said, …”but before I get started, I want to find out what your perspective is on this subject. What are your thoughts on this subject? What ideas do you have about this topic?”

He would then get comments from various members of the audience. He would probe their answers for deeper comments by saying, “Why is this important to you?” “How could this help you run your department better?” “What goals could this help you achieve?” “Give me an example of ….” “What else would help me understand ….” Or, Would you elaborate on …..”

After interacting with the audience in this manner, he would begin his talk, but he would repeatedly come back to the comments given by various people. “Sally, here on the front row wanted to know how this new program would help her reduce employee turnover in her department. Let me show you how.” Or, Tom from accounting, made a very good point about …”

He came prepared to deliver information on a topic, but by asking for input from the audience, he was able to tailor that information toward the needs, concerns and goals of the audience. His speech came off not as a canned presentation, but as a discussion that was relevant to our needs and concerns.

This is a simple technique, but its power has to be seen to be appreciated. Try it next time you get before an audience. You will find that you have their attention right from the very beginning and you hold it throughout your talk. If your audience is hostile, it will make them friendly. If your audience is indifferent, this technique will get them involved and interested.

COPYRIGHT(C)2006, Charles Brown. All rights reserved.

Nothing drives more traffic to your website faster than online articles. Each article can create hundreds of inbound links pointing to your website. But what if you do not have the time or skill to write 10, 20, 50 or 100 articles on your own? Hire Platnum Member, Charles Brown, to ghost write your articles for you. Visit his site at dynamiccopywriting.blogspot.com dynamiccopywriting.blogspot.com or contact him at charbrow(at)gmail(dot)com.

You need an article for your newsletter, and you need it now. As a matter of fact, you can spare only forty minutes to get the article written, edited and slotted into place.

Breaking it down, that means you pretty much have to write the first draft in around 30 minutes. Not a lot of time - especially if you don’t consider yourself to be much of a writer. The good news is that it can be done - and done well. Here’s how to generate a 400-500-word article in a short time.

1. Turbo-Outlining.

Give yourself 5-10 minutes for this part of the process. If you already have a topic in mind, you’re in front. If not, you have exactly 90 seconds to decide. Presumably you understand where your readers are coming from (if not, you’re in big trouble.) Use those 90 seconds to jot down words or phrases that summarize anything that is likely to be causing them a problem. Naturally this needs to be a problem that YOU can help solve in your article.

From this list, choose the topic that appeals to you most. Now - in three and a half minutes - it’s time to outline the article. Use these headers to guide you:

a. State the problem - and promise a solution. (Just jot down quick notes at this stage.)

b. Outline the process for solving the problem. Divide this into 3-5 logical steps. Label each step (this will become a sub-heading in your article).

c. Jot down points you want to make in your conclusion. This can be advice on how to ensure that the problem doesn’t recur, or offer links to resources that can help. End on a positive note that leaves the reader feeling glad that he read your advice.

2. Speed-Writing Your First Draft.

Allow 20-25 minutes to write the first draft. Spend an extra few minutes on the first paragraph. This is where your reader will decide whether or not to continue reading. Your job is to show that you understand exactly what the problem is and to sound confident that you can help them solve it. Don’t use long-winded sentences or ramble on about how awful it is - just get to the point. By the end of the first half-dozen sentences, your reader needs to feel keen to read on and find out the solution.

Each of your 3-5 sub-headings should clearly indicate what the following paragraphs are about. Remember that many readers skim-read an article to see if it’s worth reading. Look at the words you’ve chosen - can you rephrase these headings to make the whole process sound simpler or faster?

Under each sub-heading, write two or three paragraphs on the part of the problem-solving strategy you are outlining. Since you are writing this quickly, it is likely that you will automatically adopt a forthright, casual tone. If you find yourself writing in overly formal language, stop and reconsider. The best ‘how to’ articles use simple language and everyday terminology. Make it all as easy as possible for your reader to follow.

The ending is just as important as the opening paragraph. It’s vital not to let the article fizzle out in a weak conclusion. You need to leave your reader feeling inspired, energized and confident that they can follow your advice and fix the problem. You can:

- tell them how much time/energy/money they will save by following your advice

- share a ’secret′ of some kind that will help them move on to the next step (be more successful, save even more time, etc)

- point them at further help or resources. (These can be provided by you and your web site, or by others who have a level of expertise.)

