"The Article Body Is Where You Give; The Resource Box Is Where You Take." - Christopher Knight, CEO, EzineArticles.com Here's a great article from Ezine Articles, a place every online author should know and be a part of: As a new author with Ezine Articles, you need to write ten articles, submit them for approval, and then you are ready to be published with them.
Here's a great article from Ezine Articles, a place every online author should know and be a part of:
Feel free to add some more you think should be in this list in the comment box below :-)
To make life easy for you, today I'm going to list a few places online where you can make money from your writing skills.
If you are starting out online, maybe you've just been laid off or have been dreaming the dream of leaving your insufferable day job, then you're going to have to invest a little to give yourself a springboard to success.
After spending years searching online and wasting money on useless products I can save you lots of time and money by recommending Adam Short's online trainng. He really cuts to the chase, is highly respected in his area of expertise, and by following his expert guidance you will find yourself making money online in a very short space of time - as little as three weeks in a lot of cases.
As long as you are prepared to take action and follow the steps he outlines, then you will be gainfully self employed in no time.
Follow these tips on a blog post I wrote to help you achieve that optimum work/life balance
Click HERE
To give you some ideas of how to get started yourself, the following are really the best places to get noticed if you are looking for some writing jobs:-
Article Directories
Writng articles for a site like Ezine Articles are a great way to make money while writing about other people's websites. If your article is good enough and original it will get traffic to the website you are writing about, then perhaps get republished which will get links for you to your own website, and will make you money.
Blogs
Sometimes you can approach a popular blogger and ask to do a guest post on their site, which will get links back to your own site. This means more traffic for you to your site where you are selling a particular product, and targeted traffic means more sales for you.
Blog Comments
If you visit high ranking blogs and leave a comment containing a link to your own site, this can lead to traffic visiting your own site, which of course is what internet marketing is all about.
Forums
By visiting relevant forums to your niche, you can leave comments with a link to your own site, again inviting traffic to visit.
Your own Website
If you can write, you should have your own site, where you can write content about specific niche products, then place advertising around that content.
So there you have it, some simple steps above to get you started!
I've found a few of the best videos for you to check out , saving you time, and most of all money so you won't throw any of your hard earned dollars away on any of the many scams on the net today :-)
Make money writing articles, check out this video from Youtube:-
Make money writing blogs ....
\
Make money writing freelance for others ...
These are just a few ways to consider working at home writing to make your own living.
This post is going to teach you a good way to select popular keywords for your eBook.
This is important as it will ensure your writing will be found by the major search engines when people go online to find answers to their queries.
For the best training online to take you from newbie status to earning a living at home go here
Keyword Research
By most internet marketers, myself included, this is considered to be the most important
phase of the entire process. Your ultimate goal is to have your own articles and/or
website on top of the Google search results for search terms relevant to the product you
are selling. To be profitable, your keywords need to both be searched for by a fair
number of people each month and also to not have extremely difficult/established
competing websites taking up the spots you want.
“So how do I find good keywords?” For this step, head on over to
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal.
Next, open up a new tab on your browser (or a new window altogether if you prefer). In this window, use your favorites menu to navigate back to the page of one of the products you were interested in.
Highlight its URL address and then go back to your keyword research tool tab. Click the
bubble that says “Website Content”, and then paste the URL of the product site into the
field given (see below). Now Google's tool will suggest keywords for you based on the
site's content.
Now, press “Get keyword ideas”.
BEFORE YOU BROWSE RESULTS: Go to the dropdown menu on the top right of your
results and select “Exact” rather than “Broad”. You are doing this because we only want
to see how many people are searching for the exact keyword phrase shown. With a
broad match, we are shown the searches for similar keywords which might give us
deceptive search counts for a keyword (for example a keyword might look like it has a
ton of people searching in when in fact people are searching another similar phrase and
targeting the one shown would result in very little traffic).
Now, here's the tough part: How do you choose which are good phrases to go after?
First, take a look at your product. Think, “what would someone looking for my product
search for?”
If your product is a guide for getting rid of acne, a phrase like “home
remedy for acne” or “how to get rid of acne” would be good to target.
Go through the list and copy every phrase that you like into a notepad window (or
something similar if you prefer). Next to the phrase, write down how many searches per
month it gets. This is the “Global Monthly Search Volume” number. In doing this, I like
to stick to phrases that are getting a minimum of 700-800 searches per month, but more
is preferable... To give you an idea of search volume, something searched 3,000 times
per month is looked up about 100 times per day.
When you're done going through the phrases Google suggests for you, don't be afraid
to try your own phrases if you think of some that are relevant but weren't suggested for
you. Any phrase you think would be a searcher willing to buy what you're putting front
of them, put into your notepad.
Alright, once you've got a good little list together (as many keywords as you can find!),
head on over to the Traffic Travis Website. This is a 100% free keyword research tool
we're going to use to evaluate if the keywords you've chosen are ones you can get onto
the top of Google for. Basically, we're evaluating how much competition a phrase has
and how strong it is.
Click the “Download Free” button and go through the steps to get your registration code
and download the program. Don't worry, you can ignore any attempts to sell you the
“Pro Version”, I myself still only use the free one.
How many keywords have you got that are “doable”? You want a lot, dig deep into the keyword
research tool and do your best to find as many keywords as possible. I like to find tons
so that I have lots of ideas when writing articles.You don't want to skimp on keyword
research so don't be afraid to spend some time looking for a product with good
keywords.
