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It is a well-known fact that writing good quality articles and placing them on the internet is a great method for getting exposure. Unfortunately, it is also a great method for exposing yourself in a manner that you would prefer not to.

As an avid writer and reader I spend a few minutes every day reading the thoughts of other contributors. Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. Often I am not.

I see the same mistakes made time after time.

Before I list six common errors let me tell you that I spent many years as a professional letter writer, editor, proof reader, report writer and speech writer. I have also penned eight books and have had many letters, articles and short stories published in countless newspapers, magazines and, of course, all over the internet.

If you want to check this for yourself you can look on any search engine and you will see my name come up all over the place. (Now I am really going to be under pressure to perform at the highest level.) Enough about my credentials.

Mistakes…

I am going to list some of the most annoying ones for a reader. Fixing them will definitely make your writing stronger. Here they are:

1. I know this seems ridiculously obvious BUT please use the spell checker on your computer. It will not pick up every mistake but it will reveal obvious ones. That is a good start.

   Too many spelling mistakes will destroy your credibility. People will wonder what other mistakes you make. That leads them to questioning the accuracy of your information.

2. Space your writing into easy to read paragraphs. If you are the sort of writer who just starts at the top left hand corner of the page and finishes in the bottom right hand corner of the page then you need to stop doing that. Why? The main reason is that NOBODY will read it. Nothing is more confronting to a reader than a massive block of unbroken text.

   See what I just did? The paragraph was getting too big. Lots of “white space” around short paragraphs is far easier to read. A dozen or so paragraphs is far easier to read than something that looks like some lawyer’s horrible legal document.

   I used to place the pages at my feet, stand up, then view them for visual effect. If the paragraphs looked too chunky then I would create more “white space.” Eventually I was able to do this naturally from my desk.

3. Keep your paragraphs to one key theme. Arrange them logically. That is, present one idea per paragraph and stick to it. If you want to say something else that is not in keeping with the theme then start a new paragraph.

   Chopping and changing subjects within paragraphs makes your thoughts look jumbled. Do this and you will also lose readers. They will think they are playing a game of mental “snakes and ladders.”

4. Use short sentences. Again, see what I did? That first sentence was only three words. The next was just five. This sentence is only six words.

   Several short sentences with an occasional long sentence like this one will give variation. Short sentences are easily understood.

   If you use very long sentences people will have to go back to re-read them to understand what you are saying. Is that what you want?

5. Never use big or unusual words when shorter or more common words will do the same job.

   Often people will use big words to impress their readers. Let me assure you - it is not impressive. You will lose readers.

   Having said that - if a large word gives a specific meaning that no other word can then you should use it. Just don’t make people run for the lexicon too often. Sorry. I should have said dictionary. See what I mean?

6. Proof read your article several times to ensure that it makes sense. A good method is to read it, make any necessary changes then come back to it later. Only when you are happy with your article should you submit it for publication.

To summarize:

1. Use the spell checking facility on your computer
2. Space your writing into paragraphs with sufficient “white space” around it
3. Keep paragraphs within specific themes
4. Short sentences are easier to understand
5. Common words are easier to understand
6. Proof read your work before submitting it.

If you adhere to these six key points your writing will improve and your readers will appreciate you for it.

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About the author: Gary Simpson is the author of eight books covering a diverse range of subjects such as self esteem, affirmations, self defense, finance and much more. His articles appear all over the web. Click here to go to his
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I am so sorry for treating you this way

I’m sorry if I seem to be pushing you away

I know you like me, and yes I want you to stay

The truth is, I think of you each day

I noticed that you have stopped being mean to me

I noticed that you always try to cheer me up

I want you to know that I like what you’re doing

I’d like you to know that I appreciate everything

I have learned to love you ’cause of all the things you do

Sometimes I get confused, if you still like me

But then you come and show me that you do

I’d like to thank you for showing me real love

You’re not a perfect person and you’re no prince

But that doesn’t matter; I like you just the same

Now that you know, I hope you understand

I hope you don’t stop expressing yourself

About the Author: Hi! I’m Anna Biaritz, a highschool student from de la salle santiago zobel school… I hope you like my poems.

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By Catherine Franz

Having our own secret secrets, ones that you never dare tell
anyone else, creates emotional stress. When they build,
they ruin your health. They can make you angry with people,
and even at the whole world in general.

Knowing secrets about other people creates drama and builds
excitement. It is also a trillion dollar industry. Just
look at the tabloids.

Four elements create the formula that builds into a guarded
and destructive secret:

Guilt + Fear + Judgment + Person = Secret

Secrets need to be let go and there are three ways to do
just that:

1. Talk with a therapist.

2. Talk to the person that the secret is connected too.
Maybe you need to apologize or ask for forgiveness. Maybe
you feel they need to. You will usually find that they were
feeling the same thing. Use an intermediary, like a coach,
or a therapist, or someone trained to stay neutral and guide
the discussion if needed.