3. Tweak and Polish.

After thirty minutes you should have an excellent basis for your article. If you can afford to take fifteen minutes out at this stage for a cup of coffee or a quick walk, do so. It’s always better to take a break before editing your work. If not, just start reading it from the beginning. Check for these things:

a. Spelling and grammar. Your computer should do most of the work here, but a computer can miss typos or offer strange advice when it comes to grammar. You need to read it through yourself for flow and overall impact.

b. Wordy sentences or phrases. Weed them out!

c. Badly-phrased advice. If a sentence doesn’t flow, write it again. Think of how you′d explain to someone else in a casual conversation. Does your writing reflect this?

d. Missing steps. When you’re familiar with a process, or trouble-shooting, it’s all too easy to leave out a step or a small but vital piece of information. Run over the whole process in your mind to make sure you haven’t left anything out.

Now, you should have a finished article that will prove both interesting and helpful to many of your readers. At worst, it will be competent. At best, it will surprise you with what you can achieve in a short time!

Kevin is the publisher and editor of

First things first here: you do not want duplicate content on your web site. Here is why:

What’ll happen is, any page that you have the same content as somewhere else online, and unless you were the very first to show that content, and Google recognizes you first, spiders you first, indexes that content first, then your content is not going to show in Google’s search results at all. And if you have enough pages like that then you’re going to find that your website just disappears all together from search results. So I would not post any articles on your website, on your blog, that you submit to the article directories. Certainly you can write articles for your own website, but they should be very, specifically different articles than what you use to drive traffic.

The bottom line is this: use only fresh content on your own site.

And why not? Your web site is your business, right? Do you really want to scrape other people’s stuff off the internet and put it on your site? You want to be proud of your work, right?

It is important that you have pride in your work, in your article marketing, in your web business.

It is tough to make a living on the web. I do. There are a lot of others that do. But probably 99% of all the people that get involved online don’t make any money.

Why not? Many of them are just not willing to work. And if you are not willing to spend a couple of hours a day generating fresh content for your web site and for your articles, I am not so sure how serious you are about making money online.

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Gesture, embracing movements of the head, body, arms, hands, legs and feet, is a natural and necessary part of public speaking. Mastering this art and making it appear natural take much practice, but can not be mastered any other way. So here are the top tips to help speed you along your way.

1. The head should be well-poised and not held on one side as if scrutinizing an audience. When held erect it denotes a normal attitude, courage, joy, pride, or authority when upward it indicates hope or prayer; when downward, shame, modesty, or reflection; when forward, appeal, listening, sympathy or anticipation; when backward, surprise, terror or independence; when shaking, denial, discontent, or emphasis.

Frequent and meaningless movements should be studiously avoided. In bowing, incline the head and upper body together, so as to bring the bend from the waist. It should be done slowly and pleasantly, with the eyes looking down.

2. The face should be trained to promptly and truthfully reflect the emotions of the speaker. Quintilian says: “The face is the dominant power of expression. With this we supplicate; with this we threaten; with this we soothe; with this we mourn; with this we rejoice; with this we triumph; with this we make our submissions; upon this the audience hang upon this they keep their eyes fixed; this they examine and study even before a word is spoken.”

3. The eyes are wide open in joy, fear and surprise; closed in faintness, half-closed in hate and scrutiny; raised in prayer and supplication; drooped in modesty and veneration; look askance in envy, jealousy, and appreciation.

4. The nostrils are extended in fear and indignation, and elevated in scorn.

5. The lips are closed in repose; partly open in surprise and wonder; wide open in terror; turn upward in pleasure, courtesy and good humor; turn downward in grief and sorrow pout in discontent; and compress in anger, defiance and determination.

6. The body should move in harmony with the other members as required by the thought. In turning from side to side the movement should be from the waist and not from the neck.

7. The arms move from the shoulder, excepting in conversational gesture. They should rest at the sides without crooking the elbows. Movements may be slow and gentle, slow and intense, swift and light, or swift and strong. The size, length, and velocity of a gesture depend upon the thought. The lines are usually in curves, expressing grace, while straight lines are used when special emphasis is required. The general purpose of gesture is to locate, illustrate, generalize or emphasize.

8. The hands should be carefully trained for flexibility and expressiveness. The fingers should be slightly apart and curved. A gesture has three divisions:

- The preparation, made in an opposite direction from that which the gesture is to take.

- The gesture proper, which must be precisely upon the word intended.

- The return, in which the hand should be dropped gently and slowly without slapping the sides of the body.

And here are the most common hand gestures:

- The supine hand, palm upward, is used to express good-humor, frankness and generalization.

- The prone hand, palm downward, shows superposition, or the resting of one thing upon another.

- The vertical hand, palm outward, is used in warding off, putting from, and in repugnant and disagreeable thought.

- The clenched hand is used in anger, defiance and great emphasis.

- The index finger is used to specialize and indicate.

