Writing in Rochester

Think about your house? And check whether all your rooms are used, or is there a space that gets no attention, perhaps because of the location or because of the fact that the chamber has no window…
An article that is not read is like a room that is not used, it has been written (built) once, but it doesn’t really fit anymore… For whatever reason.

The life (cycle) of an article is best visualized as a graph. Do you remember back than at school, the different graphs on a normal or logarithmic scale?

There appear to be two different article graphs. To find these just observe the statistics and plot on two dimensions the (relative) number of hits on an article (we can’t be sure whether the article is actually read) and on the other dimension the continuation of time.

Actually this specific article shows the limitation of article writing; in order to perceive the real effect you should observe the mathematical graph or function.

The first function is a purely logarithmical function. The Article starts with any amount of autonomous hits and the number of reads divided by the number of days (that the article is exposed in life) will continue to decrease over time. Of course it could be the case that the article gets a sudden interest again, but without this event the article life will die a slow death… (”nobody reads me anymore”)

The second function starts as the previous one with a decline according to the number of days the article is exposed at the market. If the article gets read 80 times the first day, and (cumulative) 120 the next, the decline is from 80 (on day one) to 60 (on day two)… But for these type of articles the decline will stop at one moment in time. And from that on the article attention will increase (relatively) with each next day of exposure. (there are more hits on the article relatively than the number of days pass)

Also here it is possible that the attention will decrease again (later on), but I have not seen it in statistics yet.

Consecutive article hits will either come from (link) references or from search engine traffic. But this search engine traffic will take a few days before it becomes relevant for any new article.

Some conclusions:

Articles websites like ezinearticles have an autonomous traffic, that does not come from search engines, nor from links. Both types of articles show a decline in attention during the first days, which means that there are many visitors who are not searching for articles but they are “stand by,” looking for new articles to arrive, like parents waiting for the school bus.

A good an appealing title will help to increase the initial hit-level of the article.
About quality.

As quality is more and more important, an article ezine could mark or tag those articles that are in the dying phase of their life and either need a reanimation (improvement — hoping that the search engine will notice this amendment) or it might be tagged for deletion for the simple reason that it doesn’t generate any traffic. These articles are like the rooms and space in your house that you do not use.

Articles that regain interest when time passes automatically receive attention in which case there is no additional effort needed. It’s like a real stock exchange — the market is always right and defines the success of an article.

© 2006 Hans Bool

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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I firmly believe non-fiction is easier to break into that fiction. And I stand by that theory.

Don’t get me wrong, you can’t be a bad or mediocre writer and still get published in the non-fiction arena; you definitely need to be a good writer. It’s just that there are loads of paying markets available (whether that’s low, medium or high paying), and editors in the field seem to be more willing to take on newcomers.

Start by deciding the type of articles you’d like to write. I don’t believe any of this ‘write what you know’ nonsense that’s what research is for. What you can do, however, is have a basic understanding of the subject you want to tackle.

Do you honestly think that I have personally been to every single tourist attraction in Australia, and that I know every intricate detail about Australian history? Because if you believe the ‘write what you know’ philosophy, then you must believe that twaddle too.

I undertake a lot of research for my monthly column about places of interest in Australia, but I certainly don’t visit every place. Of course I go to as many as possible, but that’s not always financially, or even physically, viable.

What I do though, is decide where I would like to write about, then contact each attraction, usually by mail, then later with a telephone call if necessary. I request as much information as they can supply, including videos, CD’s of photographs, and printed matter. Once that arrives, there’s always more research required to complete the project.

If you would like to propose a regular column (on whatever subject), firstly decide if you can find enough to write about to keep interest going. Jot down as many ideas as possible in a brainstorming session.

Do you have enough ideas to sustain your column for at least one year? If not, and there’s no possibility of doing so, there is no point continuing. Brainstorm for another subject until you find a viable subject.

When I decided to query for my travel column, I did a quick brainstorming session. After finding nearly three years worth of ideas in less than thirty minutes, I knew I had a winner.

