Author: Thehomenetpreneur

How to Write Articles for Submission

Sep 5, 2011 Posted By: Comments Off

Before we even start writing articles for submission to ezine directories, bear in mind  that as far as internet marketing is concerned we write because that is part of the business. We are not writing for the sake of writing or because we love to write!

how to write articlesIt’s a bonus if you happened to be a great writer and love to write, but that’s another story. As internet marketers, we write articles for submission to ezines to get our websites indexed by search engines so that web surfers may be able to find us. If you submit your articles to ezines, and people like your article, they may CLICK the link(s) that you put in your resource box. And when they click that, they will go to your website and see what you have to offer!

So it’s important to have something to offer in your websites. It could be :-

  • offer to opt in for your free weekly newsletter
  • download free ebooks / reports
  • visit  affiliate links site that you’re promoting

It’s pays to focus on these when writing your articles for submission. You wouldn’t want your visitors to click back button because they can’t find anything interesting to make them want to stay on your webpage.

So How To Write Articles that editors Will Love ?

It’s important to give Editors of ezines what they want otherwise they won’t get your articles published!. If they don’t like what you wrote then you can’t do much but to have your articles re-written and re-submitted again.

So how to write articles for submission that editors will love? Well, you may follow the tips below.

  1. Submit “original content” articles (preferably 500-700 words long). Although 500-700 word articles are optimal, some ezines directories may also accept articles between 400-1500 words.
  2. Use your keywords in your titles and body content (use your keywords at least once in each 80-100 words) as well as in your “article summary” section. Doing these will help improve your chances of your article being found. So it’s worth to plan ahead on how to make your articles keyword -rich.
  3. No mention of “By: Author Name” in the title (you get this down later in your Resource Box). It should be about 3-6 lines long and should be written in the third person as they look more professional and bring more traffic to your site(s). You can also put your affiliate links in the resource box as most Article Directories will NOT allow you to include any direct Affiliate Links in the articles.
  4. Don’t write your articles like sales letters with all those sales pitch or with excessive self-promotion.
  5. Make sure your article is interesting and informative. Informative articles are well received and that include strategies, how-to’s,tips, case-studies, ideas, opinions, reviews,tricks and commentaries. Normally readers will ask “What’s in it for me?” and ”will this benefit me?’ and are more responsive to this kind of articles.
  6. Format your article to 60 characters in width and use a text editor to get rid of all word processor’s formatting
  7. Let your text wrap naturally. Use the [Enter] key only after you’ve completed a paragraph. Leave an empty line between paragraphs.
  8. Your articles must not contain ‘illegal or immoral’ information or have elements that promote hate or violence
  9. Don’t submit the same article twice to the same directory but you may do so only after making minor “tweaks” to them
  10. It would be better for the first letter of the words in the title to be in capital except for minor words eg ‘and’, ‘is’, etc
  11. Titles are not expected to have quotes around them so avoid using them.
  12. Ttiles should not have any punctuation marks including period and especially double exclamation marks!!
  13. Don’t use any HTML coding in your Title
  14. Author name must be in full (First and Last Name or First Initial, Last Name) although some directories allow the use of pen names. Don’t include any title (i.e. Dr., MD, PhD, etc.) with your name
  15. Generally you can have up to three (3) live links in your article body but these should be “resource” links and not link to your own sites
  16. Your articles should be listed in the proper category and or sub-category. This makes it easier for Ezine Publishers and Webmasters to find your articles.

Try them. Your have higher chances of getting your articles widely distributed and bring endless traffics to your site(s).

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Make Money Online Fast with Micro Job

Sep 5, 2011 Posted By: No Comments

make money online fastThere are times when we are desperate for cash and the internet can actually help you to get that money pretty quickly if you know where to look to. If you really want to be paid in cash and looking for ways to make money online fast, you can offer your services at this micro job freelancing marketplace.

You may have heard of ‘fiverr’ where you can make couple of bucks for your ‘gigs’ depending on what you offer. But there’re also many other gig-type sites that permit you to make substantial amount of money online. No doubt fiverr is still the best place to offer your services as it is the most popular site for people who are looking for ways to make money online the fast and easiest way.

Nonetheless, it’s still worth to explore other competing micro sites just to see how you can make a quick cash.

