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How To Make Extra Money From Your Writing Skills

August 16th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

I am one of many people who have realised the many benefits that writing articles can bring. Article marketing is now widely recognised as an excellent way of promoting a website, however there are many more opportunities out there to make money for the budding writer.

I just happened to stumble across the idea of writing articles around eight months ago when I was discussing different forms of website promotion with a friend of mine. I was looking at ways in which I could attract more visitors to my own sites and he advised me to commence writing articles.

The advice was sound and I have not looked back since. Writing articles is a superb way of gaining extra one-way backward links to your site and the readers of each article are also potential visitors. I run a stuttering therapy website where I offer a speech course to enable people to achieve fluency. Thanks to the power of article marketing more and more people are able to gain access to quality stuttering and stammering advice.

I attempt to write around seven articles per week which is not easy at times but is something I am aware will help my sites.

In each article I try to give advice and attempt to make them enjoyable for any potential reader.

There are other ways that people like myself, who enjoy to write can make money from their skills.

Other people are also aware of the benefits of article marketing but just do not have the time to write themselves. These are the types of people who really need a good content writer to work for this as an article marketer. To become noticed or to get your name out there is very easy; there are a number of websites on the net which enable people to advertise the services that they offer for free.

You can also earn additional cash by writing freelance for mgazines and newspapers. If your skills are of a higher enough quality and what you write is of interest to a wide audience, there is no reason why you could not earn money in this way.

The fact that you are a quality content writer wil stand you in good stead as this skill is in great demand at the moment and is likely to continue to be so for some time to come. I am sure that I am not the only one that has noticed all of the rubbish that is on the internet at the moment; this is exactly the reason why your skills as a top quality writer are much sought after.

Many people might argue that they are not well enough educated to be accepted as a writer in certain quarters. This may well be correct for some people out there, however if you do not try you will never know. Content is king as they say and if your content is good enough and of interest, why would people have an issue with your lack of examinations etc.

Ensure that your content is easy to read and that all of the words are spelt correct. This is a great time to be a writer; I wish you all the best and enjoy all of that lovely dosh that you will earn.

Controversy Surrounds New Novel Release

August 16th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

With the ongoing financial crisis, the world’s population transfixing, restart a new controversy over the novel who are the real puppet masters. Even the Church of England form the secret society is located in thriller. While the authors, Marie H. Cohen and Thomas jie wacker, claim, one of the secrets of the novel, a simple and others don’t so sure.

This fiction novel revolves around the DeSwan bloodline and how they- through proxy- control government leaders while continuing to cause confusion in a type zero civilization. Twisted in his thinking, this dark warrior, Duncan DeSwan, that his actions will continue to reach a civilian in a civilization of peace and harmony can once again rule the world.

Where the novel a realistic response across groups selected from a novel easy-to-read, but the work of clever novel. Often the truth hides in plain sight, an act sparingly featured in the fiction novel download which in itself is full of secrets.

According to the New York Times, America’s FBI in conjunction with the British MI6 will both claim they do not comment on potential threats made against authors, but some sources state privately that a shadow-type world leadership does exist- is based in London and featured in the new fiction novel.

Both Crain and Wacker, authors of Secrets One - The Series, were unavailable for comment while their business attorney’s office, Philipp C. Theune, Esq. In Denver, Colorado, only will reaffirm the novel is a fictional novels. Names, characters, places and events products or use the author’s imagination fictitiously. In any event, the place with practical, or personnel, living or dead, completely is a coincidence.

The characters are some of the most solid I have read in the best thriller books in a long time. You actually find yourself enjoying Creel and listening to the inner workings of his mind. A real anti-hero, what kind of character you can see in the other books.

Novel writing skills - how do you find time to write novels?

August 16th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Whenever an aspiring writer speaks to me about fiction novel writing tips, one of the most frequently asked questions is: how do you find the time to write?

The answer I want to give, “just do it,” doesn’t quite suffice. So in this article, we’ll examine the matter in a little more detail.

We live in a busy world, with numerous demands on our time: jobs, spouses, children, draining work commutes, TV shows we want to watch, emails to read and respond to, phone calls to family and friends. When you look at your daily schedule, it may appear that you simply don’t have time to write.

Well, I’ve got both good and bad news for you.

The good news: Even in a very short time, you can still complete the work. The bad news? Something in your lifestyle will have to suffer, or change, to accommodate your fiction novel writing.

There is no shortcut, no easy answers. You’ve got to get creative–and motivated.

For example, do you get a lunch break at your job? Notepad and you started to use the time - even if only 30 minutes - work on your story. You work through the commuter carpool, bus, or subway? Not read newspapers, listen to music on the iPod, plug in your novel.

One of the keys to productivity is to learn how to identify those pockets of free time during the day, and then benefit from the use of their. This is not like you may want to. In fact, when you really check your schedule, you may be surprised at how much can be achieved.

Can you do some new fiction book writing while your children are playing, eating, or napping? You can not smear or a decision a few paragraphs, while waiting in line somewhere? Zip out some prose as you wait for dinner to cook?

