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		<title>Probably The Best Locksmith In Las Vegas&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are in need of a good locksmith you could just pick up the phone book and call the first number you come to and take your chances. But how smart would that be. You really would have no &#8230; <a href="http://mediamonitori.com/09/probably-the-best-locksmith-in-las-vegas">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are in need of a good locksmith you could just pick up the phone book and call the first number you come to and take your chances. But how smart would that be. You really would have no clue who you are calling. Or you could be smart and call our <a title="Locksmith Las Vegas" href="http://www.discountlocksmithlasvegas.com" target="_blank">discount locksmith in Las Vegas</a> and be sure that you are getting the best around. How can we say we are the best? Because our customers tell us that we are. They know that we are dependable, do only quality work and are always professional. Please call us and let us know what we can do for you.</p>
<p>You need a locksmith that can do all kinds of locksmith services for you. Our locksmith in Las Vegas is such a company. We handle all different services for locks. If it has to do with locks we can do it. All of our technicians are well trained. They are capable of doing any locksmith service that you throw at them. We handle residential and <a title="Commercial Locksmith Las Vegas" href="http://www.discountlocksmithlasvegas.com/commercial-locksmith" target="_blank">commercial locksmith</a> services along with automobiles of all kinds. This is a company that truly does it all and does it well.</p>
<p>With our residential and commercial services we at our locksmith in Las Vegas can do lock-outs for you. It happens to everyone. You go out of your home or your business and realize that you locked your keys inside. Instead of trying to figure out a way to break in and retrieve your keys just give us a call and we will get in for you without no further damage. We can also install or repair any locks that you have on any doors at your home or business. We do re-keying for those lost or broken keys. Its as easy as picking up the phone and calling us and telling us what you need done.</p>
<p>Automobile locksmith services are also one of our services that we do a great deal. Lock-outs of vehicles is a common thing that happens. We will come right out and have you in your vehicle before you get a chance to get to stressed. Our locksmith in Las Vegas can also change out damaged ignitions. Do re-keying and also change locks in doors and trunks. It does not matter the make and model of your vehicle we can still handle the service.</p>
<p>Our locksmith in Las Vegas is available 24 hours a day. Our company has a 24/7 emergency service that guarantees that we will always be here when you call. Call us and we will rush to your side and show you why we are the best locksmith around.</p>
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		<title>Article Writing: Your Personal Library of Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We write and we write well. At least we hope that we do. Still, we writers need our own library of &#8220;go to&#8221; books to help us write with strength, market our wares, and simply to inspire us to greater &#8230; <a href="http://mediamonitori.com/08/article-writing-your-personal-library-of-books">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We write and we write well. At least we hope that we do. Still, we writers need our own library of &ldquo;go to&rdquo; books to help us write with strength, market our wares, and simply to inspire us to greater works. I&rsquo;ve compiled a brief list of useful books for the serious article writer&rsquo;s library. Some I own, while others I plan on buying.</p>
<p><b>The Chicago School of Style, 15th Edition </b> &ndash; Considered by English speaking authors as &ldquo;the Bible&rdquo; of proper grammar usage and style, this 950 plus page reference book is everything you need to have on hand when you simply are not sure about punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc. Surprisingly, the book is not stuffy as it allows serious writers some flexibility with the rules. If you have been writing for some time, you know that rules do change. I was shocked when even the Chicago School started a sentence with &ldquo;and&rdquo; in it. Oh me, oh my!</p>
<p><b>Guerilla Marketing For Writers </b> &#8212; I am very curious about this title as I have seen reference to it on various writers&rsquo; web sites. Essentially &ldquo;Guerilla Marketing&rdquo; espouses the need for writers [particularly book authors] to spend as much as 33% of their time marketing. Hmmm&#x85;writing in and of itself is so involved. Who has the time?</p>
<p><b>Writer&rsquo;s Market</b> &#8212; Every year since this reference book was first issued in 1921, the Writer&rsquo;s Market has served writers in finding places where they can submit their work for payment. The book lists contact information, submission guidelines, and tips on all the who/what/when/where/why of the &ldquo;word&rdquo; industry.</p>
<p><b>Random House Webster&rsquo;s Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Guide</b> Okay, I admit it. When I don&rsquo;t feel like lugging the &ldquo;Chicago Style&rdquo; around, this Random House book meets most of my needs. 300 power packed pages that will easily fit in your laptop carrying case, purse, or suit jacket pocket.</p>
