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Article marketing is a valuable part of your business, but it can fail if you don’t do it the proper way. One of the most important things you must do with it to see success is to submit your articles to directories, but if you can’t get them approved it won’t do you any good. This is why you must write your article using the right format.

The most important thing you need to remember when you’re using article marketing to grow your business is to use the correct format for your articles. You must have an introduction paragraph, the body of your article, and a conclusion paragraph. Without those things your article won’t make sense and you’re going to fail from the beginning.

When you write an introduction for your article it’s important to share what you’re going to cover in your article. It’s important to tell your reader from the beginning what to expect while reading it. If you don’t do this, they’re going to stop reading your article and move on to one that shares this information.

The introduction to this article told you your articles won’t be accepted by article directories if you didn’t use the right format. With that information you’d expect to learn what the correct format is and how to make it work and that’s what this article is all about.

The body of your article needs to contain detailed information about the action items you described in the introduction. Your article can have one action item or many items. This article has three action items that pertain to the right format to use when writing your articles. The important thing to remember is you can have as many action items as you want as long as they all pertain to each other and make sense in the article.

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It’s hard to build trust with people when they can’t meet you face to face and shake your hand, so you must use blog posts and articles to make it happen. Taking the time to write blog posts and articles is very important when you run your business online, but it’s possible to be so busy with your business and your family that this task often times falls by the way side.

If you find this is happening, you need to find a way to stop it so you continue to see growth and you earn the money you need to support your family. There are several ways to make it happen, so you need to look into each option and find the right one for your business and family.

The easiest way to have blog posts and articles when you need them is to outsource your writing needs to a ghostwriter. While this is a great way to handle it, the money you spend may hurt your finances and that’s not what you need. This may be the way to go at times, but you may not be able to handle it all the time and that’s ok. You can use it when you can and then use these other options when you can’t make it work.

Writing yourself is the best way to make sure it’s what you want and that it fits with your tone and style. When you struggle to find the time to do the writing you need, it’s important to schedule it into your day. When you write it on the calendar and add it to your to-do list you’ll have a better chance of making it happen. You need to consider blocking off several hours and do as much writing as you can. To be successful with this option you need to have topics ready to go so you don’t spend any of your writing time thinking about what you need to cover.

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Writing articles and blog posts is one of the best ways to advertise your business. You’ll find if you continually have new content for your site you’ll increase your traffic and that ultimately will help you grow your business.

The reason articles and blog posts help increase traffic is because you continually have the new content and that increases the chances of the search engine spiders crawling your site. This is a huge help when it comes to the search engine rank you have.

Not only is new content the best way to increase your traffic, but it’s also the best way to increase your income. When you have affiliate buttons on your site and links to your own products the people visiting your site will see what you offer and they’ll click on them to see what they’re all about. When they trust your site, they’ll also trust the recommendations you offer.

Another way you can use articles to increase your site traffic is to submit them to article directories and offer them as content to other bloggers. When you include your articles on other sites, people that may not otherwise visit your site will see what you have to say and they’ll visit your site for more information.

Articles and blog posts are a sure fire way to grow your business, but it won’t work if you don’t continually make it happen. You must create a plan and then create a schedule to make the plan work. Once you do that, you’re well on your way to increasing your traffic and growing your business through articles and blog posts.

The more I use my iPad to write articles, the better I am getting. The touchscreen keyboard isn’t as difficult as I thought originally. I guess I’m getting used to it since I’m also typing much better.

For those who have said using the iPad for writing articles isn’t quite a good idea, I have to somewhat disagree. Yes, it’s a bit of a challenge to type with your fingers hovered above the keyboard, but I have some great iPad shortcut tips to make writing articles faster and easier.

Voice Auto-Correction
This is great feature to have when you’re writing anything. You’ll get a voice-over correction when you mistype a word. You can choose to accept the word by tapping on the spacebar or tapping the suggested word to reject.

Double Tap Space Bar
When you double tap the space bar at the end of a sentence, it’ll add a period and space. It’ll then automatically start the new word with a capital letter.

Hidden Characters
Under certain punctuations, you can find additional characters. The iPad has three separate screen keyboards each where you can find different sets of characters or symbols. It takes time to tap the shift key to find a certain character and then to tap again to return to the alphabetical keyboard.

To make it easier you can hold down the shift key and drag your finger to the key you want. For example, the @ symbol is on the second keyboard. Instead of tapping the .?123 key and then tapping @, I can hold down the .?123 key and drag my finger to the @ symbol and release. Once I release my finger, it will automatically switch back to the alphabetical keyboard.

