Archive for May, 2010

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Writing Press Release Example Requires Some Knowledge To Be

Writing press release example is not necessarily something hard to do but definitely there are rules that apply as it is quite different than writing an article where the rules are quite flexible.

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Overcoming Writing Obstacles: Leverage Your Time

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Part 2 of the “6 Ways to Overcome Obstacles and Write High-Quality Articles in Large Quantities” video series. In part 2, Gary shares some specific tips that everyone can use right now to start producing more articles in less time.

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Hope For Haiti

-All right, I’m sorry for that amazingly annoying clicking noise! I didn’t hear it while I was making the video. But it’s too long to redo the whole thing.- Sorry that this is so long! But I just felt like I needed to talk a little more about helping Haiti. It’ll make up for the lack of blogging right? haha. I’ll try and teach myself how to shorten them in the future. But Thanks everyone who’s been donating and helping Haiti! I had a great time in Central America and can’t wait to go back! Can’t wait to start more writing sessions next week, and thanks on behalf of me and my sister for all the Japanese culture items! haha.

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What are some good free writing sites to post stories?

I love writing fan-fiction stories and some original stories too. I was just wondering what are some good FREE sites that you can post you’re stories on? Please help. Thank you!

There are a lot. I have used most a lot of them too.

fictionpress.com
ficwad.com
webook.com
worthyofpublishing.com
fanfiction.com
quizilla.com (not my favorite but some people like it)

Answer mine?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiNN9oQ_z.R40wWrHv.QzVIazKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20100516100404AALXyop

How do you write a press release for a scientific paper?

I need to write a press report for my dissertation but I don’t know how

please help!

http://www.shroud.com/papers.htm

Are there legitimate online writing companies?

I get emails in my inbox every day about writing articles on things I am interested in and getting paid for it. And I am an aspiring author. So it seems too good to be true. The biggest one I get is Helium.com but I have seen some others as well. Does anyone know if these are legitimate and how much someone could make writing for them?

About a year ago, I tried writing for Associated Content. (Notice I gave you no link.) They pay a minimum of $3 per article, for at least 500 words. I cranked out a few 500 word articles and figured if I could do 1 a day, that’s $90 extra dollars per month, and I even got paid $5 for one, so I was very excited.
But after the first 3 or 4 articles, no matter what I sent in, no matter how hard I worked on it, offering custom graphics and everything else, the response would come back "your article has merit if you’d like to offer it FOR FREE". Once they started giving me that reply, I never got a monetary "offer" for an article again, and basically gave up. I think it is a bait-and-switch scheme, where you keep offering your stuff for free hoping they will eventually start paying again.
They tell you to open accounts on places like this, Yahoo Answers, bulletin boards, etc, and post links to your article so you get more hits and theoretically you get "extra" money based on how many hits you get. Basically they are telling you to spam!
Also, if you read the fine print, they own the copyright to EVERYTHING you post, including derivative works. So if you write a $3 article for them and later decide to write a bigger article or even a book, they own the copyright. Which totally sucks. And even if you generously give them your articles for free (I refused), they still own the copyright.
Helium also takes the copyright, but I don’t think you have to spam. Instead you have to read other people’s articles and rate them. I’ve looked at it, but the whole Associated Content thing left me with a bad taste. Especially since in the heady first week when I was getting paid, I asked a lot of my friends to join and they got the same treatment.
I also received a "job offer" from a similar place (can’t remember the name, but they called themselves "American’s newspaper" or something like that). They assigned you topics to write on and you got paid 100% commission for hits (again, you had to spam to get those hits). You have to set up a dedicated phone line just for people from that company calling you, you had to have a fax machine and dedicated email address (they didn’t supply you with one at their URL) and basically put up a bunch of your own money. I had to sit through a 45 minute "conference call" which was actually a recording, and the email address they gave at the end for questions was bogus, and no emails I sent to the main address were ever answered. So I think that place was another scam.

The 4 Essentials of Writing Copy That Sells

If you are looking for a surefire way to market your business and increase sales, look at the copy on your website, brochures, press releases, advertising and sales letters. Good copy makes you stand out from your competition, establishes your credibility and expertise, and attracts ideal customers like a magnet.

You don’t have to have Pulitzer prize aspirations to pull words together into copy that sells. You do need to focus on four essentials:

1. convey key messages in your copy
2. speak directly to your target audience
3. paint a picture using power words, and
4. ask for the sale.

Your goal is to stop your readers in their tracks and elicit a response. Here’s how:

1. Convey Key Messages

If you want busy people to read and respond to what you have to offer, think in terms of benefits, the “what’s in it for me” perspective. Understand that buying is not a rational process; it’s an emotional one. People want to be convinced they’re making a choice that will make a positive difference in their life. They want to know they are buying the perfect solution to their challenge.

Your key messages are based on benefits, but it’s very common to confuse features with benefits. Features are inherent in your product or service. Benefits are the intangibles your buyer gets from your product or service.

For instance, driver airbags are the feature while feelings of safety and security are the benefit. A massage is the feature while stress relief and relaxation is the benefit.

Depending on the type of business you own and operate, benefits may include saving time, saving money, making money, finding success or being pain free. Identify both your features and benefits before you write one single word of copy.

