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Writing is something we do all the time. You write blog posts, articles, content for your website, and social networking posts. It may be hard to believe social networking posts would be considered writing, but it’s true.

You need to be careful what you write and how you write it. It’s important to take your time when you write and read through it several times before you publish it. If you feel you’re not doing a good job at editing your own writing, have someone else read it for you.

Publishing an article that hasn’t been edited will only cause you heartache in the long run. If someone who edits articles were to read your post they could do mean things or say things to others that could damage your reputation.

When you’re careful about your writings you’ll do better when it comes to the way other people feel about your writings. You’ll also find when people talk about your writings the words they express will be positive and a good way for you to build trust with others.

Article directories like WAHM-Articles.com are filled with content that we can use to get more readers to our websites and more subscribers for our ezines.

Great content is key to getting traffic from the search engines and getting readers to stick around and browse our websites once they’ve found their way there. We can also use compelling content to encourage our visitors to opt-in to our ezines and lists.

Here are 7 ways you can leverage free reprint articles:

1. Use them as website content. This is the most obvious use for articles. Add them to your website as blog posts or articles. Here are some tips: http://michelleshaeffer.com/speedy-fast-blog-posts/2011/07/12/

2. Use them as content in your ezine. Second most obvious use for articles. Make it easier to get your ezine sent out consistently by using free reprint articles.

3. Create a free ebook for your subscribers. Find a group of 5 or 10 articles on the same topic that go together well and compile them into a free ebook to offer on your website when people opt-in to your ezine or list.

4. Setup a free ecourse. Choose a group of articles that are either on the same topic (all marketing strategies), or go together in a natural progression (how to register a domain, how to setup a website, how to promote a website, etc). Then load them into your auto-responder with one new article going out every 2 or 3 days. That’s it and you’ve got your own free ecourse to offer subscribers.

5. Present a series. You can also used themed articles to present a series on your blog. Set a new article to post each day on the topic and encourage readers to subscribe to your RSS feed to get the next items in the series.

6. Be a curator of good “stuff” on the social networks. Many article directories, including WAHM Articles, have sharing options built right in for visitors. Look at the bottom of the articles for “Share This” or similar links. Share the best articles you find with your Twitter followers, Facebook fans, and other social network connections.

7. Write and submit your own articles. The best way to use free reprint articles to get more readers and subscribers? That’s right — write your own articles!

Tip: Be sure to always check the terms of use at the website you get your articles from to see what you are and are not allowed to do. For example: http://www.wahm-articles.com/terms.php#Publisher

Generally, these are the types of things you should never do with free to reprint articles:
- change them in any way
- create deriviate works (like audio or video)
- claim authorship or ownership
- sell them or include them in a product for sale
- charge access to them
- add them to an area of your site that you charge for access to

If in doubt, contact the author of the article directly and just ask for permission for the use you’d like.

Would you like to learn how to promote your business with article marketing? Grab a copy of “Establish Your Expertise with Articles” for just $7 at http://michelleshaeffer.com/self-study/article-marketing/

Michelle Shaeffer’s Twitter profile describes her as: “Caffeine powered, Libertarian gal enjoying life with my kids and husband. Empowering entrepreneurs.” That sums it up nicely. You can find her at helping to simplify online business at http://MichelleShaeffer.com or serving up ideas for bloggers at http://DailyBloggingIdeas.com.

Are you a freelance writer tired of writing for numerous content mills? Content mills don’t often pay enough for freelance writers so it’s understandable to seek private writing clients who do pay what you’re worth. Writing for private clients really means you’re a ghostwriter.

Like many people, you’re probably wondering how do you find private clients, right?

I recommend creating a website. You can do it with several pages. WordPress.org is probably the easiest and best way to go. You should buy a domain name and hosting to promote your writing business. Your website doesn’t have to be fancy. It’s about you, a portfolio with writing samples or links to where your articles have been published; testimonies if you have any and your services and rates.

Once that is done, you have to promote your site. Put it in your signature in emails and on your business card. Always complete your profile on forums and on social media sites.

If you don’t have a site, other places to find private writing clients is signing up at freelance writing sites like oDesk.com or GetaFreelancer.com and bidding for projects. I have to warn you these bidding sites often have low paying jobs, but there’s always a gem in there somewhere. Also, check Craigslist even though there are many scams, there is also legitimate private clients. Be sure you have a resume and have sample writings to show or articles published somewhere online.

Join writing forums because many have a section for clients who are looking for writers. Don’t join to be self-promotional, but take the time to network and build relationships. Of course, write well on your forum posts because you never know who’s reading, who’s judging and who’s hiring.

You can be more self-serving on Twitter, but moderation and balance is everything. Engaging in quality is always important. I found my private client on Twitter. Actually, my client found me so networking and being consistent paves the way.

Lastly, you can do cold emailing. If you specialize in a specific niche, email those webmasters with a proposal. Don’t show them how many articles you have written or what you have achieved, but explain how you can help them with article marketing; how you can drive and increase their traffic and so forth.

Writing for several private clients means steady work and higher pay, but don’t let go of your content sites as it’s better to keep your basket filled. Whenever you need a change of pace cranking out some easy articles on content mills is the way to go and the extra cash is always nice.

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.

For so many years the only use for PLR (Private Label Rights) articles was for content. Basically what you did with one was to read through it and then rewrite the content so it was different enough for the search engines to know it was yours.

