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How To Make Money by Submitting Articles to Article Directories

Rich — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:33:43 +0000

The internet is continually providing means to generate income. The methods to do this are without a doubt many, and one of them is by writing of articles. These are then submitted to article directories where they are displayed for internet users. The potential that lies in doing so is huge, depending on your level of expertise and just how much time and effort you dedicate. If you are a novice, there is much you need to learn, but not when you are starting. Just a few leads are sufficient to point you in the direction you are supposed to go. First thing you need do is identify a niche that you are comfortable with. It could be dealing with any topic, but be sure its one that is on constant demand from internet users. Needless to add at this point, your writing skills have to be top-notch. There is no room for imperfect English as that will undermine your credibility and your skills altogether. Upon identifying a niche and writing the articles, you need to have a registered account with an article directory. There are many well known ones over the internet, like ezine and articlesbase.com. Establishing an account is free free. You are supposed to write something about yourself so that your readers can who you are and what you do. It creates a virtual relationship with them, when your portfolio is open for display. Ensure that you also understand the rules that must be followed. In the natural, there are some standards that you are supposed to meet with your articles. Ensure that you understand them in detail. The making money bit comes from the links that you create at the bottom of the article. These could lead to your site. This is increasing traffic flow to your site which is essential when it comes to making sales. Of course, at this point, SEO knowledge is essential. In the simplest language, SEO can be described as content building based on high keyword density. If you don’t have a site that you are seeking to promote, you could still write articles, and submit them to these directories, but on behalf of someone else. This is where your credibility and skills show up since you get paid by the article. For starters, you can get $4 per script, and when your skills are advanced enough, you can get much higher, usually above $10. Word count and amount of research is what determines the price per article. For anyone who knows a thing or two about the internet and has diverse skills in written English, this can be one easy way of making some extra bucks. When you are all settled down and are serious about it, it could be a full time job, especially when your article output a day is impressive. Like most other online jobs though, it does take sometime before you reap really rewarding results. And trust me, a few months down the line, you will be happy with just how much you earn.

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TAD – Articles on Anything

Rich — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:06:46 +0000

You can find online content relating to almost any topic on the Internet; free articles are being written and submitted to article directories all the time and yet people never seem to run out of things to write about. There is an abundance of categories that your article can be submitted to, whether it comes under travel writing, business, health and fitness or even relationship advice. These article submission sites even have categories about writing and submitting articles themselves. To demonstrate the wonderful breadth that can be covered on article directories, here is a selection of my favourite articles that I have seen submitted in 2009.

How To Plan A Great Party
Now everybody loves a great party, but I have to admit I never expected to see free articles on the topic. This article gives you a thorough explanation of everything from the emotional states you will feel in the build up to your party, to the budgeting you should do, as well as talking you through the process of cleaning, and putting out potpourri and fancy soaps in advance. Whilst no-one who is in the midst of planning a party would shun some help and advice, it seems unlikely that they would turn to an article site for it.

How to Buy Fashionable Laptop Bags

Buying a laptop bag is not something that I have any experience in. Having found this article, it is something I hope never to have do, as knowing that there are fashion rules involved has made me rather nervous. This 5 point piece helps you to narrow down that minefield of laptop bags that awaits you out there, giving you advice on size, security and style. So next time you pull out your laptop to write an article, you can be comfortable that you have chosen a functional and fashionable bag to pull your computer from.

How to Find the Best Shower Head Filter

Your morning shower might well be the most important part of your day, so it is crucial that you are happy with the shower head filter that you have. This article takes you through the benefits of having a filter and the importance of correct installation. They say that you can get everything online these days, and this article proves that whereas once you might have had to take a trip to your local hardware store, today you can find online content that will answer the most obscure of your questions.

Running in High Heels

We’ve all seen articles and books about how to walk in high heels, but instructions on how to run in them are a new one on me. This article guides you through how to pick up the kids from school, take phone calls, and do the household chores in stilettos. It looks like the days of having that fabulous pair of shoes but never being able to wear them in are long gone.

There are free articles galore on the Internet, and they cover a wider variety of topics with each one written. No matter how obscure your interests or needs, you are likely to find some online content that will help you on one article directory or other. Personally, I can safely say there is no more fascinating pastime than seeing what people have been writing about most recently!

Julietta Henderson is a regular contributor to article directories, and specialises in writing free articles relating to travel and holiday destinations.Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/tad-articles-on-anything-1621926.html

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Tips To Get Your Articles Read

Rich — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:43:24 +0000

I know of people who spent hours writing a piece of article. For some, writing article can take up a lot of time and effort. For some others, they may find it difficult to come up with a topic to write. If you position yourself from the readers point of view, you may also come to realize that reading an article can be a hassle too! This is especially when the article is lengthy and boring. By the end of this article, you would get some tips on how to get your article read.

Use short paragraphs. No matter the length of your article, break it down into parts. When written in many paragraphs, the reader will find it easy to read and understand. When you capture their attention with your short paragraphs in the beginning, it is more likely they will carry on reading. Remember that a short paragraph can even be a word or sentence!