Check out any publications that your articles would be suitable for. Do they need you to supply photographs to complement the articles? If that’s the case, are you able to oblige? What type of photographs do they require, digital or standard photos? Check the quality required. (Read as: resolution)

If you are unable to fulfil their requirements, there is no point proceeding any further.

You now need to send a query to the editor of the publication you are targeting. Check her name. Address your query directly to that person, ensuring her name is spelled correctly. Use Ms or Mr as appropriate. And never, ever, address a query to ‘Dear John’. Always address your query to “Dear Mr Black” in the first instance.

(When you get a positive response, and the editor changes the correspondence to a less formal style – “Dear Mary” – that is the time to change over to a more casual approach.)

On acceptance of your column, the editor will advice the word count for your column, and the number of photographs required (if any) for each article. In most instances, a contract will be issued. Go over it with a fine tooth comb; if there is anything – anything at all – that makes you feel uncomfortable, question it.

For instance, if the publication is asking for ‘all rights’ that means that you can never, ever, sell that article again. If that’s the case, you need to be paid mega bucks for every article.

Remember, once you have signed the contract, its binding; nothing can or will be changed.

So… your article or column has been accepted. What now?

Allow plenty of time; if you’re anything like me, you’ll be incredibly anxious about your first article with a new publisher (or your first ever article). Maybe even stunned that someone had enough faith in you to buy your work.

Planning your article will make it so much easier; jot down some notes about what you intend to include in the finished article.

What are the main points you’ve chosen to highlight?
What other points do you want to include?
Are there any quotes you can use?
Do the photographs you’ve chosen relate to points mentioned in the article?
Do you have a signed ‘model release’ for each photograph you’re using?

Make sure you start and finish your article creatively. Creative non-fiction is just that; you’re telling a story. Imagine you are writing a piece of creative fiction, except in this case the content is fact instead of fiction.

Your prose needs to be interesting and informative. Just because it’s non-fiction does not mean it can be boring.

Here’s the first line of my article about Puffing Billy – a beautiful old steam train in Australia:

I fell in love with Puffing Billy the very first time I heard it. I was around eight years old.

And here’s the last line:

Nearly forty years on, the thrill of Puffing Billy still haunts my memory - the love affair continues.

Now you’ve written your article, it’s time to do a check:

Will the title draw the reader in?

Does the first sentence grab the reader’s attention?

Have you researched sufficiently?

Is your content plausible?

Do you get to the point or ramble?

Are you repeating yourself?

Are all words spelled correctly?

Is your punctuation perfect?

Do all photographs relate to the content in some way?

If at all possible, let your article sit for a few days, then go back over it using the above check list again.

To ensure repeat business with this publisher, never, ever, miss a deadline.

Cheryl Wright is an award-winning Australian author and freelance journalist. In addition to an array of other projects, she is the owner of the WriteѶWriter.com website and the Writer to Writer monthly ezine for writers. She is also the author of a series of ebooks for writers. Her romantic suspense novel “Saving Emma” was released January 2005 by Whiskey Creek Press. Check out Cheryl’s website: cheryl-wright.com cheryl-wright.com

No copywriter worth his salt will ever sit down to write
an ad without it. (If you haven’t already started your
own collection of …PROVEN… successful sales letters,
keep reading and discover the ‘quick and easy′ way
to begin).

Here’s how to get the most from your swipefile…

1) First Impressions - How Does It Look?

If you can get hold of a good quality image of the ad,
you can discover what captivated the prospect and made
them read, and ultimately purchase the product or service.

Priceless information such as:

How is the letter structured?

Do the paragraphs have formatting like first line
indentation?

Is there a picture with caption?

Does the letter have a johnson box with tantilising FREE
offer for the reader?

What font type and size did they use for the pre, main
and sub-headline?

Where are the bullet points placed?

