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If you are using article marketing to attract targeted traffic to your website, perhaps you might consider strategies to insure your articles say what they mean, efficiently and exactly as you want them too. Because once they are posted and go out over RSS to the World you really cannot change them; it’s too late.

Recently a very famous author online specializing in scrapbooks reminded my about; Article Marketing, Writing and Editing; and why Considering Dwell Time before your final draft makes so much sense. Take time in the editing of your articles and make sure they are crisp and clean, without being too wordy.

I mentioned to Audrey; you are wise to allow your articles dwell time, it makes for cleaner articles. In Fleet Washing of Company Truck Fleets and Buses our company always calculated the dwell time of the soap for a perfect job.

I believe with articles it is the same thing, so 2-3 days to think them over and come back for precise editing makes a lot of sense to me. So, for those who use article marketing to draw targeted traffic it sure makes sense to listen to such advice and consider all this in 2006.

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When choosing where to submit articles authors are now spoilt for choice. There are literally hundreds of article directories to chose from. Which one should you submit your articles to and why?

Many authors chose just one directory to submit their articles to. They have a favourite because of its format, size or layout. There are many advantages and disadvantages to submitting to different article directories.

The huge directories like ezine@rticles are a great place to submit your articles to in that the site gets a huge amount of traffic, is very well laid out and has a high creditablity rating across the internet - proof of this is the number of people who choose to display their “featured on ezine@rticles” or ezine expert badges on their websites, although they are trading off traffic to the article directory they get in return the kudos of being considered as an expert and listen who should be trusted and listened to and this can result in a higher conversion rate in sales or join ups. The disadvantage of submitting to a large article directory is greater competition from other authors. However the general rule is the bigger the directory the more views your articles will get. Also the link rating of the directory may result in much higher search engine results. For example if you are an expert author on ezine@rticles and you type your name into google you will most likely come up as the top search return (great for the ego). The huge directories have a multitude of topics to submit to, however other directories have gone to the other extreme and limited their topics to a niche area, hoping to dominate a small section of the market. Sites like article garden takes articles on geared towards sustainable living, organic gardening, etc.

Smaller general article directories like article-gems have less competition and can result in a close relationship with the editor. It can also mean rapid article approval. It can also lead to a tighter sense of community and more comments on articles or authors replying to one another through articles. Hence you may see an article on one topic and very quickly get another article arguing the opposite point. This sort of interaction is not generally seen on the larger directories. It can also have other advantages in relation to RSS feeds and the like that you articles can be quickly disseminated with little competition from other authors. These smaller directories may also have easier submission guidelines or be more open to negotiation on content i.e. lower rejection rate. However these directories also tend to have lower visitor numbers than the huge directories.

Some article directories like articler offer authors a 50% split in google revenue. This can be a nice additional income for the author and represents direct income from article writing. This does mean though that the directory operator has less money to advertise the directory and therefore your articles on the internet, which can be a disadvantage.

Some authors simply advise submit to as many article directories as you can. There are a couple of disadvantages to this. Very quickly you will learn that this can be a huge time consuming exercise. Also search engines tend to ignore duplicate content therefore your article may only come up once on a search. I would argue despite these considerations the more directories you can submit to the better - not every directory has the same traffic, nor do they all submit to the same RSS feeds, therefore ’spread the love’ as it were. In order to overcome the time consumption aspect there are numerous programs downloadible over the internet which can greatly speed up the process. These once set up can mean you can summit your article to hundreds of directories at the simple click of a button, which leaves you more time to concentrate on writing the articles and can result in a huge increase in traffic to your site and a large number of backlinks.

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Every word that comes from your company — whether it is on a piece of paper, on a computer screen or written across the sky, for that matter — carries with it your reputation and your customers’ (or potential customers’) perception of who you are and what you can do for them.