If the person is deceased, then talk with someone you trust
implicitly like a coach or therapist. Let them provide
feedback on what they are hearing in-between the lines and
give some course of action suggestions.

3. If it was something they did to you, find out more about
that person, what was their life like, who were they, what
pressures did they have in their life, what were their
goals.

Most journalers will only write entries up to a certain
boundary, then stop. They will not go into their deep down
right embarrassing secrets. Yet, these very same secrets
stop us from being the stars of our own life.

Secrets make you sick, they place barriers in between you
and your goals. Even in your relationships when they
actually have nothing to do with that person.

Holding onto other people’s secrets is dangerous. Someone
at work tells you something in secret. Now you walk around
with THEIR weight on your shoulders. What a burden you are
carrying.

Built over time, with this person sharing and the next
sharing, you either can’t hold them in any longer or forgot
whose what to whom and they just slip out. Of course,
losing their trust in the process, and usually their fake
friendship. When these build over time, it affects sleeping
habits, eating habits, and even thinking clearly. Many
people don’t even know this is what is occurring. They
blame it on the weather, working too hard, someone else, and
worse yet, themselves.

When someone wants to share a secret with you, don’t get
into the drama and excitement of the moment. The price is
too high. Tell them, “No, thank you.” Tell them this story
and about the price that is paid. Stop the process. Start
nipping it in the bud. You don’t need this, and you don’t
want people who fuel their life by pushing their secrets on
you. Because when they give you their secret, they no
longer carry the weight, you now carry their weight. This
is exactly why people want to give away their secrets,
because they are too heavy for them.

You will definitely walk taller and carry a lot less weight
on your shoulders. And sleep so much better at night.

Oops, got off the topic of journaling here — so, let me get
back on track.

If you’re secret is that powerfully deep, then write it down
on separate paper, and burn it afterwards. Keep writing
about on separate paper and keep burning it. You may need
to do it many times until you begin to release the secret
from its stronghold, especially if the secret has gone for a
long time. People have shared with me over the years that
sometimes they had to do this exercise as many as 40 times
when it was from long ago or the secret was big.

Do the same if you hold the secret for other people. If you
have enough courage, give the secret back to them. Tell
them you don’t want to hold their secret any more and if
someone asks you, you are going to just say it. Now, that
takes a lot of courage but it sure does make a HUGE
difference in who you are and your confidence. It will also
make you think quickly before you accept another new secret.

Now, I didn’t say this process was going to be easy. Then
it isn’t that hard either. You pick up the pen, start with
one secret, work through that one, and then burn it in a
ritual over the sink. Others will bubble up afterwards
because our soul is recognizing an opportunity to free
itself. To feel lighter and it will jump at the chance.
This will work, guaranteed! All you have to do is do it
once and you will see.

If you are overweight, you will probably find yourself stop
stuffing your face trying to bury the secrets with food.
That’s a good thing. I’ve known many a client and friend,
who once started working on this loose many, many, pounds.

About the Author

Catherine Franz has taught journaling for years, including
three US Presidents and two First Ladies. She’s written two
journaling tips and techniques booklets that are available
at: http://www.abundancecenter.com/Store/main.htm that give
hundreds of tips that she teaches in her workshops.

Most all ezine publishers need fresh content. Article writing is something that gets tedious to the publisher who sends out an ezine every week. Fresh, unique ideas are always attractive, and ezine authors don’t mind publishing others work, (along with a complete research box, (THIS IS YOUR AD) as well.

If you can learn and excel with this kind of content writing, you can win in two areas. Promoting your own site, or writing content for others site owners and earning dollars as a ghostwriter.

I have been writing and promoting on the web for over 3 years. Here are the tips I find most important to a beginning –article for promoting– writer.

Articles should be short enough to read in less than 5 minutes.

Ideally they should be between 300 and 600 words (an average page in a printed novel is about 300 words).

Top 10, or 7, (the number isn’t that important) Tips on (your subject) are great attention grabbers for articles to promote your website.

Write in short paragraphs, forget what you learned about in English class, if a paragraph is long, find a good point where you can cut it and put an extra line break. Browsing for content, readers are more likely to stick with reading something the eye can easily skim from top to end. (Notice with this article, I have added spaces between each bullet in this list :o)

If your article is long, break it into 2 or 3 parts. For a real web traffic puller, and list building technique, request them to sign up for an autoresponder version to receive 2nd or 3rd part. (be sure to give them opt-out options when you do it this way)

Here is a mistake I see many online authors’ making. Don’t use huge big vocabulary. You are not writing a thesis, or essay for school. Write so that someone with a 8th grade education could easily read it. Don’t try to impress with large vocabulary words, you will lose readers, who feel your writing is condesending to them. (See, how many do you think I may have lost using condesending?

