Okay, so it has been a few days since I posted on here. I have had so many things to do I haven't found the time. I have four blog sites, a successful families website(which I haven't updated recently either), I have written 7 children's stories that I am presently working on for illustrations, I have a book of poetry I am turning into an ebook, and I am working on the layout for my new site to sell all the ebook products I will have for sale. Besides the fact I just started working in a call centre for some extra Christmas money. There is alot of hard work in trying to become well known and financially independent.
The following article was sent to me for pointers on developing my site more effectively. It has some relevant tips for writing, regardless of the content type.
I thought I would share it with you to see if you could benefit from any of the advice.

The EASY Anyone-Can-Do-It Way To Write Free Reprint Articles
Copyright 2005 Steve Shaw

As you may already know, writing free reprint articles and
then distributing them to publishers and web sites is one
of the best ways to promote your web site - a single
article can result in hundreds of new links to your web
site and a rapid increase in traffic levels. But there's
nothing worse than staring at a blank screen, and wondering
how you're going to fill it with hundreds of words. That's
why I'm going to give you an easy way that anyone can use
to write an article - even if it's your very first one!

1. Get a main idea, or focus for your article.

This is what your whole article is going to be about.

The main idea for your article needs to have some relevance
to the web site that you link to in the resource box,
because this is how you are going to get the benefit when
your article is published.

This is why articles are so effective at directing targeted
traffic to your site - the reader will be searching for
information on a topic, find your helpful and informative
article, and follow the link to your site for even more
relevant information. Writing free reprint articles fits
right into how Internet users surf the web, and benefits
you with targeted traffic.

2. Jot down five or more key points that provide
information on your article topic.

For example, if your article's a how-to type of article,
you can have say five steps towards accomplishing a
specific goal. If your article explains different ways to
do something, think of five or more different ways. Each of
these points will form a paragraph in your article. Often
as you write your article proper, you will find that you
can expand each point into two or three paragraphs, which
will give you an ideal length for your article.

3. Write an introduction.

Just introduce your topic. Give a little bit of background
to the article's topic, and then summarize what you will
cover in your article.

Again, you want to keep the reader interested, keep them
reading, and push them along to the link in your resource
box that you want them to click. So try to spike their
curiosity a little, and they won't be able to help but read
on to find out more.

4. Write a conclusion.

Your conclusion really just quickly summarizes the main
points in your article, similar to how your introduction
works, except now you are drawing your article to a natural
close.

It's good practice to take a look at some articles in an
article directory, and see how authors have concluded their
article. Don't copy word for word, but you can base the
format of your own conclusion on one that you like the look
of.

5. Add a tantalizing title.

You may want to write this at the very beginning, but it's
often helpful to write at the end once you are really clear
what your article is about.

Your title is also one of the most important elements. It
has to draw the reader in, encourage him to read further,
make your article stand out from the crowd, and if at all
possible contain an element that plays to the reader's
curiosity (i.e. literally force them to read just to
satisfy their curiosity).

6. Check the length

The ideal article length is 600-800 words, this is what
most publishers are looking for, and will ensure that your
article gets published in the maximum number of places. If
you're short, see if you can expand on certain points, or
add a couple of new points in.

7. Write your resource box

The last and arguably most important bit is to write your
resource box. Again, it's a good idea to have a look around
some article directories and note how other authors have
structured theirs.

In my experience, the most effective way to structure a
resource box is to first write a sentence about yourself
that also gives you some authority on your topic. Then
write a sentence about your web site, with a link to it.
And that's all it needs. Keep it simple, keep clear of
promotional language, and just include a single link.

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Once you've practised these techniques a couple of times,
you'll find it as easy as pie and will be churning out
quality articles in half the time. There are a few common
mistakes that you will also need to avoid, but this is
covered in a previous article I wrote at
http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Steve-Shaw-1/submit-article-963.php there isn't room to go over them again
here.

All you need to do now is get your article out there and
published as widely as possible.


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Steve Shaw provides systems and software for effective
e-marketing. Find out more about how to publish articles
for profit online with his popular free ecourse, available
at:
=>http://www.takanomi.com/publish-articles.php

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