Writing Shop

A GHOST’S WHISPER A board falling flat to the floor is thunder to the heart. And so it was that when prison guard Clyde Sollars heard a hard clap, he stiffened in fear. For a few seconds he listened, breathless. Sollars looked at his wristwatch, an anniversary gift from his wife. The hands showed almost four o’clock. He reached into the canvas bag he had carried into the prison from the main office across the street. Inside the tiny mailroom that was nothing more than a cubbyhole with shelves, wedged at the end of a short hallway, he sorted the day’s last letters. That noise, sharp and urgent, echoed in his head. The convict carpenters working with hammers and saws near the deputy warden’s office must have dropped a board. The day suddenly felt used and cold, like frost on a flower. Feeling a chill that he couldn’t understand, he worked faster. An hour earlier, Sollars waited outside the prison’s rock walls, across the street, while his wife Helen censored the last letters. She was the new matron in the Women’s Unit, a small stockade behind the main prison. They told her that if she worked with the mail superintendent for a few weeks she would know the prison better. Every morning she and another matron marched eleven of the thirteen female prisoners from their quarters to their jobs in prison offices outside the walls. Clyde felt lucky to see her during working hours. He was one of two mail and transportation officers, alternating with another guard on road trips to return parole violators to Deer Lodge. The most recent assignment had been to North Dakota. The other guard asked for it, hoping to visit relatives along the way. On this Thursday, April 16, 1959, Clyde Sollars might have been driving hundreds of miles to the east, free as a bird on the perpetual plains of eastern Montana. Instead he stacked mail into a bag, looked at his watch, and decided that before he ended his shift he would walk one more time into Montana State Prison. “See you at home, Mom,” he had said to his wife. That was what he called Helen sometimes. They had two daughters, grown and gone, and it felt good to speak to his wife as if the children were still at home. He had come to the prison in 1957. Like many of the guards before him, who found their way to Deer Lodge from the sawmills and the mines and the timber crews, he arrived at the prison with dirt on his heels. After leaving the Army after World War II he went to work in the grain elevators in Charlo, Ronan, Polson, Pablo and Paradise, all towns in northwestern Montana. Sollars was an ordinary blue-collar worker, as unadorned as the other guards who filed in and out of those imposing sandstone and granite walls. He was about to find out how plain men take on new worth in a crisis. He swung the canvas sack onto his shoulder and walked forty paces across Main Street and into the lengthening shadows of two mighty cell houses. The fortresses stood four stories high. Castle-ike turrets clawed at the pale sky from each of the eight corners. One cell house had been built before the turn of the century, the other, during Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency. They made an awe-inspiring sight to travelers who drove into town on Highway 10, a two-lane ribbon of asphalt, and stopped and pointed their Brownies to snap pictures. The forbidding prison, by some accounts one of the worst in the country, made for interesting vacation snapshots next to the more pastoral elements of Montana, like steaming geyser spray from Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. Like most prison guards, Sollars saw little romance in the rugged architecture of the cell houses. He thought them ugly and wretched because he knew of the misery that they hid. He felt them staring at him with their troubled swollen eyes. The prison had eyes everywhere. The hundreds of prisoners watched and remembered all they saw, as did the guards if they knew what was good for them. The seven wall towers watched what was inside, and everything inside stared back. Eyes watched from everywhere. It was said that the prison’s ears heard all, even a ghost’s whisper. Wind swept the scent of spring snow off the mountains that loomed like a painted backdrop behind the prison. The scent stung his nose but felt fresh and clean. Only when Sollars arrived at the looming stone entrance did he shiver. Instinctively he zipped his blue uniform jacket. He tilted the bill on his police-style cap to shut out the sun, which already was fading behind the prison. Then he looked up. On the wall outside the tower, known as Tower 7 or the main gate, a guard stood with a loop of clothesline rope. He uncoiled it and let it drop twenty feet or so to Sollars, who unclipped from it a brass key that filled his hand. At the front of the tower, standing almost on Main Street where the cars rolled past, Sollars unlocked an ornate black grill door to enter the base of the two-story tower. Here, the easy innocence of small-town Deer Lodge dissolved into a dark cave of sandstone rock. A naked bulb cast dull yellow light that didn’t penetrate the corners. The room was cold and drafty. Sollars felt a change in him as he always