This article on the 10 (no, 11… yes, 11) tips for newbies is not written from the catbird seat point of view of the article host or information manager. Rather it is by and from the perspective of an writer who recalls the early misgivings. It is composed particularly for the starting article author. I have written and presented hundreds of writings for publication to thousands of article directories and database managers and still feels article writing my nemesis.
1. Necessity vs Desire:
Writings and Web blogs are essential in today’s system of search engine indexing. Not what the newbie wants to hear. Just think of what the Holy Book states, “there has nothing over taken you that is not common to man”. That’s right! Many of us detest article and blog writing at times, and some of us dread the journey to pen and paper (or keyboard as the case may be) all the time. Many Internet marketer would call them “a necessary evil” as they are not generally anyone’s best wished house keeping jobs.
2. Just Start, It Gets Better:
First it is often difficult to get a subject or theme and to get the first couple of lines scribbled down. We know writers who literally get sick thinking about the process. Lighten up. There are a lot to write about, name it: alternative medicine, cancer diseases, true religion, life insurance, playing online poker, cheap insurance. Others may think of even more unusual topics such as penis enlargement and cheap viagra. Once an writer has a starting point and gets passed the initial thoughts, blogging and article usually goes fairly smooth.
The key thing is that you begin writing. Choose a topic you know something about and just begin writing. You will be enjoyably surprised at just how easily ideas flow. Don’t take everybody knows what you know. Apparently they do not. Will Rogers once uttered, “all men are ignorant, just on different subjects”. And, so it is!
3. Good vs Perfection:
Your old English composition professor is not looking over your shoulder. This paper does not have to be perfect. That is not to say it does not have to be on point or to say that it does not have to be correct. It does or at least it should be. However, perfection is not the goal and is, in fact, seldom possible. Too much detail and you run the danger of losing your reader on various levels. Too long and
most readers simply don’t have the time or interest to read the material irrespective of how good it is.
4. Blog Length vs Length of Article:
Most article publishers require a minimum of six hundred (600) words per article - some will let you slide with 400 words. Blogs can be much smaller. Blogs can and maybe should support appropriate images and embedded links.
Don’t over do it though. Too gaudy or too slow to load and you have wasted your time, ticked off a potential reader, and probably upset a host who can ban you from their publications. compositions, on the other hand, typically cannot carry these extra touches concurring to the essentials of most publishers.
5. Format:
Save your article in ASCII format. There are a lot of software from which to choose to get the job done. A search for ‘free ASCII editor’ or for ‘free plain text editors’ will provide one with a multitude of free options. WordPress is a popular choice. If all else fails simply use notepad to turn out your masterpiece.
6. Grammar and Spelling:
Run and good spell checker and grammar checker once you have written your article. Microsoft Word has a built-in tool for this. Just don’t use the MS Word copy for publishing of your article. Rather use its suggestions to make any necessary rectifications to your copy in plain text. The MS Word copy will work for blogs although other editors are favored.
Like the good old days when you were pushed by teachers, you will findarticle writing and blog writing skills become better with time and practice.
7. Publish and Announce:
Once your blog is ready you may want to utilize some automatic tools to publish and announce it. First do a search for Blog servers and select those suited to your needs. Join one or more and publish your blog there. Then search for blog and RSS announcers and utilize them to get your blog known.
Now that you have that out of the way find an article wizard that will post your compositions to free publishers. You can post them one at a time by hand if you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else in life to do. Using an automatic poster you can publish to hundreds of servers in an hour or so. The only way to go.
8. Patience:
Now, have some forbearance. Here is where you lose control. Many of the men and women who host writings are timely and your writings will be reviewed within 1 to 2 days. Others may take days and weeks therefore never date an article - a sure way to get rejected.
9. Rejection - “sorry your article has been declined”:
Be prepared for most servers to reject your compositions. Do not be personal about this. It usually has something to do with your submission and with you as the author.
Some sites instantly reject writings for spelling errors when there are none or where there is more than way to spell a word. And, just as in any other endeavor some hosts are simply too slow-moving and get so far behind, the easiest and quickest thing to do (and perhaps the only alternative) is to reject the whole article. You will know who does this over time.
Then there are those who run your articles through the sausage grinder and if they find certain words, regardless of their usage, your article are instantly junked. These are the people who can’t even publish the Bile because of the words it contains that may offend readers. These are people who are narrow-minded and doesn’t deserve a place in article writing.
Remember, just as in everything else in life, for every rule there is an exception.
10. Keep the faith Believe, and keep cranking out articles:
Since most writers, especially newcomers, prepare only one copy of an article against the advice of most seasoned authors it is important that the newbie keep his chin up - keep the faith. That will be easier as more and more of your writings are accepted and published getting visitors to your website while creating those all significant links to your sites.
It is not necessary that every host to accept every submission. After one or two hosts publish your article on any given subject, the search engines tend to penalize additional postings of the same article. This is close to spamming and while it could help someone find you, it probably won’t. It is not necessarily, the more the merrier. The additional listings will not step-up your page rankings or links reported by the search engines. It is more essential to get your article published by hosts with the highest Google page rank possible.
Now, one Incentive Hint for you: Along with “the rejection slip” will usually come a suggestion on how to “fix” your article and a invite that you submit it again. Don’t blow your time. While trying comply with one database manager’s request you could have composed a new one from which you get much more punch. Enough web publishers will choose your article up so move on and save yourself some time and heartburn.
Everybody has an idea or thought at least once a day usually at the untimeliest time. How many good ideas have you lost because of waiting? Don’t procrastinate! Go! Capture that thought before it is gone forever.
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