Tips on how to update your Writing and Marketing skillsGet Read – Freelancing
Tips on how to update your Writing and Marketing skillsGet Read
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah
As an online marketer or freelance writer, you need to keep pace with new trends in your field as well as gain new knowledge and skills not only for survival but to enrich your work and gain new opportunities.
You also need to plan how you will absorb new knowledge and information to avoid confusion and being immersed in a deluge of irrelevant details and time wastage. You need to draw a plan/timetable or programme of action on how you will approach the whole matter.
When we are talking of updating your skills we are mainly talking of research and training. The two are complementary and are very important. If we take the Internet as an information medium, then we will find that it contains a mass of information, knowledge, products and opportunities which have to be sorted out to be of any meaning.
Here are some tips on how you can keep abreast of knowledge and information.
1 Take a writing/ marketing course
If you are a freelance writer or marketer you cannot afford to miss an opportunity to learn new and essential skills on your craft. Even for the experienced there are new courses emerging or even existing courses which can broaden your knowledge.
Courses available range from paid courses on location, distance learning courses by mail or online to free and paid for ecourses by email/auto responder. Some follow a formal curriculum with examinations provided and certificates issued at the end to informal ones where only a few tips exercise and assignments are provided.
Here are a few websites you may visit and see what suits you:
Freelance Writing
http://www.writersvillage.com
http://www.writingschool.com
http://www.writersdigest.com/wds/
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/writing-courses.htm
http://www.active-online-courses.com/freelance-writing.html
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/advertising-copywriting.htm
Marketing
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/marketing-courses.htm
http://www.marketing-resources.com/course.html
http://www.onlinewebtraining.com
http://www.marketing-register.com/directory/o/Online_Courses_Marketing/
http://www.edu-advisor.com/online-marketing-degree.htm
http://www.get-a-degree.com/distance-learning/marketing-links.htm
2 Subscribe to Ezines and Publications
There are hundreds of ezines and magazines relevant to freelancing and marketing you can subscribe to for the regular dose of news and information. While there are a lot of junk ezines that will only fill your mailbox, there are many good ones which are indispensable to any writer and marketer. Select the few that are good and relevant to your work and subscribe.
You do not need to confine yourself to online ezines, there are also many print books and magazines which you could look into. While you may not have the wherewithal to subscribe or purchase all, there are some which you cannot afford to miss.
Check out the following sites for ezines or publications relevant to your business:
http://www.directoryofezines.com
http://www.ezinelocater.com
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Online_Writing/E-zines/Directories/
http://www.go-ezines.com/
http://www.investing-sites.com/News_and_Media/Newsletters/Directories/
3 Online Search and library research
From time to time, you will have questions which you do not know where to find their answers too. You may also need comprehensive and up-to-date information and news. This is where using Internet search engines and on-line virtual libraries and off-line libraries and databases comes in. These are indispensable tools for finding news, knowledge and information.
As a freelance writer, the search for information is an endless exercise. Whether you want to check facts for your article or book or need information for writing a new piece.
For the marketer, pay – per – click search engines are a goldmine for getting prospective clients. Since searchers are looking for particular information using relevant key words, there is likelihood that the information could be on your site.
Here are a few search engines and virtual libraries.
Search Engines
http://www.overture.com
http://www.findwhat.com
http://www.google.com
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.inktomi.com
http://www.msn.com
Virtual Libraries
http://www.questia.com
http://www.brint.com
http://www.knowthis.com
http://deserthost.net/wd141/
http://www.ipl.org/
There are many other ways you can increase the quality and quantity of your knowledge and skills as a freelance writer or online marketer. However, the few mentioned above are some of the most important.
About The Author
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah is a freelance copywriter and ghost writer.To learn more about how you and your business can benefit from our viral and credibility marketing solutions and how your business can benefit from infinite publicity visit his website at: http://www.qualitywritingsolutions.com.
quantumpro@lycos.com
Where to Post and Read Articles Online – Site
Where to Post and Read Articles Online
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah
The internet is one of the best depositories of informative articles especially on business, marketing and writing. These articles can be a very invaluable source of knowledge and information for starting and growing your business. If you are a writer and wish to see your articles published or read what others have written then the internet provides good forums for you to satisfy your needs.
For webmasters and online marketers, publication of free articles on article databases, ezines and other websites is a highly effective and long-term traffic generator. It is in an inexpensive and targeted marketing method for attracting visitors to your website. However, you need to write a substantial number of articles or regularly write and post the articles in relevant high traffic article databases and ezines to be more effective.
There are very few lists of article databases or websites which accept articles submissions for publication and in this article I attempt to list a few prime websites which accept articles for free publication. New websites come up every day while others are pulled down after some time so to get maximum exposure, post your articles to as many sites as possible, save the articles on disk and print the articles and file them for your own reference and record.
Before posting any of your articles, read the submission guidelines on every website you wish to post and follow them if you are satisfied with them.