It should go without saying that these words need to be as compelling as they are convincing, and as clear as they are error-free. Here are a few quick tips on tuning up and perfecting your copy and, ultimately, your message:

Stick to the basics: Remember in grade school when you learned about the who, what, where, when and why of each story? Well, there are actually times when school lessons have real-world applications, and this is one of them. Don’t assume people know what you mean – tell them clearly, succinctly, memorably and respectfully.

Pass the ‘Aunt Ethel’ test: Aunt Ethel is the proverbial simple-and-to-the-point person in your audience. If she doesn’t get what you are doing and selling, chances are that most won’t. Ask yourself if your message is clear and if you are making springing to action easy for your potential customers.

Proof, proof, proof: Once you’ve finished and proofed, leave the file or paper alone for 24 hours. Then, re-read it and ask a trusted co-worker or friend to look it over. You’d be surprised at what you may have missed!

Allison Nazarian is president and chief copywriter of Get It In Writing, a Florida-based company that helps businesses nationwide harness the power of words to sell, inform and publicize. Allison can be reached at 561.487.3917 or mailto:anazarian@getitinwriting.biz anazarian@getitinwriting.biz.
Copyright© Get It In Writing, Inc. May be reprinted without permission of Get It In Writing, Inc and Allison Nazarian if in full, unchanged format and with complete attribution to author.

Have you ever worked for weeks or even months, often far beyond normal office hours on a special meeting event only to have it turn into THE PERFECT STORM. Well, maybe your entire crew didn’t perish at sea, but there were those clearly identifiable moments when it looked as if the ship was about to capsize. Although many meeting goblins can contribute to such disasters, sometimes the speaker can be one of the contributing causes. How can such terrors be avoided?

The first preventative measure is to choose your speaker carefully and by this I mean, look a little deeper than usual into his or her modus operendi. Far too often when problems arise, it is because the wrong or at least incomplete criteria were used in selecting the speaker. For instance, it is not uncommon for the only questions to be asked of a professional speaker after viewing their video to be: availability and cost. However, if you want to sleep easier at night, I would suggest that the following issues also be just as carefully considered.

Is the speaker a prima donna? Fortunately there are not too many of these around, but those there are give the rest of us a bad name. Whether a well known professional or a beginner, there is simply no excuse for anyone in or business to be arrogant. We are all there to serve the best interests of our clients and audiences. If not, we do not belong there at all. Any speaker that is arrogant, belligerent or just plain difficult to work with does not belong standing before your audience.

Is this speaker committed to adequately preparing before speaking. More and more meeting planners are asking speakers to truly customize their presentations in order to “reach out and touch” the specific audience where they are at. To do so means that the speaker must be willing to invest into understanding the issues that are at the forefront for each unique audience. This of course is a two way street, in that you must be willing to also take the time to ensure the speaker receives the opportunity to acquire the necessary inputs. However, in the final analysis it is the responsibility of the speaker to only take those engagements that they determine to be a proper fit and customization does not mean merely updating a few old stories and jokes or sprinkling in a few local names.

Coupled with the previous question is whether the speaker, given their good intentions, has the time to invest into your event? It is often possible to squeeze another few hours into an already overloaded schedule for one more “hit and run″ engagement, but is that fair to the meeting planner, client and audience. Let’s face it, good speakers today are well compensated for what they do. This is fair, but it is also fair that we give a good measure of effort in return and that does not mean racing to yet another engagement dog tired, speaking and running for the airport before the audience is still applauding. Unfortunately, in this day of frequent and lengthy flight delays, there are already enough unexpected delayed arrivals in the wee hours of the morning and their attendant lack of sleep. These may be totally outside of the speaker’s control however, if they really want to serve, they will use their best efforts to schedule sufficient time for your engagement so that they have done what was within their power to arrive fresh, relaxed and ready mentally and physically for your event.

