Top Seven Tips for Writing Articles on the Internet
Judy Cullins ©2004 All Rights Reserved.
Online readers love information, but be sure your information is crisp, clean, clear and concise.
- Keep your paragraphs short, even a line or two. Online readers will ignore long batches of words in long paragraphs, whether in an ezine or at a Web site. That costs the author a lot of book sales. Respect readers who want material short and
sweet.
- Write tips in their correct format. First, use a verb command, such as "do this." Follow this by the benefits of doing it or by the cost of not doing it. Then, end with a how-to, Web resource, book title, or recommended coach. Use this three-sentence
formula to bring the curious to you.
- Make your heading compelling. If you haven't tested it on associates, or haven't edited it at least five times, it says "lackluster." People will delete it or click on to something new. Which one will you read? "How to Write an Article," or "Sell 300 Books in One Month by Writing a Short Article?"
- Get to the point quickly-in the title and the first line. Keep your introduction down to a sentence or two, the same for a conclusion.
- Tell your readers what you want them to do. They are waiting for your magic formula to make them richer, healthier, or enjoy great relationships. Make your copy strong, clear, and direct.
- Target your article to your preferred audience. Not everyone will want your information, so include your audience in the title or introduction. When you focus your information, you write more compelling, focused copy that your readers will love. They will reward you by checking to where your book is sold.
- Eliminate all superfluous words such as adjectives and adverbs like "ly" and passive verbs. Because of a lack of effort, novices ruin their work with sentences full of "is" and "was" linking verbs instead of bold verbs. Neither books, nor articles will sell with these "slugs."
Keep these tips in mind, so that your article will attract targeted potential buyers of your service, your Web site, and your products
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Traffic Exchanges
(A Quick Start to Advertising Your Business and Products)
by Karen Barnes, IAHBE Writer
Q: What are traffic exchanges?
A: Traffic exchanges are also known as click-through sites. Traffic exchanges uses a credit-based system that allows you to earn credits by viewing other members' Websites in exchange for yours being shown to these same members.
Q: How do I use them?
A: You will need to click on the traffic exchange sites that you choose at least a minimum of half an hour each day to maintain your credits to have your site seen by other members of the sites that you choose. It is best to try to keep at least 100 credits available at all times. This way you will have enough credits available for views to your site while you are not surfing.
Q: What type of sites should I advertise?
A: With this method of marketing your business, affiliate program or products, you are generally marketing to other home business entrepreneurs globally. Pick one of your products or services that caters to other home-business opportunity owners and advertisers. For example, you will need to have a product, such as an IAHBE membership, that is an online business-building tool that can aid an owner to build or sell their own products.
Q: What are some of the most popular traffic exchanges?
A: The following list is a partial list of traffic exchanges that I have and still use for getting my Websites seen by other business owners:
Q: Does using traffic exchanges cost me anything?
A. Yes and no. The initial sign up is free, and most will give you a certain amount of click credits for free. If you would rather purchase credits instead of clicking for them, you can also do this. Each site varies in price for the amount of credits you wish to purchase.
Q. Are there differences between traffic exchanges? Do you have to sit there and click, or do some run by themselves?
A. Yes, there are different types of traffic exchanges. There are ones that are called manual traffic exchanges in which you have to click on some type of box or number once the timer runs out. There are also auto traffic exchanges that will automatically go to the next page without you having to click on any type of box.
Q: What are the benefits and cost of purchasing credits at the traffic exchanges you mentioned?
A: The traffic exchange sites that I mentioned have benefits that include:
- 123Clicks.com—free sign up, 50 free credits, one credit for every two sites visited, trade credits for ads (an extra ad headline displayed on the hotlinks on the view bar), credits for when you refer new members, three paid membership levels above the free membership level; price ranges are $5 to $50 and credit purchases ranges are 500 credits for $15 to 5,000 credits for $150 (can be found inside the members area after sign up). Manual traffic exchange.
- StudioTraffic.com—$10 free, free sign up, credit purchases range from 1,000 credits for $3 to 50,000 credits for $100, upgrades for paid memberships start at $10 to $1,000. Auto traffic exchange.
- Viralvisitors.com—free sign up, surf 50 sites to get 105 in bonus credits, two paid upgrades $119.95 -$220 annually, purchase credits from 1,000 credits at $32 to 50,000 credits at $980. You will need to surf 100 pages to get your membership activated. Manual Surf.
- Clickaholics.com—free sign up, surf 50 sites to get 105 in bonus credits, two paid upgrades $119.95 -$220 annually, purchase credits from 1,000 credits at $32 to 50,000 credits at $980. You will need to surf 100 pages to get your membership activated. Manual Surf.
- ViralClassAds.com—free sign up, surf 50 sites to get 105 in bonus credits, two paid upgrades $119.95 -$220 annually, purchase credits from 1,000 credits at $32 to 50,000 credits at $980. You will need to surf 100 pages to get your membership activated. Manual Surf.
- Lemmingrun.com—free sign up, surf 50 sites to get 105 in bonus credits, two paid upgrades $119.95 -$220 annually, purchase credits from 1,000 credits at $32 to 50,000 credits at $980. You will need to surf 100 pages to get your membership activated. Manual Surf.
Q: How can I find more of these traffic exchange sites?
A: To view the most popular click-thru sites via the search engines, you will need to search with the terms "traffic exchange sites" and "popular traffic exchange sites" on the following search engines:
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