You get the idea…

2) Scissors, Paper, Printer… and Some Glue

Bet you’ve not done this for a while

Once your collection of ads starts to grow, so does your
swipefile of winning headlines, openings, bullets,
guarantees and closings.

So whenever you sit down to write your next ad, you’ll
instantly have at your disposal ready made templates to
model and swipe.

This will provoke fresh new ideas and help you to come
up with that killer headline or hook for the foundation
of your ad.

The best way to take advantage of this goldmine is to
print out each individual component, and glue them onto
6×4 rolodex cards.

Using visual cues like this to stimuluate your brain into
copywriting mode, is second only to what I share with you
next.

(If you have word-for-word transcripts of the ads, this
will save you typing them all out).

3) You May Have Heard This Before. But Do You Do It?

You absolutely MUST handwrite …with pen and paper…
the great ads we have been talking about. Why? Because
you neurogically embed the writing style of the copywriter
deep within. And then you get to channel that into your
own sales letters.

Let me repeat! Your brain will adopt the secrets of each
ad when you copy them out in your own handwriting.

It takes commitment, and a little push. Most folks don’t
want to put in the effort. But if you master ALL 3 of
these simple, but deadly effective strategies, you’ll
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Just make sure you model the right ads

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“Who could have sent me this terrible email, and what did they want?” I thought to myself! Was this person some kind of jokester or was this a practical joke of some kind?

The email was sent to me by a fellow named Orley (who I didn’t know), and he told me that he lived in the panhandle of Florida near the Alabama state line. Orley told me in his email, that he was concerned about his website, his spelling and grammar, and he wanted somebody to go to his website and critique it, and give him advice as to how to improve it, etc.

Over the short time I had been online, there have been many people who have helped me in a variety of ways, so I decided to go to Orley’s website to see how I could help him. And, from what I saw of that email…Orley NEEDED HELP! He told me he wanted to go into business for himself, but he was not going to get very far with emails that looked like the one he sent me! At this point, I still didn’t know if I was dealing with a jokester but, I went to pay a visit to his website anyway.

There, I found a pretty nice looking website, with a thing or two wrong, but nothing major. A nice Front Page, with links and buttons to different places, etc. Judging from that first dreadful email he sent me, somebody must have helped him put up his website. The website was not bad at all. I didn′t see much of anything I could report back to him, with respect to errors on his website.

And besides, I’m not an editor or a grammarian. In college, I was not an English, journalism, or communications major. And yes, I did complete two correspondence writing courses in my 40’s, and by doing so, it helped me improve my writing skills and gave me the confidence to continue with my ambitions in writing. I think all of us just do our best when it comes to writing, after all, we’re dealing with the English language…which is all “Greek” to me!

I really didn’t know how to handle the situation with Orley, but I thought honesty would be the best policy. But, I had to be encouraging and supportive of him. Constructive criticism was the name of the game and I told him in a return email:

1) Website building is publishing, and if a person is going to be in the publishing business on the Internet, which shows your work all over the world, your work has to be your best! Like a resume or job interview, first impression is everything! Your website, Orley, was acceptable, but you probably had help with it.

2) Your first email to me was awful and I almost deleted it! It was riddled with spelling and grammar errors and was just plain unprofessional and ugly! What kind of a first impression would this make? Unless you take action to improve this, nobody will return your emails, and I’m sorry to say that you won′t make it in business or anything else!

Unprofessional emails, riddled with spelling and grammar errors will be your downfall…I don’t care how nice your website looks. Communicating well with customers and visitors will be a way of life for you, Orley. You MUST improve your writing skills if you are to succeed!

3) Orley, you have won a couple of big battles right away. You have been honest with yourself…and that’s a big step forward. Many people are not honest with themselves…they′re in denial about such things in their lives as alcohol; drugs; temper, etc. And, you know you have a problem, and you’ve gone out to get some help! Not only have you gone out and asked for help, but you went to a total stranger, and that takes courage, my friend! You WANT to improve yourself, and all of these things are big pluses for you. You’ve taken a couple of big steps and you’re off to a good start!