Here are some of the websites that will publish your articles for free without payment to or by you:
http://www.articlecity.com
http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/submission_guidelines.htm
http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://clearviewpublications.com
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.goarticles.com
http://www.freelancewriting.com
http://www.businessknowhow.com
http://www.powehomebiz.com
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.theallineed.com
http://www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm
http://www.connectionteam.com/submit.html
http://store.bellyandbeyond.com/yhst-4403591833340/submitarticle.html
http://www.makingprofit.com
http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml
http://www.addme.com
http://www.articlesubmit.com
http://www.theezine.net
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://virtual-professionals.com/articles.shtml
http://www.web-source.net/articlesub.htm
http://www.tigrafix.com/articles/submission.htm
http://ebusinesshelpsite.com/Articles/submit-article.htm
http://www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml
http://www.writerswrite.com
http://salessuccessmagazine.com
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/submit-business-article.html
http://www.toupin.com
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com
http://www.business-opportunity.biz/addarticle.php
http://www.selling-it.com/Add_article.htm
http://www.homebiztools.com
http://www.marketingwords.com
http://www.amrithallan.com
http://www.workoninternet.com
http://www.executivecoachingstudio.com
http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/article_announce
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/articles_archive
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_eContent/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freezinecontent/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/articles4you2use4promotion/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netwrite-publish-announce/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-Reprint-Articles
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/free-content
http://www.freesticky.com
http://amazines.com/
http://www.mbnet.com/article_add_form.asp
http://www.family-content.com
http://www.clickforcontent.com
http://sbinformation.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm
http://www.optimizemag.com/mediakit/contribute.jhtml
While some websites will publish your articles without reviewing them some will check them for suitability and conformance to their requirements.
To enable people to visit your website, include your full url in your bio/resource box below each of your articles so that readers can click on it to go straight to you website. Now, visiting your website is one thing and buying what you provide on your website is another. You can have over one hundred thousand people visit your website in a month but none buying anything from you.
This brings us to the issue of what you sell on your website. Do you offer a unique item or service you have created Uniqueness need not be absolute but do you offer something new, refreshing or useful Does it solve a common problem or satisfy a common need This and many other questions need to be answered by you and acted on. Provide gifts, feebies, special offers and free content such as free articles and ebooks to attract readers to your website and to make them buy from you.
The above listed websites can also provide you with useful articles written by others, news and forums to assist you with information to enhance your personal and business productivity and possibly enable you to place advertisements for high visibility and attention.
Some of the listed websites are part of large networks of websites and posting your articles may lead to the articles to be syndicated in a few other websites and ezines. Others are visited regularly by ezine editors , publishers and webmasters looking for new and useful articles to publish and they may pick and publish your articles. All these serve to increase the exposure of your articles and by extension your name and website url.
To know where your articles have been published, go to www.google.com and type the title of your article in quotation marks “ ” in the search box and search. To know where all your articles have been published go to the same search engine and type your name as written in your articles in quotation marks and search. Do this at least every two weeks and you will find that your articles have been published on many ezines and websites. However, the results could be at times disappointing. If your articles do not contain useful, fresh, how to, problem-solving ideas or are not interesting to editors and webmasters, they might be spurned and will not be syndicated.
Do not confine yourself to the above websites or article databases only but also approach ezine editors. Ezines are online newsletters usually sent daily and weekly to opt-in subscribers. These ezines are in need of content and if your articles meet their requirements they will publish them for free. This might give you high exposure as some of the ezines are read by thousands of voluntary subscribers who are hungry for fresh ideas and information. You can find most of these ezines by searching for “ezine directories” at www.google.com or at:
http://www.koolemail.com
http://www.ezinelocator.com
http://zinos.com
So start today to write and post articles to the above websites and ezines to receive high exposure and traffic to your website.
About The Author
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah is a freelance writer.Find articles,money-making special reports,ebooks,etc at his website at: http://www.qualitywritingsolutions.com. Send feedback about this article to: abdallahkhamis@hotmail.com
Checklist for Writing Articles That Get Read – Writing
Checklist for Writing Articles That Get Read
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah
When writing articles for publication, it is important that you bear certain matters in mind. If you want to write a good article that stands a good chance of publication you need to take the following into consideration before, when you are in the process and after completion:
Have you formed a full idea on what you want to write about Which subject Which topic
Do you know where or how to find facts or material for your article
Have you collected sufficient raw facts/data for your article
Have you considered the article’s audience / market Will it interest or captivate your readers
Does your article have a main idea and secondary ideas
Have you written enough to give readers quality and credible information
Does the article offer any new, refreshing and useful advice or ideas
Are paragraphs short, well arranged and flow smoothly from each other Are sentences short and well constructed Is punctuation all right and there are no grammatical mistakes
Is your article descriptive Is it sensational, thought provoking, emotive or inspiring Does it evoke happy memories, sadness or inspire readers to action
Have you revised the article to flush out irrelevant ideas, strengthen your points and checked it for any errors
Does your article content infringe any law Copyright Libel
Has the article undergone rewriting through several drafts to polish it
Does the article make sense
About The Author
Abdallah Khamis Abdallah is a freelance copywriter and ghost writer.To learn more about how you and your business can benefit from our viral and credibility marketing solutions and how your business can benefit from infinite publicity visit his website at: http://www.qualitywritingsolutions.com.
quantumpro@lycos.com