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Saturday, February 14, 2009
A Great Research Site For Any Niche Or Topic
If you are a writer, writer's block is bound to take it's toll sooner or later. Do you find yourself, going through the same old re-hashed information? Just can't decide how you want to approach a particular topic? Are you tired of using the same old sources that never seem to be updated? Well, regardless of your topic I have the 411 on the perfect FREE research site that is sitting right under your nose.
I can't take credit for this treasure. A member site I belong to shared this information with me and it is just too good to keep to myself. The site is http://google.books.com . All you have to do is to enter your keyword or phrase and....bam...you get a list of books...not articles, but well researched books on that word or topic.
Most of the books will have a limited preview link. You get to browse through sections of the book like the Table of Contents, or sections relating to your keyword search. You can't read the whole book, but you often see quite of chunk of it...enough to get your creative juices flowing and give you some ideas on what your next article or e-book might be.
I can't take credit for this treasure. A member site I belong to shared this information with me and it is just too good to keep to myself. The site is http://google.books.com . All you have to do is to enter your keyword or phrase and....bam...you get a list of books...not articles, but well researched books on that word or topic.
Most of the books will have a limited preview link. You get to browse through sections of the book like the Table of Contents, or sections relating to your keyword search. You can't read the whole book, but you often see quite of chunk of it...enough to get your creative juices flowing and give you some ideas on what your next article or e-book might be.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Article Marketing: The Best Free Marketing Tool
If you have an online business, or a brick and mortar business that has an online presence, I'm sure you have heard the term " content is king". If you haven't, you will. It refers to the insatiable quest for knowledge and information; the main reason why we flock to the world wide web.
You can load your website with good quality, relevant information...the kind of information your target market wants to hear or learn more about. This sounds great, but it won't have people flocking to your site...you have to let them know that you are there.
There are quite a few ways to do that, but the most effective FREE way to draw people to your site is through article marketing. Helpful, informative, quality content delivered without hype or a sales pitch. People will read your article, like what you have to say, and want to know more about you and what you have to offer. It's a trust thing. You are giving them information they want without asking for anything in return. It works!
Of course it's not that cut and dry. There are such things as keywords and search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, but the bottom line is that you can write or have written an article pertaining to your line of business. Submit it to directories. If done correctly, people will read it, like it, and visit your website by following the link you are allowed in your by-line. No stress, no pressure, no hard sell. Just free traffic to gain maximum exposure for your product, service or business.
You can load your website with good quality, relevant information...the kind of information your target market wants to hear or learn more about. This sounds great, but it won't have people flocking to your site...you have to let them know that you are there.
There are quite a few ways to do that, but the most effective FREE way to draw people to your site is through article marketing. Helpful, informative, quality content delivered without hype or a sales pitch. People will read your article, like what you have to say, and want to know more about you and what you have to offer. It's a trust thing. You are giving them information they want without asking for anything in return. It works!
Of course it's not that cut and dry. There are such things as keywords and search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, but the bottom line is that you can write or have written an article pertaining to your line of business. Submit it to directories. If done correctly, people will read it, like it, and visit your website by following the link you are allowed in your by-line. No stress, no pressure, no hard sell. Just free traffic to gain maximum exposure for your product, service or business.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Article Writing: Free Tools To Help You Find What People Are Searching For
Writing articles for clients is basically cut and dry. They tell you what they want, you do the necessary research and write the article. Writing articles in your own name to be published, however can be quite another story.
You can write about topics that are always popular like finances, health, making money and relationships. People always want information on those topics. You just need to put a unique slant on information that hasn’t been sufficiently covered and you are own your way to producing a good article.
On the other hand, topics that are currently in the news,and considered "hot" will draw a lot of attention, but you have to jump on the information quickly, because as soon as it makes news, the 15 minutes of fame starts counting down. Here today and gone tomorrow.
Three great places to get free, accurate and timely information on the most current news events are: Google Trends, Yahoo! Buzz, and Yahoo!omg!.
