October 27, 201013 Years Ago by nick_niesen The Reality Of Publishing Your Book According to a recent survey, more than eighty percent of Americans want to write a book. This shocking statistic is somewhat puzzling because the National Endowment for the Arts estimates that only fifty-seven percent of Americans have read one book in
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Your Book Arrives From Your New York Publisher! A large box arrives from a New York Publisher. It?s here?YOUR BOOK! You hurriedly rip it open and take the first book out. There it is?YOUR NAME as the author of your first book. You forget to breathe and your heart skips a beat in excitement.You caress
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Revealing Secrets to Book Review Writing Before commencement of book review writing, you should distinguish between two terms: book report and book review. Many people use these terms in the same breath, however there are vital differences in the very essence of these notions. Book Review and
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Choose A Money-Making Book Subject People never change. Nor do their basic desires. They've existed for thousands of years and will continue to exist for thousands more.Names of people will change. Technology will change. People's desires won't ? their desires are hard-wired into our
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How to Find a Publisher for Your First Book Finding a publisher can be very strenuous. In fact, it may even be harder than actually writing the book itself.There are three things to remember when finding a publisher for your book:1) These things take time, even Stephen King was not signed the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen 8 Steps To Writing A Great Children's Book Manuscript Let's face it: some kids just don't like to read. Increasingly, parents, teachers, librarians, and editors are looking for books that will appeal to reluctant readers. When I was writing The Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read (Random
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why Publish Your Writing In A Printed Book? Why would anyone want to create a printed book, when then can create eBooks a lot more easily -- and cheaply? Why would anyone want to get mired in the process of printing and shipping physical books that take time to deliver to customers, when they can
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Write, Promote And Publish A Childrens Book Writing and Publishing a Children's Book is a dream for many people. Unfortunately, it is often a difficult dream to realize since most talented writers do not know or understand which steps to take first to begin the process of becoming known and
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Self-Publishing The Hard Way: The Art Of Giving Birth You know? When you publish a book and send it out into the world, it's like giving birth to a baby. Everyone checks out your baby. Is it breath-taking? Does it have ten toes and ten fingers? Is it pink and sweet or does it look like an extra from
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Book Publishing - How I Got Into Book Publishing As a published author and creative writing teacher I often get asked how writers can get published. One of the simplest ways to answer that question is tell the story of my publishing contracts with two different publishers.Like many other writers, I
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen WRITING A BETTER STORY Check below for hints and suggestions on how to organize your writing and make it a better read for your audience.Story Summary. State in one or two sentences the kernel of your book, story, or blog. Do not exceed thirty words total.Outline
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen What makes a good fiction book? In fiction, the writer?s job is to entertain, to draw an emotional response from the reader. The reader is often looking for suspense, action, and to go on a journey they have not been on before, one they will not easily forget. Readers want to get drawn
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Book Publishing From A Book Publisher's Point Of View Many writers aspire to write books. Writing a book is a long, involved, difficult process. Book publishing is harder. A writer may submit his book repeatedly only to be turned down. The writer may eventually succeed. Wouldn't it have been easier to get
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How to Publish Your Book on Amazon for $99 A long time ago, on a desktop far, far away...Who hasn't dreamed of not only writing their own book, but seeing it in print on Amazon.com, having a copy for their bookshelf, buying 'five copies for my mother?' Well, now you can do it for a $99
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Seven Secrets of Writing a Book That Sells It's one thing to write a book, it's an entirely different thing to write one that's a saleable, viable, marketable product. Ensuring the success of a book is something even the biggest publishers have never been able to guarantee. Mitigating
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Write A Better Book Before you begin writing your book, you must research your idea and see if it is in-demand with readers. Who is going to read it? To whom are you trying to appeal with your words? You must have a general idea of who your intended audience will be. Check
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen The Book Writer's Guide To Self-Publishing Self-publishing has become common practice for many writers who want accolades of having a book published, no matter who publishes it. Writers choose self-publishing for various reasons. Many writers desire the freedom and business aspects of publishing
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Write A Book Many people dream of writing their own book. The sad fact is that for every 500 people who want to write a book, there might be only 1 or 2 who actually do it. Somehow, we get it stuck in our minds that we "can never do that" and that writing "should