Use number or bullets for each main point or idea (like the way I am using now). Each number or bullet marks the starting of a new point or idea. Once again, this will increase the clarity of idea in your contents and make it easy to understand for the reader. Each number or bullet marks the starting of a new point.

Apart from headings, use sub headings to further break down your paragraphs.

Make your title interesting and attention grabbing! By making your potential reader curious, they will start reading your article! Be sure to include keywords, which people will most likely look for in your niche, in your title. Remember to make your title short and sweet. Tap into people’s emotions with title like ‘Tips to arouse her in bed’ or ‘How to dress yourself like a princess’.

Engage the reader throughout the article. There are various methods for this. You can guide them from one point to another. You can also use real life situations so that the readers can relate to you. Make your point simple and understandable.

Include facts and figures. By quoting official figures in your niche, you shape your image as an expert and an authority. Be friendly in the manner which you share the statistics, as if you are a teacher chatting with a student.

Be sure to check your article before you submit. Things to check for are spelling and formatting.

Now that you’ve received tips on how to boost your internet marketing business, I’ve an interesting story to share.

A miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.

One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.

The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.

A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, “Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”

You can now pick up your piece of gold at http://www.happytomakeyourich.com to help explode your inbox with cash and keep in mind, the value of the report in your hands is determined by what you do with it.

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4 Killer Post, Blog and Article Writing Tips

Rich — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:57:21 +0000

How often do people spend hours crafting their latest blog post or article only for it just sit and gather cyber space dust. Writing articles and posts is an important part of website promotion. But it is only worth the effort if you follow certain basic article writing tips as described below.

1. Keyword Research

I don’t know how many times I have written these words and followed them up by something like “keyword research is the single most important part of website promotion. Get it right and you will be rewarded for your promotion efforts. Get it wrong and you can only fail”. But it is so true.

There is absolutely no point in trying to promote your site for super high competition keywords or low competition phrases that get no traffic. You can find out how to conduct keyword research in the How To Wake Up Your Silent Salesman eBook .

Do your keyword research by whatever method you choose and make a spreadsheet of the keyword phrases you want to target.

2. The Killer Title

Your post or article needs to have a catchy title to grab the attention of the reader. But it also needs to contain your chosen keyword phrase.

In the past I have tended not to spend enough time on the article or post title because I was so engrossed in writing the main body. But it is so important to get this right if you want to generate traffic.

I post the archives from my Nofuss Internet Business (NOFIB) email newsletter on my blog at regular intervals. These sometimes have strange titles beceause I cover things that are going on around me, not just internet marketing. So when I got attacked by swarming cockchafer beetles in my garden I titled my newsletter something like “Cockchafer Beetle Bash Forces Me out of the Garden”. I now rank #16 for the term ‘cockchafer beetle‘. Not really a great selling point or great traffic generator.

I recently wrote another newsletter about some problems I was having with BT titled ‘BT and Ultimate Customer Dissatisfaction’ which now ranks #8 out of 418,000 for the term ultimate ‘customer dissatisfaction’.

So it is important to pick the correct words for your title that are going to get you some targeted traffic and be compelling enough to get people to read.

3. Keyword Density and LSI and all That

In the past people used to get all hung up about keyword density and LSI. Now I am not going to say that it is all popycock because it’s not. But it is only of importance because of the following.

Google is trying to serve it’s customers with good quality search results – fact. So it is looking for original and well researched content – FACT. It wants to find copy that is written by an expert writer – FACT.

So what we have to do is write like we know what we are talking about and if we do this naturally we are going to include words that are semantically related to the topic we are writing about.

So just know your topic and write naturally. Include your main keyword phrase once in the first paragraph and once in the last. Then include it no more than once every 100 words. But don’t force it. If the phrase naturally fits then put it in.

The main thing to remember is that it is best to have an article/post out there that has your keyword phrase in the body at lease once. But it is absolutely no use to have an article/post that gets classed as spam. So fewer is best.

4. An Objective In Mind

You must have an objective in mind when you write your article or blog post. I don’t mean the topic you are talking about. I mean the successful outcome that you are trying to achieve when someone reads your well crafted words.

This will depend on your particular situation. But if you are writing about a particular problem and how to solve it so that you can get people to buy your product. Then you need to bring this to their attention and include a suitable call to action that naturally fits in with what you are saying. Don’t just add a new paragraph at the foot of your post that says click here for more information. Include the call to action as part of the actual post.

Now every piece you write will have some wanted outcome even if it is just to get them to read some more of your articles.

If you are writing articles for submission to directories then you will probably only be allowed to include links in the resource box at the foot of the article. The biggest mistake you can make is to add something like.

I hope you have enjoyed this article from the fantastic Rich Sale who is the undisputed world expert on …… please visit for more information.

As soon a someone sees the ‘I hope you have enjoyed this article‘ bit they go end of article and switch off.

Do not put up any stop signs just keep on flowing straight into your resource box with the call to action. There are many ways to improve your article writing technique for better website promotion, try waking up your silent salesman today.

All these methods are brought to you based on experience gained from years of hard work. But the best is they work – time after time. So do me one thing just try my methods and let me know how you get on.

The Silent Salesman AKA Rich

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