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Just when you thought you heard it all in the online article-marketing category now some rather unscrupulous PLR article writers are turning up the volume on their online article counts. How are they doing this? Well believe it or not they are using computers to do this.

How it works is that the computer takes an article and then replaces many of the words with synonyms and re-arranges the sentences so that no one can call them into issue with plagiarism. Of course if you want to really think about it re-writing other writers articles is borderline plagiarism anyway.

Nevertheless the PLR article writers have resorted to cheating using computers. Only problem is these computers are not good enough yet and they are spitting out crap really.

You know this PLR issue really does not surprise me, humans are lazy and want to discover a short cuts. What is that old saying; If you have a tough job give it to a lazy man and he will find an easier way? All humans are lazy in my observation of the species, yet these PLR writers have certainly put the frosting on that cake.

Well this PLR Strategy is taking human nature to whole new level of questionable integrity? Interesting how these things happen. I am sure we will see much more of this. Humans can still compete against artificial intelligence, but as Ray Kurzweil states, AI will indeed pass human intelligence and out think, create and perform those pesky humans?

Soon, article online writers will be passed by AI Article Writers owned by PLR article marketers and so the as the World Turns the only true constant is once again observed; Change. Consider this in 2006.

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Should online article websites have the ability to take online article comments from the readers in an interactive way? Well as the top online article writer who likes to write about politics and opinion, I say NO.

Because the non-intellectual masses have a lot to be desired in their sound and fury and really get into attack mode on their comments and having watched this and been called everything in the book, clearly as an author of some 7000 articles, I am not interested nor do I have the time to monitor the comments from the peanut gallery.

Believe me I am well aware of all sides of the issues I write upon and really am not interested in rehashing those. So often the commenters somehow believe that the are so smart and bring such new and undiscovered information to the table, yet all in all it is merely repetitive of what was on Television the night before.

On one online article submission site I did find it interesting the types of articles, which get the most feedback, as they are not what I might have expected. I have a skewed and rather dismal view of the average Internet user and their shallow interests. It is rather enlightening to see that topics with substance are getting more comments. Perhaps these too are rather an interesting new trend? Perhaps you too may have noticed this if you are an online article writer? Consider all this in 2006.

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At first, it might seem counter intuitive to build the reputation and popularity of your site by posting articles on other sites. However, if done correctly, by using submissions on sites to promote or intrigue viewers in your site, you will find that you are providing yourself with free advertising for your own site. This can be very helpful in establishing an online presence, especially for beginning webmasters.

Increase You Search Results

Having your site linked in multiple ways will greatly increase your rankings in search engines such as Google and Yahoo. By having your site spread over multiple areas and links leading back to your site, the percentage of viewers who will stumble across your site will also increase. Essentially, having your site linked through articles that you have written on other sites provides a constant flow of advertising.

Link To Sites That Are Similar To Yours

It is not only important to increase your ranking by getting your link out to as many sites as possible, but it is especially important to have your site linked to other sites of the same topic and nature. This will provide an easy progression for viewers. If you are able to link to more well known sites this will prove to be even more valuable in creating momentum for your new site.

Promote Yourself

When writing an article to put on other sites, don’t be afraid to pat yourself on the back. Although this may seem like grand standing, if you are not proud of your site, why would anyone want to check it out? Do not feel bad about promoting your own website, especially if you are trying to use it to make money through Adsense or another type of internet moneymaking venture. Writing great articles that will link your site to the article that you have posted on another site is a great way to ensure that you are effectively promoting yourself.

Have Something Of Interest To Promote

If you are going to be writing articles to draw people to your website, do not disappoint them. Going through all of the trouble to provide articles to other websites so that you can promote your own website will be wasted if viewers do not return to your website. You can make sure that this doesn’t happen by providing great content. Whether it be keyword based or otherwise, make sure that there is something that will stand out in the viewers mind. This can even be something as simple as number of keywords that are relevant on the page. Regardless of how you choose to provide information, it is important that you have something to keep viewers coming back once you draw them in.

Use Keywords In Your Articles

One tried and true method of making sure that the viewer followers your article back to your site is to write relevant articles. Writing what you know will ensure that you provide quality work and that your work is able to be easily traced. Stick with articles that are themed after the keywords in your website. This will provide and easy transition from your article on another site, to the keywords on your webpage.

