Examples Follow:

Good: Free Home Business Advice http://www.angelfire.com/zine/smallbiz

Bad: Click Here! http://www.mysecretsite.com

Use attractive white space between different links. Keep links to a minimum. Too many links confuse reader.

7. Friendly Tones. Don't write like a professor lecturing a college class. Write in a friendly conversational tone. You want your reader to understand your words without using a dictionary.

8. Quotes Use quotes sparingly. Only use quotes important to article.

9. Spell Check. When you've finished your article read it aloud. Does article flow along? Did it make sense? Did you use their instead of there? Run your spell check program and keep an eye out for common words that fool spell check program like; to, too or two.

10. Resource Box. Add your resource box. This is your opportunity to promote your website, ezine, ebook, affiliate program, or service. Add important information and a link directly to what you are promoting. Remember to include your email address if you want readers to contact you. Don't go overboard. Keep length of your resource box to 5 or 6 lines.

If you are a new writer on Internet, you will find suggestions in this article very practical, relevant and helpful.

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9) You can use your published articles to reach potential affiliates or joint venture partners who will, in turn, promote your business for you.

10) In addition to promoting your business, services and products you can write articles to promote your favorite affiliate program to supplement your income.

Even if you have little writing talent you can hire a ghostwriter to create an effective, informative article using your byline and then you can use that article to bring in more visitors to your web site, more subscribers to your newsletter and more paying customers to your business. The key is understanding that a well-written, entertaining and informational article is worth more than a paid advertisement in any publication. As

your marketing budget grows you can add emphasis to your article by purchasing a small e-zine ad in publication for same date your article will be published.

Writing and submitting articles is a free promotion tool, but it does take time. It will take several hours to submit an article to every available submission site and it can take six to eight weeks for publication. However, once your article is published it will create a long lasting stream of targeted visitors to your site that no other promotion method can accomplish. With each subsequent submission process will be faster and easier.

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(c) Davis Virtual Assistance, 2003.

Bonnie Jo Davis is an experienced shoestring marketer who has handled article submission projects for herself and her clients for over eight years.  For more information about article submission and a free excerpt of her new e-book "Articles That Sell" visit http://www.ArticlesThatSell.com