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen The Write And Wrong Way To Promote Your Book Did you know that if you're marketing your book to sell books, you may be marketing for all the wrong reasons? Why? Well frankly, marketing a book to make sales will rarely ring the cash register; in fact, most of the time it amounts to what I call the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How to write a book very quickly Have an idea!If you can't think of an idea for a book or other product, get some help by asking contacts, colleagues or clients. Failing that, get some brainstorming software such as Mind Manager. If none of that helps - go for a long walk, forget
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Can You Afford To Publish Your Book? Money blinds. It's as simple as that. Aspiring authors ask about the money issue all the time, in varying forms, (How much does it cost to publish? How much will I get paid in royalties?, etc.) but they can't see beyond that issue to think about the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Book Proposals 101.: What Publishers Want Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting a great deal for your non-fiction book. It's where
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Should I Self-publish Or Pitch My Book To A Publisher? You've spent many nights working on your book. You've rewritten it, edited it, and you used a professional proofreader to proof it. Your book is done ? finally -- and you're ready to send your precious manuscript off to a publisher, thinking that
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Become A Bestselling Book Author What IS a best-selling author?You have to answer that in your own mind.Technically, it's any book that makes it into the Top 100 list at ANY online or offline bookstore.However, what does it mean to you?Is it someone who sells 300-500 books in a
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Publish Your Book With An Independent Publisher There are basically three options for getting your book published. You can try to get your book proposal accepted by one of the industry giants like Penguin or Random House but that?s a tough road. Those companies only work with proven authors or those
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen An Author's Guide To Publishing A Book Ask any published book author about writing a book, and they will tell you it's a monumental task. The process is long, drawn out, and grueling. Even if you enjoy writing ? and don't mind writing on the same subject for an extended period -- the writing
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing For Children: Turn Your Ideas Into A Book Turn Your Idea Into a BookMaybe you're one of those lucky writers whose head is bursting with ideas. Or perhaps you have one idea that's been nagging you for weeks, always at the edge of your thoughts. Either way, you're itching to begin writing.
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Children's Books: Take Chances To Get Published In an editorial several years ago, I described a tree house in the backyard of a local restaurant. I wrote, "The entire structure has been pieced together from recycled lumber, much of which still bears the paint, logos or posters of the original walls
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Getting Published:Tips For Young Writers The task of getting published is one of the daunting aspects of writing. This can be difficult, if you want to get published by a traditional publishing house. It's not as difficult if you want to self-publish. In this article I will share with you the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Publishing Options For Freelance Book Authors It is difficult to break into the publishing industry as a new author, and even more difficult to get an acceptance letter from an editor at a large publishing house. As an author you will work hard to finish your book, and work even harder to find the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Write a Winner Book Fast - 8 Ways, p1 Have you given up on getting your book out of your heart into the hands of your readers? Don't give up. There's an easy way to do anything and a more difficult way. The easy way usually includes getting helpful advice from someone that's been there and
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why Write A Non-Fiction Book The two central pillars in effective personal marketing are the establishment of credibility and the quest for exposure. You could have a large business or you could be an independent professional. You could be selling a product or a service. Regardless
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Scripts Basics Let your Script breath...Let a script breathe? Come on. A script isn?t human (not before your shoot it) so how can it breathe?Think of it as a child, your child. You must have at least nine months of pregnancy to have a child. There is no instant
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Book Report Basics A book report is defined as a short summary of a book, the reader?s interpretation of it and their reaction. While every book report does include details, it is most often customized to it?s audience with an emphasis on related aspects studied in a
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How Do You Write A Book Report? Some time or the other during our schooling most of us have been assigned the task of writing book reports. We have to live with book report assignments throughout our academic life, grade school, high school and college.Book reports in grade school are
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen A Helpful Book Report Example Have you been assigned a book report that is left to a bit confused and frustrated about how one where to begin? . Perhaps seeing a book report example would be just the ticket to help you get up and running. Well, instead of quitting and tossing the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Finding A Book Report Example Is An Easy Task If you have been assigned a book report and are a bit confused, frustrated, or hesitant, there is a huge temptation to dump the project.This is understandable because the task seems complicated, which is further worsened by the fact that you've never
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Book Reports If you are a student, writing a book report is something you will probably have to do at some time whether you want to or not.It has never been a favorite activity for most but it is always valuable. It is valuable because it allows you to think about the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing For Success Press releases and sales letters are key tools in marketing one?s business in today?s professional world. However, many professionals do not seem to understand the importance of enhancing their writing skills. Few people realize that the written
