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Do you ever wonder if anyone is reading your articles? Sometimes, especially when you’re just starting out, article marketing can feel a little lonely.

You sit alone at your laptop or your desk, writing word after word, article after article… and no one says anything back!

But people are reading what you write. As my friend Audrey shared in the WAHM Articles forum yesterday, you never know who might be reading your article, or what it might lead to!

But you don’t have to take my word for it. If you want to know how many people have read your articles in the WAHM Articles directory, login to your account, then click on Article Stats on the right hand side of the screen.

You might be surprised at how many times your article has been viewed!

The Article Dashboard software won’t tell you how many times your article has been reprinted, but you could try searching for your article title and seeing where it comes up.

If you want to talk more about article marketing - maybe ask some questions and share your advice - the WAHM Articles forum is now open.

I’d love it if you’d stop by and share your thoughts on article marketing, ebook writing, or just introduce yourself!

Here’s the link: www.wahm-articles.com/forum

Do you wish you had an assistant to help you use your computer better?  You know, someone to show you how to do all the things on your blog you wish you knew how to do?

Well my husband has found the perfect assistant anyone can afford and her name is Lynda!  www.lynda.com that is! 

This site is an online training library and takes you step by step through things like Wordpress, Blogger, CSS, Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat, iTunes, Movie Maker, QuarkXpress - pretty much anything you want to learn on your computer.  We’re trying it for the first month.  It’s $25 per month and you can listen to as much as you want, so if you’ve got the time, you can become an expert in digital media and design for $25! 

My husband has been learning about Adobe Acrobat and he loves the clear instruction offered in the video tutorials.  I just started learning more about Wordpress today and I really like it so far.  Maybe you’ve already met www.lynda.com but she’s a new acquaintance for us and we love her!

-Arlene Pellicane

LosingWeightAfterBaby.com

Have you ever sat down to write your next article… and suddenly realized you can’t think of anything to say?

You may even have an outline in front of you, but you just can’t come up with the details to fill it in and make it sound just right.

If that sounds familiar, you’ve had a case of writer’s block. Whether you’re an experienced article writer, or just starting out, writer’s block can strike at any time. Worse, it can put a damper on your writing goals and deadlines.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking for ways to get more writing done in less time. One of the smartest things I’ve done so far is downloaded a copy of Writing Rituals by Nick Usborne. The five rituals he describes in his book have helped me to focus and beat my writer’s block.

Here are some more ideas of how you can get around writer’s block:

Talk to yourself. When I can’t find the words I’m looking for, sometimes it helps to just start talking out loud to myself about what I want to say in the article. When I get the words out, it makes it easier to think about my topic and what I want to say. You could write or type as you go so you don’t forget something really good.

You could also record yourself. Get one of those hand held recorders and just talk away. When you’re done, go back and transcribe what you said. This is another great way to get it all down and not lose any of the good stuff. Who knows, you may have more ideas pop in your head while you are transcribing.

Another strategy that works well is to brainstorm. Write down or type anything and everything that comes to mind regarding your topic. It doesn’t have to make sense at the time. Just put it down. When you do this other ideas may be triggered based on what you write down.

The next time you have trouble writing, try one of these tips, and see how quickly your writer’s block surrenders.

The WAHM Articles summer tour officially launched today, and my first stop was From Dominique’s Desk, a parenting blog. I really do feel like I’m on a world tour, since Dominique is based in Singapore and I’m in Western Canada!

Dominique is writing an e-book on Multilingual Parenting. It’s a topic that she’s deeply interested in because she plans to her groom her children into multilinguists.

She had some important questions on finding a proofreader for her e-book, and how to market her e-book. You can read my thoughts on those questions here and share your own ideas too.

If this sounds like fun, you can follow me on tour all summer by subscribing to this blog (over on the right-hand side). You’ll meet interesting people like Dominique, and you might even learn something new about creating and publishing online content.

It’s less than a week since I’ve been back from visiting California. As I wrote in my last article about going on vacation with no laptop, I didn’t have to go very far to find a computer with Internet access. There was one right in the lobby of the hotel we stayed in. I’m proud to say I didn’t get the itch of wanting to jump on it and see how my website was doing. As a matter of fact, I only used it twice and both times were to check my personal email. I had enough confidence in my two moderators to oversee the forum and as far as I could see there were no problems whatsoever. Funny thing though, my husband used the computer many more times than me!

We had a wonderful trip visiting Hollywood, the beach and of course, Disneyland.

I was anxious to know how everything went with my website…how was my traffic, did I make any sales or did my website come to a stall? After 12 days of no promotion and no presence on the Internet I was expecting mediocre, but to my surprise it did well. I made sales, traffic was still increasing, forum member base increased…all was good.

I realized I built a solid website from the start. I put in long hours, I was consistent, persistent, patient and I promoted, promoted, promoted almost every single day! I put myself out there and built relationships and made a name for myself as being honest and helpful. This hard work paid off when I needed it the most. My business was able to run on its own steam.