Yahoo! omg! provides current (within hours) celebrity news and gossip. Yahoo!Buzz is great for finding out what is happening in the United States and around the world. It shows the top ten searches as well as adding commentary and helpful background info. It contains an Index Buzz, Up and Coming Buzz, and Top Buzz.
Google trends offers a look as which searches and queries Google users have been recently looking for. It gives you a great side by side comparison graph, so you can compare different keyword searches. Google Trends also offers Hot Trends which shows the top 100 searches people are checking out NOW.
An example of the "hot trends" as of thirty minutes ago are all related to the Super Bowl. People are searching on: How old is Bruce Springsteen, e street band, santonio holmes, macgruber....all things you saw or heard if you watched the game.
Free is always good and rarely found. So if you need a good idea for an interesting, current, newsworthy article or web content check out Google Trends and Yahoo! Buzz for updated , solid information.
You can write about topics that are always popular like finances, health, making money and relationships. People always want information on those topics. You just need to put a unique slant on information that hasn’t been sufficiently covered and you are own your way to producing a good article.
On the other hand, topics that are currently in the news,and considered "hot" will draw a lot of attention, but you have to jump on the information quickly, because as soon as it makes news, the 15 minutes of fame starts counting down. Here today and gone tomorrow.
Three great places to get free, accurate and timely information on the most current news events are: Google Trends, Yahoo! Buzz, and Yahoo!omg!.
Yahoo! omg! provides current (within hours) celebrity news and gossip. Yahoo!Buzz is great for finding out what is happening in the United States and around the world. It shows the top ten searches as well as adding commentary and helpful background info. It contains an Index Buzz, Up and Coming Buzz, and Top Buzz.
Google trends offers a look as which searches and queries Google users have been recently looking for. It gives you a great side by side comparison graph, so you can compare different keyword searches. Google Trends also offers Hot Trends which shows the top 100 searches people are checking out NOW.
An example of the "hot trends" as of thirty minutes ago are all related to the Super Bowl. People are searching on: How old is Bruce Springsteen, e street band, santonio holmes, macgruber....all things you saw or heard if you watched the game.
Free is always good and rarely found. So if you need a good idea for an interesting, current, newsworthy article or web content check out Google Trends and Yahoo! Buzz for updated , solid information.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ghost Writing and WordTracker G Trends
Ghostwriting requires mastering tricks of the trade. Keywords are an important part of the ghost writing business and any available help is much appreciated. You may have heard of the free wordtracker tool to analyze keywords. I want you to know that there is an even more powerful tool to help you analyze the profit potential of keywords which provides way more value than listing keywords and long-tailed keywords.
Word Tracker G Trends will show you how many competitive sites have your keyword and how many visitors the site receives each day. The closer to less than 30 thousand sites and the potential for more than 100 visitors per day gives you the recipe for a profit producing website.
You may not reach the numbers exactly, but the closer you get….the better your chances for profit are expanded.
If your job is to provide keyword rich articles, then using Word Tracker G Trends will be your ticket to profitable keywords and phrases. The more information you have…the better you can write keyword rich profitable articles for maximum profit potential.
Word Tracker G Trends will show you how many competitive sites have your keyword and how many visitors the site receives each day. The closer to less than 30 thousand sites and the potential for more than 100 visitors per day gives you the recipe for a profit producing website.
You may not reach the numbers exactly, but the closer you get….the better your chances for profit are expanded.
If your job is to provide keyword rich articles, then using Word Tracker G Trends will be your ticket to profitable keywords and phrases. The more information you have…the better you can write keyword rich profitable articles for maximum profit potential.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Obama Inauguration from A Writer's View
As a Middle-aged African-American woman, President Obama's Inauguration was truly a dream come true. I felt so full of pride and hope for this strong, articulate, intelligent, man that showed so much leadership, compassion and common sense throughout his adult life and during the never-ending election campaign.