did when he went inside. He locked the grill door behind him. This time, the rope dangled through a round opening in the ceiling. The guard who had stood on the wall a minute earlier was now inside the tower, up in the eagle’s nest where he could see the guts of the prison through its broad windows. Sollars attached the key, tugged on the rope, and the guard above pulled it back. Seconds later the rope returned. A new key rattled inside the tin tube. Sollars used it to unlock a wooden door, as thick as his hand was wide, on the opposite side of the tower. He swung open the door, stepped into the prison yard, and locked it again. The other guard, standing outside on the wall again and facing the prison now, dropped the rope. Sollars surrendered the key. He crossed a short courtyard to ten steps that led upward to another barred door. Behind it was Inside Administration, where guards brought their prisoner counts. Convicts came for medicine, or to get their teeth pulled in the dental office, or to shine the guards’ black leather shoes. In the photo office, they took pictures of the “fish,” the new men who arrived through the main gate and wrote descriptions of their scars and tattoos in case of escape. The visiting room was here, too. Inside Administration was the business district of this town of criminals. The cell houses, like big brothers, pressed against the chalk-white Inside Administration on either side, dwarfing it. On the south end, to Sollars’ left, was the 1896 version. This cell house had buckets for toilets. Despite all the technological inventions before its construction, it more resembled a Civil War-era fortress with its galleys of wood and its cell doors that had to be locked individually. It was made of dark brick, the color of dried blood. Its round turrets had roofs that came to a point, where in the early days big flags flew. To the north, the 1912 cell house was much the same in its rectangular construction, although its brick looked more orange by contrast and its square turrets flared at the top. Even forty-seven years after it was built, guards called this building the “new” cell house because it had plumbing and interlocking cell doors. None of the guards would doubt that this was Floyd Powell’s prison. The new warden from Wisconsin State Prison, a champion of reform, had proclaimed at his arrival eight months earlier that he would change this reputed hellhole into a model institution that would be the envy of every prison in America. Not everyone shared his enthusiasm. Some residents of Deer Lodge greeted his presence with skepticism, others with disdain. The town wasn’t accustomed to a warden of such outward determination, and the prospect of an improved prison was a new idea. In Wisconsin he had a reputation as a bit of a daredevil because he was willing to go into prison cells to talk inmates out of knives or other weapons. From childhood he lived a hard life and was determined to overcome it. As a boy, and the oldest son, he took over the family farm when his father became disabled in a car accident. He also hired out as a laborer to bring extra money home. He was a driven, determined self-made man. The new warden arrived in Deer Lodge to repair decades of decay and mismanagement at the only prison in Montana’s vast landscape. It was an outpost of sorts, planted in a town of fewer than 4,000 residents in a tall empty county

People love to learn about other people, and interviews are an effective way to accomplish that learning. Successful interviewing is not simple, but there are basic steps you can take to make sure your interviews are successful and that you come up with interesting, useful information about those you interview. Here are five such basic steps, whether you are doing an in-person interview or a remote interview by telephone or email: 1. Prepare as Much as You Can in Advance. This should be obvious, but often it isn’t. You should go into the interview knowing as much as you can about the person you are interviewing. Especially, you should know what their likes and dislikes are, what may especially anger or irritate them, and what your audience most wants to know about them. You use this information as a tool to shape the content and flow of the interview. Depending on the type of interview and the preparation time you have, of course, your advanced preparation may be limited. Do the best you can. 2. Establish Rapport With Your Subject. Try, if possible, to meet with your subject prior to the actual interview and show them you are friendly and that you are genuinely interested in them. Part of this step involves putting your subject at ease about the physical layout and surroundings of the interview, i.e., where you will sit or stand, where they will sit or stand. If you are planning to tape or videotape the interview, try to make your subject familiar and at ease with the technology you are using. 