How Can You Achieve Your Writing Goals In 2008?
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
First, you have to know what those goals are. Second, you need a plan. (Cue theme song from “Rocky.”) Whether you write full-time, part-time or when time permits, you need a business plan. Your business plan should include an Executive Summary. The goals you hope to achieve this year should comprise your executive summary. Let’s say yours looks like this:
Executive Summary: A) Complete novel. B) Sell ten articles to magazines. C) Attend one writers’ conference.
Next comes your Plan of Action. How do you plan to achieve these goals? I’ll prepare three model plans of action. POA1 is for those who write full-time. POA2 is for those who write part-time. POA3 is for those who write when time permits.
Read More..>>Article Directories As Low Cost Internet Marketing Resources
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Article marketing has emerged as one of the best ways to propagate your website online. This low cost and highly effective tool has made even Fortune 500 companies include it in their marketing campaigns. Today there are thousands of article directories which freely accept articles from users.
Why it works
There are many reasons why even the big companies have turned to this fairly simple marketing tool. Most article directories accept article submissions free of cost. All you need to do it register and then start posting articles. It is also a great way to boost back links to your site. Usually all such directories have a resource box in which you can advertise your site and include a link back to the site. In this way you can increase the number of hits to your site in a very short time.
Read More..>>How To Write A Powerful Article That Leaves Readers Wanting More
Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Being able to write a powerful article is literally worth its weight in gold! What would it be worth to your marketing strategy if you could write a powerful article and replicate the process time and time again? The answer is simply volumes of targeted traffic to your website that should see your profits soar. This article looks at a simple framework that can be used and repeated for success.
A good starting point is to remember that article marketing one of the best way for you to build up trust and credibility with your audience which will get them wanting more. So what is the framework?
Read More..>>Writing Tips - Proof It!
Posted on May 25, 2008 - Filed Under Automotive, Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Writers tend to be their own worst proofreaders. Why? It’s probably because when they proof their own work, they tend to sink deep into the more organic issues of their texts rather than restricting their attention to spelling, grammar and punctuation.
For example, instead of catching the fact that they shouldn’t have spelled “principal” with a “-ple,” they begin pondering whether they should have used the phrase “tyrannical taskmaster” instead. By the time they decide against that, they have moved on, leaving the offending “principle” to incorrectly describe the balding guy who ran their school.
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