Archive for February, 2011

Swimming against the current in writing and in life

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

After reading a post titled, How I Got 170+ Retweets, a Mention on Copyblogger & 2k Visitors in One Day, from one of the blogs I subscribe to, I started thinking. (You know that’s a dangerous thing.) The post talks about how the author wrote a “link-bait” article—one designed to get readers to link back [...]

Ezine publishing for business writers

Monday, February 14th, 2011

There’s a lot of discussion online about ezine publishing. Some marketers swear by this strategy for building a business. Others believe it’s a waste of time and that blogging is a better way to go. I’ve been on both sides of the issue, personally. If you can’t spell worth beans and you don’t know how [...]

How to write a good query letter

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Getting your work published in any format is easy these days with print-on-demand self-publishing solutions and blogs. But now that it is easy for people from all walks of life and skills levels to publish their writing, it can be harder to distinguish yourself from the crowd of wannabe writers. So, if you want to [...]

Content may be king but quality rules the throne

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

We’ve all heard the statement, “Content is King.” At least you have if you’ve been surfing the Internet very long. But I believe that while that may be true, quality is what really “rules the throne” and determines whether you succeed or not. Since article marketing is such a popular, effective and no-cost way to [...]

Use article marketing to increase website traffic

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Marketing your website with articles isn’t nearly as complicated as some people fear. Marketing, in all its forms, is simply how companies get the message about their products or services out to their prospects and customers. There are any number of strategies that can be used for this purpose. Article marketing is simply using articles [...]