Here is a video on the steps in writing feature articles and it is rather dry, but factually and step by step. Therules for writing feature articles are not directly addressed by can be inferred by the disertation.

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Here is someone who simply needed money and started writing articles for hire.  He determined the rules for writing feature articles pretty much on his own. Additionally, he worked up his own steps in writing feature articles .

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Supercharge Your Backlinks with Article Writing

Article writing is a great way of generating backlinks to your website. This article is about how you can build a powerful backlink network that will promote and direct traffic to your website.

After a lot of hard work, your website design is spot on and your Web site is now up there on the Internet for the world to see. Unfortunately, the world at present has no idea that your Web site even exists. So, what can you do to bring the Web site to their notice? Mmm…how about writing an article? Sounds weird? But, it’s completely true! Article writing is one of most effective methods of promoting your Web site on the Internet. It can help you earn free backlinks to your site from a variety of popular Web sites. Let’s see how you can use article writing to develop a strong backlink network.

Article writing is a cost effective way of driving up your search engine rankings and attracting traffic to your Web site. Unlike other forms of advertising, you can start an article writing campaign with zero investment. Therefore, article writing is quickly becoming the ideal method for promoting a Web site. To start your article writing campaign, all you need to do is write informative articles related to your field and submit them to reputed newsletters and e-zines related to your field. At the end of each of your articles, add author information in the form of a couple of sentences about you and your products. In addition, provide the complete URL of your Web site and invite readers to visit your Web site. If your article is accepted and published, you get free backlinks to your Web site through these newsletters and e-zines. Readers who like your article can click through to your Web site using the link you provided at the end of your articles.

To get even better results from your article writing campaign, you should submit your articles to article directories. An article directory contains thousands of articles on varied subjects, ranging from team building to shopping. Web publishers, such as Webzine owners and bloggers, pick relevant articles from the directory and post them on their own Web sites. The publishers don’t need to pay anything for using the articles. However, they are required to replicate the author information at the end of the articles exactly as it is on their own Web sites. So, publishers who select your article in effect provide you completely free backlinks from their Web sites. These backlinks provide exposure to your Web site and help drive traffic to it.

Let’s take an example to understand how you can build a powerful backlink network through article writing. Suppose you have a Web site for selling pet care products. You write articles on topics such as "Best Food for Dobermans," "How to Get a Personalized Pet Collar," and "10 Secrets for Getting the 1st Position in a Pet Show." In the author information box at the end of each article, you include a backlink to your Web site on pet care products. Finally, you post these articles on a reputed article directory. Let’s see what results you can expect from posting just these three articles.

Let’s say each of your three articles is picked by 5 publishers who use them on their own animal care or pet training newsletter, e-zine, or Web site. That amounts to 15 free backlinks from a single article directory. Now let’s say you modify the three articles a little and submit them to 5 additional directories. If you get a similar response in these directories, the additional backlinks you earn on those same three articles is 225! As you keep on posting an article a day, the number of backlinks to your Web site starts increasing at a phenomenal rate. And, the more backlinks there are to your Web site, the higher will be the number of readers clicking through to your Web site.

Another advantage of building backlinks through article writing is that it positively affects your search engine rankings. This is because most search engines take the number of backlinks into account when determining the position of your Web page on their search results. So, the higher the number of backlinks to your Web site, the better will be your position in the search results for related keywords.

Article writing is an efficient and economical way of developing a powerful backlink network for your Web site. Articles not only attract more traffic to your Web site but also help establish you as an expert in your niche.

W. D. Price is the Webmaster for the Website Design Network and writes for those setting out on their internet journey and for anyone who is interested in web design. If you would like to learn more about website design, internet related issues, working from home and making money online then visit his website - http://www.website-design-network.com

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7 Article Writing Mistakes to Easily Avoid

Whether you are writing articles for a living or writing them to drive traffic to your website, there are 7 big mistakes you should avoid. These mistakes not only make you look unprofessional, but could lose you money as well.