4) You’ll have to pay your dues, Orley, just like everybody else has done! There’s no free lunch! I took three writing courses (in my 40’s) to try to improve my writing skills. You’re going to have to go back to the books…go back to square one, and try to refresh your memory. As all of us get older, we forget what we learned in school. Writing courses are expensive, so I don′t suggest you do that, unless you can afford it. But, you can go to the library; buy a book on English or take a course at a local community college if there is one in your area. You have a spell-checker…use it! And, if you don′t have one, you’ll have to download one or do it the hard way!

I know I’m a little tough on you, Orley, but your work is out there in front of the whole world…and, because of this, you have to be at your best.

* * *

I didn’t enjoy doing this sort of thing, but it would be worse for me to ignore it. I had no idea what his response would be, or if he would respond at all, so I was a little nervous! Maybe this was a practical joke or maybe I was dealing with a jokester here! Later, that afternoon, his email came in, and I didn’t want to look at it, but I did!

As I scanned quickly over Orley’s email, I was impressed at how much improvement there was! Instead of one big FAT paragraph, there were about five nicely trimmed paragraphs. The email was much improved, and he must have taken a crash course in neatness during the day! There were still spelling and grammar errors in the email, but the email had improved over the first disaster he sent me, etc. After I received his second email, I knew he was sincere, and I was happy to see the improvement.

It was a relief to me, when Orley thanked me for being honest with him. He told me that’s what he needed…for someone to be honest with him! And, the best news of all, is that he told me that he would take my advice and hit the books, to try to improve his writing skills. I believed him, as he had already made progress in his second email. I was happy to hear all this!

* * *

After I dealt with Orley, I remembered that old television commercial of the 1970’s, where the mechanic looks straight into the camera and says, “You can pay me now…or you can pay me later!” And, that’s true of almost everything we do. So, if it pertains to writing…you can do what Orley did. You can pay NOW by being honest with yourself, and go out and get the help you need, to improve your writing skills and raise your confidence level. OR…you can pay LATER, when nobody returns your emails and you don’t have much traffic at your website and visitor’s don’t return…THE DECISION IS YOURS! There’s nothing to be embarrassed about! As we all age, we forget the little things that are so important that go on a page, etc.

I think everyone will agree that writing is easy, and most of us do it everyday. But, writing WELL is NOT so easy! And, most of struggle with it, when we are writing an article book; email; screenplay and so forth. Having to deal with the English language can be tuff…I mean tough! Good writing requirs good speling and grammer!

Writing is easy! Writing WELL is not so easy! So, if you want to do something easy…why don’t you go back to school and become a ROCKET SCIENTIST!

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Business etiquette is fundamentally concerned with building relationships founded upon courtesy and politeness between business personnel. Etiquette, and especially business etiquette, is a means of maximising your potential by presenting yourself positively.

Writing a business letter is not simply a matter of expressing your ideas clearly. The way you write a letter and the etiquette you employ may have a significant impact on your success or failure in business.

Failure to observe correct business letter etiquette can result in you adopting an inappropriate tone, causing offense or misunderstandings, lack of clarity or purpose and hostility or soured relations.

The foundation of good business letter etiquette is ‘Think before you write’. You should be considering who the letter is addressed to, how and why? This will then influence style, content and structure.

Here we cover some of the main issues relating to good business letter etiquette:

Addressing the Letter

Always make sure you have spelt the recipient’s name correctly. It may sound simple, but you would be surprised at how many people fail to do so. The recipient’s name should include titles, honours or qualifications if deemed necessary.

Many people use the ‘Dear Sir/Yours Faithfully’ formula when addressing the receiver. Although this is acceptable for routine matters it is impersonal and should not be used when dealing with those you know, queries or complaints. With these the ‘Dear Mr…./Yours Sincerely’ formula should be adopted.

