Copyright © Dolores Davis
There are many people who dread having to write papers or articles.
Many just feel like it seems to be too much work and it all just
goes to waste when no one reads them. To some people, reading
articles seems like work to, especially if the article is boring
and very bland. Well, articles are supposed to be read, that’s
their purpose to impart your message and information. If it is
not read then it is a waste of time and effort.
But all the same, articles have to be written to be read. It’s
just a matter of making them good. Making a good article doesn’t
have to be strenuous and straining. There are just some points
needed to be reminded of, and some guides to follow. Once you
get the hang of it, writing articles could be fun, as well as
profitable for you and your site.
Of course, writing articles must be about something you know
about, that’s why if you own a site, your probably knowledgeable
about that certain topic and theme. When you write about it, you
won’t have a hard time because you already know what it is and
what it’s about. It’s just a matter of making your articles
creative and interesting.
To make sure that your articles get read and enjoyed, here are
six red hot tips to get your articles read. These tips will make
your articles readable and interesting.
1) Use short paragraphs. When the paragraph are very long, the
words get jumbled in the mind of the reader just looking at it
It can get quite confusing and too much work to read. The reader
will just quickly disregard the paragraph and move on to much
easier reading articles that are good to look at as well as read.
Paragraphs can be a single sentence, sometimes even a single word!
2) Make use of numbers or bullets. As each point is stressed out,
numbers and bullets can quickly make the point easy to remember
and digest. As each point, tip, guide or method is started with
a bullet or point, readers will know that this is where the tips
start.
Format your bullets and numbers with indentations so that your
article won’t look like a single block of square paragraphs.
Add a little bit of flair and pizzazz to your articles shape.
3) Use Sub-headings to sub-divide your paragraphs in the page.
Doing this will break each point into sections but still would
be incorporated into one whole article. It would also be easy
for the reader to move on from one point to another; the
transition would be smooth and easy. You will never lose your
readers attention as well as the point and direction to where
the article is pointing.
4) Provide a good attention-grabbing title or header. If your
title can entice a person’s curiosity you’re already halfway
in getting a person to read your article. Use statements and
questions that utilize keywords that people are looking for.
Provide titles or headers that describe your articles content
but should also be short and concise.
Use titles like, “Tips on making her want you more”, or “How
to make her swoon and blush” .You could also use titles that
can command people, for example, “Make her yours in six easy
Ways”. These types of titles reach out to a persons’ emotions
and makes them interested.
5) Keep them interested from the start to the finish. From
your opening paragraph, use real life situations that can be
adopted by the reader. Use good descriptions and metaphors to
drive in your point, just don’t over do it. Driving your
examples with graphic metaphors and similes would make it
easy for them to imagine what you are talking about. Making
the experience pleasurable and enjoyable for them.
6) Utilize figures when necessary and not just ordinary and
insipid statements. Using specific facts and figures can
heighten your article because it makes it authoritative.
But do not make it too formal, it should be light and easy
in them and flow. Like a friendly teacher having a little
chat with an eager student.
(Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.)
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
7/17/07
5 Easy Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Going
Copyright © Dolores Davis
Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into
words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest
of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your
message across you have to get the attention of the reader and
have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.
The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of
creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people, some
just gets into a block or something to that effect that can drive
someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair out
when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their
creative juices flowing.
Putting words into images in the readers mind is an art. A clear
and crisp depiction requires a certain flair that only creativity
can provide. Similes and metaphors help a lot, but the way an
article gets entwined word for word, sentence by sentence then
paragraph by paragraph into a whole article develops the essence
of the article.
So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There
is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy
ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee you
of having the perfect mindset but many methods may aid you in
achieving that state of mind. Here are five easy ways for that.
1) Keep a diary or a journal with you always. Ideas can be
triggered by anything you may hear, see, or smell. Your senses are
your radar in finding great ideas. Write all of them into a journal
and keep it with you for future reference. You may also write down
anything that you have read or heard, someone’s ideas could be used
to develop your own ideas and this is not stealing. Remember that
ideas and creativity can come from anywhere; it’s the development
of the idea that makes it unique.
2) Relax and take time to sort things out. A jumbled mind cannot
create any space for new ideas. Everyone must have a clear mind if
one wishes to have their creativity in full speed. Get rid of all
obstacles that can be a hindrance to your creativity. If you are
bothered by something, you cannot force your mind to stay focused.
Try to relax every time that you can and think about your
experiences and interactions with others. Your experiences are what
shape your mindset and your opinions which could be reflected on your
writings. Try to discover yourself, find out what triggers your
emotions. Discover what inspires you and what ticks you off. You can
use these emotions to help you in expressing yourself and your ideas,
with this you can grow creatively.
3) Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness. Your
working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make you feel
happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good state of mind
and a messed up workplace that causes distraction won’t be conducive
in firing up your creative flow.
Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and
relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that inspire, or
anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A clean and well
organized workplace also rids of distractions and unwanted hindrances.
With a good working place, you can work in peace and never notice the
time pass by.
4) Set the mood. Setting the mood requires you to just go with the
moment or to induce your self to feeling what makes your mind work
best. Finding out what makes you tick could help you find ways to get
your creative juices flowing. Set the pace and tempo for your mood and
everything else will follow.
5) Go on a getaway and just do something unlike crazy. Letting yourself
go and have fun produces adrenaline that can make your imagination go
wild. Take an adventure or a solemn hike. Whatever it is that is
unusual from your daily routine can take the rut out of your schedule.
In no time at all, your creativeness will make use of that experience
and get your imagination to go on overdrive.
(Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.)
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into
words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest
of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your
message across you have to get the attention of the reader and
have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.
The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of
creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people, some
just gets into a block or something to that effect that can drive
someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair out
when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their
creative juices flowing.
Putting words into images in the readers mind is an art. A clear
and crisp depiction requires a certain flair that only creativity
can provide. Similes and metaphors help a lot, but the way an
article gets entwined word for word, sentence by sentence then
paragraph by paragraph into a whole article develops the essence
of the article.
So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There
is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy
ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee you
of having the perfect mindset but many methods may aid you in
achieving that state of mind. Here are five easy ways for that.
1) Keep a diary or a journal with you always. Ideas can be
triggered by anything you may hear, see, or smell. Your senses are
your radar in finding great ideas. Write all of them into a journal
and keep it with you for future reference. You may also write down
anything that you have read or heard, someone’s ideas could be used
to develop your own ideas and this is not stealing. Remember that
ideas and creativity can come from anywhere; it’s the development
of the idea that makes it unique.
2) Relax and take time to sort things out. A jumbled mind cannot
create any space for new ideas. Everyone must have a clear mind if
one wishes to have their creativity in full speed. Get rid of all
obstacles that can be a hindrance to your creativity. If you are
bothered by something, you cannot force your mind to stay focused.
Try to relax every time that you can and think about your
experiences and interactions with others. Your experiences are what
shape your mindset and your opinions which could be reflected on your
writings. Try to discover yourself, find out what triggers your
emotions. Discover what inspires you and what ticks you off. You can
use these emotions to help you in expressing yourself and your ideas,
with this you can grow creatively.
3) Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness. Your
working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make you feel
happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good state of mind
and a messed up workplace that causes distraction won’t be conducive
in firing up your creative flow.
Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and
relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that inspire, or
anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A clean and well
organized workplace also rids of distractions and unwanted hindrances.
With a good working place, you can work in peace and never notice the
time pass by.
4) Set the mood. Setting the mood requires you to just go with the
moment or to induce your self to feeling what makes your mind work
best. Finding out what makes you tick could help you find ways to get
your creative juices flowing. Set the pace and tempo for your mood and
everything else will follow.
5) Go on a getaway and just do something unlike crazy. Letting yourself
go and have fun produces adrenaline that can make your imagination go
wild. Take an adventure or a solemn hike. Whatever it is that is
unusual from your daily routine can take the rut out of your schedule.
In no time at all, your creativeness will make use of that experience
and get your imagination to go on overdrive.
(Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.)
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
7/8/07
4 Things ALL Articles Must Have - Don't Forget!
Copyright © Dolores Davis
The importance of articles in today’s websites and internet based
companies are immeasurable. They dictate a lot in the success and
the drive of traffic into one’s site. It has become a key
element in making a site work and earns a profit. A website
operator and owner must have the good sense to include articles
in his or her site that will work for them and earn them the many
benefits articles can give to their site.
Articles have been known to be the driving force in driving traffic
to a website. Articles are a factor in giving site high rankings
in search result pages. The higher a site ranks the bigger slice
of the traffic flow pie he gets. With a huge number in traffic
flow, there are more profits and more potential for other income
generating schemes as well.
But, it is not just about stuffing your site with articles; they
have certain requirements as well. These requirements must be met
to obtain the maximum benefits an article will provide for your
site. A well written article will catch the eyes and interest of
your customers and keep them coming back for more. They would
also be able to recommend your site to others.
Here are some tips to help you and assist you in making your
articles. Below you will read about four things all articles must
have to make it successful and helpful in making your site a
profit earning and traffic overflowing site.
• Keywords and Keyword Phrases.
An article must always be centered on the keywords and keyword
phrases. As each website visitor goes to a site, there are those
who are just merely browsing but actually looking for a specific
something. When this happens, a searcher usually goes to a search
engine and types in the keywords they are looking for (e.g.
Toyota Camry, Meningitis, Tax Lawyer and Etcetera). It could be
anything they want.