The following are 7 of the more common article writing mistakes:

Using "big" words. - Writing for the Internet is much different than writing for academia. Many times people use "big" words, when simple language would be just fine. Instead of saying "results are guaranteed instantly," write "get results fast." Read your article out loud to make sure it sounds casual. And avoid using the "thesaurus" function on your word processor.

Using long paragraphs. - Readers don’t want to wade through long paragraphs, especially when reading online. Keep your information in tight, bite-sized chunks of no more than four sentences. As a rule of thumb, use one main idea per paragraph. This makes your article easier to read.

Repeating yourself. - If you don’t have 500 words worth of material, don’t try to stretch out the article. Restating the same thing over and over is a waste of space. If you need more material, do more research or add another angle to the article.

Writing in third person. - Writing about "they" or "a person" is much more formal and much less inviting than writing to the reader. Use "you" and give your reader specific advice geared toward them. That is, if your topic allows it.

Copying other people’s work. - Other articles on the Internet are not in the public domain. That means that they have copyright, just like any other book or magazine. Stealing articles and passing them off as your own is unethical. Also, search engines can penalize your website if you use duplicate content, meaning you’ll lose traffic. The Internet can be used to research topics, but make sure your articles are unique.

Forgetting to proofread before submitting. - Before you send an article to a buyer, an article directory or post it on your website, make sure you read it over. Even with spellcheck and grammar check some mistakes can sneak by. Nothing looks worse than having an obvious spelling error or misused word in your article. Read your article out loud so you can hear any errors you may have made.

Writing the "same old article" - Depending on your topic, there may be dozens if not hundreds of other articles out there on the subject. If you’re writing an article on a popular topic, try to find a fresh new angle on the same subject. Instead of writing an article on how to flip houses for profit, write one on how to avoid common house-flipping mistakes. This will make your article stand out.

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This tips will help you in your article marketing.

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The Fundamentals Of Writing Business Articles

Want to write articles quickly? Read on to learn this valuable business skill…

Article writing can be one of the most difficult jobs of an Internet entrepreneur, especially if you are just starting out writing articles. However, the process of writing articles can be easy by following a step-by-step formula. Once you follow a formula, writing an article can become easy and as you practice each day, it can even become second nature.

Before you write your article, you need to do your due diligence in researching the topic you are going to write about. The way to do this is easy: simply read two or three articles on the topic, and remember the main points that the articles mention. These will form the main points of your article. Do remember, though, not to plagiarize and copy those articles word for word. However, there is nothing illegal but using the ideas in the articles to write your own.

Your articles shouldn’t be too long. Try to keep them to 5-6 paragraphs at most. It is preferable to use simple words rather than words which your reader might not understand. Sentences which are too long are also hard to understand. The best way to write articles fast is not to think too much about it. Just put your thoughts on paper and the article will flow well.

As with anything else, practice really makes perfect. The best way to learn about writing is to read articles first, so that you can ‘tune’ your mind to write better articles. Using this simple formula, you should be able to start churning out your very own ‘blockbuster’ articles.

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Website flipping is a practice much like house flipping, except with websites instead of houses and usually on a much smaller scale. The same idea applies: one buys the rights to a website, renovates it, then sells it for a profit. Because the climate of online commerce is still relatively undefined, many business owners are unable to take full advantage of the internet. In short: lots of online business owners have rather low-quality websites. This creates the opportunity for entrepreneurs to make money in site flipping. A site flip doesn’t even necessarily require the knowledge to renovate the website. Like flipping a house, one can theoretically hire people to do the work itself. There are risks, however. Most websites may not be as expensive as houses, but neither are they cheap. One should have at least a basic understanding of online commerce before any site flipping venture.

The basic skills required for website flipping are a mix of online marketing, website design, and familiarity of the business the site advertises. Like a house-flipper, perhaps the most important element to successful site flipping is capital. Without capital any entrepreneur’s journey is much, much harder. In the field of web site flipping in particular, capital is helpful because the most desirable quality in selecting a website to flip is an already established audience, or a regular flow of traffic. This indicates that the content of the site is something people are already interested in, so the work of site flipping basically consists of reconfiguring that content into something more user friendly.