Once a certain level of familiarity is reached it is not considered bad etiquette to use phrases such as ‘Kind Regards’ or ‘All the best’ at the end of the letter.

Confidentiality

If the content of the letter is sensitive, personal or confidential it must be marked appropriately. Marking the letter ‘confidential’ will suffice in highlighting this fact. If you only want the letter read by the receiver without the interception of a secretary or PA, mark it as ‘Private’, ‘Personal’ or ‘Strictly Confidential’. If you have received such a business letter it is good etiquette to reciprocate and ensure that all future correspondence is kept at that level of confidentiality.

Style

Proper business letter etiquette requires that a consistent and clear approach, combined with courtesy, be employed. As a rule of thumb, aim to keep all business letters formal in style. Even when the receiver is familiar to you, it is advisable maintain a certain level of business etiquette as the letter may be seen by others or referred to by a third party in the future.

However, this does not mean you should use long or uncommon words to express yourself. This merely looks odd and makes the letter unreadable. It is best to read a letter first and consider whether you would speak to that person face to face in the same way. If not, then re-write it.

Letters should be signed personally. It looks unprofessional, cold and somewhat lazy if a letter is left unsigned. However, having a secretary or PA sign on your behalf is not considered a breach of business etiquette.

Humour

Humour can be used in business letters but only when the writer is completely positive the recipient will understand the joke or pun. From a business etiquette perspective it may be wise to avoid humour. This is because firstly, the letter may be read during a crisis, after receiving bad news or on a sombre occasion. Any other time the humour may have been appreciated but under these circumstances it may dramatically backfire. Secondly, the written word is open to misinterpretation. Your sarcastic or ironic remark may be taken the wrong way. Thirdly, it is possible that the letter may be read by a third party who may deem the humour inappropriate and pursue a complaint of some sort.

Responding

Good business letter etiquette calls for letters to be responded to promptly or within certain guidelines. This may normally be considered as 5 working days. If this is not possible then some sort of acknowledgement should be sent either by letter, fax, phone or e-mail.

Always use reference numbers or clearly state the purpose of the letter at the top, for example, ‘Re: Business Letter Etiquette Enquiry’. This allows the receiver to trace correspondence and immediately set your letter within a context.

When replying to points or questions the proper etiquette is to respond in the same order as they were asked.

Managing Conflict

Letters are often an arena for conflicts or disputes. Even in these circumstances there are rules of business letter etiquette that should be adhered to.

If you initiate the dispute then, 1) Explain and set out your case simply and clearly to the most appropriate person, 2) Offer information that may be required by the other party to help answer questions, 3) Indicate a time scale by which you expect a reply or the matter to be resolved.

If you are receiving the dispute then 1) inform senior colleagues who may be affected or who may be able to offer assistance, 2) Submit all replies in draft form for a senior colleague to check, 3) Stick to the facts and the merits of the case and do not allow emotions to become involved, 4) Be polite, patient and courteous.

Using business etiquette in all matters and especially in business letters will ensure you communicate effectively, avoid misunderstandings and maximise your business potential.

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By consistently writing quality, useful articles catered to your target market, you can establish yourself or your company as the expert in your field and enjoy several other benefits as well thanks to the powerful tactic of article marketing. But without tracking your results, you’ll have no idea whether your efforts are worth the time put in. Here are some of the benefits you can take advantage of by using article marketing and some tips for measuring the effectiveness of your campaign.

Tracking How Your Sites Get Indexed

One of the goals for any website owner is to capitalize on the vast amounts of free search engine traffic that occurs everyday across the big three search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN). If your site ranks well for frequently searched keywords, you′ll have a literally unstoppable amount of traffic that you can monetize in a number of ways.

But the first step in doing so is getting your site indexed. By writing articles, you can have numerous backlinks all pointing to your site. Just a few articles picked up on so-called “authority sites” (sites with high popularity) can lead to improved rankings for your site as a whole or for specific pages within your site.