3. Control the Flow of the Interview. You are the one doing the interview and you need to move through it using the questions and very brief comments you have prepared ahead of time. Don’t let the subject feel they are going to control the interview with a personal agenda when you have objectives you need to accomplish. (Look again at Step 1.) At the same time, be alert for unforeseen or unplanned information that may come up during the interview. Don’t miss out on something good because it may be unexpected. Be in control, but be prepared to “go with the flow” if the flow looks good. Your goal is to part with the subject knowing you got what you needed, and to appreciate any bonus that come along. 4. Part on the Friendliest Possible Terms. Make an effort to be courteous and express appreciation for the interview. This will leave the door open for any follow-ups, as well as create good networking opportunities for additional interviews with people your subject might know. Never kill a potential future lead with a bad attitude or ingratitude. Always try to end the interview on good terms. 5. Get All the Spelling Right. Yes, you read that correctly. It is amazing the number of common words and “obvious” names that can be misspelled when you write up the interview. If your subject is well known, this might not be much of an issue. But even well known people have lesser known friends and family members. Don’t let spelling those names trip you up. How do you get the names spelled correctly? You ask, of course. Even “famous” people appreciate the professionalism and concern you show by asking to get the spellings correct. Don’t let inattention to spelling details ruin your good work. Successful interviewing and interviews may not be simple, but can be fun. With a little care and attention to these five basic steps, interviews can be well done and professional. Author Bio: Steven E is the creator of one of the fastest-growing book series in the world, with over 20 books in print. It is called Wake Up…Life the Life You Love. His last 14 books have been best sellers. Visit .wakeuplive.com to achieve the ultimate credential that will propel your life and business to new heights by being a best selling co-author in Steven E’s amazing program!

There’s an old riddle: How do you eat an elephant? Answer: One bite at a time. This old riddle provides some pretty good advice for a lot of things in life. Anything that seems overwhelming at first blush can usually be broken down into manageable parts. Writing a book is no different. Naturally it starts with an idea. Maybe you’ve got the perfect idea for the next great American novel. Or maybe you’ve got some knowledge about something that would prove valuable to others if it was put into a book, something the eager public would rush to the bookstore to buy. The idea is actually the easy part. I would imagine that most people, if pressed, could come up with some idea of theirs that they have floating around in the back of their heads. Probably your idea is why you’re bothering to read this article. Now, translating the idea into something readable, well, that’s a different story. It seems easy enough. It’s just words, after all. We all know words. We speak, don’t we? And read? How tough could it be, then, to take our idea and put it onto the printed page? The answer to that depends upon the person. Some people are very adept at it, some people struggle. So far I’ve written about 200 words here. For some, that would take them about an hour. For others, two minutes. For still others, an entire afternoon. (It took me four minutes, just in case you’re wondering.) If you’re one of the ones who would struggle, then you would probably benefit by taking your idea and breaking it into manageable parts, just like the elephant analogy. Some parts are no-brainers. Start with an introduction, end with a conclusion. These are the easy parts. An introduction sets the tone, lets us know what we can expect, maybe even gives us a preview of what’s to come. A conclusion wraps it up, summarizes, lets us know what we just read. The middle, on the other hand, is where a lot of people get stuck. That’s why you should probably not attempt the book without a decent outline. Brainstorm the idea - think of all the things you want to write about pertaining to the idea. Jot them all down on sticky notes, arrange the sticky notes into a logical order, and you’ve got the framework for an outline. Now you just fill it in. Write a paragraph about each piece of the outline. Make a note about each piece as to how it fits in with the rest of the book, and what the goal of the piece is. Ask yourself what the reader should come away with after reading the piece. Your outline will end up basically reflecting the book’s chapters, and your preliminary work on thinking each piece through will really give you great direction. Essentially, you’ll now have a roadmap to follow. Now all you do is just write. Consult your outline, start with the first chapter, and dive in. Don’t worry about the quality of the writing at first. Just get the thoughts in your head onto the page. You can worry about the quality later. And worry you should. There’s an adage that we professional writers know very well: most writing is rewriting. For every minute you spend writing, you should spend five minutes reviewing, revising, rethinking, and rewriting. Maybe even more. Unless your name is Clancy or Grisham, your