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Hands up if the title to this article made you think that you’d strayed into a fishing feature? Perhaps you didn’t quite go that far, but hopefully you were puzzled or curious enough to wonder what on earth those three angling associated words have to do with writing. The answer of course is nothing at all if you are thinking of metal barbs, yards of tangled nylon and blobs of lead weights. Think, however, of the good opening lines used to begin most successful short stories, novels and articles then the “hook” in our title takes on a whole new range of meanings and equates very well with the world of creative writing. What most beginners fail to understand when they first begin writing, and this applies as much to articles as it does to short stories and novels, is that when they submit their work to an editor, competition judge or publisher there is only a brief moment to impress which is why a lot of attention needs to be paid to that first opening sentence. Hooking your reader with a good beginning isn’t a guarantee to success, but it will serve to focus attention and make the judge, publisher or editor take more notice of the rest of the article, story etc. If nothing else, it presses an subconscious alert button in the reader’s mind that marks up the writer as a professional who knows his or her craft. This in turn builds expectation and again focuses attention. As long as the rest of the piece lives up to its early promise, you can be sure that your effort will at the very least receive close inspection and hopefully much more! So, just how do you come up with a good hook? It would be nice if I could say that there was some magic formula available but unfortunately I haven’t found it even if it does exist! Still there are several things that you can do to get things moving. First of all don’t sit staring at your screen trying to think of a good opening line when you have a mind boiling with ideas struggling to spread themselves over the page! All this will do is make you tense up with frustration and dam your creativity. Instead, start hitting the keys and slap those ideas across the screen! Once you have the basic outline down then you can start the editing process, including the opening sentence. If at this stage you are still stuck, try leaving the work for a few days, there’s a good chance you’ll come up with something when you’re mind is focused on something else and the first flush of enthusiasm has cleared from your brain. Analogy, such as I’ve used to the fishing world, often provides a good hook. In the case of this article I used it in the title but hooks are used just as often or more so in the opening sentence. My actual opening “hook” made use of a question, which again is a very good way to start, as questions by their very nature demand a response from the reader, even if it is only to read to the end of the sentence! I took this a step further by demanding physical action, “hands up”, which of course is a ridiculous thing to expect a reader to do when there is no way of knowing whether they have complied or not! It is this stupidity that hopefully grabs attention and carries on from where the title left off. PR writers are well aware of this process and often mis-spell words to create a similar effect . Quotations and deliberate mis-quotations also make good hooks either from songs, proverbs or other literary works, but also try putting together unusual combinations of words. For instance, you wouldn’t think that brussel sprouts could possibly have any effect on good or evil and I’m sure they haven’t! One of my son’s however has different ideas and his annual grumble during our recent Christmas meal gave me a marvelous opening line, or hook, for what will be a festive article taking a close look at this, in my opinion, much maligned vegetable! What was it? Oh yes, when faced with a heap of those shiny green gems he muttered murderously, “If it wasn’t for brussel sprouts there’d be no evil in the world …” now is that a hook or what? Which brings me on to another point? Hooks, I’ve found seem to have a power in their own right and often serve as a catalyst to the story or article itself which is why you should be on the alert for when they occur. The brussel sprout incident is a prime example. Writing in any shape or form was the furthest thing from my mind, but the startled looks and laughter from the rest of the family were enough to confirm what I’d immediately thought, here was a hook begging for exploitation and with a enough power of its own to begin generating several lines of thought. Being aware of hooks and the power they have on the reader is something every writer has to get to grips with if they want to achieve success so it is a good idea to train yourself to both generate hooks and be on the alert for them by listening to what other people say. Having a small notebook handy makes a lot of sense, but reading what other people have done before you will also pay dividends. Try this quiz of opening lines to famous novels. It’s not easy, but don’t worry about your score, the real benefit of the quiz is seeing what worked for the author. 1. The scent of slaughter, some believe, can linger in a place for years. 2. When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventh birthday … 3. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth … 4. Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. 5. The stranger came early in February one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow … 6. “The marvelous thing is that it’s painless,” he said. “That’s how you know when it starts.” 7. Last night I dreamed of Mandalay … 8. A wide plain, where the broadening Floss hurries on between its green banks to the sea, and the loving tide rushing to meet it … 9. Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-house for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. 