If you want to check to see if your site is indexed, it’s pretty simple. Just head over to your favorite search engine and type in the following:

site:[url]

Of course you’ll replace [url] with your actual web address, without the part. With any luck, you’ll see a list showing you which of your pages have already been indexed. If not, try again in a few more days. Then, just do the same for the other search engines and you’ll know how many pages are currently indexed.

Tip: It might be a good idea to put together a spreadsheet to monitor this information over time since the search engine listings tend to change.

Tracking One-Way Backlinks to Your Site

Another benefit you’ll get from your articles is that if you include a resource box, then when website owners publish your articles, you’ll get a one-way link leading back to your site. It’s common knowledge that Google and the other search engines favor one-way links as they appear more genuine than reciprocal links. In addition to the SEO benefits, by using an effective resource box, you will also get traffic to your site thanks to your articles being posted all over the web.

To check the links coming into your site, you can head over to your favorite search engine again. This time, type in the following:

link:[url]

Again, replace [url] with your site name and you should see a list of all the sites that currently link to yours. Keep in mind that some of the search engines show these results faster than others, so it’s a good idea to check all three and to check them periodically to monitor the number of backlinks heading to your site.

Tracking Where Your Articles Get Published

Once you have several articles all over the web, it’s quite possible that you will become viewed as an expert on your topic. This sort of “branding” can do wonders when you decide to publish something much larger such as a hard copy book, e-book, study course or other materials or if you’re interested in promoting an offline business.

If you want to see which of your articles have been published on other sites, the best thing you can do is ensure that you’ve chosen a good title for your article first. That way, even if many other authors have published on a similar topic, your title won′t be so generic that it’s impossible to distinguish. By choosing a unique title, you can again leverage the power of the search engines and simply type in the title of your article in quotes, like this:

“How to Quickly and Easily Measure the Effectiveness of Your Article Marketing”

If you find that you already have existing articles with generic titles, try adding your name at the end, like this:

“How to Quickly and Easily Measure the Effectiveness of Your Article Marketing by Kevin Nelson”

Even if you have a common name, it’s unlikely that there will be a lot of articles written with both that name and article title, so this should give you a good idea how many articles are out there. This too should be done often in order to gauge how effective your article marketing campaign is.

By following these simple steps and keeping track of your stats over time, you’ll be able to tell if your article marketing efforts are paying off or where you might need to make improvements.

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Most article writers today are content writing content for websites. That’s really all! They write some articles for websites, get a one-time payment for what they have written, and there it all ends. But how would it sound to you if you heard that you could keep making money out of the articles you wrote? Indeed, if you involve yourself in article marketing, then your article will pay you as long as it is present on the site.

Article marketing simply means placing your articles in online article directories for everyone to read. These articles will have a link to your own website at the bottom, with a photo and a short bio about you. Whenever someone reads your article and clicks on the backlink, your website gets traffic and, most possibly, a sale.

Of course, the trick is in making the article impressive enough to induce the visitor to click on the backlink. There are several guidelines how you could achieve this:-

Write something that the readers want to read about. Your topic should be about some little-known but advantageous service, or a self-help guide, or a how-to article, or tips about something, etc. Select something that would pique the reader’s interests.

Write in a reader-friendly style and language. Do not use a decorative language which may be difficult for the average internet user to understand. Also, do not use difficult concepts. If the article contains some complicated term, it is your duty to explain what it means. Do not take it for granted that your reader knows anything in advance.

Format your article. Use headings and bulleted lists to make your article easy to read.

Always provide some valuable insight into the article. Do not write the article if you don’t have at least three good observations to say. Through your article, it should be clear to the reader that you have knowledge on the subject. If not, then why would the reader click on the backlink?

When your article is ready (with the above points considered), then you go ahead and place it on a good article directory. Article directories are websites that seek article submissions from people all over the world. They provide space for you to put your identifying information and a backlink. Two very good article directories (that actually work profitably for their writers) are Ezinearticles.com and iShare.com. Ideally, writers put their articles on several directories at once. This increases visibility on the internet and provides more scope to get traffic.