writing needs work. It’s not going to come out right initially. It never does. Even for us professionals. Guess what? I just rewrote this entire paragraph. Eventually, you’ll get your project to a point where it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, that means you still have a long ways to go. At that point, get somebody you trust to read it, somebody you know who will give you an honest opinion. And then send it out for professional editing. Have somebody go through it who writes for a living. Do this no matter what your level of competency. Even as a professional writer, I will often get another professional writer to give my work a good going-over. After all that, it’s back to the keyboard. Make your revisions and polish it all up. Surely now it’s ready, yes? Well, actually, no. By now, you’re way too close to it. Sit it aside. For a month. Maybe six months. Then pick it up and read it. There’s a ninety-nine percent chance at that point that you will find something wrong with it, something incomplete, something missing. Back to the keyboard. Ultimately, you’ll have your masterpiece. No doubt it will be worth all the work. And a lot of work it is. Just about everybody underestimates how big an undertaking writing a book really is. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. If you’ve got a good idea, then go for it. One other option: consider hiring somebody to do all that work for you. Ghostwriters exist strictly for that purpose. They have the skill and the expertise to make your book a reality. Think of it this way - just because you have an idea as to what color you want to paint your house, that doesn’t mean you have to paint it yourself. Hire a painter! That’s what they’re for. Either way, get that idea into print. Express yourself. There’s one thing above all else of which I’m certain: The world can always use one more book! Copyright 2009, Jerry Payne Jerry Payne is a professional writer experienced in writing books, both for himself as well as for others. He can be found at .yourcopywriter.net

Starting a new business is a scary and sometimes overwhelming adventure. The success level of your business is yet unknown. It’s important to create excitement about your new business. To launch a new business without creating a buzz with article marketing would be a big mistake. One of the best ways to promote your new business site is with article distribution. The Difficulties of Promoting a New Business I know firsthand how difficult it is to promote a new business. I had a lot to learn when I first started out on the Internet. I launched my website and created content for it regularly. Back then, I thought traffic would just start flowing in and my sales would go through the roof. Sales for my new business did pick up a bit in the beginning and then it leveled off. No one likes to see their business on a plateau for a long period of time. It took a lot of research before I found out about the power of article distribution. My sales took off again once I started using article distribution to promote my new business. The Power of Article Marketing and Article Distribution You don’t have to go it alone when it comes to promoting your new business. One of the first tactics that I tried to promote my business was exchanging links with other individuals like me. Now I know that you can take this a step further and use article marketing to promote your site links. Article distribution sites are available to give people content for their websites. It really is a win-win situation. Publishers get the content they need and writers get to promote their site by including qualified links in the author box at the bottom of each article they submit. The reason this is such a powerful strategy for promoting your new business is that there is a potential for thousands of publishers to pick up your article and post them on their own sites. This technique places a link to your website on each of these remote sites. Readers who click on your link are already interested in your topic and are looking for more information. It’s the closest thing you will find to a guaranteed draw for targeted traffic to your website. The other reason to promote your new business with article distribution is because of all the back links you’ll get. The back links these remote sites provide for you look good as far as search engines are concerned. One of the ways that search engines use to rate your site is to gauge how many qualified back links you have. You gain a higher page ranking with search engines due to this high level of back links. Article Distribution for Your New Business Learn how to submit articles for article distribution and you’ll get the maximum exposure for your new business. You won’t be alone on the web if you use article marketing to help promote your site. for more free resources visit here:- .perfect-ghost-writer.com .articlemarketing.infozabout.com All you have to do is write an informative article that meets the standards of the article distribution service, submit it and let the distribution service take care of the rest. Regularly submit new articles and watch your new business grow.

