If you've thought about writing your own articles, but weren't sure how you could go about getting yourself published, three tips to get you started in right direction are:

1. Make individual submissions of your articles to ezine publishers.

A good way to start doing this is to submit your articles to ezines you are already subscribed to. You will already know if your article matches content of ezine you are submitting to and have an idea if your article is one that publisher would be interested in publishing.

When making a submission of your article directly to an ezine publisher, make sure you submit your article to correct address for submitting articles, and that ezine you are submitting to accepts article submissions.

You should also address publisher by name in your email, and have your article properly formatted by that publisher's guidelines and checked for spelling.

Tell publisher how many words are in your article, and what you have formatted lines in your article to be.

Remember that ezine publishers receive lots of article submissions. Make it easy for them by providing them basic information about your article right off, and thank them for taking time to read your article.

It is also a good idea not to over submit your articles. Limit your article submissions to once a month for each publisher you submit articles to.

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My students are interested in learning all they can. I'm an affiliate for amazon.com. I recommend books they should read and have link within course. When they buy through my link, I make money. EQ means working out right brain, so I can also recommend "dummies" course in music appreciation, with links provided, and my art appreciation course.

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There are numerous research studies showing that EQ is best learned through interaction, such as coaching, so it's a natural for serious student to then sign up for EQ coaching to complete and round out their learning experience.

7. Open loop!
A good distance learning course provides resources for lots of other learning opportunties, some of which will be yours! I also pair with another coach who offers services I don't want to provide. Once they go to her to learn XYZ, her courses refer them back to me, for special things I offer. We both build our practices that way, and sell more useful products.