In the early stages, writers looking out for article management must not write more than 10 articles a month. The golden rule is to write few articles, but write good, providing lots of insightful and useful information. When writers have come to terms with the way their articles are being received by the general public, they increase their output to 30 and then 50 articles a month. Writers also do not stick to just one article directory for their submissions. If the article directories are more in number, then there is much greater chance of the articles being visible on the internet.

Article marketing has been compared to a chain reaction by experts. This is indeed true, considering how the process pays even when the work is done. Each article submitted by the writer remains in the article directory for a very long period of time. As long as the backlink is active, visitors would keep dropping in on the writer’s website and generating revenue for them. The writer would keep writing and submitting more articles as time passes, but the initial articles written would still keep paying. Hence, for a determined article marketing writer, the income never seems to stop.

Search engines rank articles also, and not just websites. They maintain a log of the writers writing for article directories. Each time a visitor clicks a backlink, the page rank of the writer improves. So, each article is akin to a website when it comes to search results. The more keywords you write on, the more chances to become visible in the first few pages of prominent search results.

Yet, there are some cases where article marketing could fail to be the promised money mint. The surest way for the method to fail is if the article is too weak to attract any visitors on the backlink. It is understandable that the writer must have some basic writing talents. Another reason of failure may be the sudden disappearance of the writer from the internet. Article marketing is an ongoing process. The writers need to continuously keep writing new articles. If the writer loses interest, then their page rank would plummet and they would no longer appear in the search results.

So, for the hardworking and talented writer, article marketing is certainly a way to make good money. If you think you have the talent and the perseverance in you, do go ahead and make a try. You could be minting money even when you are sleeping.

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It has come to my attention that most online article authors have no idea how many people are reading their articles or how many places that those articles have ended up you see? For instance just because an article that a writer has written has let’s say 350 article views does not mean that this figure is the total number of article views. How so you ask?

Well consider how many people, websites and Ezines will capture these articles and re-host them elsewhere and how many people are reading those. On one online article submission site they work very hard to attract more traffic and thus there will be more views there thus higher average counts and that should be the goal of the online article submission website, both for their revenue and most bang for the buck for authors.

For authors they need to consider something also, that just because an author me for instance has 1,690,035 does not mean I do not have over 10-million or more total due to the RSS feeds and article publisher captures, 35,148 now. You see those articles are everywhere now? Those are my initial thoughts on the subject as a studier of online article author stats, so attention Online Article Authors; Consider the bigger picture and ask yourself How Many Article Views Do You Really Have? Think on this in 2006.

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When the working day is over and you have spare time to sit in the living room in front of the TV with a cup of hot chocolate, we think about the events that happen during the day and the things that we didn’t manage to do. We may regret or file genuine happiness and satisfaction, but everything we do is in the past, its history. Nobody will reject the fact that history is one of the most important out of the other disciplines. To know other subjects we are supposed to learn history and use it to our profit and prosperity. History gives us the “today”, by which we mean all the things we use to make our lives easier and more comfortable. History is not only a college book or an article or a news paper published three hundred years ago, it is every single thing that we’ve experienced, our own history, united with others. The beginning of the history comes not only from the first record of human existence but from the first trace, a footprint of a first creature with abstract thinking.

We pose ourselves with questions daily. Where do we come from? What are we destined to do? What are me and the surrounding? These questions may sound very philosophical and practically useless, but still sometimes we lye sleepless in bed thinking about what awaits you next day. If to take a closer look at the events that we consider history, we may find these answers easily. There is a hypothesis about things running in the circle. Old things return to change something new. Here we even can apply a proverb “Something new is fairly forgotten old”. I think it is also the reason for us to learn history and to predict, or at least try, the future and your role in it. When do people usually start to learn history? Not out of the first history book of course. The learning process starts when you hear the world famous “once upon a time” from your granny or father. This is the history of your family, you are to know perfectly well and understand the importance of knowing it.

