Proofreading Online Writing

December 7, 2009
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You have just finished that killer article and are ready eager to push that publish button.  "Wait, I need to edit my article," you think.  Suddenly your post has gotten delayed.  
Yay, the proofreading step; the step that all writers, especially beginning ones, love, right? 
Okay, maybe not.  However, proofreading, is as essential as writing the [...]

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Article Marketing Guide

November 16, 2009
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Article marketing is a great way to build traffic, build a reputation, and build links.  If that combination of benefits doesn’t make you want to article market, then you might as well quit trying to make it on the web.

Article marketing not only works good for websites and blogs, but for other things like Squidoo. [...]

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Supporting Details: Support Your Points and Ideas

October 3, 2009

Supporting Details are pretty easy to write.  For most writers, supporting details are a natural part of an article.  However, they can be messed up if you don’t know how to write them correctly.
The main thing you should focus on is keeping the details on topic.  If you go in different directions, it is hard [...]

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Outlining for Online Writing

September 10, 2009

A organizational structure makes your writing fluid and focused. Outlining does this while making an article or post easier to write. Outlining takes up a very short amount of time, (if you brainstorm first) and is easy.
Online writing is based on three principals: briefness, readability, and skimability (I know that skimability is not a [...]

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Brainstorming for Online Writing

August 29, 2009
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The empty white sheet of paper (or computer screen).  The screen of glory or failure.  How do you fill that whitespace up?  By coming up with a topic to write about.  The process of coming up with a topic is brainstorming. Note: This is post number two of mya href="http://www.webjourney.me/online-writing-series">online writing series
Brainstorming will help [...]

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Ways to Find inspiration for Posts

August 19, 2009
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Feeling the stress of your daily blog post?  Can’t seem to write that article?  This happens to almost all people who have to write many articles or posts for their blog at some point.  I have listed some ways to find motivation to make that hard daily post, or make an article.
Yahoo Answers:
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Create Great Articles When English is Your Second Language

July 22, 2009
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There is a vast amount of people on the Internet from many different countries. Many of these people do not speak English as a first language. However, they do speak it decently.
It is very understandable that you want to perfect your English. English is the economic language, and most people will not hire you [...]

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50 Tips to Improve Online Writing

June 7, 2009

Content is king.  Content is king.  Content is king.  I throw up every time I read it I have heard it so many times.  Yes it is king.  We all know that.  So I will just get to the list without having to tell you any of that.
Oh, and you should also check out my [...]

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Making Quality Articles Checklist

April 25, 2009

Quality over quantity is a saying you hear over and over.  What does it really mean?  I, like many others ignored this at first.  I always new it, but never really used it.  Let me tell you something: it is something to live by in the writing world.  One fantastic article that is the best [...]

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20 Link Baiting Tips

April 23, 2009

If you read my last post, you have seen an example of a link bait post.  I have to admit, it was an extreme one.  When doing your link bait posts, you don’t have to be as extreme.
What is Link Baiting?
Link baiting is pretty self explanatory: make posts or articles that get linked to often.  [...]

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