Articles

A unique way to begin the promotions process is to write short articles that can be submitted to article banks and used by ezine compilers. These articles are often used immediately, allowing you feedback and recognition for your work. The stories themselves are not a source of income, but they do appear with your bio, in which you can include your book title and information.

Accepted articles generally run from 500 to 1,000 words. “Top Ten” lists make great articles—anything with a powerful title and quick-read information such as “The five steps to becoming a top speaker,” with short paragraphs on each idea.

Visit the vast web sites on which you can submit articles. Generally, you must register on each site before you can begin to make submissions. Some of the article banks require you to format the articles in a particular way—for instance, only sixty to sixty-five characters are allowed per line.

Some of these web sites also have a word restriction on your bio, which may be limited to fifty words. Use the most powerful statements to describe you and your work, and refer to your for-sale products and your Web site. Take a look at other writers’ articles and get a sense of how to write the articles and the bios.

Here are some of the better article banks with the largest subscriber bases available for submission of nonfiction articles. Check out the individual sites for their article length requirements, and so on.

www.Articlecity.com www.Ideamarketers.com www.ezinearticles.com

Don’t forget to publish these articles on your own web site as well.

In addition to ezines, you can write longer articles for trade publications and newspapers. Use data that is short and to the point (like your “Top Ten” lists), and you are more likely to see your name in print.

Tanyab 08:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC) | www.publishing-store.com