This is also faster than using your left finger to hold the shift key and tapping the key with your right finger. In this case, you still have to tap back to the letter keyboard.

Typos
You can also easily correct typos by tapping on the incorrect word and the correct spelling will show. Tap on it and it will insert the correctly spelled word.

When it comes to editing, it’s a bit more difficult and I haven’t found an easy way to do it on the iPad so I email my draft article and do my edits on my computer.

There are also paid writing apps that are inexpensive from the Apple store. If you don’t want to use the Notes app that comes with the iPad, here are some recommendations from Copyblogger – http://www.copyblogger.com/ipad-writing-apps/. If you’re serious about writing more than just articles, I recommend buying a wireless keyboard which I’m sure would make article writing a breeze.

Sophia McIntyre is an Internet Marketer, Article Marketer, Ghostwriter and founder of WorkAtHomeSpace.com, a free resource focusing on work at home companies and jobs, home businesses and other work at home related topics.

When you’re writing articles it’s important to read through them several times before you submit them to the article directories or post them on websites. You never know what you’ll find when you do, so it’s best to take a little bit of time and read through them.

One of the biggest things you might run across with your articles is repeating. As you’re writing you may forget what you’ve said earlier or you may think you need to explain something in more detail. In both instances you may repeat yourself, whether it’s with the same words or with others that mean the same thing.

When you read through your articles at least once you’ll know if you’ve repeated yourself or not. You’ll also see if you have any spelling errors, punctuation errors, or things that don’t make sense. When you do this small, but important step you’ll find your articles will be used more and you’ll gain more traffic to your site.

If you own an online business, you need to provide an About Us page. Unfortunately, many sites neglect to give this page the attention it needs and deserves. Many people do not realize the importance of an effective About Us page.

Your About Us page has the distinct purpose of letting people get to know your company, which will help build the foundation of trust and respect that is needed for a successful online business. For certain businesses, the About Us page can also be used for recruiting new employees, sales reps, etc.

So, take some time, look over your About Us page and see if it utilizes any or all of the ten features listed below.

1. Company History – Give a brief history of your company and how you got started. Explain how long you’ve been in business, the purpose of your business and your experience. This is also a good place to add your mission statement.

2. Focus on Benefits – Be sure to focus on the benefits your company will provide the customer. Your potential customers want to know what you can do for them, not how you do it.

3. Introduce Yourself and Crew – Be sure to give your name and the names of those who work with and/or for you. You would be surprised at how many About Us pages I have read that contain no names whatsoever! Give a very brief background on yourself and your workers so your visitors can get to know them.

4. Special Skills and Accomplishments – Highlighting any special skills you have or accomplishments can help to build your credibility and separate you from your competitors. If your company is a green company be sure to highlight that as well. Let people know what your company stands for and against.

5. Toot Your Horn – Provide testimonials, awards and names of notable clients. Don’t be afraid to let people know exactly how accomplished you and your company are. This will also help build credibility and trust.

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One of my New Year’s goals is to write more. My struggle has been writing for my business and for my personal health blog. Last year, I came up with a strategy of writing at least two articles a day for my client. It worked well, but after I had done my client’s work, I didn’t want to write anymore. It also came to the point of not knowing what I should write without being redundant. I know it sounds silly because there is an abundant of topics to write about.

There are topics everywhere you go whenever you’re out and about. I’m not big on going with the traditional pen and paper route. I tend to edit a lot while I’m writing and I’m sure my notebook would end up being a big scribbled mess. Plus, I can’t write fast enough for my thinking.

I received a wonderful Christmas gift from my husband and my daughter. I know the iPad will help me elevate my goal of writing more this year. I’m excited! I’m also realistic that using an on-screen keyboard will be a challenge, but at least I can jot down ideas and type short paragraphs. I love how I can take the iPad anywhere since I’ve always just owned a desktop computer. Mind you, I’ve often thought of borrowing my daughter’s iPod Touch, but I can’t type with my thumbs!

Whether you have a laptop, iPad, pen and notebook, or a smartphone here are five places where we can go to find our inspiration to write. The last one isn’t a place, but they are everywhere.

1. Home
Your home is one place of many places to find inspiration to write. It may be in front of a fireplace during the winter, in the den on a comfy chair or sitting on a window seat. If you have a home office, you can dedicate some writing space. Spruce up that area with books and things that inspires you.