Try to write with passion. Put feeling into your words. Pull in as many of the five senses, experience stories, as you can. For an example of this, read this article. Articles should educate, entertain or inform. Imagine how popular your article will be if it does all three.

Make sure your article is well formatted. You can post it at a site like ezinearticles.com and use their (”get this article page” to get your article in different formats, both text and html.) This sites also allow you to input your own personalized summary, and keywords, which allows webmasters to find them and use them as well.

Set a goal to publish a certain number of articles per week to a certain number of database sites.

It is easy to find sites to submit your articles too. Just go to google, type in articles, then, scroll to the bottom of the page. You will find a button which says, search within results.

With this search button type in “free articles” or “free content” or “free to republish” and you will find several submission sites. You can also type “article submission directories”

I have set a goal to do five things each day toward promotion. Each persons goals will be different, but remember, to be effective you must write new content and promote on a consistent basis.

However, if you have a good article, it will also duplicate itself quickly and spread across the web like a forest fire out of control!

You can optimize your article to get the exact keyword density for search engines, but that could fill another whole article. For your main keyword, try to use it about 7-10 times throughout the whole page. This article’s goal is to find article writer-promoter, webmasters to list their articles at my new article database.

Receive news about this site when it goes live by sending an email to this link: articledatabase@lauriemeade.com

About The Author

Laurie Meade, an online researcher, writer and webmaster.

Publisher of the ezine, “Yes You Can” Learn how to “Create the Life You Desire, and Start Doing it Today” by visiting http://lauriemeade.com

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Sophia Loren said: “Getting ahead in a difficult profession
requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with
mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further
than people with vastly superior talent.” It is the truth that
reveals the reason behind so many persons getting more success
although they may be inferior in talent than you.

Whether you have to appear for an interview, do business or run
a popular blog you need to be confident in your ability. Many
talented writers write in the blogs but they don’t get as
popular as the blog runners of much less talent. Actually a man
with confidence is able to communicate more powerfully with
simple sentences. Confidence generates a sort of magnet in his
simple words. This is the reason why condident persons are
genrally successful in running business or getting good jobs.
Now see who is having more friends - the fellow who is confident.

In ancient times although the means of communication and
transport were few and very slow yet the religions spread at
astonishing speed to far-off corners of the world. It was the
miracle of the law of faith. A religion always demands
unquestioning and committed faith in Guru and God. The whole
energy of the followers is expected to nurture the grand tree of
religion. Absolute faith transforms your mind and body into a
powerful magnet. It attracts the desired object towards you.

Even in modern world see the new religious gurus. They are very
successful although your children may be having more talent.

It is wisely said that faith can conquer the world.

Anandrahi

Trained thousands of persons to get great jobs, improve
personality and achieve goals in business.

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Recently I attended a presentation introducing several new computer software programs. I was doubly delighted. Not only was the presentation lively, informative and exciting, it was orchestrated by not one, but two speakers. This feat in itself offers a huge challenge, and yet, when accomplished as well as the two men I heard, can be an excellent and effective way to present. In this article, I address some of the effective ways of partnering for a presentation.

What makes a presentation given by two people good, along with being worthwhile, not only for them, but also for the audience?

Preparation, preparation, preparation. It was extremely evident that the two men who were working together - they bill themselves as “brothers” - were both well prepared for their portion of the program. They were also, however, prepared for the parts they shared. It wasn’t just one person’s show, followed by the other person’s show. They were working together.

Timing is more important than ever. When two people are presenting together, they must know exactly how much time to devote to their part and/or parts of the time allotted. If one goes way over, it will detract from the other’s portion, because the audience will feel they were cheated out of information. A clever way to handle this and keep the audience aware of the time was the way the first “brother” presenting asked the second “brother” to keep track of the time and give him a signal when it was time for him to wind down. As the second “brother” started, the first one unobtrusively switched the connection to the projector from his laptop to his brother’s.

Be comfortable with each other. One of the most important factors that made this presentation such a complete success was that these two men exhibited such an easy camaraderie with each other. They joked with each other - but not too much. They listened to each other (even though I am sure that they have heard this material many, many times before - they travel the country doing these presentations). Most of all, they appeared to sincerely like each other. The rapport they had with each other multiplied into establishing an easy rapport with us, the audience.

Even if your personalities and presentation styles differ, it is imperative that each of you is a powerful presenter. The two men who were so impressive could be brothers (I have a feeling they aren’t), but they were similar in looks, the way they dressed (appropriately for the type of meeting they were attending), and both were equally excellent presenters. Both had enough pizzazz and polish that neither outshone the other - even though I was more interested in the software programs attacked by the second brother, I still enjoyed the first presentation as much.

Yes, co-presenting with another can create a challenge, but can also - when done well - give you and your listeners a powerful presentation to remember. Try it. You will be glad you did.