Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles

Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. Theyll drive traffic from all over the net and show an excellent return on your time invested.

Write Your Article Like Youre Writing to a Friend

Even though it may be seen by thousands, each copy gets read by one person at a time. Your readers are more open if youre speaking directly to them instead of down at them. Replace big words with simple words. Ive heard that writing at an eighth grade level will increase comprehension.

Write a Killer Headline

An amazing article can end up going nowhere because the headline sucked a lemon and nobody read it. Any marketer who knows their stuff will tell you the headline is 80% - 90% of the reason youre even considered. Write a great article of course, but spend lots of time on your headline.

Pick a Topic You Know Well

Assuming youve done your research and found a niche you like thats profitable, you can become an expert in that field because youll stay with it. If the research is a chore its easy to lose interest.

Educate But Dont Sell

Articles are thought of as nuggets of information that educate. If your article breaks that unwritten rule and is actually an advertisement in disguise, itll never see the light of another monitor. A well written article is a subtle but powerful way to motivate someone. Advertising builds barriers, where news is accepted with an open mind.

Write Quality not Quantity

Theres no room for fluff in a good article. When reading the posting guidelines, check the restrictions for article length. Stay within the word count or youll get trashed. Its usually 500 - 600 words. Save your full length version for sites thatll accept it.

Include a Resource Box With Your "Call to Action" Link

Either at the bottom or the top of your article youll want to include your name, describe what you do, a sign-up email if youre building a newsletter, your website link, a short call to action, whatevers appropriate.

Submit Articles Consistently

Writing and submitting articles consistently will assure growing returns. Some sites will accept your work others wont, so dont get discouraged. Make a schedule, stick to your deadlines and "Just do it"

Read The Posting Guidelines at Each Site

When posting your article follow the guidelines. Dont forget, behind every website and ezine a real person decides the fate of your article. Youre asking for exposure to their data base, so take your time and be nice.

Dont Forget The Spell Check

Theres nothing worse for a busy web master than wading through spelling errors. Do a spell check, print it off and read it out loud to catch grammatical errors.

Use a Tracking System

With proper tracking youll see what worked and what didnt. Itll show where to spend more time and drop whats not working. Monitored tracking will increase your return on investment, both for time and money.

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