All you really need to write an article is a subject to write about. Choose something you know enough about to write about it. Whether it be about how to "organize a home based business", or if you are a stay at home mom, you could write an article "tips for work at home moms".There are endless possiblities to what you could write about.

After you have written an article, you will want to write a few sentences about yourself [ this is known as a resource box). Make sure you have included your website address. To see an example of what a resource box is, look at end of this article to see how I have done this.

Webmasters are always looking to publish articles. Why? Because it will help their Search Engine rankings by providing useful content on their website.When you submit your articles to other websites, this will be benefitial to you as well. How? When you have an article published on someone's site, a portion of their visitors will visit your site.Once you have submitted enough of your articles on Internet, your traffic will dramitically increase and so will your Search Engine ranking. Make sure you add your articles to your own website because search engines love new content to a website.

I have found a few good sites that have tutorials on article writing. I have found them helpful to me, and you might also find them helpful for you.

Webmaster Stop - Articles, Tutorials, Links, Resources http://www.webmasterstop.com/

Writing Tips, Tutorials: http://www.knowledgehound.com opics/writing.htm Website Goodies - Website Resources, Articles, Tutorials and Tools

http://www.websitegoodies.com/articles.php?start=14

Once you have written an article, you will need to look for places to submit your articles. The best places to submit them are e-zines and websites. You can do a search in Google http://www.google.com for home business submit article, e-zine directory. I have listed a few to get you started.

Family-content

http://www.family-content.com/articles/submit.shtml

Submit Your Home Business Article

http://homebiztools.com/submit_article.htm Work home business.com http://www.work-home-business.com/articles/work-home-business.com-articleform.htm

Power HomeBiz http://www.powerhomebiz.com/

There are several ways to stay fresh and recharge your batteries. Join a club that is involved in something you like, but preferably not related to your job. To get away from my writing, I enjoy going out into nature where I can hike and take pictures. I must confess that I also find relaxation in writing. Instead of doing business writing or articles, I often relax by writing science fiction or fantasy stories and poetry. I also like to help new writers by giving them advice. They often contact me through my website, The Creative Cauldron (www.CreativeCauldron.com).

Whatever it is that you do for recreation, fit this into your schedule. Remember to be flexible here, too. Maybe you like to take a week and go mountain climbing. That's fine, but if you can't do this as often as you'd like, then find someplace where you can do this locally for a few hours, or join one of those indoor climbing clubs with artificial climbing walls. Do you like to fly kites on beach all afternoon? Try flying a kite in your backyard for an hour, just watch out for power lines and trees. Find things that you can do in a day, or an hour. Even a little distraction can do you a world of good.

Finding these kinds of activities will give you something pleasurable to do, and give you some down time. It may also be helpful to get involved in classes, community projects or activities where you can interact with people. One of problems with self-employment is lack of interaction with other people. So go out and meet other people. This could also have advantage of helping you make important business contacts. I've made several good contacts this way. I've even had some of people I've met in these social situations refer business my way by mentioning me to their business contacts. Remember to stay in touch with friends, too.

One of reasons you started your own business was to have more control over your life, so take advantage of this. The worst thing that can happen is your 9 to 5 friends will be very envious.

http://www.CreativeCauldron.com Jeff Colburn is a website designer and writer. His goal is to make process of creating or updating your website easy and simple for you, while creating a website that meets all your needs and expectations. Jeff can also create all of copy for your website.

To see a sample of Jeff's work go to The Creative Cauldron. It's an award winning site filled with information for writers, photographers, artists and other creative people.

Copyright 2004 Jeff Colburn