10. “Tom!” Well, what did you think? Some were definitely intriguing but others in my opinion left a lot to be desired which just goes to show that the proof of the pudding is in the eat… er reading so don’t fall into the trap of thinking that the beginning is the be all and end all! Oh and before you ask, I haven’t forgotten the lines and sinkers either, call those plots and twist endings and to find out more sign up for the WriteLink Short Story Writing Workshop, it’s free! .writebytes.co.uk ANSWERS: 1. The Loop by Nicholas Evans 2. The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkein 3. The Bible 4. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. The Invisible Man by H G Wells 6. The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway 7. Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier 8. The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot 9. Animal Farm by George Orwell 10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Content is king on the Internet today. Search engines, webmasters, and people seeking information are constantly on the lookout for quality written content. One of the most common sources of written information is articles. There are thousands of article directories that are accepting articles every day. And almost all of these online businesses are making money. That’s right, they are making money using YOUR articles. If you can write a 300 to 500 word article, you can make money too! One of the easiest ways to make money online is through ghostwriting. A ghostwriter is someone who writes articles for others. The ghostwriter gives up any right to the article after it is written. It belongs to the person who paid you to have it written. They can do whatever they want with the article. For each article you write, you can make four or five dollars. If the subject requires a lot of research, you can make twice that amount. If you are a prolific writer, you can easily make fifty dollars a day. But how can you tap into this lucrative market? My favorite method is to visit the large forums. I use the Warrior Forum and Digital Point but them are thousands of others. Visitors to these sites are always looking for fresh exclusive articles. Begin by registering as a member of the forum. You will need to do this in order to enter a posting. Once you’ve registered, do a search for articles. Examine the posting along with any replies. Look for people who are seeking out articles. I can honestly say that I have never seen a day when I couldn’t find at least one person who wanted to buy articles. If you can’t find anyone interested, enter your own thread offering to write articles for others. Do not mention the price that you are asking. Finish your posting by asking interested parties to send you a private message for further details. When someone contacts you, make sure you are clear on the details of their request; how many words, how much detail, will they supply research, etc. After getting this information, determine how much money you want to write the article. Not everyone will accept your offer. That is okay; you don’t want to work for free. Using this technique, you WILL make money. So, what are you waiting for, get busy! Do you want to learn other techniques on how to make money? Get my new ebook and start making money online! Discover How To Turn Your Articles Into Cash FREE Ebook

We all enjoy watching films and we have all given a review of a film - in most cases informally between a group of friends, as we recommend a film or dissuade someone from going to see the film. A formal film review however, requires more structure and some important guidelines need to be adhered to in order to formulate an effective film review. Before you begin writing your review it is important to establish from the outset that your film review should not be a summary of the plot. As the writer of the review, you must make your opinion of the film clear and you should always ensure that all your views are substantiated and well motivated. [It is acceptable, and in fact quite common, to both praise and criticize a film in the same review.] The following guidelines will assist you to write a review with finesse as you address the fundamental key elements: Brief reference and description of the main characters - introduce your reader to the main characters and include a catchy one-liner about each character. Outline the stars of the film - you may want to refer to any Oscar winning accolades of other noteworthy recognition that the stars may have received. “Star appeal” tends to lend “credibility” to the film. Discuss the genre of the film - identify the main genres that are evident throughout the film. Most films are a combination of a few genres. [fantasy, romance, thriller, sci-fi, historical epic, horror, docudrama or a adventure] Entertainment value or money ill spent - your film review should include your opinion on the entertainment and enjoyment value of the film, or conversely your views if you feel that the film was not enjoyable. [you may want to include comments here on the emotions and feelings that the film evoked] Comment on the acting - formulate an opinion on the acting portrayed, whether t was realistic and effective as it relates to the genre and purpose of the film. Costumes, special effects and computer graphics - comments on exceptional costume or set design and any notable special effects and computer graphics. Remember to include your views as to whether they enhance the film or detract from the film. Mission accomplished - the directors envisioned a purpose that they hoped to portray to the viewers. Did they aim to educate, entertain or inform the audience [or a combination of the fore mentioned]. Consider whether the film achieved what it set out to do and comment accordingly. Age restriction and rating - suggest a suitable age restriction and comment if relevant on any gratuitous violence, bad language or promiscuity. Film review in a nutshell - comment forthrightly on the fundamentals of the film. Say it “write”…avoid fawning and flattery and frame your content to incorporate the structures outlined above. Lianne is at .find-the-words.com, a site that offers words of wisdom and universal samples of free written speeches. You will find free samples speeches for all occasions easily adapted and personalized, public speaking tips and effective communication skills.