<p>No, I rarely use a dictionary anymore nor do I rely on a thesaurus. Everything I need is right online or part of my Word program. I don&rsquo;t know about you, but I am definitely a 21st century writer who manages to write, edit, rewrite, submit and accomplish a multitude of related tasks from the ease of my laptop computer. No pencil and paper for me, except when lounging by the river or down at the beach. Oh, for more of <i>those</i> types of experiences!</p>
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		<title>Three Common Mistakes Many Authors Make Before Submitting Their Contents to Article Directories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Article writing, submissions, publications and blogs are getting popular because with modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. </p>
<p>Submission tools abound that authors and marketers can use to make the process of submitting their articles more easily. Though this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure, it&#8217;s only half of the process.</p>
<p>Here are three common mistakes many authors make before submitting their contents to article directories:</p>
<p>1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason to write them. </p>
<p>In article writing, there are three key benefits in using them for promotion; branding, lead generation and promotion, which are all part of your optimization strategy.</p>
<p>But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to inform your audience. Your article must be focused on a topic to achieve the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested in reading them if they aren&#8217;t.</p>
<p>The first goal is to get people to read your article, the next is to get them to click on your resource box. Providing focused content will help you achieve these goals. </p>
<p>2. Overlooking all the promotional opportunities of article marketing for maximum results.</p>
<p>First of all your articles can help you generate additional links back to your site. Most marketers already know this. But do you know that you can get more visitors and better search engine results from those same articles?</p>
<p>How do you get more visitors and better search engine results?</p>
<p>Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo them. A keyword density of 3-5% is an optimum percentage. Some directories support anchor texts which is effective. It&#8217;s important to note as of this writing that majority of the directories are not able to support anchor text links. If you plan on using anchor texts you&#8217;ll have to determine which directories will accept your submissions. Otherwise use a plain text url such as this. http:///www.yourdomain.com</p>
<p>Remember that is not only about the links back to your site. Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining the ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality of your work.</p>
<p>Better search engine results also are great benefits. But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just increase the number of visitors to your site.</p>
<p>Start out with a plan. Make a list of all the different ways you can put that article to work for you and all the purposes it serves. One guru I know makes his articles work in 20 different ways or he doesn&#8217;t use it. How many ways can you come up with? </p>
<p>3. Publishing content that is not useful for your readers.</p>
<p>Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is you wanted is links back to your site. And any visitors it can generate is just a bonus.</p>
<p>THAT couldn&#8217;t be farther from the truth. Not all article banks and directories are going to accept your content automatically. Each of them<br />
have guidelines and specifications on the articles that they are accepting. You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience overnight.</p>
<p>Write the articles that publishers want in their publications if you want your article marketing to work the most effective way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even hiring a writer to produce good content on your behalf.</p>
<p>In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part. You can start getting a little exposure from increased links back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from a little extra time writing quality useful content.</p>
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		<title>Vital steps to overcome uncertainties among the students.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every student knows how it is difficult, almost impossible to write and organize the first writing assignment. It is more difficult, if the student writes it alone for the first time. Lack of experience, lack of time, and undoubtedly lack of knowledge on the process of the completion of the essay-contribute to this uncertainty. How it can be overcome?! Certainly, the more students knew about the process of the writing of the essay, the less they would fear it. Let us explain some of the differences and similarities between several types of the essays. For most of us, even for those, who have already graduated from the Universities, any writing assignment means something formal, something academic that should correspond to some universal standards. In most of the times that is true. </p>