By carefully crafting articles, it is very possible for you, as a beginning webmaster, to establish enough links that you will essentially have free advertising across the web. By keeping a few things in mind, such as keyword relevance and linking to similar sites, you will ensure that the pathway from the location of your article to your actual website is easy and worthwhile.

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OVERVIEW

Searches in User Documents (manuals, etc.) often fail because the Reader uses different words for a concept than the author uses. Since the Reader’s words do not appear in the document, the document search mechanism cannot find them, resulting in frustration. This article describes a User-friendly technique for improving searches, without having to change the Users’ behavior or the search software.

YOUR READERS’ WORDS

People use the words that they know when they speak, write, or search. It’s folly to try to force the Reader to use the writer’s terminology; the Reader simply might not know the “proper” term. Forced to use unknown words, the Reader will find the User Document to be arrogant, or at least difficult to use.

For example, a User Manual for a word processing program will probably use the word “formatting” when dealing with character fonts and size, as well as page layout. But suppose that your Reader uses the word “appearance” to refer to these topics. How can we get the search mechanism to provide the correct result if the Reader searches for “appearance”?

THE TECHNICAL ANSWER: A THESAURUS SEARCH

The technical solution would be to convert the document search software from being an “exact term” search to a “Thesaurus Search.” In a Thesaurus Search, the User enters a word that he/she knows, and the search returns synonyms or references to the synonyms in the document. Thus a properly set up Thesaurus Search should return references to “formatting” if the Reader searches for “appearance.”

Unfortunately, the Thesaurus Search is rarely available, and creating one would require changes to the existing search program. A low tech solution may be the best answer.

THE ANSWER: SYNONYMS

For this technique, you need to put synonyms of the author’s word (”formatting″) on the pages that you want the search to find. Such synonyms may include “appearance,” “design,” and “layout.” This is a simple, effective solution.

You can find appropriate synonyms by using the thesaurus that is a component of most word processors and of many libraries. Select the synonyms that your Readers are likely to use. “Likely to use” is based on your analysis of your Reader.

This leads us to the next question: How do you put the synonyms on the page?

DON’T USE HIDDEN TEXT

Technically savvy writers may ask “why not use hidden text for the synonyms?” The benefit is that hidden text will not “clutter up” the page.

So, if in the sections of the User Document where “formatting” is presented, the writer put the word “appearance″ as hidden text (assuming the search utility would find this hidden information), then the following will happen:

1. The Reader searches for “appearance.”

2. The search takes the Reader to the “formatting” section of the document.

3. The Reader wonders “How did I get here?” The word that he/she searched for (”appearance”) does not appear on the page, since it is hidden.

Given that a goal of a User Document is to answer the Reader’s questions, then doing anything that causes him/her to ask another question (”How did I get here?”) is counter-productive. Hidden synonyms are not the best answer.

THE ELEGANT SOLUTION: “YOU MAY KNOW THIS AS…”

Hiding the synonyms is not a good idea. It’s better to let the Reader know what’s going on. The easiest way is to add a line of text on the page where the topic appears. This line of text begins with the phrase, “You may know this as…”

To continue our “formatting” example, our explanatory synonym phrase becomes, “You may know this as appearance, layout, or design.” A search for “appearance” brings the Reader to the “Formatting” section.

Upon seeing the phrase “You may know this as appearance, layout, or design,” the Reader knows why the search found this location. The search satisfied the Reader, and did not add uncertainty to the situation.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The goal of all good User Documents is to improve the Reader’s experience with the product. By using synonyms for “technical” terms, the writer makes the Reader’s document searches more effective, since the needed topics will be found using the Reader’s words.

By not hiding the synonyms, the Reader is not confused as to why he/she arrived at that place in the document. The result is a better experience with the document and the product.

Barry Millman, Ph.D., has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (1966, Carnegie Institute of Technology) and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Psychology (Human Information Processing, University of Calgary). He has been a consultant for over 25 years, an instructor, course developer, and award-winning speaker. For the past seven years he has been researching and creating resources to help organizations create great User Documents.

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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 Apocalypse 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).