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Hate Writing Articles? Hate writing articles? Too bad. Read on. Well Get over it! Your online or off line business will be DEAD in just months with out solid articles. There are far more failures out there, than successes. Writing articles will give your business the
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why And How To Write Articles When it comes to SEO and a stream of long term traffic to your site there really is only one way to go.Articles are the best way to ensure that you have constant links to your site circling the web with a one time only input from yourself. And the best
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Confessions Of An Article Writer: Time Wasters! I hate to admit it, I even think I'll be misunderstood, but there are several time wasters I encounter throughout the day that can negatively impact my business. Let's be honest: the internet is a cool tool, but there are enough distractions to it that
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why Write Christian Articles? Why should you write articles for a Christian audience? Christians everywhere are looking for good Christian web content, and when you write quality articles, you help provide that content. When you write Christian articles, you are providing yourself and
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Article Writing and Clients: When Things Do Not Work Out In each of my business relationships, I expect that mutual respect and trust be essential ingredients in my association with the other individual. If one or both traits do not exist, then the relationship shouldn?t proceed any further.So, what do you do
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Hiring A Ghostwriter To Write Your Articles Are you looking into ways of promoting and marketing your website? Are you trying to attract more visitors to your website? Are you looking to increase your online sales? Are you trying to increase your adsense earnings? If you have answered yes to one or
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Get Started Writing Articles If you are a new or budding writer, then you may be wondering how to get started writing articles. The first and most important rule of writing is simply to write what you know. That is not to say that you cannot research subjects to get a better idea of
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Articles SEO Need content for your website well then look no further, Articles are here and the way to go. Articles provide many different things, daily content for your site, a way to voice your opinion or the opinion of others, the biggest thing is traffic to your
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Maintaining Article Integrity Inasmuch as I enjoy writing, I do not enjoy participating in schemes to create ?templated? articles for other "authors" to use or misuse to their delight. Or, at the very least, to profit from my hard work!On occasion, I am asked by a client to take
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why Should I Submit Articles To An Article Directory Submitting articles to an article directory is a decision more and more people are making everyday. With the great increase in blogging sites and personal websites promoting articles the need for new written material increases by the minute.Article
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How to Find Ideas for Writing Articles Writing articles every couple of weeks or so is a great idea for your online business but it can sometimes be hard to find good subject matter for your article. You write article after article and finally you just seem to draw a blank on what to write
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Articles For Permanent Traffic Writing articles is possibly the best way to generated free traffic to your site. A short article, submitted to a few places, creates permanent streams of traffic. Here are some of the ways articles bring traffic to your website:1. Click-throughs from
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Write An Article? You do realize that the main goal, when writing an article, is to have your readers interested in your article. You are halfway done - readers who found your article and ran onto it are surely interested in the topic your article covers. Now you only need
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why Don?t Magazine Editors Like My Article Ideas? Whether you?re a professional magazine writer with decades of experience or a not-yet-published freelancer, you are bound to get rejection notes. Editors don?t always explain clearly why they?re saying no. Some reasons have nothing to do with you and
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Link To Your Website When Writing Articles However, you must know how to link to your website properly to get the full benefits of linking. If you don?t link properly, they could kill your marketing efforts.Often times, many writers make the same mistakes. They put typically try to send someone
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Why You Need a 3-Tiered Strategy For Article Submission You've heard a lot about how much writing articles can do for your internet marketing strategy. You now understand how writing articles can help position you as an expert in your field, gain valuable targed traffic for your web site, and quickly multiple
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Secrets For Writing Great Articles For Beginners For some people writing articles is a very difficult activity that takes a long time to get done. If you are a beginner in the art of writing good articles I?ll give you some advices that will help you improve your article writing.Writing articles can
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Think You Can't Write Articles? Think Again! Writing articles and putting them out on the web for everyone to see can be a little intimidating though at first, especially if you don?t consider yourself a writer. Remember that you have a lot of knowledge in your area of expertise that your readers