<p>A tutor would like you to produce well written and well organized paper and to evaluate your ability to research thoroughly and write according to some rules. However, there is a type of an essay where all these requirements may be jettisoned. This is an <a href=&quot;http://www.bestessaytips.com/informal_essay.php&quot;>informal essay</a>. Here, in this type of writing assignment you are able to reveal your personality by talking directly with your reader intimately and frequently humorously. Nevertheless, you should have a good plan of the essay; however-informal style is the most important point. There is not any universal rule on how this essay should be completed, try to imagine the conversation between you and your friend, where you will be able to discuss the topic or event you care for or some person that has impressed you. Your opinion, in form of monologue, but informal even with humor should be clearly stated. </p>
<p>But certainly, not all types of the essays can be completed this way. Informal style is certainly an exception from the rule. In many types of the essays you have to stick to some definite structures and even some rigid rules. Let us examine compare/contrast essay. It is undoubtedly, one of the most difficult types of the essay, yet it is one of the most important and useful ones. It allows you to develop compare and contrast skills, to improve your ability to see and evaluate similarities and differences in objects, things, personalities and events. Several useful tips for this type of an essay: 1)First, you should evaluate similarities, then you must find an evaluate differences. 2)If you compare some facts, evaluate one fact at a time; do not try to jumble them together. 3)Do not try to compare and contrast incomparable features (for example the taste of the lemon and the toughness of the ball&rsquo;s cover.)Many students also experience some difficulties in the writing of the <a href=&quot;http://www.bestessaytips.com/literary_essay.php&quot;>literature essay</a> better.</p>
<p>It is not possible to provide the reader with universal guide to this type of an essay. However, every literature essay comprises some indispensable elements: 1)It should be succinct and must be written in lucid and understandable style. 2)You should develop well-organized plan of your essay. 3)Try to be more argumentative and more creative. Your tutor would like to see and evaluate your ability to analyze and understand the meaning of the text your have read. Certainly it is not possible to reveal al elements of several types of the essays that the students are assigned with. You need to study guides and instructions more thoroughly to understand the requirements and purposes of your <a href=&quot;http://www.bestessaytips.com&quot;>essay</a> better.</p>
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		<title>Maintaining Article Integrity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inasmuch as I enjoy writing, I do not enjoy participating in schemes to create &#8220;templated&#8221; articles for other &#34;authors&#34; to use or misuse to their delight. Or, at the very least, to profit from my hard work! On occasion, I &#8230; <a href="http://mediamonitori.com/08/maintaining-article-integrity">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inasmuch as I enjoy writing, I do not enjoy participating in schemes to create &ldquo;templated&rdquo; articles for other &quot;authors&quot; to use or misuse to their delight. Or, at the very least, to profit from my hard work!</p>
<p>On occasion, I am asked by a client to take someone else&#8217;s article, make some changes, and make it <em>their</em> article. Quite frankly, this smacks of plagiarism&#8230;I won&#8217;t do it, so please don&#8217;t ask!</p>
<p>Instead, if there is a general idea in a particular article that strikes a responsive chord in you, I would be interested in taking a look at the article and see if it inspires me to create original work. The key, of course, is <em>original</em> work, not a rip off of someone else&rsquo;s writings and not a thinly disguised rewrite of the article.</p>
<p>My policy regarding working for others is this: if you trust my writing talents, you can trust that what I write for you will be &quot;knock their socks off&quot; good writing that will stand on its own two feet. </p>
<p>A good writer is a wellspring of original material while a poor writer hangs on to coattails of other writers or, worse, steals their information outright. Don&rsquo;t get caught up in the &ldquo;article mill&rdquo; schemes that some so-called writers are involved in. Your reputation is at stake and you will be found out.</p>
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		<title>3 Simple Steps to Dramatically Improved Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amateur writers write for the sake of writing. While this may create copious amounts of inconsequential content or provide them personal pleasure, it does nothing to increase business prospects, improve the world, or move their audience to take action.</p>
<p>So what is the goal of great writing, and how can it change your presentations? Professional writers always have one main goal in mind with everything they write: to transform their audience. Great writers strive to help their audience see through different eyes, act differently, change the way they interact with the world.</p>
<p>Anyone can throw words together and make complete sentences (case in point: most of the blogosphere), but if you want to actually have impact through your writing, you must learn to write for transformation. It&#8217;s the difference between being merely informative and being compelling and persuasive. There are three simple steps to transformational writing: 1) writing for a specific audience, 2) using the right venue, and 3) choosing and executing the right type of transformation (there are three).</p>