2. Speak Directly to Your Target Audience

Direct your message to your target audience, those who want what you have to offer, will listen to your pitch, and ultimately take action.

You’ll likely define your target audience based on gender, age, family structure (single, married, parent) and income. Your target market will have at least four common characteristics including a particular need, access to your products and services, enough money to purchase your products or services, and decision-making power.

Write a profile of one person in your target audience, even going so far as to give that person a name, age, job and family structure. Once you’ve defined a representative of your target market, you’ll be able to write directly to that person each time you compose your copy. Actually visualize that person, and direct your message to him/her. Your words will be more personal and persuasive… and more likely to get results.

3. Paint a Picture Using Power Words

Unleash vivid images and power words that inspire readers to take action. Power words are verbs, not adjectives, that make your copy enticing. Show your reader how valuable your product or service is with words like accelerate, boost, conquer, create, ensure, focus, leverage, profit, transform, unleash, winning. Paint a picture that captures their attention and include power words that inspire action.

4. Ask for the Sale

You are connecting with your target market. You are tapping into benefits and power words that speak directly to them. You have their attention. Now ask for the sale! Tell your reader exactly what you want him/her to do.

Few products or services sell themselves. You have to ask for the sale yet this is the most difficult challenge facing many entrepreneurs. In fact, both seller and buyer are nervous about the sale. Sellers are often worried about being rejected while buyers are worried about making the wrong decision.

Use your words to pull readers into your copy, establish trust and anticipate questions and concerns. Summarize your main points and end with a call to action that states exactly what you want him/her to do next.

Do you want him to call you or e-mail you for more information? Do you want her to call to schedule a free consultation? Do you want him/her to place an order now? Be clear and specific. What is the next step for the reader to take?

Your copy sells you 24/7. When you mail a brochure, hand out print materials or refer someone to your web site, your copy will act as a sales person delivering a message and influencing perceptions about your business, your brand. Make it strong. Make it accurate. Make it sell.

Leslie Hamp
http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/the-4-essentials-of-writing-copy-that-sells-139806.html

Why Writing Articles Is Much Better Than Search Engine

This article is dedicated to those who are afraid to challenge
themselves and go out on the edge and prove that if they can do
it so can I.

While, no one manual can teach anyone affiliate marketing or how
to market a business successfully online, there is one method
that can.

And that is: The method of trial and error, where failure is not
an option.

So with that said, I would like to prove without a doubt; Why
Writing Articles Is Much Better Than Search Engine Optimization.

There Is No Competition When It Comes To Writing Articles.

Do you know that one keyword rich article can bring you
thousands of hits for years to come? To discover this, I jumped
into the article publishing business and started reading every
article I could find on how to write and publish artilces online.

Well, this is not easy for new comers, but I had to prove that
if they could do it so could I. So, I wote my first article and
kept checking the search engines. The increase in traffic grew
steadily and my article started a life on it’s own. That one
article was being distributed all over the net.

I had absolutely no one competing with me only websites picking
up my article adn adding it to their article directories. My
life as publisher began, and every week I wrote another article,
getting more exposure for free.

Search Engine Optimization Is For Experts, Articles Don’t Have
Changing Algorithm.

While Search Engine optimization is the best method for getting
free traffic from the search engine, you have to be a SEO expert
to remain in the top ten for highly competetive keywords. The
search engines are constantly changing and updating their
algorithm, making it more difficult to maintain top positions.

Now, with article writing on the hand, I don’t worry about any
algorithm changes, all I have to focus on is keyword rich
content and quality information that readers will be happy to
get their hands on. This way my article ends up on top ten
Search Engine Optimized pages.

You Don’t Have To Exchange Links To Increase Your Ranking.

Would you believe me if I told you that your ranking will
increase with all the back links you get from one top article.

Yes, it’s true. If you can get one hot article online, you will
be amazed to see how many article directories will post this
article on high PR pages (yes, pages with PR6 or higher). All
these links will be pointing back to your site, giving you a
boost in your ranking.

Now, with your Seacrh engine Optimization you will have to come
up with a great internet marketing strategy to get high PR sites
to add your link to their site. You will have to do some Join
venture deal or give them one of your own products for free, or
just try plain old fashion email, and hope you will get a
response.

All It Takes Is A little About Box At the Bottom Of Your Article.

This is often over looked by many affiliate marketing article
publishers. You wrote such a great article and there is no link
back to your website, so your name is spreading all over the
Internet, but your sight is suffering from lack of traffic.

If your going to write articles, please don’t ever forget to add
your signature file in the about box. If they don’t have on just
append it to the end of your article. Make sure that the about
box is allowing HTML, if not just add your website link.

I have to admit, that my first couple of articles got my name
out there, but the about box had no link back to my site.

Now for Search Engine optimization, there are many factors you
have to consider and I must admit that your better off
purchasing a SEO-Book that will teach you the proper way to
optimize your pages. Don’t overlook this fact, but you need a
little of both to make thing just perfect. So, Search Engine
Optimization and Article writing go hand in hand.

Anyway, I do hope that you see the importance of article writing
and that you will be bold enough to venture out into cyber space
and publish your first article. It only takes one, to see the
effect

Alexander Marlin
http://www.articlesbase.com/affiliate-programs-articles/why-writing-articles-is-much-better-than-search-engine-413.html