Writing for Traffic – Getting Published

Written by Mark Daoust


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Avoid Two Part Articles

Some articles are so broad in their scope that they cannot be covered in a single article. If you write an article like this, you should providerepparttar publisher with each part ofrepparttar 119812 article and allowrepparttar 119813 publisher to link torepparttar 119814 various parts.

Some authors include a section which reads “This isrepparttar 119815 second part of a two part article. To readrepparttar 119816 first part, please goto http://www.mydomain.com/article.html”. Many publishers will not publish this style of an article if they are not able to carry both parts ofrepparttar 119817 article and keeprepparttar 119818 links internal. After all, a publisher publishes articles to become known as a resource. If they have to recommend their readers go to another website forrepparttar 119819 basic information they need, publishingrepparttar 119820 article becomes counter- effective.

Make Formatting Easy

Publishers read hundreds of articles sifting throughrepparttar 119821 vast number of submissions forrepparttar 119822 best articles. The last thing a publisher wants to do is spend time formatting an article. With most articles, this is not a problem.

Define Sections of Your Articles

Using section headlines makes splitting up an article much easier for a publisher and also makes your article more readable. As an example, repparttar 119823 text you are reading right now is underrepparttar 119824 section “Make Formatting Easy” andrepparttar 119825 subsection “Define Sections of Your Articles”. Defining various sections of your articles will make formatting articles very easy for any interested publisher.

Watch Out for HTML

Articles that include various programming code, such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, or similar code, can be difficult to incorporate into an article website. Most publishers should have programs that convertrepparttar 119826 code automatically to escaped code which will avoid any problems. You should check withrepparttar 119827 publisher first to find out their desired format, though, if you have a lot of code throughout your article.

You should also never submit your article as an HTML formatted article unlessrepparttar 119828 publisher specifically states that they accept HTML formatted articles. Most publishers will not even bother to read repparttar 119829 content of an article that is formatted with HTML tags.

Avoid Tabs and Word Processing Formatting

When writing your article, use as little formatting as possible. Avoid using tabs as they do not translate torepparttar 119830 Internet very well. Assume thatrepparttar 119831 publisher is going to receive your article in a plain text format. Therefore, do not bother with adding bold text, italic text, etc. unlessrepparttar 119832 publisher gives you tools to do so.

Articles that use strange characters and tabs may present too much of a formatting challenge forrepparttar 119833 publisher.

Write Articles That Can Stand By Themselves

Publishers are looking forrepparttar 119834 same thing that readers are looking for, high quality, well-written articles. An article that offers just a few tidbits of information or acts as a teaser to temptrepparttar 119835 reader to visit your website is not an article that anyone really wants to read.

An amazing thing happens when you write an article that contains quality content and is well-written. Not only will you get published, but by not wasting your reader’s time with your attempts to advertise your own website, you will actually improve your credibility and trustworthiness to your readers. You will become recognized as an expert inrepparttar 119836 field you are writing about. People will be more likely to visit your website as you arerepparttar 119837 source ofrepparttar 119838 information that you are writing about.

A good article should be able to stand by itself. A reader should be able to read your article and walk away having gained something substantial from readingrepparttar 119839 article alone.

Usingrepparttar 119840 Resource Box

The resource box is your time to tellrepparttar 119841 reader about yourself and to finally advertise your website. This is where allrepparttar 119842 benefits of writing articles comes to fruition. Ifrepparttar 119843 reader likes your article, they will visit your website, that is, ifrepparttar 119844 resource box is written correctly.

The resource box should be short, torepparttar 119845 point, and never include more than 3 links. The resource box is your opportunity to tellrepparttar 119846 reader who you are and where they can go to learn more from you. If you are brief and torepparttar 119847 point, your resource box will quickly become your biggest source of traffic.

Some writers try to insert as much information into their resource box as possible. The problem with this is that readers are not interested in reading a long biography ofrepparttar 119848 author, or reading several lines of text advertisingrepparttar 119849 author’s site. At most,repparttar 119850 reader will be interested in knowing who wroterepparttar 119851 article and where they can go to learn more aboutrepparttar 119852 author andrepparttar 119853 author’s business.

Conclusion: Think ofrepparttar 119854 Readers

If you want to get your articles published, you need to give publishers what they want. That just happens to berepparttar 119855 same thing that readers want: quality content without a sales pitch. When writing your article, keep your readers in mind. Do not think of them as prospects, and do not think of your article as an ad copy. Think of your article as your opportunity to prove to hundreds of thousands of readers just how much of an expert you really are.

An amazing thing will happen when you give readers and publishers what they want. You will find yourself published on websites you never knew existed, you will find your articles discussed in forums, and you will find that people will look to you and your business as a trustworthy enterprise. Those benefits of article writing will be sitting in your lap.

Mark Daoust is the owner of Site Reference. Site Reference accepts high quality article submissions. To submit your articles on Internet Marketing, Website Development, or Search Engines, goto http://www.site-reference.com/submit.php


What's Your NICHE Market – II ?

Written by Gillian Tarawhiti


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3.Asrepparttar baby boomers get older, industry is created to cater forrepparttar 119811 1 billion population

4.The top end ofrepparttar 119812 baby boomer market are now in there 50’s andrepparttar 119813 bottom end are now in there late 30’s

5.The top end ofrepparttar 119814 baby boomer market drivesrepparttar 119815 trend and this isrepparttar 119816 area you need to concentrate on.

So, if you have a demographic of people in there 50’s…where do you thinkrepparttar 119817 MARKET TRENDS will be?

There is an industry that will go through a BOOM just likerepparttar 119818 baby industry, just likerepparttar 119819 housing industry, just likerepparttar 119820 car industry, computer industry etc.

But that’s another story.

To Your Online Success!

Gillian Tarawhiti, is Founder and CEO of Community Training Centre, an Internet Marketing firm providing Online Training and Support.Gillian is also the author of eBay Billion Dollar Goldmine and the creator of the Multiple Ripple Effect System © 2004. Permission is granted to reprint this article in print or on your web site so long as the paragraph above is included and contact information is provided to http://www.millionairerippleeffect.com


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