<p>1. Specific Audience</p>
<p>If you want to reach your audience, it&rsquo;s absolutely crucial that you understand them, get out of your own perspective, and write to their perspective. One of the first things I do with every piece I write is identify my target audience, things such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, location, income level, purchasing habits, hobbies, talents, interests, etc.</p>
<p>When I know who I&rsquo;m talking to, I&rsquo;m prepared to custom tailor the message to resonate with them specifically. For example, words such as &ldquo;revolutionary,&rdquo; &ldquo;cutting-edge,&rdquo; &ldquo;fresh,&rdquo; or &ldquo;in vogue&rdquo; will more likely resonate with an 18-25 age group, whereas a 60-70 age group will probably have negative reactions to them, who prefer things that are &ldquo;proven,&rdquo; &ldquo;safe,&rdquo; and &ldquo;sensible.&rdquo;</p>
<p>2. The Right Venue</p>
<p>By venue I mean the medium used to convey your message, including such things as magazines, newspapers, journals, books, radio and TV ads, blogs, websites, etc. The venue you choose is, in large part, determined by your audience.</p>
<p>For example, if I&rsquo;m writing a lengthy article on monetary policy intended for scholars and economists, the best venue is probably a scholarly journal. Few people can stand to read long blocks of meaningful text on a computer screen, I probably won&rsquo;t have enough space to make my case in most magazines, etc. On the other hand, if my content is concise, simple, and intended for a broad audience, perhaps a newspaper article makes sense.</p>
<p>All of us are exposed to written communications that we skim or ignore, yet if that same message is presented in a venue more palatable to us, we&rsquo;re much more likely to spend time reading it. Writing for transformation requires utilizing the best venue for our subject matter and audience.</p>
<p>3. The Right Transformation</p>
<p>There are three types of transformations: know, feel, and do. A know transformation seeks to give the readers new information, or old information arranged in a different way, to help them to learn and know things they didn&rsquo;t know before, in such a way that changes their life and perspective. A feel transformation obviously seeks to evoke strong emotion in the audience, while a do is designed to get an audience to take very specific, immediate, and tangible action.</p>
<p>Amateurs look at this list and try to do all three; professionals focus<br />
on one and nail it, because doing so affects the others. How do you want people&rsquo;s lives to change because they read your message? What do you want to see occur in them? Do you primarily want them to know, feel, or do something? Pick one&ndash;yes, just one&ndash;and execute it well, and the others will take care of themselves.</p>
<p>If you want your message to actually have impact, you must learn to write for transformation. Know who you&rsquo;re writing to, use the right venue to reach them, and choose the right transformation and execute it well. After all, transformational writing is the only writing worth reading.</p>
<p>Have a professional writer custom craft your message for transformation by visiting http://www.youwritingcure.com now.</p>
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		<title>Building A Rock Solid Query Letter</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I reviewed a client&#8217;s query letter. It was a hard working query letter, detailing the marketing prospects for the book, her own glowing credentials and the contacts she possessed that would help her publicize the book. But she left out one teeny weeny thing: she didn&#8217;t say what her book was about! I used to think query letters were relatively easy, but now I realize that a query has to do so many things that it&#8217;s easy to forget essential elements. Since the letter is your first step in putting your book&#8217;s best foot forward, you don&#8217;t want that to happen. So here&#8217;s a simple rundown on what goes into a solid query letter. </p>
<p>Who Are You?<br />It&#8217;s tempting to start the letter by leaping into a breathless description of what you&#8217;re sure is going to be the best book in the world, but resist a little longer. You want to use your first paragraph to introduce yourself and let the agent know why he or she should pay attention to you. Tell the agent who you are. Describe your qualifications, including a bit about your current activities which will in turn describe your platform. Have you been doing speaking engagements? Do you appear on television? Are you noted in your profession? Have you won any awards? Do people look to you as an expert in your subject? Do you teach? For instance, if you are a workshop or seminar leader in real estate finance, frequently travel across the country, and have 5,000 people attending your workshops every month, you can tell the agent:&quot;Now I&rsquo;ve decided to give away all of my secrets in a book about real estate financing with no money down.&quot; Anything that puts you in front of people is a potential place to sell your book so don&#8217;t forget to mention such activities.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s Your Book About?<br />In the next two or three paragraphs of the letter you get to talk about your wonderful book idea and/or story. As a guideline, it may help you to read the backs of book covers. You&#8217;ll want to do something similar&#8211;a brief synopsis of your book with enough spark it will intrigue the agent or any other potential reader, to pick up your book. Use bullet points to highlight what amazing tidbits the reader will get out of the book. Will they get five strategies on how to eat without gaining weight? Or 4 low cost resources for financing a large home improvement project? Or the 6 surefire signs you&#8217;ve found your life purpose? Make this description tight, concise and, of course, hugely interesting. Then you can move on to&#8230; </p>