Learning how to write headlines is one of the most important copywriting skills you can learn. The purpose of headlines is to catch the attention of prospects so they will want to read your ad or sales page. Your goal is to write an attention getting headline. You can have the best sales page ever, but if your headline doesn’t attract your prospects, the time you spent writing your sales page is a waste. Michael Masterson, a well known copywriter, developed the 4 U’s Formula for evaluating headlines. The 4 U’s stand for Urgent, Unique, Ultra-Specific, and Useful. Your headline is urgent if you give your prospects a reason to act now. You make your headline urgent by adding a time element to your headline. You can use a limited time offer or you can state something that can be done within the week(s), month(s), or year. Your headline is unique if it says something new or something familiar in a new way. One way to do this is to state a reason for something. For example, instead of writing “Save 10% on Dog Food,” you could write, “Why do Healthy Dogs Have Shiny Fur?” Your headline is ultra-specific when you focus on very specific points like a bullet statement. These are called “fascinations” because they point out something your reader is intrigued by, which creates a curiosity to read more. Your headline is useful if it offers a benefit or information your reader is interested in. When you apply the 4 U formula to your headline, rate it from 1-4 (with 1 meaning weak and 4 meaning strong) against each “U.” Trying to make sure your headline strong in each U may not be practical, but your headline should rate a 3 or 4 on at least three of the U’s. If it doesn’t, you should probably rewrite your headline. Here are some other questions to ask when evaluating your headlines. Is your headline clear and direct? Is it specific? Does the headline relate to the product or service the ad is about? Have you gotten rid of words that are irrelevant? Does your headline promise your reader something, a benefit or an answer to a question? Learning how to write the best headline possible is the first step to getting your ad or sales page read. The more you write headlines, the better you’ll get at it. Just be sure to evaluate your headline against the 4 U’s to make sure you have the best. Happy Business Building, Yoli Yolanda Allen is a retired Air Force officer and online business owner. Read more from Yolanda at her blog, .OnlineBusinessPlankOwner.com. You can learn more about Yolanda’s online business from her business partner, Michael, a top producer, at .HearFromMichael.com/?t=ameh. Enter your name and email address to get a complimentary business overview. Find out if this is the business that can help you earn the income you need to design the lifestyle you want.