I also realize now I don’t have to sit in front of my computer 8+ hours every day, if I want to I can, but it’s not necessary anymore. I still have to promote and be consistent, but I can do it in the half the time or less.

It’s not a cliche, it’s the truth. If you build a solid foundation for your business from the very start and work hard on it, your efforts will dearly pay off in the long run and the future work ahead is smooth sailing.

It’s good to be back…especially in my own bed!

Sophia
Work At Home Space

WAHM Articles is starting a Summer Blog Tour, and I’d like to make a stop at your blog, give you some original content, plus send some link love your blog’s way.

If you participate in our blog tour, I’ll write a blog post that answers your (and your readers’) questions about WAHM content, and also link to you from the WAHM Articles blog, so my blog readers can follow while I’m on tour.

If you would like WAHM Articles to make a stop at your blog, send your 2 or 3 most important content questions to contact@wahm-articles.com . You can ask about

• writing articles
• publishing articles
• using ghostwriters
• using Private Label Rights content
• writing your ebook

… whatever’s on your and your reader’s minds. If it’s about your web content, it’s fair game.

In return for your questions, you could get some original content for your blog, a link from the WAHM Articles blog, and you’ll give your readers information that will help them with their own online businesses.

A pretty good deal for sending me a couple of questions you want to ask anyways!

Update: The WAHM Articles Summer Tour is now full! Looking forward to seeing everyone on tour.

One of my personal writing projects is a novel I’ve been working on for the past few years. I’ve recently made it a priority again, and hope to get it finished this year.

Article marketing is an obvious way to promote nonfiction books. It’s easy to write articles on the topic of your nonfiction book. Some authors even turn excerpts from their books into reprint articles.

But article marketing can also be used to promote your fiction books. We’ve been doing this with my mom’s children’s novel, The Lion Tree. It’s a children’s Christian novel, but Ruth has been able to turn a lot of her research into reprint articles, and is creating some info products with that information.

The upcoming sequel to The Lion Tree is about bullying - when Ruth has completed her research, she’ll have loads of info to turn into reprint articles and even info products she can sell.

My own novel-to-be touches on mental illness, mother/daughter relationships, and writing life stories. Again, all fodder for articles and info products to help me promote my book and talking points when I’m interviewed about the novel.

What’s the topic of your book - or the one you’ve always wanted to write? If you think marketing a book is scary, pick up that pen (or pull out that keyboard) and get back to work. We already know you can write. Put your research into an article, and start building your readership (and bank account). If your articles would be of interest to moms, I would feel honored if you submitted them at WAHM Articles.

Do you market to moms? Your job just got easier.

Moms are always on the lookout for quality, reliable information - which is what you’ll find at WAHM Articles. And early this morning, it just became easier to share your favorite WAHM Articles with your favorite moms.

I guess you might wonder how sharing WAHM Articles can help you market to moms.

Well, if you market products or services to moms, sharing WAHM articles is an easy way to help them get to know you as a resource person. By sending them helpful tips and info on a consistent, you’ll gradually earn their trust, which means eventually they’ll trust you with their money too.

To make WAHM articles easier for you to share, I added ShareThis to the site. You’ll find this nifty little tool at the bottom of each article.

To share an article on social media sites, your blog, or to email to your friends, click on ShareThis at the bottom of the article. If you don’t have a ShareThis account, you’ll be prompted to create one - but it’s free and easy to to sign up.

We’ve also re-enabled the Comment feature on the articles. This feature disappeared during one of our upgrades last year, but was reinstalled this morning, so please come by and leave a comment for your favorite WAHM Articles author!

To comment on an article, scroll down to the end of the article and look for where it says: Comment on Article. (It’s under the ShareThis icon) Click on Comment on Article and fill in the form with your own information and your comments. When you’re done, click Submit.

All comments must be approved by WAHM Articles staff before they’re published, but we’ll get them up there as soon as we can.

Come by WAHM Articles today and look for an article to share or comment on.

It’s Free Book Friday, but this week, instead of telling you about another free book you should read, I want to tell you about the free book you need to WRITE!

When I talk to online business owners about their traffic and sales, a lot of them seem to think a new visitor will become a customer the first time they click through to the sales page,. But - unfortunately for them - that’s usually not the case. More often, a new visitor will need to visit you or hear from you several times before they’re ready to make that first purchase.

One way to help build that relationship, and keep that new visitor coming back, is by offering a first-timer a free ebook or report in exchange for their email address.

While most first-time visitors won’t buy from you immediately, there’s a good chance they will leave you their email address in exchange for a report or ebook. Then you can follow up with them and let them know about your products and services, and new additions to your site.

For this strategy to work well, it’s vital that you understand what is valuable to your target market. Do your research and offer a freebie they can’t refuse.

If you don’t like to write, or dont have the time to create a free product to give away, consider outsourcing your content to a ghostwriter. WAHM Articles offers a writing service that creates WAHM ebooks and content for you - from start to finish.

Here’s the link to our ghostwriting services and testimonials from some of our clients.