- Both hands are used in appeal and to express intensity, expansiveness and greatness. Usually one hand should slightly lead the other. The hands are clasped in prayer and wrung in grief.

9. The feet. The standing position should be easy, the feet at an angle of forty-five degrees, one foot in advance of the other, the width of the base depending upon the height of the speaker. The knees should be straight, shoulders even and chin level. Avoid rising on the toes and too frequent change of foot position. The most graceful effect is secured when the left foot is forward and the gesture made with the right hand, or vice versa. This combination gives balance, though it is not always possible to use it. The change of foot position will not be so noticeable if done in the act of making a gesture.

If you practice these gestures with each speech, working them in naturally. In due time, this skill will become second nature, and your overall ability and presence as a speaker will improve drastically.

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So in this example of your sales funnel which begins with your article marketing, we are thinking of this idea that to build a sales funnel we should start at the end, not at the beginning.

I have suggested that we use the dog trainer example – I guess I really like that one – but this could work for a dating site, or a cooking site, or a crafts site.

We were talking about how you could start with the small end of the sales funnel – the high priced product instead of the big end, with the freebie or the $10 product, and then design your entire sales funnel to push towards this big product, instead of creating bigger and bigger products.

So what would a $5000 product look like? What would be good value for a dog trainer. Or what would be a good value for someone who wants to be a dog trainer?

One note on creating products for beginners – or people who are looking to get into something. They really are the worst customers. They read your sales page, and if you have done a half way decent job of writing your sales page, they really want to be whatever you are selling to teach them. The worst ones are the internet marketers. You see, they read all this stuff about how you can get rich in 5 days, or you can make a million dollars a day in your underwear – or whatever. And you and I both know that’s not true. (If you still feel that way, you and I need to have a chat).

That is the bad thing about all those tv commercials people see. They really think they can get rich fast with the internet. So they read your sales pitch – they have read a bunch of others that promise that they will get rich overnight – of course that’s not what you are pitching, but they are reading it into it anyway.

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My students often ask me how to write great ads for co-registration, for Google AdWords, and so on.

I send them back in time. Many of the techniques that plain kick butt were working five to ten years before the Internet really came on for business. Even then, marketers were doing the same thing that we’re doing now, except they were using newspaper ads. And they were just as excited about them as we are about squeeze pages, pay-per-click, and ezine advertising.

It’s no different. Only the format has changed. They simply wrote their classified ads, and put them into newspapers with tracking codes. Like, they had a telephone number with different extensions that told them which papers and which ads were pulling customers in. Or, they’d have a secret word like “Batman” to use, or whatever. It was manual, but not much different from what we′re using today.

My recommendation is that you first find a copy of the book The Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams. Not only is it very cool in terms of tricks of the trade, it’s just entertaining and interesting. You might find it on eBay because it’s a pretty old book, but you can still get it online. Use it to focus on writing great headlines. That’s what classified ads are basically, great, pulling headlines. What else do you have room for in a classified ad?

You can only use a few words in a classified ad, so you really need a great headline with a simple call to action. Have a kick-butt headline? You win. You can also look back to some stuff written by Ted Nicholas or to the Robert Collier Letter Book. Keep focusing on the headlines. Also check out the late Gary Halbert’s website at thegaryhalbertletter.com” target=”_blank thegaryhalbertletter.com, which you may already be acquainted with. All of the letters he ever wrote are there, and will continue to be there. Go and read one of those every single day. Gary published an ezine and those letters are basically issues of that. He wrote in a great and funky kind of way. He has tons of examples. Write and copy what he wrote to get the rhythm and feel of how to do it. Also look at Jay Abraham’s stuff. Some of his products are digital, and I actually JV with him on a few of them.

There are so many options, really. What it comes down to is that you need to study headlines and classified ads. Thousands of books are out there about writing awesome classified ads, and they apply directly to co-reg ads, and any other kind of headline.

When it comes to short ad copy, those are the directions to go in. Another way is to go to the supermarket and pick up a couple of the tabloids. I’m serious! Get The Star, The Enquirer, etc., and read some of their headlines.

I challenge you to run those headlines in something you’re doing, just for fun. Even if the product you’re promoting isn’t targeted, just spend $10 and do it. Watch the response you’ll get. Also check out Wired magazine. They have incredible titles for their articles, and they list them in their table of contents. They’re totally cutting-edge for technology, and can be easily applied to what we do.

Any of these methods will help you. Try them. The whole thing is to learn and take action! Don′t just sit there thinking you’ll do it someday. Just do it! Great copy bringstargeted web site traffic. Traffic helps build your list. It’s that simple.

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his first project, List Crusade. Tellman teaches you his system for listtechniques.com explosive list building at MyFirstList.com.