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Joined EzineArticles on Oct 18, 2005 The Death of Quality Content: Become Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
Internet and Businesses Online: Internet Marketing • Published: February 25, 2011
No matter where you go online, you are bound to find someone complaining about the quality of content available online. When we want to find information that answers our questions for us, the last thing we want to do is to land on a MFA site with questionable content. And yet, many of the people who complain about this state of affairs also contribute to the problem. Believe it or not, you have the ability to become part of the solution, rather than to continue being part of the problem. Keep reading to learn how...
Cutting Through The Information Overload: Grab Your Readers' Attention With a Great Title
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: February 25, 2011
As avid readers, we have trained our brains to scan the headlines looking for something that might suit our desires... This article will give you a solid understanding of how to grab your readers by the eyeballs and get them to open and read your articles...
Five Essential Elements of Successful Article Marketing
Writing and Speaking: Article Marketing • Published: March 16, 2010
I have written and distributed many articles that went on to generate sales in the five figures... But for the sake of the FTC, "Very few people will make this kind of money with Article Marketing..." If you understand the "how and why" of writing great articles, perhaps you can generate more sales from your articles than I have from mine...
The Road to Online Marketing Success Requires Commitment
Internet and Businesses Online: Internet Marketing • Published: February 8, 2010
Unsuccessful online marketers are notorious opportunity seekers - giving an opportunity only a couple of weeks to start showing results, before changing directions to chase the next flavor of the week. It almost seems that the majority of online marketers are chasing get-rich-quick schemes, rather than trying to develop a legitimate business. Those who are successful online, are the kind of people who make a solid commitment to a particular business model and make a long-term commitment to a realistic marketing plan.
Top 10 Reasons Why Online Marketers Fail With Article Marketing
Writing and Speaking: Article Marketing • Published: January 29, 2010
If you've been marketing products online for any length of time, you've likely heard people talk about the power and promise of article marketing for the promotion of your online business. Unfortunately, many online marketers have tried to utilize article marketing to benefit their online business and failed. In this article, I review the top ten reasons most online marketers fail to be successful with article marketing.
Inside of the Profitable Article Marketing Strategy and Structure
Writing and Speaking: Article Marketing • Published: January 25, 2010
Regardless of your online business model, there is always going to be a need for content creation. The Internet is a unique marketplace. When consumers have a question about a product, service or process, consumers turn to the Internet to find answers to the questions that they are most interested in discovering the answers. This article will guide you through designing a strategy for article marketing success, while also discussing the structure of the profitable article format...
Stop Wasting Time and Money With Your Article Marketing
Writing and Speaking: Article Marketing • Published: January 25, 2010
Online marketers are always arguing for or against the value of article marketing. Many will argue that article marketing could provide real traffic and sales to one's website, and furthermore, article submission has the potential to offer some serious SEO value to the marketers' websites. Many more will tell you that article marketing is an utter waste of time and money... The difference between those who do well with article marketing and those who do not is usually a matter of education, or lack thereof...
Article Directory Managers Take Stand Against Private Label Content
Internet and Businesses Online: Site Promotion • Published: April 12, 2006
Article directory managers are almost universally banning the submission of rebrandable articles or private label content. People who submit this content are getting permanently banned from directories on account of it.
Where Are Your Articles Being Published?
Internet and Businesses Online: Site Promotion • Published: March 3, 2006
In today's article hungry marketplace, there are literally hundreds of websites where you can submit your articles.
Why Didn't You Publish My Article? Other Major Article Sites Did!
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: December 14, 2005
A question that many article directory managers receive is, "Do you feel like giving me a reason for rejecting my article, considering all the other major article sites have published my article?" Read this article to learn the answer.
The Blog and the Nature of Natural Linking
Internet and Businesses Online: Blogging • Published: December 14, 2005
A lot of people are talking, and few of them know, the soul of a search engine was created in the blog. ;-) There has been a lot of talk about Natural Linking. From Oakland (Ask Jeeves), Sunnyvale (Yahoo!) and Mountain View (Google), California, all of the search engine companies are talking more publicly about "Natural Linking": http://www.free-seo-news.com/newsletter174.htm#facts
14 Tips For Getting Your Articles Published More Often
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: December 14, 2005
The writers who have learned the value of using free reprint articles as a promotional tool, go back to the well time and time again because it generates real results. Some writers have ended using all other methods of promotion because reprint articles work so very well. It is a beautiful thing when one of my clients tell me that they need to stop article distributions for a spell because they are swamped with new business and need to have time to catch up. Of course, that is less money for now, but they will be back.
