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6 Tips To Getting Your Articles Read

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By Les Scammell, March 19, 2010 12:06 am

There are many people who dread having to write papers or articles. Many just feel like it seems to be too much work and it all just goes to waste when no one reads the. To some people, reading articles seems like work to, especially if the article is boring and very bland. Well, articles are supposed to be read, that’s their purpose to impart your message and information. If it is not read then it is a waste of time and effort.

But all the same, articles have to be written to be read. It’s just a matter of making them good. Making a good article doesn’t have to be strenuous and straining. There are just some points needed to be reminded of, and some guides to follow. Once you get the hang of it, writing articles could be fun, as well as profitable for you and your site.

Of course, writing articles must be about something you know about, that’s why if you own a site, you probably is knowledgeable about that certain topic and theme. When you write about it, you won’t have a hard time because you already know what it is and what it’s about. It’s just a matter of making your articles creative and interesting.

To make sure that your articles get read and enjoyed, here are six red hot tips to get your articles read. These tips will make your articles readable and interesting.

1) Use short paragraphs. When the paragraph are very long, the words get jumbled in the mind of the reader just looking at it It can get quite confusing and too much of a hard work to read. The reader will just quickly disregard the paragraph and move on to much easier reading articles that are good to look at as well as read. Paragraphs can be a single sentence, sometimes even a single word!

2) Make use of numbers or bullets. As each point is stressed out, numbers and bullets can quickly make the point easy to remember and digest. As each point, tip, guide or method is started with a bullet or point, readers will know that this is where the tips start and getting stressed. Format you bullets and numbers with indentations so that your4 article won’t look like a single block of square paragraphs. Add a little bit of flair and pizzazz to your articles shape.

3) Use Sub-headings to sub-divide your paragraphs in the page. Doing this will break each point into sections but still would be incorporated into one whole article. It would also be easy for the reader to move on from one point to another; the transition would be smooth and easy. You will never lose your readers attention as well as the point and direction to where the article is pointing.

4) Provide a good attention-grabbing title or header. If your title can entice a person’s curiosity you’re already halfway in getting a person to read your article. Use statements and questions that utilize keywords that people are looking for. Provide titles or headers that describe your articles content but should also be short and concise.

Use titles like, “Tips on making her want you more”, or “How to make her swoon and blush” .You could also use titles that can command people, for example, “Make her yours in six easy Ways”. These types of titles reach out to a persons’ emotions and makes them interested.

5) Keep them interested from the start to the finish. From your opening paragraph, use real life situations that can be adopted by the reader. Use good descriptions and metaphors to drive in your point, just don’t over do it. Driving your examples with graphic metaphors and similes would make it easy for them to imagine what you are talking about. Making the experience pleasurable and enjoyable for them.

6) Utilize figures when necessary and not just ordinary and insipid statements. Using specific facts and figures can heighten your article because it makes it authoritative. But do not make it too formal, it should be light and easy in them and flow. Like a friendly teac her having a little chat with an eager student.

Are You Looking For Links?

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By Les Scammell, March 4, 2010 9:16 pm

Have you ever wondered how some people seem to get swarms of traffic to their sites for free? You may have been told it’s all about ranking high on search engines such as Google and that in turn depends on getting backlinks. Yeah, right! How’s the ordinary person supposed to understand any of this?

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You can add your own name and website link to the script and give it away or sell it. When people install the script on their sites you then get additional backlinks to your site and also traffic. There’s one more benefit as well – your Affiliate ID is also stored in the  script so you get commission on any sales of the upgraded scripts made when someone clicks on your links (including links in the scripts you gave away!)

This is a very viral system and once you start it the links, traffic and commissions grow almost by themselves. (Actually via other people doing the work for you but you get the idea.) I can highly recommend you grab a copy of this script while it’s FREE.

Have You Tried Creating An Ebook – What Was The Experience Like?

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By Les Scammell, March 3, 2010 11:07 pm

One of things I would like to do this year is write an ebook or two. I have a couple of topics in mind, however, making the ebook as professional as possible is my aim – not just something thrown together. I have been reading a few good articles on how to create ebooks and while searching, I came across this post – Discover The Secrets Of eBook Creation.

What is amusing really is that while searching for ebook information, I have found plenty of Great Ideas For Creating Exciting Newsletter Content. The plan now I think is to write a couple of very good ebooks, set up a subscription service whereby the ebooks are only available if you sign up for a weekly newsletter, and then to use that mailing list to send out newsletters that also promote affiliate products. Hopefully, a money winner for me.

Once created, I have to promote it and places like Twitter and Facebook are probably ideal. The problem is, I am not much of a socializer. I am really an introvert most of the time. So that raises the question, Can Introverts Interact On Social Networks? I am led to believe we can – we shall see.

In the mean time, I have to actually write this ebook. Some people can be real knockers at times espousing negative comments about how an ebook is a waste of time. I don’t know if it is just jealousy because I am attempting it or just head games. Either way, it sure does increase the stress levels. I know, it’s Mind Games, Not Head Games, Create Stress Relief. So I guess I will be hitting the mind games for awhile. I will let you know when the ebooks are completed – then you can tear me down.

Do You Use Captcha?

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By Les Scammell, February 3, 2010 11:31 am

I notice that CAPTCHA is once again being mentioned around the web. WordPress them selves have been talking about using it – which is strange give their strong belief in Akismet. There are several small business marketing sites that are also discussing the subject. I have found that manual editing works fine, but then, I don’t get thousands of comments.

I think it all depends on the type of web site you have. Blogs of course always attracts comments – especially from the robot commenters. If you had a site about medical transcriptionist services, you would probably get none – or very few.

Mention Valentines Day and you would probably get thousands of spam comments – even if your site was only about broken arms or dental health or something minor.

What about a blog about Heavy Equipment Technology, would that suffer from a spam attack – probably not – unless of course it mentioned valentines day.

Believe it or not, all web sites suffer some form of spam. It doesn’t really matter about the genre. If someone else is in your genre, they either compete against you or fail. To compete they need links and links come from comments – here comes the spam.

Do you use captch at all?