Finally, is the speaker’s content rich and current. There was a great deal of conversation at the Dallas NSA Annual Convention as to content and I have been hearing the same from speakers’ bureaus and meeting planners alike. Today we are living in difficult economic times. Daily the news is rife with stories of corporate cutbacks and layoffs. Few of us are are strictly entertainers, comedians, humorists, etc. Thus as professionals and experts who speak, we owe it to our clients, audiences and ourselves to bring real value in the form of positive solutions to the perplexing problems that they face.

Finally, look for the AAA approval rating: Ability, Authenticity and Attitude. With these three attributes at the forefront, you cannot go wrong in selecting your speaker!

Copyright 2005 by John Di Frances.

John Di Frances is an internationally recognized

The process of developing a working title for your nonfiction book can be a hassle sometimes. You first have to brainstorm a few titles, and if the results aren’t to your liking, you are practically forced to brainstorm more possible titles — or do you?

One way to shorten this process is to have a book title bank at your fingertips that will include trigger titles, such as the ones listed below:

Techniques for —-

One Way to —-

How to —-

Handbook for —–

Protecting —-

Investing for —-

Saving Your —–

Finding Security in —–

Fixing —–

Getting —–

Each of the sample triggers above has one or more missing words for you to fill in. For example, if you choose the trigger, “Getting —-,” you can write, “Getting Richer Your Way,” and “Getting Best Results at Work.” Of course, a lot will depend on your subject matter and your book’s purpose.

But that’s not all. You can expand the first title, “Getting Richer Your Way” by adding “Ten Little-Known Techniques That Could Save you a Bundle!” or something like that. Suddenly, brainstorming becomes more productive — and fun.

In the meantime, keep depositing more trigger titles to your “bank.” Browse at the library and bookstore, for example, and take note of the nouns and verbs used in book titles. Remember to browse in the dictionary as well, finding and writing down possible nouns and verbs. Then consider combining one or two of them. For example, one writer turned the word “entreprenuer″ into “mompreneur.” Playing with words and word combinations may not only give you an interesting title, but may suggest a new angle!

Dorothy Zjawin is the author of “Teaching Ideas for the Come-Alive Classroom” (Parker Pub. Co./Prentice-Hall) and webmaster of profitable-pen.com profitable-pen.com, a source of writing ideas that features a free forum.

If you want to write well, one of the stylistic elements that you need to pay heed are those nasty dangling modifiers, whether in participial, gerund, or phrasal form. Although sometimes insidious to spot, these grammatical faux-pas will tinge your writing and confuse your readers’ train of thought. Much like a poorly segued musical transition, dangling modifiers impinge somewhat strangely on the ear and often lend unintended yet grotesque humor to your writing in general.

In the following sentence, see whether you can detect the dangling modifier:

It was early morning. George rose from his bed taking his furry slippers with him and began his march downstairs where breakfast awaited him.

In this complex sentence—as grammarians would call it—complex because the sentence contains the independent clause, “George rose from his bed taking his…downstairs” and the subordinate clause, “where breakfast awaited him,” we have a “not-so-obvious” dangling participial phrase. The reason that the “dangler” is not so obvious is because the intent of the writer is obvious from the context; we know who is taking the slippers. Yet the way the sentence is structured, the bed, by its juxtaposition to the participial “taking,” is the one doing the taking. One could argue that this is splitting hairs and being overly pedantic, yet this example, by the very insidiousness of the “dangler,” demonstrates very well that if we are not careful with these grammatical structure razers in cases such as these, we would become very sloppy in more serious cases, in which the meaning becomes grotesquely distorted.

Though the meaning be clear in the previous example, this does not make the infraction pardonable. A good writer needs to be aware of these “danglers” and has to conform his writing so as to minimize their occurrence. We are all guilty of these infractions and should not stop writing because our writing is not always perfect. Since the dangling modifier is such a common error—even among good writers—we need to be ever aware of its stealthy manner of sneaking into our prose. We should rewrite the above by making any of the following changes:

Rising from his bed, George took his furry slippers with him and began his march downstairs where breakfast awaited him.

