6. Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar If you submit your article and it's full of errors it will be thrown into trash folder so fast that your head will spin. Submitting articles with these types of errors not only makes you look extremely unprofessional, but it shows disrespect for both publisher and their readers.

7. S*AM Triggers As a courtesy, you should run your article through a program that will check it for triggers that could possibly get it rejected by filters. This isn't a necessary step but it will definitely impress publishers and increase chances of your article being published.

You can check your article for free at http://www.lyris.com/contentchecker.

8. Publisher Guidelines This should be understood without having to say it, but it is still important enough to mention. Always, always, always follow publisher's guidelines when submitting an article to them. Not doing so will get your article rejected quicker than anything else.

Read this list, print it out, and keep it by you when you are writing an article. Read each tip and make sure that you are following it.

Making above mistakes will insult intelligence of both publishers and their readers, as well as wasting your time and theirs.

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6. Chat Rooms Find article ideas in chat rooms by looking to see what questions are being asked and by asking what information other chatters are interested in.

7. Best Seller Lists Research what topics of best selling books are. Most likely, if there are people buying books on those topics, there are those that will be interested in reading articles on them.

http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ http://half.ebay.com/products/books/index.cfm http://www.booksense.com/bestsellers/index.jsp http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/ http://www.usatoday.com/life/books op-50.htm

8. Visitor/Subscriber Questions If you have a website or ezine, you probably have a goldmine of article ideas. Pay attention to questions your visitors and subscribers ask you. There might be an article hidden in those questions somewhere.

9. News Websites Check some news sites to find out what latest happenings are. Then you can research hot topics and write articles on them.

http://www.internetnews.com/ http://www.internet.com/ http://news.com.com/2001-12-0.html http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/ http://www.internetworld.com/ http://www.newslinx.com

10. Article Writing Services If you have tried all of above methods and you haven’t been able to come up with anything, there is always option of having somebody else write your article for you. These can get pretty expensive, though, so research thoroughly before selecting a person or service.

http://www.dawnriversbaker.com http://www.ezineaction.com/other.html http://www.toupin.com/serv_writing.asp http://www.writingdoctor.com/ http://www.drnunley.com/copywriting.htm http://www.writemix.ca/WritingServices.htm

I hope that this list has given you a good head start on finding new ideas for your articles. Good luck!

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