[EzineArticles] Weekly Writing Plan to Strengthen Your Writing Muscles

Weekly Writing Plan to Strengthen Your Writing Muscles "Don't be a writer, be writing." - William Faulkner Writing is like a muscle and with regular exercise, you'll improve your ability to compel readers with your message and prevent those muscles from seizing up. Make exercising your writing muscles a daily habit by incorporating this easy Weekly Writing Plan into your routine. This routine starts you off with 1 article per week. However, you wouldn't use the same weight every day to strengthen your muscles, would you? Continue challenging your writing muscles by increasing the amount of articles published per week to improve your writing skills as well as build your exposure and authority. It really does adds up! Check it out: 1 article per week for one year = 52 2 articles per week for one year = 104 3 articles per week for one year = 156 Start writing now using this Weekly Writing Plan and be on your way to the top of your niche! Simply click on the graphic below to view it online. Weekly Writing Plan Transcription Day 1: Outline Create a Catchy Title that Hooks Readers Write Dynamic Subheadings that Organize Your Article Establish Your Call-to-Action Take a Break! Focus on another task! Once you've written down your topic's intention in an outline, allow your topic to sit in your head and even sleep on it. You will unconsciously "work on it" as your brain processes new and old information: what you already know about the topic, relevant information, experiences, memories, and more. Day 2: Write Review & Revise Your Outline for Missing Elements Fill the Outline in with Quality, Juicy Details & Descriptions Focus on Writing Don't Stop or Pause to Consider What You Wrote We Mean It! Write Now. Edit Later Take a Break! Once you've finished writing, focus on something else - it doesn't have to be complicated, just something that will pull your attention. You need to step outside of your power-writing mode by recharging your brain on another task. Day 3: Revise & Proofread Pretend It's Not Your Piece Trim Superfluous Text Seek Out Holes in Logic Revise as Necessary Proofread for Spelling and Grammar Repeat Steps 1-5 as Necessary Take a Break! Focus on a positive activity or thought. Day 3 can be grueling and humbling, so it's important to reaffirm your strengths and remember the good things. Day 4: Submit & Plan Release Read Through the Article One More Time Submit to EzineArticles.com Develop Your Article Release Plan (Social Media, Newsletters, Alerts, etc.) Day 5: Promote Published: Yes - Fulfill Your Article Release Plan & Engage Your Audience Published: No - Awaiting Review? Take a Floater Day Published: No - Were There Issues Found? Address the Issues and Resubmit Contact EzineArticles' Support as Needed Floater Day Brainstorm Article Topics & Future Article Titles Scope Out the Competition Research Trends Connect & Engage with Your Audience Read (Anything!) & Simply Absorb the Information Want to share this image? Simply copy/paste the code from below into your blog or website. <a href="http://img.ezinearticles.com/blog/weekly-writing-plan.jpg"><img src="http://img.ezinearticles.com/blog/weekly-writing-plan.jpg" title="Weekly Writing Plan"></a> Additional Resources How to Create Quality Content in 7 Steps [Learn more] How to Use Timeboxing to Write Articles Efficiently [Learn more] How to Prevent Article Writing Information Overload [Learn more] How to Promote Your Content [Learn more] 5 Methods to Put More Time on the Writing Clock [Learn more] 5 Steps to Gutting Your First Draft [Learn more] Questions? Comments? Click here to share your feedback - we'd love to hear from you! To Your Article Writing Success & Passion! Vanessa, Editorial Manager http://Blog.EzineArticles.com/ http://EzineArticles.com/ PS: If you're planning to write quality and original articles, don't forget about our Article Templates. They provide the ideas and structure you need to write great articles quickly and easily. Get them at http://Shop.EzineArticles.com/ EzineArticles Member Endorsement "... build an expert reputation ..." After submitting articles to EzineArticles.com, I experienced a dramatic improvement in my website's search engine rankings -- and the increases in traffic and sales that come with top rankings. I recommend EzineArticles.com to anyone who wants to increase their web visibility and build an expert reputation. Cathy Stucker IdeaLady.com EzineArticles Newsletter Information Join EzineArticles | Manage Your Subscription | EzineArticles RSS Feed | List Support Create Free Membership Account | Login For Members Only To Leave The EzineArticles Newsletter: leave-9230583-4591749.2ee37a53b1b55f6b57794ace0b613d97@lists.permissionbasedemail.com ISSN: 1525-7126 - Library Of Congress, Washington D.C. Postal address: EzineArticles.com, PO Box 12740 Green Bay WI 54307 USA © Copyright 1999-2013 EzineArticles.com. All Rights Reserved.