Or,

Taking his furry slippers with him, George rose from his bed and began his march downstairs where breakfast awaited him.

If you want to write well, beware the “dangler.” And go get a good book on grammar and learn about the language you wish to express yourself in. This will be well worth your while.
More on this in another article. Stay tuned…

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Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning former teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Under the penname, JC Page, Joe authored Arithmetic Magic, the little classic on the ABC’s of arithmetic. Joe is also author of the charming self-help ebook, Making a Good Impression Every Time: The Secret to Instant Popularity; the original collection of poetry, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, and the short but highly effective fraction troubleshooter Fractions for the Faint of Heart. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)—particularly in regard to its educational flavor— continues to captivate readers and to earn him recognition.

Joe propagates his teaching philosophy through his articles and books and is dedicated to helping educate children living in impoverished countries. Toward this end, he donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every ebook. For more information go to mathbyjoe.com mathbyjoe.com

Article marketing is not the same for everyone. Each article marketer indeed has a different type of business and needs to understand that their strategies might be quite a bit different. For instance if someone is writing articles for a home based business, which sells hand crafted goods then their strategy would be completely different from someone like me who is interested in locating creative geniuses to join our Online Think Tank.

In the first example a seller of hand crafted wares would be writing online articles to drive traffic to their website, which is what I started to do to bring people to my online think tank. It worked very well. Too well, I had too many hits to our website, often crashing my site during peak periods. I guess 10,000 articles can do something like that?

Now remember with all my articles having been syndicated and my average of 355 article views per article on one online article submission site alone and with an average of 9 other places for each article and perhaps 350 average article views there. Then you could estimate that if I have 3.5 million article views times 9 or 31,500,000 article views. So, imagine an intellectual article propelling thought and a reader interested in reading it?

The click thru rate would be unbelievable. Just like your articles, highly targeted to the viewers interest when they come in thru a search engine. And since I have articles on nearly every subject, imagine the diversity of interest? Good, yes too good. So, I removed many of my bylines from most of my articles.

Now then writing articles for a hand crafted artwork website one must consider to target market their clientele and not simply just write articles about everything. For an Online Article Think Tank site, which deals with 200 different subject matters it might make sense to write about everything under the sun and then some, however for an artwork site, I think the other strategy is sound.

For the small home business online article marketer and writer, I would recommend that you only post on high-traffic article online submission sites. How can you know? Well a good rule of thumb is to only post on sites, which have been around since or before 2000. New sites unless HUGE, usually do not pull with the search engines, meaning the number of article views maybe somewhat irrelevant for your goals. I hope this article will propel thought in 2007.

Lance is a guest writer for ourspokanemagazine.com/ Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington

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The 188 stage Hero′s Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.

[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].

THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY

THE 188 STAGE HERO’S JOURNEY:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Gives you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharses, of which there are usually four).

d) Tells you what to write. For example, at a certain stage of the story, the focus should be on the Call to Adventure and the micro elements within.

ABRIDGED TIPS, EXCERPTS AND EXAMPLES:

(simply go to heros-journey.info/ heros-journey.info/ for full details)

*****Resisting the Physical Separation*****

There is always resistance to the Physical Separation. In Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Where&amp#8217;s the car? The car jams between the other two.

*****Ordinary Self*****

Whether the Hero et al arrive from an Ordinary World or arrive through the process of swift Exile, the Ordinary Self must be made explicit. This is because stories are all about Transformation and the Ordinary Self is an initial benchmark. In Straw Dogs (1971), David is a Mathematician.

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Write your best book now! Have you been guilty of procrastinating on your book project, lately? Many writers get hung up with wrong thinking about writing and completing their books.

Knowledge and know-how can be formed into easy steps that will destroy the power of procrastination. Using the amazingly easy steps below writers can conquer the giant procrastination and speedily write their best book now:

1. Maintain your momentum.
Unseasoned writers may play the martyr and push through just to put something on paper or give up and try again another day. We would never get it done like that. When you get stuck simply close that chapter; pull out your chapter outline and choose another chapter.