This article will give you ideas on several often overlooked areas of email copywriting which, if not used, hurt the overall validity of an email message. 1 The first importan tpiece of copy you need is a salutation. Salutation? What is this? It is the Dear Friend or {FIRSTNAME}, at the start of the body of the email! What you’re doing by having a salutation is personalizing the impersonal email message. It helps to do this because it is the only time you connect with the reader on such a personal level. 2 Going along with the personalized greeting is using the person’s name, or,if th eperson’s name is unknown, just the word friend, two or three times in the body of the email. It is as if you are talking to your customer one on one! Just from doing this much your conversions will improve dramatically! 3 The third item you should have is to end your email message with a farewell. Then add your name. Simply putting a Thanks! at the end is not enough. You need to add you name. It’s pointless to simply place a Thank You for Reading This or Later or Thanks for your time. It is only half the puzzle. You want to connect and reconnect throughout your message. It is as if your are talking to the email message reader rather than writing to them. 4 Everyone loves someone who tells a tale. Stories are valuable in email messages. In your story, please, tell something interesting. There is nothing worse than a story that is boring! Come on now, use your imagination! 5 Say something or tell a tale about your product or your life, but do not make it the usual rags to riches story. That one has been done too much. Do something about how your product blows everybody minds! Write something about how you have made so much money that the bank does not have the room to keep it all. Make it funny, use humor! 6 Be imaginative in your story-telling. Use your mind! People do not want to be talked down to or taken for marketing dummies. If they think you are doing that they will delete your email faster than greased lightning! 7 Know precisely what you want your ad copy to accomplish. It could be to qualify buyers, make sales, generate leads, attract traffic, etcetera. 8 You could add some sub headlines on your ad. Sub headlines act like headlines. They grab the readers attention. They’ll keep the readers interested as long as they continue to read your ad. 9 Make certain you hit on some personal feelings when you tell your story. Remember, people buy on an emotional basis. If you base your story on emotions then your chances of making a sale increase by a great degree! 10 Cross your t’s and Dot all your i’s! Punctuation is overlooked by many rookie writers. It should not be. Proper grammar is essential to reader likeability! Spelling is an important part of grammar. Don’t forget to check your spelling. Do this and your writing will cast a spelling spell over your readers. Forget it and it will amount to no sale.

Article writing is a vast field requiring thorough knowledge of language, grammar and writing technique. There are cases where the article is absolutely creative in content but lacks the important part of persuasion. An article has to be knowledge based as well as communicative. Search Engines are content-centric i.e. they are in constant search of knowledge based innovative articles to promote the desired website. It’s like articles are written on a constant basis but those articles which generate business for their website are better links and more promoted articles. Articles are the subject matter of the product or services that are written and composed to form a proper description in such a way that the visitor gets attracted to turn into a positive customer. Be it website content or a press release, all websites have to put emphasis on their creative and in-style content for their presence amongst the successful website. Content has to be essentially professional and grammatically correct along with a capacity of generating interest of the visitor. However, the most important factor is its keywords. These keywords are optimized for their placement in the search engines. They have to be written in such a format so as to give a complete look and feel of the website. All these factors will promote the desired website into the search engines thereby creating further space for that website amongst the top search engine results. In fact SEO-friendly article writing is gaining immeasurable importance amongst the search engines as it invariably raises the search engine rankings. Whether the article writing is for the simple school children or for the complex professionals, it should be thoroughly researched and assimilated in a very professional manner. While school children writing needs a lot of fun loving words to promote a particular product, article writing for the professionals requires a thorough research of the product, thereby enlisting the minutest of specifications with cent percent accuracy. Any small fault is just irreparable, both on client’s and service provider’s part. To achieve best results, proof reading of the article is required to ensure any kind of irrelevance or minute mistake in a particular article. Proof reading gives an unbiased preview of the article and hence it is better promoted amongst the web directories. Media Marketing Online is one of the leading Seo Company which helps companies in promoting their websites through SEO. To know more about this company, log on to its website: .mediamarketingonline.com Media Marketing Online

life is but a stopping place, between the womb and the tomb a resting place along the road, the road to sweet eternity we all have different journeys and destined paths along this road our experiences also differ but in them we learn lessons what these lessons mean we never may know till we reach our destination where our tears will melt and who we are is revealed and when we meet He who sent us we’ll claim a great reward according to how we faired with the crosses in our experiences so, until our journey nears its end and till we hear the angels sing lets face each new day as it comes and feed on the love left by our father