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The Forex income engine is an addition to the profit run line of instructional and educational products. You can also find those reviewed here on this site. This program is one of the best for learning to trade forex consistently and to make a real income while learning the ins and outs of forex trading, risk management, and real strategies that pump out money from your portfolio. The course comes with an immense amount of material, including 6 cds, a manual, and possibly the best part are the 3 blueprints.

These really outline how to make money in your portfolio in a step by step, easy to follow methodology. I picked up one of these blue prints first thing and within the next two days I had noticed a change in the way I traded and the way my portfolio reacted! He also includes a quick start guide to go with the blueprints and get you up and running fast. As with all of profit runs products they really overload it with value, making it hard to find and drawbacks in the program.

This product is no different and gives 1 year of email support and access to the members website where you can talk with bill himself and other faculty while engauging with other forex traders and like minded people. On top of this he throws in a bonus which I find to be a huge value. It is 2 2hour LIVE Q&A webinars. For those of you not familiar with this it basicly means youll have 4 full hours to talk to bill live in person and ask him any questions you might have. On top of that youll be able to sit in and watch while other students ask questions as well. This allows you to pick up some usefull info you may not have thought to ask. Another bonus is the ebook on mental aspects of trading. This short book really helps to get you in the winners mindset.

This curbs the fear of loosing money so that you can pull the trigger on your trades when you need so that you can make the money you want. Hesitation limits your success and this book realy takes aim to get you out there making money.

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Start a Business by Writing Internet Articles

You can profit long-term by writing articles about your products, provided you follow the basics.

Enlarge Image To start internet business on a limited budget - which many people do - requires some serious thinking about the value of writing articles.

The temptation might be to lace an article with spider-friendly phrases in the hope that this will attract readers and in turn get them to buy what you have to sell.

However, some deep thought needs to go in to the whole process.

First of all, what are "spider-friendly phrases"?

"Spiders" are little digital or electronic robots that race around the web looking for the sort of phrases that people are searching on.

For example, someone in Timbuktu does a Google search on "ebook software" and within a second or so, he or she is presented with page after page of likely web sites where that subject can be researched further.

This happens because millions of people have written the words "ebook software" somewhere on their web site or in an article they have written - and it is the spiders’ job to find where those words can be found, scurry home with the associated URL information, and throw this fuel into the search engine.

Those spiders are busy all day every day, seeking new appearances of words that match the search phrases people are entering into their browsers.

Therefore, the list of available sites where you can research "ebook software" continues to grow like Topsy.

However, the spiders have more than just search phrases and key words to consider. Through the magic and mystery of something called "algorithms" they are also evaluating web sites for Content.

The word deserves Capitalization, because Content is becoming Cing (or should I say Kontent is becoming King?).

Rocket scientists probably understand this better than the average internet business entrepreneur, but the bottom line is that "Content" means that while the spider may have raced home with "ebook software" in its little mandibles, the system is also required to check the web pages any associated links go to - and see if those pages actually do contain relevant Content.

If they follow the URL trail from your article about "ebook software" and only find a page that talks about Star Trek, they’ll put their phasers on full, and you’re fried.

But if your page’s Content is all about the advantages of your software, like the fact that it is rebrandable, can be used with no HTML experience, it’s a much cheaper alternative to Adobe ebook software and PDF files, will let you embed links in images text and pictures, plus it allows you to use a voice over track (which no other software of its kind can do) then you somehow get an advantage in the search ranking process because the content was relevant.

So back to writing articles and why.

Let us say you write an article in January 2006 and put it on your own web site - not in an article directory, but just on your own web site.

The spiders will find it, log it, and if the article contains something about "ebook software" with a link to your site (where of course you would be selling such software) then at some time someone is going to see your site mentioned in a search result, and go there.

You Need Maximum Exposure

The caveat however is that you also know you need perhaps 100 visitors specifically looking for your product to get one buyer. Therefore, you need far more exposure for your article than simply your own web site.