That’s quite a promise to make. No success is ever guaranteed and how could using an Article Writing Service be able to deliver that! It boils down to the basics of internet marketing. And it’s the basics that many people get wrong, mainly because they buy into the hype of the instant wealth stories that the scam artists sell you every day. Or at least they try and sell it to you. There’s no instant success for you. There is a lot of good old-fashioned hard work that will give you success and on top of that you need to add the knowledge of how it works. The first principle of successful internet marketing is to have a presence online. That’s a shop front so that people can come and check you out. So that you have a shop that people want to visit regularly you have to have new goodies in it. Isn’t that how the world out there works? You don’t go into a shop where you see the same things day in and day out. You want to see new shoes that are in fashion, new clothes, new furniture, new bed linen. You are going to get bored and not come back if it’s the same old stuff. The internet works the same. New, exciting, interesting, compelling goods need to be put up in your shop front otherwise people won’t come back. What does that mean? It means that you have to have really excellent content or articles on you site or blog so that people come back for more. That sounds fairly logical doesn’t it? It’s no big secret. Of course not. It’s total common sense. So if you take on the services of an article writing company that delivers to your e-mail inbox twenty excellent articles per month for you to use in your ‘shop’, or blog, you know that you will have traffic coming back for more. And what does traffic mean? It means possible customers. Let’s face it, whether in the real world or on the internet, if you do not have any customers coming in to browse you are not going to have any sales. Andrew Rondeau is the author of the guide “How to write articles for maximum effect”. Grab your complimentary copy at .thedigitalarchives.com/ today and discover how to write articles for extract traffic and income.

Tattoos have been around since the the biblical times and have been popping up everywhere since then. However, in today’s society tattoos have become a lot more popular and a little less taboo as they once were. Although the acceptance of tattoos is still a little shaky and a lot of work still needs to be done in this area. Here are a few fun tattoo facts, tips and statistics that you may or may not have known. Even after your new tattoo is healed it is still susceptible to the sun’s rays. So be extra careful to avoid direct sunlight and always wear an SPF of 30 or higher to protect your tattoo. There are at least a 100 different colors of a tattoo ink out there so you are not limited to you colors. As of 2006 36% of people from the age of 18 to 29 had at least one tattoo. In 2002 a poll was conducted that 1 out of 8 people have at least one tattoo. However, with the increasing number of young people out there getting tattoos, its sure to have gone up since then. In 1991, a 5,000 year-old frozen man was discovered and scientists found a total of 57 different tattoos on his well preserved body. The tattooing machine is based on the design of the modern doorbell. In the late 19th and early 20th century tattoos were very fashionable among the aristocrats, which included women, to be tattooed. During this time, tattoos were very expensive and people paid large sums for their designs. However, the cost of tattoos were reduced and tattooing became adopted by lower class people and the tattoo soon became trashy. Your Tattoo Friend Ashley

Most students undergo the phase of research paper writing. They often get anxious and nervous which may lead to confusion. Research paper writing can be rewarding in an academic set up. It is very important because most of the students continue to research all through their careers. You can become an expert research writer only through practice. The following can be summarized as the process; 1. Genre 2. Selecting a topic 3. Identifying an audience 4. Where to start Genre: A research paper provides exceptional knowledge to the student in that field. It can be thought of as a living thing. It grows as the student evaluates, explores and interprets sources that are related to the topic. There are primary and secondary sources that nourished the paper. It is not a book or an opinion piece. It requires the writer to investigate, evaluate and interpret the sources. It is not written as information for the reader about things that others say regarding a topic. The write is expected to offer thoughtfully a unique perspective about the issues. There are two types of genres in writing a research paper. Analytical research paper is usually in explorative and evaluative styles. The student may offer critical interpretation of sources all through the paper. The statements are fluid. Argumentative research paper contains an introduction, where the writer introduces the topic to his audience. The topics are most often than not controversial and debatable. Selecting a topic: The write should be aware