This article is specifically written for new internet marketers. In here, I’ll give you all the information you need so you can boost your traffic, sales leads, and revenue by simply writing and distributing informative articles in the online arena. So, read on! 1. First, create award-winning articles. What makes an article award-winning? Well, it must contain useful information and unique content. It must be well-written and enjoyable to read. In addition, it must be short (but very tight), to the point, and readable. 2. Optimize your articles. Aside from making your articles useful and informative, you also need to make sure that they’re properly optimized or keyword-rich. This is because you don’t want to give your audience a hard time finding them on the online arena. Make your articles appear prominently on search engine listings by targeting popular keywords, by placing these keywords strategically on your content, and by following the required keyword density. 3. Earn the trust and confidence of your readers. It’s important that your readers trust you otherwise, there is no way that they’ll do business with you. You can make this happen by making sure that each of your articles speaks volumes about your expertise in your chosen niche, your relevant experiences, your integrity, and your credibility. 4. Help your readers. Show these people that you’re interested in helping them and that you’re not just after getting them to buy your products and services. You can do this by sharing a slice of your knowledge that they can actually use in reaching their goals in life or in solving their problems. After creating award-wining, highly optimized articles and after earning the trust of your target audience, the next thing to do is to make your articles publisher-friendly. Here’s how you can do that: 1. First, ensure that your articles are 100% unique. Publishers are very strict when it comes to content duplication and they will reject your articles if parts of it where directly copied from other sources. Also, rewriting or rehashing content is also considered plagiarism. Thus, it’s a must that you deliver original articles. Use your own words and share your personal secrets when writing your articles. 2. The next thing to do is to create article summary, keyword list, and a powerful resource box. Your article summary must not exceed 5 sentences and it must tell your readers what information and benefits they’ll be able to get from your content. Keyword list, as the name implies, is the list of keywords that you’re targeting on you articles. Once these are searched by online users, publishers will show your articles on their listings. Lastly, your resource box is where you can tell your readers who you are, what you do, the problems that you solve, and your site’s URL. 3. Distribute your articles. Submit your articles to all popular article directories particularly ezinearticles. This is the best thing that you can do gain free exposure in the online arena. Once online users access your articles and they click through your resource box, they’ll be directed to your squeeze page or to your website. As you know, this would mean more chances of making a sale. Sean Mize teaches coaches, consultants, and small business owners how to package their knowledge and sell it at a high price.Internet Marketing Teleseminar Strategy

Internet has a great potential to promote the company as well as its products and services. Writing articles for the Internet is an effective method to market the organization among its prospective customers. Article promotion enables the entrepreneur to spread a word about the business of the organization. A businessperson also gets an opportunity to display his knowledge on a particular business to the customers. Well-written articles allure maximum web traffic towards the website of the organization. It also increases the back links for the company website. This enhances the popularity of the website over the Internet. An author should consider a few factors while writing a good article to promote the business. Elements of a good article: A well-written article is the one that is highly focused and well knit. An article writer should be clear of the message that he wants to convey through an article. In other words, select a topic that best reflects the nature of business dealt by an organization. You can discuss about the latest trends and technology used in your professional field. The topic should also interest the potential customers. It should cater to their interests and needs. This keeps you focused on what to write on the article. A writer can choose to write the persuasive content. This can be written using facts, giving explanations and then the conclusion or recommendations. You can support your conclusions or findings with authentic and credible facts or evidence. It is also vital to conduct keyword research analysis according to your industry. These keywords should be the commonly used ones by the web visitors. This enables the search engines realize the relevance of the articles. The web portals then provide higher page ranking to the articles. It is also vital to create number of articles on various topics of interest. You should keep fresh and new content posted on the Internet. The fresh content makes the web portals realize the importance of the articles. You can provide a link in the body text or resource box. These links or resource box should take the reader to the website of the company. In this way, the articles provide back links that direct the web portals to your site. These portals recognize the relevance of the site and rank it in their first few pages. Myself webmaster and online marketer of quickarticlepro, a passionate writer and researcher. This article is basically focused on the article marketing techniques and tools like seo content writer, website article software, article builder and article submitter etc.