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*****Afterlife Act*****

Sequecnes include:

His receives a high status burial (is buried on high ground etc). In Out of Africa (1985), Denys is buried upon a hilltop.

His legend lives on through a select few. In Out of Africa (1985), Denys′ legend lives on through Karen.

A prophecy builds up around him.

After a while he is recalled (if had only disappeared or if he is able to wake from the dead - not unusual).

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Writing valuable content-rich articles for your target market and submitting them to article directories and other publishers is one of the best ways to market your business, become known as an expert in your field, and add subscribers to your list.

For example, if you regularly write an article for your ezine, you can get a lot more mileage out of it if you submit it to article directories and other online publishing services. And making every piece you write work more than once for you is one way to work smarter and not harder. That’s called leverage.

There are several reasons why you want to do this. One is to get your name and your business out there so people will learn who you are and what you do, and it helps to position you as an expert. No more keeping yourself a secret and hiding behind your computer! Another reason is that your articles give people a taste of your style, what it is that you offer, and it gives them an opportunity to get to know you a bit without risking anything.

At the end of each article include a resource box so if people want to find out more about you and your business, they have that information at their fingertips. Once someone reads your article, if they like your stuff, they will likely visit your website and sign up for your Pink Spoon (your free offering that gets people on your list). And writing articles is one of the fastest (and FREE) ways to get lots of exposure, especially if a publisher with a large list picks it up!

Want to get started? Here are the 4 easy steps:

1. Write the article or recycle one you’ve already written, giving it a fresh edit (it never hurts).

Write or revise an article targeted at your niche that is full of valuable content. A couple of tips: Articles can be anywhere from 300-700 words in length for the best chance of being picked up (if you have a longer article, consider chopping it in half and making it two shorter articles). Also, articles with lists, steps, or mini-chunks of information seem to be the most read.

2. Add your copyright.

Don′t forget to protect your work by adding a copyright. At the end of each article, put a copyright notice with the date of when you first published the article. For example, copyright (or ©) 2005 Alicia M Forest.

3. Write the copy for your author’s box.

After your copyright notice comes what’s usually referred to as the “resource box” or “author’s box.” In order for others to publish your work, ask that they include this information at the end of your article, keeping what you provide in it whole and intact. As this is standard practice, you’ll find most publishers will honor this request.

Write 3-5 lines that entice people to find out more about you by providing the web address to the sign-up page for your Pink Spoon. You don’t need to use this valuable real estate to promote your business, but do use it to encourage people to join your list by signing up for your ezine or other free offering.

A tip: Again, don’t send your article readers to your home page. Send them to a page set up specifically to add them to your list. For example, say”for more articles like this, please visit www.yourezinepage.com to sign up!”

4. Submit your article.

Although this is one of the most time-consuming marketing tasks, it can be made much simplier by either hiring a VA to do it for you, or using an article submission service. A couple of services that I use are:

SubmitYOURArticle
www.articlemarketer.com

There are literally hundreds of websites that offer free content for publishers who are in need of quality articles for their own publications or websites. Here are some of the best ones:

www.ezinearticles.com

www.ideamarketers.com

www.goarticles.com

www.article-host.com

www.articlecity.com

Bonus step:

If you want to see stronger results from submitting your articles, contact directly those publishers of ezines and websites in your niche. Google publishers of ezines in your target market and then send a query to the editor/owner about submitting an article. Present yourself as a professional and offer your article for their use, provided the resource box remains in tact. Paste your article under your message (attachments can get blocked, and if the receiver doesn’t know you it’s unlikely they will open and read it anyway).

Writing and submitting articles is one of the tried-and-true, if slow-and-steady, ways to build your list, become known as an expert, and offer value to your target market.

Copyright 2005 Alicia Forest

Alicia M Forest, MBA, Multiple Streams Queen & Coach™, & Founder of ClientAbundance.com ClientAbundance.com , teaches coaches, consultants, online entrepreneurs and solo professionals to attract more clients, create profit-making products and services, make more sales, and ultimately live the life they desire and deserve.
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If you want to know a quick and easy way to get inside the heads of your customers…and learn what their “hot buttons” are when writing copy…then check this out:

One of the first things I do when starting a new copywriting project is go straight over to amazon.com.

Why?

Because in most cases it contains a gold mine of information you can use to find out what makes your customers “tick.”