<p>Your Great Marketing Plan&#8211;With You As the Star<br />The query letter should include a brief paragraph or two about how you&#8217;re going to market the book. Of course, if you go with a traditional publisher you&#8217;ll get major help in this area from the publishing house. But remember this: no one will be a better advocate for your book than you. And when editors are considering manuscripts they&#8217;re also considering what kind of a marketing presence they&#8217;ll be getting with the author. You&#8217;ll make their job easier&#8211;and your book much more successful&#8211;if you can bring your own marketing plan to the table to work hand in hand with the publisher&#8217;s. Do you have contacts in the media willing to help? Are you good at getting quoted in newspapers and magazines? Do you publish freelance articles that can mention your upcoming book? Put a lot of thought into this. Too many writers go into the publishing process expecting everything to be done for<br />
them and then are disappointed. Having a good marketing plan would show a potential agent that you&#8217;re serious and you understand the business.</p>
<p>The Next Step <br />You&rsquo;ve mentioned your credentials, described your book and your stellar marketing plan. Ideally, at this point, you have the agent intrigued. You want him or her to say, &quot;Great! What does this person have to offer?&quot; This is where your letter would say something like, &quot;I would love for you to see more and I have a proposal&quot; or &quot;I have 50 pages of a manuscript.&quot; Whatever you want the agent to see next, offer it up and ask, &quot;May I send this to you?&quot; Asking permission is always a classy thing to do, it shows you&#8217;re not being presumptuous. Then you move into a closing that let&#8217;s the agent know you&#8217;ll follow up in a certain amount of time either via phone or email (they might prefer email).</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re done, read your query letter over many times. Have another trusted set of eyes read it for you. It&#8217;s easy to overlook important points, or to think you&#8217;ve covered something when you really haven&#8217;t. When you can polish no longer, send it out&#8211;many times! And congratulations. You&#8217;ve just made the first step in getting yourself and your book out there. I wish you a successful journey.</p>
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		<title>Website Promotion: How Articles Bring Visitors To Your Website</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&rsquo;ve built a website and are very proud to be counted among the ranks. Now you&rsquo;re expecting people to come for a visit. In fact if this is your first website you&rsquo;re probably thinking maybe I&rsquo;ll get a few visitors or maybe a thousand visitors. Would it surprise you if I told you that you are going to get very few visitors? </p>
<p>Remember the movie Field of Dreams, 1989? Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer whose dream is to be a baseball player, something his father wanted for his own life. In the movie he hears voices from players that have passed on. What he hears becomes an aphorism still used today, if you build it he (they) will come. Meaning if he built the ball field his father, shoeless Joe and other baseball players from Chicago would come and he would get his chance. However this is not the case with building a website. Unfortunately know one knows you&rsquo;re there and you won&rsquo;t hear any voices telling where to go from here. Eventually the search engines will pick it up and you will get a few visitors that will trickle in but how to get the thousands to come is the question.</p>
<p>Building is just the beginning. You had your fun and now it&rsquo;s time to get down to the nitty gritty. It&rsquo;s called Website promotion. One of the secrets to tons of traffic to your website is to create one way back links. Writing articles is a way to get these back links. The proof is in the article you are reading right now that it works. Any questions?</p>
<p>Yes it&rsquo;s time to get out the paper and pen like you did in school. People want information. They want to learn something new. They want to feel they have some inside information that no one else has. This is the information age, are you going to give them what they want?</p>
<p>If you have studied website promotion you probably have heard that content is king and if you haven&rsquo;t then that&rsquo;s probably good because it is slowly becoming obscure replaced with unique content is king. There are several things you can do to get started. You can buy private label content, (previously written articles) a big no no in my opinion since it indeed has been used everywhere else. You can purchase article generator software that puts a few filler words into your private label content, thus a new article. However I would not go this route as filler words are not usually unique. Another way would be to write the articles yourself.</p>
