7 Tips to Write Successful 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 solution-oriented articles to the web. But wait! There are a few things to keep in mind when writing for the web. Long paragraphs are usually acceptable for print media; they are not for the web. If you want to write articles that web users...

Free Verse

After studying and writing poetry since I was in the third grade, over fifty years now, I have come to the conclusion that the more I learn, the more there is to learn. Every time I turn around, I discover another form or type of poetry. Some of the forms I have tried; others I decided not to use or examine too closely (the names alone sounded like diseases). I use free verse most often in my writing because it gives me the freedom to explore word usage, theme, and imagery that structured...

Bored With Details?

I received an email from an acquaintance a while back inviting me to his web page to read his latest works. I recently visited the site and began reading. The first chapter I read was rather dull and I had a difficult time keeping my mind on the story. I found myself skimming parts just to get to the good stuff. The author had failed to keep my attention. Several chapters later I was lost with the story. I had to go back and reread several dull and over descriptive paragraphs just to...

Importance of Writing a Great Looking Cover Letter

When applying for a job one of the most important things is that you have a great looking cover letter. In some cases this is more important than the r

Discover Freelance Writing

Freelance writing is a fabulous opportunity and if you've got the drive, the energy, the time, and the creativity, it's definitely the way to go. Whether it's to supplement your income, or just to satisfy an urge for publication, a little bit of planning and a lot of hard work are all it takes to build a successful (and profitable) freelance writing career. Many freelancers have broken into publications based on their areas of expertise. It may sound complicated, but before you go whining...

80/20 Guide to Chinese Pronunciation -- Part 1

"Just give me the basics!" That's what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about. It's all that you need to know Chinese pronunciation to get by. The 80% that's important. To speak Mandarin, the first thing to learn is Chinese pronunciation of words using the system known as pinyin. Pinyin is the Romanized Chinese phonetic system and is the most effective aid to learning Mandarin today. (Romanized means using English alphabets.) Pinyin was invented in the 1950's so that anyone,...

How To Write Effective And Unique Articles That Are Optimized for the Search Engines

It is a well known fact that writing, distributing and posting articles to various location on the web is an extremely effective way to generate targeted traffic and establish yourself as an experienced marketer in your field. Unique articles that help solve the reader's problems, assists the reader in advancing their marketing acumen, or otherwise generally inform tend to stay posted on many web sites throughout the Internet and usually generate targeted traffic for the writer.In order...

How To Increase Your Chances of Getting Your Article Published

Publishers and webmasters can spend massive amounts of time just trying to gather their articles for publication. The simple process of trying to obtain an article can be frustrating.The longer it takes for the publisher to acquire your article the easier it is for them to walk away. Some publishers aren't as determined as others and the simple act of procrastination can lead them to never publishing your article.The easier it is for a webmaster to obtain your article the better chance...

6 Tricks To Squeeze Your Letters Onto One Page

Anyone who has read any of my articles on the subject of letter writing or resume writing will know how important I believe it is to minimize the number of pages, preferably limiting them to one page whenever possible.And, we all know how tacky it looks when we put the finishing touches on a letter and it overflows onto the second page by one or two lines. Very unprofessional!So, there are a number of handy little tricks that I've used over the years that can help "squeeze" a letter...

Here's A Simple Selling Secret For How To Turn 2 Words... Into $44,590 Dollars... Selling Softdrinks

Here's a proven, and truly easy way to start increasing your sales, immediately. All you need to do is add these 2 words to your selling system, and you're good to go. In fact, this trick's so good, I wish I could take credit for coming up with it, but the truth is, it comes from a little-known marketing legend. Here's the deal: In 1947, Elmer Wheeler was one of the best-known salesmen of his time. His "Wheeler Institute of Words" developed a "best practices" of selling, by testing...

Ask a Better Question

A routine question will evoke a routine response. Thus, "How's it going?" will generally get a "Fine, thanks," or perhaps a "I can't complain." If the purpose of the question is merely to acknowledge an acquaintance briefly and move on, your purpose is served. This is the social function of language that the anthropologist Malinowski called "phatic communion," which is nothing more than a brief and superficial verbal connection, the smallest of small talk.However, if you'd prefer a more...