Many ideas for me come when I’m showering. I haven’t used this, but I just found something called Aqua Notes. It comes with a waterproof notepad and pencil that suctions onto your shower wall. Now, that’s a great idea!

2. Library
Some people can only write when it’s quiet and the library is a great place to write. It’s also a great resource to get ideas and to learn more. Being in a different quiet environment other than your home may be enough inspiration you need to get the writing juices flowing.

3. Outdoors
I’ve always wished I had a laptop so I could it take it outside when it was nice and sunny. Having my desktop by an opened window just doesn’t do justice. It’s not the same thing as being outside. Go the park, wait for your child at the bus stop, sit outside your favourite coffee shop or go to the beach.

4. Shopping Mall
I know some of the shopping malls here have professional offices on the top level and plenty of seating space. Of course, there are also smaller shopping malls that aren’t busy during any given time so those would be good malls to seek out if you like to write in peace.

5. People Watching
This isn’t a place, but they aren’t hard to find and people watching can be interesting as it may elicit laughter, anger, sadness and so forth. Even if you don’t get any article ideas right away, it’ll give you something to think about which means your thoughts will eventually transfer into a writing piece.

I’d love to hear your comments! Where do you go to find your writing inspiration?

Sophia McIntyre is an Internet Marketer, Article Marketer, Ghostwriter and founder of WorkAtHomeSpace.com, providing a free resource on work at home companies and jobs, home businesses, business resources and tools; ghostwriting services and other work at home related topics.

Gaining customers is the only way to grow your business and reach your goals. While there are several ways to make this happen, one of the best ways is to use article marketing. Articles give your customers or potential customers a chance to see what you can do and you can show them you’re an expert in your field.

There are a number of ways to come up with article ideas that will help you gain customers, but there are two that will make it happen a little easier.

1. Keywords

Search article directories and search engines using keywords that are geared to your target market and look for questions and tips that come in your searches. These things will make for good articles and you’ll find your customers or potential customers will want to read them.

The best way to come up with the keywords is to think about your target market and what they need and want. Put yourself in their shoes and use keyword searches that come to mind based on those thoughts. It’s a good idea to write them down so you can use them again later.

2. Surveys

Articles are supposed to help your customers or potential customers so what better way to do that then to ask them what they’d like to see you write about? When you do this you’ll find they’ll want to read what you write because they’ll know you’re writing to help them with their needs.

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Article marketing is one of the tasks every business owner needs to do, but at times, it’s just not feasible to make it happen. While article marketing doesn’t directly make you money, it’s something you must do to not only build trust, but also show your market you’re an expert in your field.

If you find it’s just not possible to make article marketing a part of your business, it’s time you consider hiring a ghostwriter. A ghostwriter will be able to help you with not only your article marketing needs, but she’ll be able to help you with blog posts as well.

A ghostwriter will run with your ideas and turn it into a fine article worthy of publication.
If you’ve ever been afraid to hire a ghostwriter, it’s possible the reason is because you don’t know exactly how they work. The first thing you need to know is how a ghostwriter works. Once you have an understanding you’ll see how a ghostwriter can really help you to reach success with your business.

A ghostwriter writes articles on your behalf in exchange for money. Basically you pay her to write for you. Once the article is written and you approve of it, you pay her and you do what you want with the article. You can change a few things and add a couple of sentences and publish the article or you can use it as is and submit it right away.

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Over the years I have learned a lot when it comes to running a business, how to blog, and many other things, but I just love it when I learn something new that will help me. It’s wonderful when what you learn helps you to have more success with your business and your life.

I was on Twitter this morning and ran across a blog post that was intriguing to me. The title was awesome and that’s what caught my eye. When I clicked through the content was just amazing.

I learned the only way to write fast is to have your thoughts organized. Without that your brain won’t work quick enough and you won’t have the free flow of words and thoughts. When you have an idea of what you want to write about and all the research has been done, the words will come to you and before you know it you’ll have an article that’s exactly what you wanted.

Countless times I’ve sat down to write and it’s taken me multiple hours to write one article, but I’ve also sat down and have put an article on paper within 15 or 20 minutes. The reason the second article came out so quickly was because I knew exactly what I was writing about and I knew the content.

So the next time you need to write an article, take the time to decide on what you’re going to write about and do any of the research needed. Once that’s done you’re ready to write. You’ll be amazed at the amount of time it will take to write the article.