Many people are not aware of the need of writing free articles and publishing them. I hope this article will answer many of your common questions about Article writing.

1. Why should one write articles and publish them for free?

If you are involved with any online business and have written at least a single article you will definitely know that Article writing is one of the best ways .to get traffic to your online business. Whatever is your business an appropriate article on that subject can do wonders for you.

By writing an article and publishing it in your favorite directories for free, it is true that you may not get immediate monetary benefit. But, in fact, you will earn a lot more in subsequent days and months, or even years, than a mere one time remuneration.

If your particular article is an easy and good piece of information with search engine optimization, it will be picked up by many ezine publishers and will be published for fresh contents in their website, to attract search engines and their members, which ultimately bring you more visitors to your site.

2. Is there any other benefit of writing for free?

Another important benefit of writing a free article is that you can achieve credibility by sharing your knowledge and expertise with others. After all, many people come to the internet for the purpose of gathering information. Most of the people trust the people who have achieved a good credibility and will be interested to do business with them.

3. Who can write articles?

Any one, who has a fair knowledge on any particular subject, can share his/her knowledge with others in the form of an article. If you have a flair of writing it will be an added bonus.

In case, you do not feel confident enough to write an article to show your expertise to the world, you can take the help of a ghost writer. A Google search will bring out a list of ghost writers, and you can choose any one according to your budget. They will write articles for you on payment according to your need and you can publish them with your name on it. That will also generate a lot of traffic to your online business.

4. How should one write an article?

You can write articles in simple words, short and informative, easy to understand and without confusing the reader. A key-word rich article will have wonderful results.

5. What type of information that can be written as an article?

The information gained through your personal experience recently or over the years will be the most helpful information that can be shared with your readers, so that the reader will be more pleased to learn about it. It is also a great web promotion tool for your online business.

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Thinking about genre is one of those places where writers can get stuck. They don’t submit their manuscripts, or worse, they don’t finish them because they feel the story “just doesn’t fit” with any particular genre. If you think this way, then you’re missing out. Genres can be limiting but they can also make your job easier if you understand them and how you can use them to help sell your book. Here are a few points to keep in mind.

What is Genre?

A book genre is a way of grouping books that have similar characteristics. The best known genres are considered their own markets as well: science fiction, romance, mystery, Westerns, thrillers. And many writers have made their names by specializing in a particular genre: Octavia Butler (science fiction), Danielle Steele (romance), John Sandford (mystery), Larry McMurtry (Westerns) or John Grisham (thrillers). A genre can even have it’s own formula–for instance many romances start off with the potential lovers hating each other. If you aspire to write in a particular genre, it’s best to know as much about it as possible–what’s selling, what isn’t, who’s breaking new ground, where the best opportunities are, etc.

Genre is a Choice, Not an Accident

Instead of wondering what your book might be, make a choice about whether or not you want to write in a genre. There are good points for either choice. When you decide to write in a certain genre, your job is made easier because some decisions are made for you: target market, plotting elements (if the genre is formulaic) and who you try to sell the book to, since many agents and publishers do specialize. But it’s best to make this decision before you start writing. Do you want your book to be firmly placed in one genre? Do you want to blend genres? You could run into trouble if you start writing without thinking about where you want your book to fit in. It’s like building a house then deciding you want an elephant to live there and trying to push it through a too-small door! It rarely works because you end up with a tag that doesn’t quite fit. You also have other people trying to push your book into a group and why should they get to do that? You’re the one writing the book! Which brings me to…

Better None Than the Wrong One

When you haven’t been clear on what your book is, you run the risk of sending it to the wrong agents and publishers who will reject it simply because they don’t handle that type of material. That’s a waste of your time and money. Now, this doesn’t mean you slap a tag on your book just so you can send it to a particular editor. Don’t be afraid to say your book is simply fiction and leave it at that. At most, you might want to specify literary or commercial fiction. (FYI, think of “commercial” as mass market and a possible money maker. Think of “literary” as a possible book award winner. Sometimes a book can be both, but it may be easier for you to think of your book as one or the other.) Some agents only represent novels. Some will say if they have specific genres. If your book doesn’t fit the genres, ignore those agents and only pitch to the ones who handle novels in general. If someone asks you to categorize it, just give a brief, note BRIEF, story synopsis and say it’s fiction. Again, be clear so you don’t waste your time or theirs.

Does Genre Matter?

The answer is “yes”, but the good news is you get to choose how much and in what ways it will matter to your book. So think about it up front and don’t let someone else make the choices for you.

© 2006 Sophfronia Scott

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Is this a money making article? Watch it make money. It is an article about writing an article that makes money. Once I have written it, I will then give away the article. Maybe it seems like one of the more unusual ways to make money, but it is right in line with the way the internet works.

Creating A Money Making Article

1. First you have to write a title that catches attention and has the right keywords in it. This has the keyword phrase “money making article,” and apparently caught your attention. Make the title relevant to the article content, of course, or the reader will feel tricked, and may stop reading.

2. Have a short description that pulls the reader in. You might use the first couple sentences of the article for this. Tell the readers what they will find in the article, and leave them curious. You read this far, so that seems to be working.

3. Have useful information or good stories. It is even better if you have both.

4. Put the keywords in the body of the article, and in sub-headings, so search engines can find your article. Note that I used “money making article” in the sub-heading above, and I just used it again.

5. Create an “authors resource box” that makes the reader want to visit your site. Talk very little about yourself and more about why the reader should go to your web site. I’ll be watching to see how well mine works in this case. Be sure the link to your website works.

6. Make money from visitors to your site. You could be selling your own products, or getting a commission for selling other people’s products, or just be getting paid for the advertising there.

7. Submit your article to the best article directories on the web. This is where you “give away” your articles. Directory visitors read them there, and other web site owners take them and use them. Generally, they can’t change a word in your article, and they have to make that link to your site (in the author’s resource box) active. This is how you get traffic to your website.

8. Let the readers learn something, but let them know there is more. This gets them to your site, to learn more. For example, I outlined the basic process above, but I’m leaving out the list of the best article directories to submit to. Of course, in the resource box I will mention that it is on my website. This is how you create a money making article.

Steve Gillman has studied unusual ways to make money for thirty years. To learn more, and to get a list of the best article directories, visit his website, Unusual Ways To Make Money: http://www.UnusualWaysToMakeMoney.com