We Are Off to See the SEM Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Internet and Businesses Online: Search Engine Marketing • Published: December 14, 2005
In the process of Search Engine Marketing, far too many people get lost while they are searching for the Wizard of Oz. TWISTED LOGIC When creating web content for others, I am often blind-sided by the twisted logic of client webmasters. The point of writing original content for these people was to help them establish a legitimate presence in the search engines for their targeted niche.
Shopping In The 21st Century - Introducing the Educated Consumer
Home and Family: Holidays • Published: December 14, 2005
Before I came online, I had a dream of a great wide world were I could learn about all of the things that ever struck my fancy. When I came online, I found just such a world, and then so much more.
Discover How Hollywood Met the American Old West in Real Life
Arts and Entertainment: Movies TV • Published: December 14, 2005
HOW THE OLD WEST HAS BEEN DEFINED People refer to the 'Old West' as the 'Wild West' or simply the 'West'. No matter how what they might call it, many look upon the American Old West as a wild and dangerous place that existed in the last half of the 1800's in the American Frontier, west of the Mississippi River in the United States.
Starting an Ebay Business --- An Online Business Model that Works
Internet and Businesses Online: Auctions • Published: December 14, 2005
THE REALITIES OF AN INTERNET BUSINESS Millions of people are still coming online each year, and many of those people come to the Internet with dreams of making their financial dreams come true. The truth is that building a website to sell products and services is not the easiest way to make a living online. A lot of specific knowledge or money will be required to be successful with a standard website.
Distributing Reprint Articles For the Best Results
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: December 14, 2005
There are many writers who are utilizing article distribution services to get articles published in ezines and newsletters and on websites. These articles always have a link back to the website of the writer in the article's Resource Box --- the About the Author information which typically follows an article. This has always been one of the best methods a webmaster could use to generate web traffic to his or her site.
Using Free-Reprint Articles As a One-Way Link Back Strategy
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: December 14, 2005
With the advent of Google's Link Popularity algorythms, people began to aggressively hunt for the almighty inbound links. It is hard to get links back to one's site using freebie strategies unless you want to spend your days posting comments on guestbooks and setting up your own doorway pages on alternate sites.
When to Use Free Stuff to Market Your Products and Services
Internet and Businesses Online: Internet Marketing • Published: December 14, 2005
SIT AND CONTEMPLATE THIS STORY In 1999, I was contacted by a furniture company asking for advice about how to turn around their internet business. It seems that they were very successful in the non-digital, real-world, business environment. They were a small enterprise generating a few million dollars a year in sales for their furniture products.
The Day the Internet Search Engines Stopped Growing!
Internet and Businesses Online: SEO • Published: December 14, 2005
A fascinating thing happened today on the way to this article. The story here was not planned, rather it was discovered. An amazing and bizarre event seems to have happened in January and February of 2003. In those early months of 2003, the major search engines stopped growing, and few people seem to even care.
Become a Recognized Name - You're in Control of Your Own Destiny
Writing and Speaking: Writing Articles • Published: December 14, 2005
If you are reading this article today, you are likely among those who are working an online business. Unfortunately, you have already learned that finding customers is not as easy as you once thought it would be. Many people have broken the bank and their dreams searching for that first customer or second customer.
Add Value to Your User's Experiences - Add Profits to Your Bottom Line
Internet and Businesses Online: Web Development • Published: December 12, 2005
As a webmaster, you are likely searching for ways to make more money from your website. The truth is that if you have been online for any amount of time, you have learned that you always need to be on the prowl for new information to help you to be more successful, and you always need to keep one eye open looking for new ways to add more dollars to your bottom line. That is likely why you are reading this article today. You are hoping that I might be able to share some small tidbit or jewel of information that might help take you and your business to the next level. I hope that I will be able to meet your expectations.
Writing Tips for Email Distribution of Your Article or Message
Internet and Businesses Online: Email Marketing • Published: December 12, 2005
It has long been understood that writing for the web is different than writing for a print publisher. There have been volumes written on this subject. I am here to share with you some important lessons that I have discovered about Writing for Email.
Deciding Whether to Offer Your New Gadget as a Product or Service
Internet and Businesses Online: Affiliate Revenue • Published: December 12, 2005
If you have ever made and designed your own software, you will have likely already learned the lessons in this article. The same lessons can be applied to the businesses of most Internet marketers. The main lesson I learned was that it does not matter how good your software product is, the quality of the product does not ensure its financial success.
Learn How to Build an Internet Niche by Studying the Methodology of Land Developers
Internet and Businesses Online: Internet Marketing • Published: December 12, 2005
THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX My mind is a strange little land where thoughts go off on tangents and venture into realms unknown even to me. If I could predict the wanderings of my own mind, I seriously doubt that it would deliver to me such jewels as this one today.