5 Copywriting Tips To Boost Responsiveness

August 16th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Here are five simple, yet effective tips to help you write more persuasive copy.

Number One:
Your copy should relate well to your reader and speak their language. Always write ‘to’ your reader and not ‘at’ them.

The best copy will relate to your prospective market… understand thier fears, problems and desires.

Number Two:
Grab your readers’ attention right away!

It doesn’t matter if your writing a promotional email or a sales letter, you have a short period of time to convince your readers’ to keep reading.

Highlighting your product’s or service’s benefits are important. You need to focus their attention on the headlines and subject lines if you want to captivate your readers.

Number Three:
Use bullets that highlight benefits and not just features.

Many readers’ will scan your copy rather than read it word for word. This is why it’s important that you get right to the heart of the matter and tell the reader ‘what’s in it for them.’ Using short ‘bullets’ helps your reader find out what’s important.

Number Four:
Use time-tested persuasion tactics to boost response rates.

While there are many things that can improve your response rates, two tactics have been proven to work again and again.

First, you want to ‘reduce risk’ by offering a genuine satisfaction guarantee.

Some marketers may want to shy away from this but the truth is, your customers are likely to get a refund if they complain to their credit card company anyway so you might as well offer a great guarantee.

A good guarantee will reduce concerns, and remove a barrier that will result in increases in conversion rates.

In addition to this, anything you can do to add an element of ’scarcity’ to your offer will boost responsiveness as well.

You might consider offering a limited number of items, running a sale with a definitive ending date or anything that can cause your readers to ‘lose out’ if they don’t take action right away.

Number Five:
Make your ‘call to action’ clear and obvious.

This is where many marketers blow it!

They write a pretty good piece of sales copy that highlights the benefits of the product and then they ‘chicken out’ when it comes time to ‘ask for the sale.’

Don’t be afraid to ’spell out’ exactly what you would like the reader to do next! Don’t make this mistake… make your calls-to-action clear and assertive.

Whatever you are trying to sell or promote, these five copywriting tips will help you write copy that will get read more often and make more sales! To learn more make sure you check out this site Copywriting Help.

 

Writers & Reading Conditions

July 19th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

You’ve worked hard to capture your thoughts and write them down. But don’t stop now, because you should also exercise your communication skills in determining where your writing will be read.

Let’s say you’re writing for people who work in a manufacturing plant, so you’ll have a plan for that. On the other hand, if those people are administrative staff working in offices you’ll likely take a different approach.

More specifically, if you’re writing for difficult reading conditions, such as a factory floor, you’ll focus on simplicity and ease of reading. Given the noise and distractions in such areas, you’ll focus on just a few key points, use larger font sizes, and so on.

People in offices enjoy a more reader friendly environment, so you have the liberty of stylizing your document. Fonts can be smaller than those used for communication with the factory floor, for example. Color is a useful tool in office environments, but on the factory floor plain black and white will be more effective.

Don’ overlook the issue of lighting. High gloss paper may look good, but it may reflect and make reading harder in brightly lit offices, and harder reading means the document won’t get as much attention as one that is easy to read.

For example, if you publish a printed newsletter, you should ask yourself where it will be read. If a majority of your readers are in harsh or very bright reading environments, then go with non-glossy paper.

One other note: Will your document be an email message, or a printed document? Recipients generally treat email as disposable, but written letters as permanent records. That may not be your view, but write for posterity when you write for print.

In summary, don’t assume your printed message will necessarily be read. Instead, think of the reading conditions involved, so you can structure your message and medium to make it easy for your readers. Make it easy for them, and they’re far more likely to respond.

Get more great communication ideas at Business Writing Skills .

A Clear Strategic Vision for Your Writing or Speaking

July 6th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

How can you develop a clear, strategic vision for your writing or speaking project? In other words, how can you find a clear path to your goals? A couple of the following tips will help:

For starters, remind yourself you’re investing time and or money into this communication exercise, and so you should expect a return of some kind. In other words, what is the objective? Now, go one step further and articulate that objective in terms of reader or audience response. Write down what they will do if you successfully use your communication skills on them.

Follow up by clarifying for yourself why your audience should do what you’re asking of them. It’s one thing to have objectives, and it’s quite another to serve readers’ objectives as well as your own. You need to make your audience or readers aware of WIIFT – What’s In It For Them.

Does this sound like a lot of work? Well, it is. But, ask yourself how much value you get if you rush off and do something without thinking it through.

Consider the case of the publisher who published two newsletters. The first went ahead quickly, with little strategic planning. Instead, the publisher was concerned with matters like color, typefaces, and so on. That was a mistake; the newsletter died after perhaps six or eight issues, and accomplished little.

Before starting the second newsletter, the publisher carefully worked through all the strategic issues. In fact, he started on the newsletter project in May and didn’t publish the first issue until September. He didn’t work full time at it, but still a lot of hours went into clarifying the strategy.

And, it worked. More than five years later, he was still publishing it every week, and it did the job it was developed to do.

In summary, your communication project has a greater chance of success if you take time up front to identify and articulate your objectives, as well as the desired reader response.

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