And the first thing I do is simply type in the subject my ad is about and read the various different book titles.

This alone will light your mind on fire with ideas for headlines and potential themes for your copy.

Next, I read the editorial reviews of all those book titles.

They usually contain at least some raw material for snatches of copy, themes and appeals I can use in my ad.

After that I tackle the real “meat” of the site — the customer reviews.

You can dig some real gems out of these customer comments and feedback reviews.

Why?

Because when people write these reviews they’re basically downloading their raw thoughts and handing you dozens of ideas for your ad on a silver platter.

You′re literally reading the minds of people who have spent money on the subject your ad is about.

And if you pay attention, you’ll see what’s resonating with your market. What they like and don’t like. What they were happy with and what they were unhappy with.

You′ll see the exact words they use, the questions they ask and what appeals to them on an emotional “gut” level.

All of which makes great “fodder” for your copy.

Anyway, here’s the bottom line:

There are a lot of different ways to get into the heads of people you’re selling to in your copy.

But one of the best and cheapest ways is simply going to amazon.com and looking at the editorial and customer reviews of products related to what you′re selling in your copy.

Ben Settle is a direct response copywriter and author of “The Copywriter’s Cheat Sheet″ — which contains over 300 pages of advanced copywriting secrets and rare swipe file ads not easily found anywhere else. You can bensettle.com/ get a free copy of his book and read his latest copywriting ideas and tactics at bensettle.com/ bensettle.com

With the pressures of climbing the corporate ladder and just keeping up with the Jones’, there are many things that are pushing us in life to succeed and achieve greater goals year on year. While really wanting to succeed and attain our goals we can stumble on some obstacles that may be barriers that keep up from making a success in life and reaching our goals. One example of this is a fear of public speaking; also known as public speaking anxiety. In a recent survey this phobia was put at number one as being the most severe fear that you could suffer from. Just to show you how bad it can be, the fear of death on the same survey came it at number seven!

As a ‘recovered’ sufferer of public speaking anxiety myself, I can empathize with people that are sufferers at the moment. The phobia itself is ‘all in the mind’ however it really does have a physical part to play too, allowing us to sweat, shake and get palpitations – sometimes even just thinking about it! I even remember reading a case history once of a young man in his twenties suffering a heart attack due to the stress and pressure that he was under with his public speaking anxiety. It really can cause a massive effect on the person that it is hounding.

Most sufferers will unfortunately just come to terms with it and allow it to limit them in future life choices such as getting a promotion at work or just giving an after dinner or best mans speech. If you do suffer from this condition you can think back now on just how many opportunities that you have missed out on due to this irrational fear. Some of you may have just tried facing it, only to make the phobia stronger after a failed attempt! Wherever you are at the moment – with the correct approach you can get the success that you both desire and deserve.

I help all of my clients that come to me for help with public speaking anxiety with hypnosis and self hypnosis. In fact in my clinic and with my downloads and my book I have helped thousands to overcome this fear with great success. Simply put – hypnosis reprograms the part of the brain that houses all of the behaviours and beliefs that make this phobia. This part of the brain is called the sub-conscious mind. Hypnosis works on every aspect of the phobia giving the client the results that they want and need.

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It’s February, and you know what that means…Love is in the air - it’s the month where Valentine’s Day appears! The time of year everyone wants to fall in love or be in love. So, while you are in the mood for love, why not fall in love with public speaking!

When you are in love, you want to get to know that person more, you want to spend as much time with them as possible, and you want to eat a lot of chocolate. As a result, you have fun, you feel better about yourself and your life becomes sweeter. Best of all, your relationship grows and becomes stronger.

Imagine what would happen if you were to treat public speaking the same way as you treat your lover!

Treat Public Speaking As Your Lover
First of all - If you were in love with public speaking you would want to spend time getting to know public speaking more. If you were to spend time learning what makes a great presentation your knowledge would increase and you would be able to implement those skills when you spoke in public. This of course would make you a better presenter.

Second of all - If you were in love with public speaking you would want to spend as much time as possible speaking in public. If you were to speak a whole lot more in public than you do now, your presentation skills would improve immensely. Just like a loving relationship gets stronger your speaking skills will get stronger.

