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Many online amateur and professional online article writers have considered their over all statistics. This is smart thinking, but the true test of article author stats are the daily statistic increases. Let me illuminate this subject for you.

Currently, my page views increase 4,000 to 10,000 per 24 hours, depending on Over All Internet Traffic and what is in the News and what folks are searching. My Ezine Publisher pick-ups increase about 65 to 3000 per day or so. Average is more like 150-250. I just hope everyone understands that these numbers do not lie. These numbers of daily article statistic increases have been going up since the first day I stated writing some 19-months the prior. The true importance is not how many article views a single article does, but rather an authors increase of exposure over time.

The longer articles are out on the Internet and syndicated the better they will do and the more attention they receive. The more articles one writes the more the entire group of articles will do. In the end the daily statistic increases are all that count, because this indicates how well the online article author is doing out there. Please consider all this in 2006.

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Trying to get your website noticed is next to impossible if you are unwilling to promote it by writing an article about it. I know I was reluctant to put my thoughts on paper and share it with the world. I procrastinated continually. I knew this was what I needed to do to gain some recognition, but having the public see my words on the Internet simply terrified me. Every affiliate program I became involved in told me to “write articles and submit them” and this would help gain traffic to my website.

My Internet Coach told me that before Google will even rank my page, I needed to write and submit articles. The “Google” word got me a little more motivated. Google is everything and without them, you are basically nothing on the Internet today.
Well, I finally got up the nerve and wrote my first article. I titled it, “Make Money On The Internet? Who Me?”, and, believe it or not, it did increase my web traffic. Not by a huge amount, by any means, but then, it was my first article. And, actually, not enough to help my Google page ranking. So, here I am again, writing another article! And, guess what? I’m actually starting to like it!

Writing an article seems to make a lot people go into a panic. I asked one of my best affiliates in some Internet marketing programs we’re involved in to write an article to promote our programs. She asked me if it was like writing an Ad. I then sent her a copy of the article I had written. Here is a copy of the email of her response to that request:

Oh boy. I now know what an article is all right. How can I put this simply.
#1 I SUCK at this kind of stuff.
#2 I do not have the gift of words (really)
#3 I don’t even talk that much!
#4 I don’t understand enough about the companies to even tell others about it.

I could FEEL the panic in her words! But, I’m still encouraging her to at least try it. Just start writing down your feelings about your business, your product, your life, and your goals. Eventually, you will have an article. Or, save yourself a lot of stress and just hire a ghostwriter to pen an article for youthere is always someone out there willing to do this for you. You don’t have to have the “gift of words” yourself when there are plenty of people in the world who do. Ask a talkative friend to write something for you; ask a relative that never shuts up if they would help you write an article; how about that loud mouthed co-worker? Get the point?

If you have a website, a product, an affiliate program, or anything else you want to promote on the Internet, the best way to get yourself known is to write an article and tell people about it. Even if you need someone else to do it for you. Writing your own article is the best promotion you could ever give yourself and you don’t have to pay for the advertising or click on links all night long to add enough points to get your “Ad’ out there.

Think about it. If you spent serious dollars on advertising for your site, did it help your ranking on Google, or get you the hits you were hoping? If not, try writing a few articles, submit them to various article sites, and check your Google ranking after their weekly spider crawl. I’ll bet you will see a BIG difference!

To Your Success Online,
Teri Trantanella

www.toyoursuccessonline.com

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Most people imagine they’re capable of writing professional copy but when you look around the web, the number of sites with screaming errors is phenomenal.

There are two main reasons as to why this is.

The Great Writer That Never Was

The first reason for bad copy is that those who write the articles, saleletters or whatever, aren’t the great writers they believe themselves to be. Just being able to understand the English language does not a great writer make!

“Seperate” or “Separate”? “Lay” or “Lie”? “Affect” or “Effect”? “Professional” or “Proffesional”?. “Would have” or “Would of”?

The thing is, the English language is incredibly complex. Words that sound the same have different meanings and other words sound as though they should be spelled one way, but are spelled in another way entirely. Our grammar is complex and we have strict rules relating to sentence structure. And I haven’t even mentioned punctuation!

Time after time I see webmasters using foreign “writers” because they’re cheap. But what do they really get for their $5? Badly written copy that they could just as well have written themselves. I know it’s true because I’ve had to re-write such copy on far too many occasions. I’m not saying there aren’t those who are 100% fluent and able to write beautifully in English, but they’re generally not selling their services for a pittance.

If well-written copy is importantand it certainly should beit’s worth paying a professional who will not only write great copy, but will have it proofed to ensure perfection.

The Self Proofer

Proofreading your own work is the most difficult thing to do. That’s why true professionals often use other writers or professional proofreaders to proof their work for them. However, that isn’t always cost effectiveespecially not when you consider the constant battle for lower prices that’s happening on the Internetso more often than not we have to proof our own work.

While this is far from impossible, it certainly isn’t easy. Not only do we have the problem of reading word patterns (more on that later), we also have the added drawback of knowing what’s coming before we actually get to it.

Personally, as long as I’m not working to a very tight deadline, I always try to leave my copy for at least 48 hours before proof reading it. At least I’ll have forgotten exactly what I’ve written by thenI’ll probably have written at least a couple more articles/salesletters/press releases etc., in the meantimeand can come at it with a fresher, if not entirely fresh, mind.

Why Use A Professional?

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If you understood the above, you’ll understand why proofreading is an art that not everybody can do well, let alone master. It’s little wonder that typos are missed when our brains automatically see misspelled words as being correct. And yet sometimes those very same typos stick out like the proverbial sore thumb. Why?

Because they’re in the middle of correctly written words, that’s why! A professional proofreader will spot them immediately, but an amateur would most likely miss a percentage of the mistakes made in any written copy because he simply “can’t see the trees for the woods” orin this case”the words for the page”.

It’s important, therefore, that you ask yourself whether it’s worth saving a few dollars by dropping the proofreading stage and posting your copy directly onto your website, into your e-zine, or wherever else you choose to use it. After all, what do you imagine badly proofed copy will say about your professionalism? What you write, after all, reflects your character, intelligence, professional abilities and a whole lot more.

I certainly wouldn’t hand over my money to somebody who obviously wasn’t willing to pay a professional to write and proof his copy. If he’s that tight, what are the goods he’s selling likely to be like? Will they be wrapped well enough to take the kind of beating they’ll receive during transit? Will they have been stored properly? Where else is he cutting corners?

People put different values on their businesses. How much is your professional image worth to you?

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Sharon Jacobsen is a full-time freelance writer based in South Cheshire, England. For a reasonable fee she will happily write articles on any subject from fashion to farming. Sharon can also provide dynamic salesletters, press releases and just about anything else based around the written word.

To contact Sharon or to learn more about her work, please visit http://www.sharon-jacobsen.co.uk

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