Which is why writing articles and submitting them to directories or web sites that will promote your work becomes a very attractive no-cost proposition.

It costs nothing to write something about anything, and provided you follow a few basic rules of style and content (usually spelled out clearly by the site where your work will be published) your exposure to the spiders - which translates to exposure to people searching for your product - goes up exponentially.

This is especially true if your article is picked up for use in someone else’s ezine or newsletter - an avenue which has great merit and benefits for both writer and publisher, provided the author’s resource box remains intact as a post script.

In that regard it is very important to include a primary link to a specific landing page on your web site. (like the one that follows this article for example).

But this link should not automatically be your home page. It should be your product’s sales page with more relevant Content (sales copy) where the product you have written about can be read about in detail. Be sure to include that all-important call-to-action and a buy button, as well as some way to capture your visitors’ name and email address so you can follow up for possible further sales.

And remember, that article you wrote in January 2006 is going to stay around for years to come, living a life of its own and at some time it is going to translate into money in the bank.

About the author: Michael Knight is a professional writer and CEO of www.CuddlySoftware.com, an exclusive outlet for talking ebook software.

(c) 2006 Michael Knight

Sample Example of Article Web Site
With Relevant ebook software Content

By Michael Knight Published: 1/3/2006

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How to Succeed in Article Marketing Even If You Hate Writing Articles

Hate writing articles? Article marketing is a solid way to drive traffic to your website. But, how many of us like to write? This guide shows you how to make money in article marketing even if you hate writing…

When we think of article marketing, we usually picture writing and then submitting our articles to article directories. Links in our resource boxes drive traffic to our websites or the affiliate programs we are promoting.

However, for some of us who would like to make money online, we dread the idea of writing. Or, we haven’t yet developed the confidence of exposing our thoughts to the world…

For those who feel they are in either situation we just described… don’t be discouraged.

There still is a way for us to become successful in article marketing without writing…

And the way we can do this is by starting our own article directory.

We will look at the benefits of owning an article directory, the software that runs them and some tips for managing growth. By the time we are done here, we will see how we can succeed in article marketing without writing.

Why you’ll want to try THIS…

When you own an article directory, you don’t have to write those articles. It sounds obvious to some, but how many of us are taking advantage of this?

Authors who want to promote their own sites or who want to promote the affiliate programs they joined, will flood your directory with their submissions. They will gladly allow other people the right to post their articles on the web in exchange for the little link in the article resource box that goes back to their sites.

Article directories can almost automatically grow on their own from the endless article content supplied by these writers… And search engines, such as Google, love sites with good content. High quality article directories usually get high search engine rankings.

Owners of these directories can generate income a number of ways. AdSense ads surrounding articles is the most obvious way. Some directories also promote article writing and marketing type products to generate additional income.

About the FREE software…

Some of the high-ranking article directories run on free software. To get started with this script, you only need basic skills. The software is easy to install and customize on any web hosting account.

If you only want to display quality articles, the script lets you review them before you allow them to go "live." Logging in through the web based admin panel allows you to customizable the site layout and colors. To generate income, you can easily copy and paste your AdSense ad or link unit codes into the layout of the directory. Many other features of this free article directory software are comparable or superior to those you would have to pay for.

How to handle GROWTH…

Two problems growing directories face are keeping up with all the submissions that need review and making sure the directory continues to rank high in the search engines.

To control the flood of submissions, some article directories charge a fee for a quick review. Or, they request a sample of writing before authors can begin submitting on a regular basis.

The tasks can end up being full-time positions. When that day arrives for you, your directory should be earning enough to hire assistants.

Summing up…

To wrap things up here, we looked at who should start an article directory and the reasons why. We then talked a little about the main features of article directory software. We ended by suggesting how to handle the problems that come with growth and success. We hope you realize now you don’t have to like writing to be a success in article marketing.

Discover more about article directories, article marketing and article submitters at
http://www.onlinemarketingvault.com/category/article-marketing/

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