From a writer's perspective, I was even more enthused with the quality, content and delivery of the speeches and prose. The poem Praise Song for The Day was so eloquently delivered by the author Elizabeth Alexander. The words, imagery and powerful descriptions left me sitting on the edge of the chair trying to envision what she saw, what she was saying, and relate it my world and life long experiences.
President Obama's speech was powerful, articulate, clear and to the point. No play on words here. He had a message that he wanted to convey...with no ambiguity...no question as to what he was trying to say...he said it loud and clear for all to hear. Whether you liked the speech or not, you have to admit, it was the speech of a strong leader...in control, not a follower.
Although Obama's speech touched me deeply, the Benediction given by Rev. Joseph E. Lowery put the icing on the cake. He started the speech with the fourth stanza of the Negro National Anthem. I realize that most folks don't know this, but if you were an active part of the Civil Rights movement, or like me, a student of Black History...you knew when he started what he was reciting. It brought chills to my spine and tears to my eyes. Rev. Lowery was there, marching side-by-side with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As I watched this fragile, elderly man, and listened to his deep power filled, words of sweat, sacrifice and love, I was mesmerized, humbled and proud all at the same time, to be a witness to such a great moment in history.
Probably one of the more lighter sides of the day, was when Rev. Lowery ended his speech with, " ... we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right"...
Most people from other races didn't get it...some yelled the speech contained racist remarks, but African-Americans of age remember skipping rope and playing dodge ball to those words and reciting them...because they were the words of our day, our cause and our hope as a people to be treated as equals.....can I get an Amen!
From a writer's perspective, I was even more enthused with the quality, content and delivery of the speeches and prose. The poem Praise Song for The Day was so eloquently delivered by the author Elizabeth Alexander. The words, imagery and powerful descriptions left me sitting on the edge of the chair trying to envision what she saw, what she was saying, and relate it my world and life long experiences.
President Obama's speech was powerful, articulate, clear and to the point. No play on words here. He had a message that he wanted to convey...with no ambiguity...no question as to what he was trying to say...he said it loud and clear for all to hear. Whether you liked the speech or not, you have to admit, it was the speech of a strong leader...in control, not a follower.
Although Obama's speech touched me deeply, the Benediction given by Rev. Joseph E. Lowery put the icing on the cake. He started the speech with the fourth stanza of the Negro National Anthem. I realize that most folks don't know this, but if you were an active part of the Civil Rights movement, or like me, a student of Black History...you knew when he started what he was reciting. It brought chills to my spine and tears to my eyes. Rev. Lowery was there, marching side-by-side with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As I watched this fragile, elderly man, and listened to his deep power filled, words of sweat, sacrifice and love, I was mesmerized, humbled and proud all at the same time, to be a witness to such a great moment in history.
Probably one of the more lighter sides of the day, was when Rev. Lowery ended his speech with, " ... we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right"...
Most people from other races didn't get it...some yelled the speech contained racist remarks, but African-Americans of age remember skipping rope and playing dodge ball to those words and reciting them...because they were the words of our day, our cause and our hope as a people to be treated as equals.....can I get an Amen!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Is Ghost Writing Recession Proof?
I've asked myself this question over the past couple weeks and still don't have a clear answer. In the freelance writing business, there are two things you can always count on: The first being Internet marketers "generally" think freelance writers are willing to work for practically nothing(until they figure out they can't do it themselves). The other being right before the holiday season, jobs are hard to come by, but pick up right before new year.
With all that being said I experienced the pre-holiday lull, but more interestingly, offers for a barter relationship and a partnership with a complimentary non- competitive online business. Times are tough, but so far freelance writing skills are still in demand, but some potential clients are thinking of creative ways to pay for the services. The next few months will be interesting to say the least....stay tuned.
With all that being said I experienced the pre-holiday lull, but more interestingly, offers for a barter relationship and a partnership with a complimentary non- competitive online business. Times are tough, but so far freelance writing skills are still in demand, but some potential clients are thinking of creative ways to pay for the services. The next few months will be interesting to say the least....stay tuned.
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