that the selection of a good topic forms the foundation of writing a research paper. Careful selection of a topic that interests the writer is very vital. There are various methods to choose a topic for your research paper. Brainstorming is one such way of choosing a topic. Identifying an audience: The student should consider the instructor as only one of the member in the audience. It is commendable if the student is keen that the audience should benefit from his/her research paper. This will lift the usefulness of the paper itself. After all the objective of a research paper is to add knowledge to the already existing academic community. Understanding of the audience will grow with practice. Where to start: There are no shortcuts in research paper writing. The student should understands the topic that he is about to write. He should be skilled in drafting, revising, researching and outlining. Drafting falls as the last but one stage in the process. The student needs to draft his paper keeping in mind his thesis statement. Proofreading is a very important step. Editing or proofreading should be done at the final stage. The student should correct minor errors in typography, punctuation, consistency of voice and tone and spelling. Wayne is an expert author for Term Paper. He written many articles like Thesis Writing,Dissertation writing,Custom Research Paper,writing a thesis and Custom Writing Services. For more information visit our site .doctortext.com/. Contact me at doctertext.artgmail.com.

One key element of a good term paper and essays is the amount of research put up by the author on the writing project. Many people mostly students who submit their term papers and essays do not really know the proper way to research, which would eventually result in negative reviews of their work. To help those people who wish to write term papers and essays get positive reviews of their works here are three tips that you can use while doing this task. A. Choose the right topic The trick of most excellent term papers and essays is the topic chosen by the author. To have a comprehensive research, any person tasked to write a term paper or essays should learn how to choose the tight topic for the writing project. As much as possible choose a topic that is easy to dissect and research so that you will end up with a good and comprehensive term paper or essay. Avoid topics that are too broad to handle since you will have a hard time doing the research for it and even in analyzing the data, you gathered on your research. Take this case for example, if you wish to write on the existing industries in the Philippines, it would be good to just select one particular industry to make it easy for you to a research on the subject matter. Instead of the whole industries in the Philippines, just choose one industry like the manufacturing industry in the said country. B. Choose an interesting research question One pitfall of badly written term papers and essays is the fact that the one writing it fails to choose the interesting research question for the task. Many people mostly students think that term papers and essays are merely to report on the books and articles they have read. Instead of answering a particular interesting question in the research, they end up summarizing their research materials, which would eventually result to a low grade. The one tasked to write a term paper and essays should find and interesting question and answer it through a comprehensive research instead of merely summarizing books and articles. In choosing the right research question, the researcher should closely look on the chosen topic so that the appropriate question can be formulated. C. The body of the term paper and essay To find ease while doing the research for term papers and essay the one doing the task should structure or outline their work. The researcher should outline the body of the term paper or essay so that he or she could easily do the research on the chosen topic. Having an outline would also save time for the researcher, which could give him more time to do other task in the project like the writing proper and analysis. Following religiously these three steps can ensure quality term papers and essays for anyone. Wade Knoxville free research papers

You can never write a successful academic essay until and unless your revise it properly. There could be several mistakes while writing an academic paper which could be easily checked while revising. These mistakes are often spelling mistakes, grammatical mistakes, typographical mistakes or semantic errors. It is important to understand that writing a language is far different than speaking it. Let us have a look at some common mistakes in writing an academic paper: • Spelling Mistakes: Due to the mobile messaging culture, enormous changes in spelling of words have come in front, for example typing “U” instead of “you”. We should be careful enough to spell words accurately while writing a formal essay or all sorts of academic papers. It is better not to rely on the software’s spell check. Revision and correction of spellings is the only way-out to successful academic