Then there’s the chocolate that represents the sweetness of romance. As Jackie Gleason used to say, “How Sweet It Is!” Which is what you could be saying after giving a fabulous presentation.

Give A Fabulous Presentation
If you are in love or would like to be in love, wouldn’t you want to be in a FABULOUS relationship?

Wouldn′t you want the results of your actions towards your lover to be fabulous? If you were to give her or him a nice gift, wouldn′t you want them to react in a positive way? Wouldn′t you want them to be really happy? Isn′t that the goal, to make the other feel happy, great, and loved?

If you treat public speaking the same way, what kind of results do you think would occur? When you fall in love with public speaking, you will treat it well, you will spend more time with it, and you will get fabulous results from your presentations.

Valentines Day is a lot like Public Speaking.
Some people love the holiday and some people hate it. Some people love public speaking and some people hate it. My suggestion to you is, whether you have a lover or not, enjoy valentines day. Whether you love public speaking or not, enjoy giving your presentations.

Valentines day is for everyone not just lovers.
On Valentines Day, treat yourself to some sweetness, talk to yourself in a loving way, and treat others in a loving way. It’s a day to express love to anyone not just to your lover. Then go ahead and fall in love with Public Speaking so you can grow as a presenter, as a person, and as an expert in your field.

Valentines and Public Speaking
By the way, I am not suggesting you only express love once a year on Valentines day or fall in love with Public Speaking one day a year. For some of you who really hate it, you may need to start with one day and for others who don’t mind it as much, try to be in love with public speaking as much as possible.

The next time you have an opportunity to speak in public, be sure to take on that opportunity with open arms, with love, and with sweetness. The results just may be FABULOUS!

“Article writers wanted: I will pay $3.50 per article. Must be quality writing – no hobbyists!”

No, this isn’t a joke. It’s an actual job advert, posted on a website earlier this year. What’s more, there’s nothing particularly unusual about this advert. It seems that more and more often these days, people expect writers to work for free – or as close to free as it’s possible to get.

So what’s the catch? Well, professional copywriters won’t write for $3.50, which means that the only people who’ll respond to an advert like this will be very people the employer says he doesn’t want – hobbyists.

But what’s wrong with that? Why not go with a hobbyist – a non-professional writer? What can a professional copywriter give you that an amateur can’t?

Here’s what:

1. Time

Let’s think for a minute about how many $3.50 articles a writer would need to produce in order to make anything like a decent amount of money from it. Quite a few. Quite a few hundred, in fact. In order for it to be worth their while, then, the cheap article writer has to be churning them out at the rate of at least a few an hour. They’re not going to spend a lot of time on each article: what would be the point? Even if each article takes them an hour, they’re still earning less than minimum wage, so the article you receive isn’t going to be carefully researched and written: it’s going to be churned out in as little time as possible.

2. Quality

You may think quality doesn’t matter too much. If you’re commissioning articles for a website, you may be tempted to think that quantity is all that matters: the more pages of content and keywords you have, the better your chances of being ranked in the search engines, after all.

Think about why you want a good ranking though? Presumably you want your site to be well-ranked in order to receive more traffic and more sales. Your content, then, is there to lure in people, not search engines. And it’s a fact that most people arriving at a website full of badly-written content will just hit that back button right away.

3. Credibility

There’s no doubt that good quality writing lends credibility to your website or articles, while sloppy writing creates the impression that even you didn′t think your project was worth investing in, so no-one else should either.

4. Skill and Experience

Some people think that anyone who knows how to string a sentence together can call themselves a writer. Not so. A professional copywriter doesn’t just put words on the page: they know the right words to use to gain the reaction you’re looking for from your audience. It takes years of experience to know what works and what doesn’t in terms of website copy. Do you really think someone who’s spent years acquiring those skills will give them away for $3.50?

Of course, it’s up to you. If your main concern is adding content to your site for very little cost, go with the $3 article writers. But if you want to create a high quality website, with content which will pull in visitors and keep them coming back, it could be worth bringing in the professionals.

Amber McNaught offers a professional but affordable copywriting service through her business, hotigloo.co.uk/copywriting.htm Hot Igloo Productions Ltd.

Amber also runs writingworld.org WritingWorld.org - an online agency for freelance writers, editors and proofreaders.