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How To Write Ezine Articles In Clusters Writing several articles at once might seem pretty much impossible to do if you are just starting to write Ezine articles and find producing them one at a time hard enough. However, writing articles in clusters is not difficult and, once you understand
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen The Easy Way To Write Your Own Articles Writing Articles pertaining to Your Home-based Business Oppurtunity is one of the most profitable, inexpensive and longterm Internet Marketing Strategies of all. Most people feel they aren't capable of writing articles; But think of it this way, if You
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Seven Tips to Successfully Write Web Articles! Online readers love free information. They scour the internet daily looking for specific information to solve their problems, help them be successful, live longer or get healthy. You should join the information revolution too! Publish your free helpful
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Articles To Promote Your Website Writing articles is an excellent way for you to get free publicity. The techniques for writing articles are numerous and beyond the scope of this article. That is why writing articles are one of the most utilized Internet marketing media today. Many
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen What Is Article Marketing And What Can It Do For Me? I've had so many people approach me about how to boost traffic, increase sales, and get more leads into their businesses. I always tell them that there is a really low-cost way to make it happen for them. Frankly, articles that I wrote three years ago
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Article Writing Tips From Spongebob Squarepants Wisdom can be found in the most unexpected places. Today, wisdom bubbled up from a pineapple under the sea. I suddenly realized that everything you?d want to know about writing articles for your website can be taught by SpongeBob SquarePants and his
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Articles For Free Reprint, How Can They Help? When you offer articles for free reprint, you are allowing the person or persons to use the article in emails, websites, and other various forms of publications. The stipulation is of course that they keep your name the author, where the article
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen The Different Methods of Article Writing by Ken Nadreau If we were to try to list all the different article writing styles that exist or will exist, we'd probably end up with an encyclopedia, because writing styles are like fingerprints. No two are completely alike. But there are some basic
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Article Writing - How To Make Fast Quality Articles Writing down your thoughts is an easy task but making them appealing to the readers is difficult. When you write an article, you sit on chair of an expert. People read your thoughts as if you have a thorough knowledge of the topic you are dealing within
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Writing Articles: Pinpoint Accuracy This may not be a politically correct analogy, but if you were to shoot off a cruise missile from 200 miles away you would want it to hit your target, am I correct? The same can be said for an article writer -- the substance of any article is very
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen About Article Submitters (Article Submitter)? It?s an amazing time saver. Also it will help you stay organized. Let's look at article marketing or submission in general.Article directories allow you as the author to store your work and take advantage of the traffic that visits
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen So Many Article Directories, So Little Time Twice today I received invitations from article directory owners to join their new sites. In many ways I am flattered, but in other ways I almost want to mention that they have their work cut out for them. As an author of several hundred articles online
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen The benefits of article marketing There are many ways to get ahead in the cut throat world of internet marketing, but very few of them are easy and not all are ethical. The number of choices can be mind boggling at times. Ezines, newsletters, RSS feeds, Web 2.0 marketing and many more can
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen This Is A Money Making Article Is this a money making article? Watch it make money. It is an article about writing an article that makes money. Once I have written it, I will then give away the article. Maybe it seems like one of the more unusual ways to make money, but it is right in
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen How Article Marketing Affects Your Page Rank Article marketing is essential to the page rank of your website. Although that is true in principle, it is not true in fact. Page rank applies only to individual pages of your website, not to the website in general. Page rank means what it says ? a
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Article Writing -- Your Key to Success Have you wasted valuable time and money trying to promote your online business? If you've spent hard-earned cash buying ads on ezines or on websites, you may have been disappointed with the results.There's a better way to advertise your business or
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Buying Articles For The Web Offering free content on yours or others business Web site is a crucial part of Internet marketing. In fact, that?s how Internet marketing got started, which is why everyone wants and expects something for nothing on the World Wide Web. They?ve always
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen A Publisher?s Rant ? Why I Hate Your Article Headlines I?m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here?s why I hate your headline and what you can do about it.The HeadlineThere is a school of thought out there that your headline should be designed to captivate readers. In the real
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13 Years Ago by nick_niesen Finding A Pot Of Gold In Article Writing If you have a website, then you have probably been bombarded by people telling you that writing articles is the key to successful marketing. However, unless you are a professional writer, article writing probably seems as unachievable as obtaining that
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