writing. • Grammatical Mistakes: We often fail to describe the main idea because of the use of wrong tense. The reason behind this mistake is a broader view of topic. While mentioning this information we make shifts in action which confuses you in selecting a particular verb tense. To avoid such grammar mistakes, always use basic verbs and keep control of the flow of your paper. • Typographical Mistakes: These types of mistakes are very complicated to find in the academic writing. We make such mistakes while typing for example typing “Then” instead of “Than”. Even typing software is sometimes unable to find these mistakes. Make it your habit to revise every paragraph to avoid typographical mistakes. • Relying on Spelling Software: An intelligent and quality academic writer will never rely on the spelling software because sometimes this software will not be able to check all sorts of mistakes properly. Only a human eye is efficient enough to check all the grammar mistakes. Always revise your paper yourself instead of relying on the spell check software. By keeping these mistakes in mind while writing academic papers and the solutions discussed above to these problems would help you in refraining from such mistakes. In this way you can write better and quality academic papers with no errors at all.

Have you recently created an e-book? If so, do you plan on selling that e-book? If you are interested in profiting from your latest creation, you can do so, but you may need a little bit of assistance. To make money, you need to rely on internet sales. The only problem is that to have internet sales, your product needs to be seen and known about. Unfortunately, there are many e-book authors who believe that this is too hard of a task. While it may be difficult at times, there are a number of easy ways that you can go about having your e-book successfully promoted. Before examining how you can promote your e-book, it is first important to touch on the ever so popular question, “why?” When selling a product, including an e-book, this is a question that shouldn’t even be asked, but it still is. Promotion is important when it comes to selling an e-book or even any other product for that matter. If you do not advertise or promote your product, consumers will not even know that it exists. Something can’t be purchased if no one knows that it is available for sale. Promotion is also important because, if properly implemented, it gets people talking; it creates a “buzz.” One of the easiest ways that you can go about finding people to help you promote your e-book is by using the internet. After all, that is where your e-book will be sold. One of the approaches that you can take is by visiting online message boards or forums. There are a large number of internet users who are also looking for help, when it comes to selling a product or a service. You could do a link exchange. A link exchange is when two individuals agree to help each other promote their products. For obvious reasons though, you will want to make sure that you do not help to promote a product that could be considered your competition. Speaking of online message boards and forums, you can do your own promoting when searching for someone to help you. A large number of message boards and forums allow members to create a signature. Many posters use a signature to display their favorite quotes or song lyrics, but most use it to promote their business or products; you can also do the same. For instance, if you are selling an e-book on pet care, you can have a catchy signature line and a link to your e-book sales pages. This concept works great, especially if you are on a forum that is related to the topic of your e-book, like a pet lover’s forum. You may also be able to find other posters who are willing to promote your e-book in their signature lines too. In conjunction with using online message boards or forums to find people who are willing to promote your product, you can also use standard internet searches. You will want to search for websites that are, in one way or another, related to the content of your website. A large number of webmaster may do a link exchange, but others may want you to pay a small amount of money for an advertising slot. Even if you must pay for advertising, it will likely be worth it, especially if you find a popular, high traffic website. As an act of kindness, you may want to provide other internet users with incentives for helping you promote your e-book, especially if you are looking to have this help without paying for it. A popular incentive, as mentioned above, is a link exchange. In addition to a link exchange, you may even want to give your promotional assistants a free copy of your e-book. In fact, you may even be asked for a free copy. This is actually quite common as many individuals want to know exactly what they are helping to promote. To your success, David H.Paul Your Home Business Coach and Friend for Life P.S. Promoting your e-book is the best way to profit from it. With a little bit of research and hard work, you should be able to find a large number of individuals who would be willing to help you, many free of charge.