<p>What am I going to write you ask. If you sell wedding dresses your readers are going to want to know about weddings, picking out dresses and maybe advice about the important day. If you sell travel packages your audience is going to want to know about the best places to see. If you&rsquo;re a breeder and someone is looking to buy a puppy, you might want to write an article on how to choose one. If you are a guitar salesman your readers might want to know which one is the best. The world is ready for uniqueness and information so here&rsquo;s your chance.</p>
<p>How does an article help my site and what does it do? Most sites that accept articles for submission allow you a generous author&rsquo;s bio at the bottom of your article. This is where you are going to give a brief description of yourself as well as the links of two or three<br />
sites you may be promoting. Over time you will create thousands of back links to your site that will send google into a tizzy. Back links is how the google determines what websites are worthy enough to have their robots roam upon. Roaming on your site is what you want.</p>
<p>I can&rsquo;t write anything you say. I feel empathy for you but do not despair, you can hire a ghostwriter. Give the writer your ideas, pay the fee and let them put the pen to the paper. These days to be politically correct it would be fingers to the keyboard. Unfortunately be careful of who you have write the articles. There are some sneaky people out there that will buy these software generators themselves and try to sell you the same articles that I just told you to stay away from. What is worse is at some point you will run across one that has plagiarized someone else&rsquo;s work and copied it right from the website next door. </p>
<p>Are the wheels turning yet? Now you ask where do I find these wonderful writers. If you will take the time to type in your google search type in freelance writer or other keywords, you will find plenty of people looking for work. The cost doesn&rsquo;t have to be real high either.</p>
<p>I know you have one final question and that is where the rubber meets the road. What is the cost? You can hire a ghostwriter for pennies per word or sometimes you can pay per article. Some freelancers charge ten dollars or more per article depending on the experience of the writer. </p>
<p>This wasn&rsquo;t your last question? Ok I have time for one more. What if I can&rsquo;t afford to pay for these articles; I have a budget that looks like a shoestring. Well you still can write them yourself. There are plenty of free online courses that will teach you what you need to know. </p>
<p>There is another benefit besides the back links you create by writing articles. Once you get a few hundred articles out there relating to your service or product you become the source of information. You become a recognized expert in your field. Folks begin to see your name in your author&rsquo;s bio and say hey I&rsquo;ve heard about this guy before. He must know something. Folks turn to you at the source and expert in your industry. This is the time right now to jump on the article bandwagon.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that only fifty percent of Americans are internet connected. This leaves the field for playing wide open. This statistic does not even include foreign lands. Yes you can even market to them as they read and buy too. So only one decision needs to be made and I ask are you going to hire a ghostwriter or do it yourself? Either way is good if you are careful with the articles you buy and making sure if what you have is unique. Are you going to give your customers what they want? If you don&rsquo;t someone else will. Potential customers want information and remember if you write it, they will read.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read several articles, blogs, and message board postings concerning the rise of article theft. Specifically, this is where your article is lifted from your site without your permission or pulled from a third party site. In many ways &#8230; <a href="http://mediamonitori.com/08/article-theft-what-to-do-about-it">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have read several articles, blogs, and message board postings concerning the rise of article theft. Specifically, this is where your article is lifted from your site without your permission or pulled from a third party site.</p>
<p>In many ways I consider the internet to be the &quot;Wild West&quot; in terms of lawlessness. Ignoring established and set rules is common,  meaning that us law abiding folks have our work cut out for us.</p>
<p>It may surprise you, but I don&#8217;t take action in many cases of known article theft. Why? Because, I just don&#8217;t have the time to police everything. I know of authors who check every link to their site, but that work is both tedious and time consuming.</p>
<p><strong>A golden rule:</strong> If someone takes my article without my permission and the content and links are still in place, I don&#8217;t worry about it. If they take my article and change the content, paragraph headers, the title, or steal credit for themselves, then I will contact the offending party and demand that they make the appropriate corrections. Even for links that are broken, I generally let these types of mistakes slide.</p>
<p>When it comes to writing, time is money. I only respond to egregious violations while letting everything else slip by. I would rather spend my time making money instead of losing that time to chasing down violators. No, my policy or &quot;golden rule&quot; isn&#8217;t perfect, but it saves me from being bogged down in what I find to be a wasteful pursuit.</p>
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