If you need some help with all of the above and lots more invaluable tips and advice, save yourself time and money by going here
Choosing a niche can be the most difficult part of getting started on writing your eBook.
With hundreds of products online offering solutions on how to do this, the best one by a mile is this one.
I recommend signing up straightaway, as without that kind of expert honest guidance you could be years floundering about wasting time and money. :-)
There are potentially thousands of profitable niches out there with hungry crowds searching for information
on a particular topic.
To help you discover which topics and niches are popular or gaining in popularity, I will write today about a few different sources to which you can turn to gain this information.
The first one is Google Trends. Just type in Google Trends into google and this will direct you to their site which gives detailed figures and results for which topics are being searched most for on Google.
Not only does it give you figures for how many people are conducting these searches, but also the regions and cities where these people are from who are entering these keywords to search Google for answers to their problem! Just type in the keywords you think people are using in their search and on which you will be basing your eBook, and Trends will give you the information you are looking for.
Another free tool is Quantcast.com. On their homepage all you need to do is type in a website address related to a niche which you may think will be worth writing about, and it will provide you with a complete profile of the visitors to that site. Age group, gender, ethnicity, salary range, number of children are all details of the visitors to that site, very valuable information for you indeed, as you can use this to tailor your eBook to suit your audience. You need this to target your market.
A good tip is to take a visit to Amazon.com. Search for any eBooks already in circulation there and look up the reviews. Reading these reviews will let you know exactly how people's needs in this area are being met, and if there are any gaps in information in this niche that need to be filled. Figure that out and you're already half way there!
Visiting forums related to your niche is a very good way to check out what it is that people are looking for.
These forums are full of members talking about a specific problem which is common to all on that forum.
There you will find a wealth of information on what solutions people are searching for online .
Not only will the above suggestions provide you with all the information you need, but it will provide you with the necessary background details to tailor your eBook towards your target audience.
Remember, the more you know about the person for whom you're writing your eBook , the better your eBook will be, the better reviews it will receive, and the more money you will make!
So get started doing your research today, and get writing!
Go here for affordable in depth training and start making money online today. :-)
I've covered in my last post the benefits and advantages to writing your own eBook. Getting started can sometimes be the biggest stumbling block, so here are a few tips to get you on the way to publishing your very first eBook.
1. Background preparation
If you have lots of ideas floating about in your head on one particular topic or niche, then creating a mind map is a way to get them all out onto paper. Start by writing the name of your topic in the centre of a blank sheet of paper. Extending from this written word , start by writing down each section or subsection relating to the topic. Chapter names, links to websites, shortened versions of each chapter should be all included here. Don't worry at this stage if it all looks a bit messy, for now just concern yourself with getting all those ideas related to your chosen topic out on paper.
2. You need a word processor to type out your eBook. Choose a template you will be using all the way through as this makes it infinitely easier to go back and edit, and to number your pages while also including chapter names and sub-headings. Write in a simple font, one that makes it easy on the eye for your readers.
3. Write the outline of your eBook.
The purpose of this is to see how your book is going to be presented to your audience. You can refer to your mindmap for this so it's important that your mindmap was as detailed as possible.
Try to pretend you're the reader who knows absolutely nothing about this topic and is here to learn from the ground up. Ask yourself does the chapter or section order of your book make sense to somebody who is totally unfamiliar with this subject.
4. Writing your first few pages can be the most difficult part, however, you can write the book in whatever order you feel most comfortable with. It doesn't have to be started at Chapter 1. You can always come back to write that at a later stage, as long as it is presented in the correct form when you're finished , just start writing.!
5. Remember you are writing to provide information to an audience who most likely bought your book to address their need for information in this niche that you have chosen. Write to inform, tailor your content to suit the traffic you are hoping to garner. Be concise and clear in your writing, get some feedback from friends or relatives, that can be invaluable in giving some insight into your work.
Next time we will have a look at how to choose a niche if you are stuck on what topic to choose to write about.
If you have an idea or a passion you think might interest others, get creating a mindmap today, it's the first all important step in writing your own eBook.
I've been busily scouting the world wide web recently searching for ways to help you make money working for yourself from home writing.
The times we are living in are tough for everybody, whether you've been let go from your job due to the economic downturn, or just trying to make some extra money in your spare time.
It has become apparent to me, in my quest to spread some information on how to help yourself, that the biggest and most profitable market presently is in eBook sales.
If you're in doubt as to the profit potential of eBooks, just type in ''eBook sales'' into Google.
Sources have said sales are expected to reach $9.7 billion worldwide by 2016.
If that doesn't spark your interest then you must be asleep....;-D
So why write your own eBook?
An excellent way to start a home business is write on topics you may have some expertise in and can share
it with others who are seeking this information in an easily accessible format.
There are millions of people searching online everyday looking for information on every conceivable topic.
Someone somewhere will pay you for your expertise on a chosen subject.
You can write and publish eBooks without having a blog or website, and you can create a good income with little financial outlay.
Let's look at the pros of writing your own eBook:
More and more people are accessing the Internet daily, so exposure to your work is increasing.
It is easy to produce your own, no publisher or agent required.
They are easily distributed online, and if you ever need to update the content, all you need to do is update
your original edition and republish it yourself.
It is easily accessible to the buyer, all they have to do is download it from the website where you have chosen to sell it from.
All that's required is a computer, an Internet connection, and YOUR IDEA!
So begin now by jotting down some ideas , find the one that interests you most, the one you perhaps know
quite a bit about already.
Next post I'll be back with tips on how to Write your own eBook.
Make 2013 your year for working from home writing !