At school and at the university you learn history, weather you like it or not. Some of us become excited and read piles and piles of history books and usually get best results in writing history essays. Some consider this to be nonsense, used only to waste our time. But what is the way your outlook and your ideology were formed? According to the common sense, out of history. It is the biggest treasure of ours and we have to value it. We take lessons from famous scientists and technicians that lived even hundreds of years before our grandparents were born. Their lives are like a history essay, short revision of a nice old story. We use their experience and their inventions daily, even every hour. It is very important for us to show respect to those who left us priceless works that we enjoy every day, watching plays in theatres and reading books. We don’t want to be ungrateful for we are also to leave a trace in history. What kind of trace, will depend on our attitude towards what we do and the knowledge of history, the inheritage we are to pass to our posterities.

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Our minds seem to go into a tailspin whenever we need to create something new. It’s as though we lock our thoughts into one way of thinking. We narrow our perspective to the problem we are facing. Sometimes all we need is to fly over at a different level.

Sometimes it is the journey to discovery that you write about.If we focus on finding an idea, then it is the generating of the idea that is getting the attention. Nothing happens because we should be focusing on something else. Focus on how you create. Trust your instincts, your subconscious mind, your creative talent. Let me explain.

This is my journey on the road to generating ideas. So, when I need a new idea where should I put my efforts? On finding an idea or on looking at what is going on around me and listening to what my mind is saying?

1. This is a technique I use to help find new ideas. It requires that I focus on a time when I felt creative. I remind myself how I felt before I discovered an idea, how I felt when I came up with an idea and how I felt when I began to write. I try to remember as much detail as I can. I have
an idea about how I do these things in my mind. How I see images, how I talk to myself, and the wonder and curiosity I have. I soon begin to feel the same creative mood. When the feelings begin I write whatever comes to mind.

If this is self hypnosis, then I sure like it.

If I tell myself that I can come up with fresh ideas and I trust in my creative subconscious mind, then I will. If I tell myself that I can’t, guess what! Then, I can’t. I need to, first become aware of what I am
focusing on. It is my mind and I control what is happening there.

2. Another approach is to leave it for a day or two. I find this changes my perspective. And if this is not possible, I go read, or watch some unrelated program on TV. Often I just go play my guitar. Relaxing changes my perspective and reduces my stress. Less stress more creative energy.

3. If I find I am fretting too much about something and it keeps me awake, I write it down with the thought that it will still be there in the morning. Then almost always I go right back to sleep. When I wake up, either the problem seems less important or I am more able to tackle it.

Here are 4 more tips I use to generate article ideas.

4. I start with single word and word associate.

5. If I don′t have a word in mind, then I pick a word at random from any book.

I put down the words in a mind map. Personally I prefer a random trail map rather than the standard mind map invented by Dr A. Collins. A random trail map can be created like a map of a trail in the woods with forks going off.

Unlike the mind map which starts from a central point and works out, the random trail starts at one point and continues until it stops. It doesn’t even need a line, you can just write it straight down a page. After your done, you simply write and organize as you need.

6. I deliberately write down any ideas that come to mind without stopping

to analyze or criticize. This is the general form of brainstorming.

7. I pay attention to my internal dialog and catch it saying something interesting. In a quiet moment, I stare out a window at whatever catches my eye. In my case, I could be looking out at a sea of green lawn and my wife’s flower garden, appreciating all her hard work. Then, I listen to my random mind-chatter.

So many times while I am busy driving or walking or doing some other routine task I find my thoughts drifting to something that I am curious about. I just need to remind myself that, as writer, this is the idea for a good topic. I write it all down as soon as I think of it.

Don’t just focus on finding a good idea. Relax and allow a random thought to become an idea to explore. If it came into your mind then you must be curious about. Whatever comes to mind is a creative idea. That’s the idea to write about.

The author has many years experience writing and reading for self development.
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