Don’t give in to writers block. Move on to work on the chapter you feel passion bubbling for at that moment.

2. Rewrite and Re-organize.
Be a professional. Don’t be lazy and save all the editing for your editor. Make your manuscript the best it can be. My advice is to avoid re-writing during your first draft.

Concentrate on finishing each chapter then use your tracking time to self-edit: Check your ideas for flow, grammar, spelling, and chapter endings. Work on your chapter titles and lead in introductions.

3. Learn to Delegate.
Don’t succumb to the idea that you have to do it all yourself if you want it done right. Discern your talents and delegate the rest. Know when to let go of your chapters and book. Don’t self-edit and pick your book apart word by word.

Learn to use your skills at the highest level possible. Some of the mechanical tasks of proofreading ask a family member, part-time employee or again a friend to help. Let go faster and profit sooner.

4. Work Efficiently.
Embrace technology. If you don’t know how something works, find out. Take a class. Read articles. Learn how to use your software to make things easier and faster. At least take the time to learn about the shortcuts in your current software. Welcome to the new millennium! Remember, don’t run from technology make your software work efficiently for you.

5. Print Out and Back Up Daily.
Don’t believe a computer crash can never happen to you. Save your work somewhere besides your computer hard drive, floppy disk, cd, DVD. Make a hard copy of your manuscript. Print out changes as you work.

Even so, nothing can happen until that first draft is completed. Procrastination is ultimately based on fear of failure. It has stopped countless of book projects and stolen the vision of many more.

Don′t allow procrastination to become a giant towering over your book dreams. Go now sign-up for a free course, pin-point your topic, write your table of contents or simply write your first draft.

Whatever you do, do it now and release your important message to the world. Best wishes for your greatest success yet.

Earma Brown, 12 year author and business owner
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Most candidates have difficulty completing the IELTS Writing Task 2 essay on time. However, candidates seeking higher band scores, say, 7 and above, should plan to write a conclusion paragraph that includes not just a Restatement of the Thesis but a true concluding sentence as well.

The purpose of the conclusion sentence is to leave the reader with one more idea, to round out the discussion and bring it to a satisfying end. Often, the sentence can unify the essay by returning to an early idea, perhaps even the one in the Hook, and ending on it.

The concluding sentence should not, however, contain a main idea or, worse, a strong opinion. It is merely supposed to leave the reader with one last, light thought to consider. So, if you write a concluding sentence, make it a suggestion, a recommendation or a prediction. And keep the language light and speculative.

For example, if you had written an Opinion Essay on the subject of mandatory retirement, and you had written that you were against it because it was harmful to companies, workers, and workers’ families, you would not want to conclude with yet another opinion. In other words, do not end with an even stronger opinion, such as: “The government must change its policy of mandatory retirement before more economic damage is done.” That’s far too strong for a conclusion. Instead, consider these kinds of concluding statements:

- Recommendation: “Because people are able to work effectively longer today, perhaps the government might reconsider its policy.”

- Suggestion: “Because costs of living are going up and people need to work beyond retirement age, it would be in the interest of the economy that the government rethink its retirement policies.”

- Prediction: “If the government reviewed its policies about mandatory retirement, some able-bodied workers might be able to work beyond retirement age, to the benefit of everyone.”

Notice that none of the statements tells the government what to do. They just propose a reconsideration of the policy. Also, notice that the prediction statement does not say what will happen, which is a different kind of prediction, but what might or could result. It’s also helpful to include words like perhaps and maybe, to reinforce the idea that statement that the statements are conditional, that is, that they merely note possibilities, rather than things that must or will occur.

Svend Nelson is a university lecturer and Internet entrepreneur. He is director of UniRoute Limited, a Hong Kong based company with offices in Bangkok and London providing online marketing services. Svend lived and worked in various countries across Latin America, Europe and Asia before settling in Thailand.
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