The following are few of these sites with a summary of how much you can charge and be charged for the service(s) you offer:-

1. www.imgigz.com (You pay 20% on on what you charged – you get to keep 80% and how much to charge is up to you!)
2. www.tenbux.com (You pay $1 for $5 gig / $2 for $10 gig)
3. www.zeerk.com (you can charge up to $100 gig/below $5 gig no charge)
4. www.fiverr.com (you pay $1 for $5 gig)
5. www.gigbucks.com (gigs anything from $5 to $25/you pay $1 for $5 gig up to $5.5 for $25 gig)

What you need to do first is to find out what you can actually offer to the vast customers out there. It’s practically anything actually. Firstly, you may need to identify your skills, strengths and with a bit of creativity you may actually come up with something to offer in exchange for cash.

You can get some ideas by looking at what other people have to offer. Visit some of these sites and check out the popular gigs. Once you decide what type of gig(s) you can offer, you need to sign up. It’s normally free.

Even after ‘brainstorming’ you still can’t figure out what you can offer, you can always do ‘backlinking’ gig. There are lots of people out there who doesn’t have time to do backlinking for their websites.

So what is ‘backlinking’? It’s basically what Google looks for to rank websites. Backlinks are links on other people’s websites pointing to another site. If the website has lots of backlinks, it’s like telling Google robot that this website must be worth linking to. So that site may be considered for higher future ranking which then make the website easy to find and bring more traffic. So every webmaster needs and wants backlink and you can offer this service.

However if you do not want to do this yourself you can act as a middleman where you find seller that charges less and buyer that can pay more. So you can simply profit from the difference. So that eliminate all excuses of not having anything to offer and nobody will be interested.

So next is to advertise. I bet you’re not a good copywriter either. But never mind, you can actually get some ideas by gathering ‘templates’ from others who are offering the same gig.

Once you get your ‘advertisement’ out, make sure you check those spelling and punctuation. You need to make a good first impression and you wouldn’t want to blow it by missing an ‘i’ or make some typo error before you get your gig ‘live’.

Always stick to what you promised and always over deliver. Your customers would be very pleased if you can deliver your product as earlier then what you promised. The trick is to tell your customer that it’ll take you 5 days to complete the job where in actual fact you can get it done and deliver it within 3 days. So even if something came up that you can’t deliver within that 3 days you still have that 2 days cushion to get the job done and delivered.

Your customer will be very delighted and you may end up making money online pretty fast simply from repeat clients and recommendations from satisfied customers.

When you signed up as a freelancer, run it like a real business; provide excellent customer service. Chances are you can make money online fast in your spare time.

Categories : Make Money Online Fast

Unsubscribe Me Please !

Jul 29, 2011 Posted By: No Comments

More and more people realize that they can make massive fortune by becoming a netpreneur. Just look at any sales pages with all the $$$ that can make your head spin. When I just started, it surprised me at how these people can be so kind enough to let us all share their little ‘secret’ on how they made their fortune, because this doesn’t happened in an offline business. Unless you are into network marketing where your success is determined by the sheer number of ‘downlines’ or people you signed up into your network, there is no economic reason why you should share your ‘secret’ on how you make money. Well, that was what I thought then.

After reading hundreds of sales pages on the internet, I quickly recognized what offers true value and what does not and I gradually become ‘immuned’ to the $$$ that it’s no longer makes my heart skip a beat but to scroll down to see how much it would cost.

Remember once people keep bombarding you with highly hyped sales pages, it’s not long before you learn to look beyond the $$$$. I bought some ‘cheap’ ebooks less than $10 and their content are remarkably higher in value. I also bought some pricey ones – few hundred dollars and only add very little to what I already know.

I respected some savvy internet marketers who went all out to put together online interviews with other successful internet marketers thus offering truly valuable information. These are the real ‘GURU’ and they are far more likely to attract and keep new customers.

We already have too many ‘scams’ out there so let’s just be honest to ourselves and our customers. There’s no point to have opt-in  when at the end of the month your inbox is full with emails from people who want to Unsubscribe from your List. 

My inbox once filled with the following and I have no other option but to click ‘unsubscribe’.

1. I keep getting 2 identical emails from the same seller trying to sell the the same product and the second email came in ‘after’ I purchased the product!!

2. I got an email sounding full of excitement about a new product or service – and later that day I got 3 more of the same emails (with the exact cut and paste version). It must be from other marketers who are affiliates for the same product.

3. I also purchased an e-book full of affiliate links or links to an up-sell. It’s obvious that this ebook should be regarded as a promotional item and should be given FREE.

4. The other ‘turned-off’ thing is when the link in the ebook brought me into a webpage with MP3 streaming like nobody’s business.

5. I hate to admit this but I was coaxed into purchasing a supposedly life changing ‘Internet home course’ and all I got was photocopies of powerpoint summary presentation with a couple of useless audio CDs ( it adds nothing to my current knowledge). The seller even emailed me asking whether I have started the home course!

In the end all I can say is ‘UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLEASE’………….

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