 There is one thing you can do with PLR articles that not a lot of people think about and that has to do with your brain. PLR articles are a great way to educate yourself. You can learn so much from the content you read and PLR articles are a great way to make that happen.

With people looking for ways to save money, they are looking for articles, blog posts, and content on frugal living. We offer a category on the WAHM-Articles directory that’s perfect for articles regarding frugal living.

Frugal living has to do with grocery shopping and many other things that give you the ability to save money. These might include vehicle maintenance, saving on gasoline, and saving money on gas.

If your business deals with frugal living or you blog about frugal living, you need to consider writing articles on this topic and submitting them to our directory. Work at Home Moms are always looking for ways to save money and your articles may be just what they’re looking for. Submit your articles today!

Click here to start submitting your articles today.

Article marketing is the perfect way to grow your business. It gives you the ability to show your market you’re an expert fairly easily. To make it happen you need to write the articles and publish them or you won’t have the success and your market won’t think you’re an expert.

The best way to have the expert status is to place your articles in the right categories. If you choose the wrong category your market won’t see your articles. We’re looking for articles in the following categories.

Frugal Living
Network Marketing
Newsletters
Affiliate Marketing
Article Writing & Marketing
Blogging

These are just a few of the many categories we have on our site. Make sure you click here to see a complete listing of categories we offer. If you don’t see a category that fits your needs, contact me and we’ll see about adding it to the site.

If you write articles that would go perfectly in one of these categories make sure you submit those today. Stop allowing your articles to collect cyber dust. Place them in our directory so your market will see them.

It can be a challenge to come up with new ideas for your newsletter on a weekly or monthly basis. You need ideas for topics that your readers are interested in!

Here’s how I recently got a year worth of ideas for my weekly newsletter with just a few minutes of time.

I created a quick, three question survey at Survey Monkey. Survey Monkey is a reliable website that offers both free and paid service levels you can choose from based on your survey needs.

My first question was multiple choice with some website related questions to help me understand what point my subscribers are at — whether they have a website, a blog, or sell products or services yet. This helps me know what perspective to start from when writing my newsletter.

My second question included a list of 14 topics I was considering writing about and asked responders to rank their interest level in each topic as very interested, somewhat interested, take it or leave it, or not interested.

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Article marketing is important for all business owners. No matter how large or small your business is you need to use articles to grow and increase the trust others have in you. Submitting your articles to directories is just as important as writing them. If you don’t submit them people won’t see them and have the ability to read them.

If you think about it, a lot of times you can you can work your business into almost any topic. For example, no matter what type of business you run you can write an article regarding network marketing. If your target market happens to be parents you could write articles on family, parenting, parenting books, or birthday ideas and work them into your business.

We have a number of article categories that need more articles so if you write in these areas, we’d love to have you submit them so our readers have the pleasure of reading your work.

Birthday Ideas
Business Books
Christian Books
Parenting Books
Book Marketing
Caregiving
Children’s Devotionals
Customer Service
Education
Special Education
Pets
Frugal Living
Easter
Mother’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Home Schooling
Music and Arts
Network Marketing
Newsletters
Press Releases
Social Media

So the next time you sit down to write, think outside the box and remember these categories. Think about how you can work these categories into your article and your business. Make sure you include your business information into your bio.

Article marketing is good for business because it gives you the opportunity to show your market you’re an expert in your field. You’ll have the ability to provide tips that will help your market with problems or concerns.

When you’re deciding what to write, you’ll want to think about your business. Your market is geared toward your business so it’s important that you write articles that will be of interest to them. If you write articles that are not what they’d be interested in, they won’t read them. That means you’ve wasted your time and energy writing them.

When you choose your categories think about your market and what’s interesting to your market. Be as specific as possible as well. At the same time you need to remember how your business can help them and use those types of categories. For instance, if your target market is a mom with small children and your business markets toys you shouldn’t write articles about pet care or vehicle maintenance. While this is something mom’s deal with, it’s not what they’re interested in when they visit your site.

If you struggle to find the right article topics to write about, find others that are in the same business or market as you and look to see what they write about. This will help you get started. Also remember, if you have a few businesses, you have the ability to write on different topics depending on the business. So don’t limit yourself on the articles.

It’s important to remember you need to write to your market. Make them feel like you’re writing each article to them. The only way this will happen is if you write articles based on topics they are interested in and place them in article directories where they can find them.

Article marketing is a tool everyone can use to grow their business easily and with little work once the article is finished. Today I want to celebrate one of our authors. We recently had an author reach 500 articles and to me that’s quite an accomplishment.

The first author to reach this level is Shelly Hill. Shelly I want to thank you for being an author at WAHM-Articles.com. Your articles are awesome and I know they’re wonderful and helpful for everyone who reads them.

Shelly has agreed to supply a bio and she’s graciously wrote up a few tips to help authors with their writings.

My name is Shelly Hill and I am a 43 year old wife, mother and grandmother living in South Central Pennsylvania who enjoys writing. I have been writing since I was a teenager and first started out writing poetry and school reports. As I entered college at the age of 17 my passion for writing grew stronger.

My college major was Nursing but my minor was in business. To make extra money during my college years I would write reports for my professors and proofread reports and papers for students. Once the internet came along I was able to feed my passion for writing even more my blogging and getting into article marketing. Over the years I have learned a lot of tips that have helped me become a better writer and I am very proud to become the first author at WAHM-Articles to have 500+ published articles. (more…)