The Important thing is that you have an article that has the
keywords that are related to your site. For example, if you
maintain an auto parts site, you must be able to have articles
about cars and their parts. There are many tools in the
internet that provides service in helping a webmaster out
in determining what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly
sought out. You can use this tool to determine what keywords
to use and write about.
• Keyword Density
Know that you have your keywords and keyword phrases, you must
use them fully. An article must have good keyword density for
a search engine to “feel” its presence. Articles should at least
have ten to fifteen percent of keyword density in their content
for search engines to rank a site high in their search results.
Getting a high rank is what articles do best for a site.
Keyword density is the number of times a keyword or keyword
phrase is used on an article. The number varies depending on
the number of words used in an article. An effective article
must have a keyword density that is not too high or too low.
With a very high density, the essence of the article is lost
and may turn off a reader as well as the search engines. It
comes off as overeager. A low number may be ignored by the
search engines.
• Good Article Content
Like what is stated above, you cannot just riddle an article
with keywords. They must also be regarded as good reading
materials. Articles must be able to entertain people as well
as provide good information and help for their needs. Articles
should be written well with correct spelling and good grammar.
If you want people to trust you, make your work good and well
thought out.
People respond well to figures, facts and statistics. Try to get
great information and as many facts as you can. A good and well
written article will boost your reputation as an expert in your
chosen field or topic. As more people believe in you. They will
be able to trust you and your products.
• Linking Articles
And another important thing to remember. If you are going to
submit articles to ezines and/or contribute your articles to
newsletters and other sites, DON’T ever forget to include a
link to your site. A little resource box with a brief description
of your site and you should always be placed right after your
articles that you have submitted. If people like your articles,
they will most likely click on the link directing them to your
site.
Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
The importance of articles in today’s websites and internet based
companies are immeasurable. They dictate a lot in the success and
the drive of traffic into one’s site. It has become a key
element in making a site work and earns a profit. A website
operator and owner must have the good sense to include articles
in his or her site that will work for them and earn them the many
benefits articles can give to their site.
Articles have been known to be the driving force in driving traffic
to a website. Articles are a factor in giving site high rankings
in search result pages. The higher a site ranks the bigger slice
of the traffic flow pie he gets. With a huge number in traffic
flow, there are more profits and more potential for other income
generating schemes as well.
But, it is not just about stuffing your site with articles; they
have certain requirements as well. These requirements must be met
to obtain the maximum benefits an article will provide for your
site. A well written article will catch the eyes and interest of
your customers and keep them coming back for more. They would
also be able to recommend your site to others.
Here are some tips to help you and assist you in making your
articles. Below you will read about four things all articles must
have to make it successful and helpful in making your site a
profit earning and traffic overflowing site.
• Keywords and Keyword Phrases.
An article must always be centered on the keywords and keyword
phrases. As each website visitor goes to a site, there are those
who are just merely browsing but actually looking for a specific
something. When this happens, a searcher usually goes to a search
engine and types in the keywords they are looking for (e.g.
Toyota Camry, Meningitis, Tax Lawyer and Etcetera). It could be
anything they want.
The Important thing is that you have an article that has the
keywords that are related to your site. For example, if you
maintain an auto parts site, you must be able to have articles
about cars and their parts. There are many tools in the
internet that provides service in helping a webmaster out
in determining what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly
sought out. You can use this tool to determine what keywords
to use and write about.
• Keyword Density
Know that you have your keywords and keyword phrases, you must
use them fully. An article must have good keyword density for
a search engine to “feel” its presence. Articles should at least
have ten to fifteen percent of keyword density in their content
for search engines to rank a site high in their search results.
Getting a high rank is what articles do best for a site.
Keyword density is the number of times a keyword or keyword
phrase is used on an article. The number varies depending on
the number of words used in an article. An effective article
must have a keyword density that is not too high or too low.
With a very high density, the essence of the article is lost
and may turn off a reader as well as the search engines. It
comes off as overeager. A low number may be ignored by the
search engines.
• Good Article Content
Like what is stated above, you cannot just riddle an article
with keywords. They must also be regarded as good reading
materials. Articles must be able to entertain people as well
as provide good information and help for their needs. Articles
should be written well with correct spelling and good grammar.
If you want people to trust you, make your work good and well
thought out.
People respond well to figures, facts and statistics. Try to get
great information and as many facts as you can. A good and well
written article will boost your reputation as an expert in your
chosen field or topic. As more people believe in you. They will
be able to trust you and your products.
• Linking Articles
And another important thing to remember. If you are going to
submit articles to ezines and/or contribute your articles to
newsletters and other sites, DON’T ever forget to include a
link to your site. A little resource box with a brief description
of your site and you should always be placed right after your
articles that you have submitted. If people like your articles,
they will most likely click on the link directing them to your
site.
Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
7/5/07
3 Things You Must Do Before You Submit To Article Directories
Copyright © Dolores Davis
To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to
start digging up those creative writing skills back.
With modern communication technology comes the popularity of
information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and
most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to
sites and converting them into buyers. This is why article
writing, submissions and publications are also getting popular.
There are already many tools that people can use to make the
process of distributing their articles more easily. Though
this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure,
which is only half of the story.
Let us take a look first at the common mistakes that some
people make before submitting their contents to article
directories:
1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the
reason to write them.
In article writing, there are three key benefits why you are
promoting them; branding, lead generation and promotion, which
are all part of your optimization efforts.
But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that
is to inform your audience. If the article is not focused on
this primary and most important purpose, it will fail to achieve
the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested
in reading them.
You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is
in your article, then make them click on your resource box. You
can achieve this by producing better contents.
2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article
marketing.
You may know already that your articles can help you generate
additional links back to your site. But do you know that you
can get more visitors and better search engine results from
that same article?
Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo
them. Some are even using anchor texts which is also an
effective method. But it is important to know that the majority
of the directories are not able to support this.
Remember that it is not only about the links back to your site.
Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked
up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining
the ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality
of your work. Better search engine results also are great
benefits.
But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There
are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts
into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just
increase the number of visitors to your site.
Start out with a plan and see to it that your article will
serve the function that you intended it to have.
3. Publishing content that does not help your readers.
Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that
all that you wanted is links back to your site. And any
visitors it can generate are fine.
Guess what? Not all article banks and directories are going
to accept your content automatically. Oftentimes, they have
some guidelines and specifications on the articles that they
are accepting.
You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing
articles that the directories want to share with other people.
All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers
to increase your potential audience overnight.
Write the articles that publishers want in their publications
if you want your article marketing to work the most effective
way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard
guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even
hiring a writer to produce a good content on your behalf.
In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part.
You can start getting a little exposure from increased links
back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from
a little extra time making quality contents.
It will be your choice. You may not be aware of the fact that
an article submitted on directories is not meant to have the
same level of exposure as highly-targeted content ones geared
on a narrow group of people.
Learn the difference between these two and it will surely help
you know what kinds of articles to write and to submit.
(Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.)
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to
start digging up those creative writing skills back.
With modern communication technology comes the popularity of
information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and
most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to
sites and converting them into buyers. This is why article
writing, submissions and publications are also getting popular.
There are already many tools that people can use to make the
process of distributing their articles more easily. Though
this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure,
which is only half of the story.
Let us take a look first at the common mistakes that some
people make before submitting their contents to article
directories:
1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the
reason to write them.
In article writing, there are three key benefits why you are
promoting them; branding, lead generation and promotion, which
are all part of your optimization efforts.
But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that
is to inform your audience. If the article is not focused on
this primary and most important purpose, it will fail to achieve
the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested
in reading them.
You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is
in your article, then make them click on your resource box. You
can achieve this by producing better contents.
2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article
marketing.
You may know already that your articles can help you generate
additional links back to your site. But do you know that you
can get more visitors and better search engine results from
that same article?
Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo
them. Some are even using anchor texts which is also an
effective method. But it is important to know that the majority
of the directories are not able to support this.
Remember that it is not only about the links back to your site.
Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked
up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining
the ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality
of your work. Better search engine results also are great
benefits.
But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There
are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts
into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just
increase the number of visitors to your site.
Start out with a plan and see to it that your article will
serve the function that you intended it to have.
3. Publishing content that does not help your readers.
Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that
all that you wanted is links back to your site. And any
visitors it can generate are fine.
Guess what? Not all article banks and directories are going
to accept your content automatically. Oftentimes, they have
some guidelines and specifications on the articles that they
are accepting.
You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing
articles that the directories want to share with other people.
All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers
to increase your potential audience overnight.
Write the articles that publishers want in their publications
if you want your article marketing to work the most effective
way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard
guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even
hiring a writer to produce a good content on your behalf.
In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part.
You can start getting a little exposure from increased links
back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from
a little extra time making quality contents.
It will be your choice. You may not be aware of the fact that
an article submitted on directories is not meant to have the
same level of exposure as highly-targeted content ones geared
on a narrow group of people.
Learn the difference between these two and it will surely help
you know what kinds of articles to write and to submit.
(Feel free to use this article online and in your email
newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not
alter it in anyway. The by-line and biography must
remain in the article.)
About the Author:
Dolores is a Home Based Business Operator,
Affiliate Marketer and a Network Marketer.
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://join.becanada.com/?herbsforlife2@yahoo.com
http://davisisell.com/cgi-bin/c/classifieds.cgi?frames
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