[EzineArticles] 50 Inspirational Writing Quotes for Authors

50 Inspirational Writing Quotes for Authors Need a Punch of Writing Motivation? I have a confession: I'm a quote addict, especially writing, success, and motivational quotes. From reading books and articles to listening to audio like lectures and music, I record lines that have struck me like lightning so that I may remember them, reference them, and share them. And I know I'm not the only one. Dozens upon dozens of repins daily from Pinterest board "Writing Quotes and Inspiration" tell me we all have an insatiable need to be moved by these sage words or humorous anecdotes. You may be thinking, "Really? What's up with this crazy infatuation with quotes?" It's pretty simple: We find inspiration in other people's words and take comfort in what they have experienced, felt, believed, accepted, hoped, and even imagined. It may be a simple turn of phrase, proverbs passed on by family, answers to our most pressing questions, or the advice we need (but often don't necessarily want to admit we need). Quotes are often a shared truth - your truth, my truth, our truth. If you're in a writing funk or looking for a little motivation to jump into the writing saddle, then check out this collection of the 50 most popular writing quotes curated on our Pinterest page! Motivational Writing Quotes "Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up." -- Jane Yolen   "Writing is the painting of the voice." -- Voltaire   "All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone." -- Erica Jong   "Don't be a writer; be writing." -- William Faulkner   "Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever." -- Will Self   "If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer." -- R.A. Salvatore   "Rejected pieces aren't failures; unwritten pieces are." -- Greg Daugherty   "Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you." -- Zadie Smith   "This is how you do it; you sit down at the keyboard and put one word after another until its done. It's that easy and that hard." -- Neil Gaiman   "The desire to write grows with writing." -- Erasmus   "Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself." -- Truman Capote   "When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'One word at a time,' and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see [it] from space without a telescope." -- Stephen King   "A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." -- Eugene Ionesco   "The faster I write, the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them." -- Raymond Chandler   "The scariest moment is always just before you start." -- Stephen King   "Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes pressure off the second." -- Robert Frost   "Write even when the world is chaotic. You don't need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement." -- Cory Doctorow   "It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer." -- Gerald Brenan   "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." -- Ray Bradbury   "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." -- Stephen King   "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed." -- Ray Bradbury   "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -- Jack London   "Prose is architecture, not interior decoration." -- Ernest Hemingway   "Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience." -- Henry David Thoreau   "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." -- Stephen King   "Simple English is no one's mother tongue. It has to be worked for." -- Jacques Barzun   "You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." -- Saul Bellow   "Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing." -- Roddy Doyle   "Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window." -- William Faulkner Writing, Editing, and Grammar Quotes "You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke." -- Arthur Plotnik   "When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence." -- Thomas W. Higginson   "So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads." -- Dr. Seuss   "Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use." -- Mark Twain   "Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open." -- Stephen King   "The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear." -- E.B. White   "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald   "The greater part of the worlds' troubles are due to questions of grammar." -- Michel de Montaigne   "Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep-sea diver an oxygen tank." -- A.A. Patawaran   "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." -- James Michener   "I'm all for the scissors. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." -- Truman Capote Funny Writing Quotes "If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter." -- Dan Poynter   "The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon." -- Robert Cormier   "I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper." -- Steve Martin   "Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself." -- Terry Pratchett   "If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all." -- Anne Tyler   "Easy reading is damn hard writing." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne   "I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork." -- Peter De Vries   "I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." -- Steven Wright   "When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth." -- Kurt Vonnegut   "Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk -- away from any open flames -- to remind yourself if you don't write daily, you will get rusty." -- George Singleton On Pinterest? Follow us to receive quotes, writing tools, and more daily! What's your favorite writing quote? Click here to let us know! To Your Article Writing Success & Passion! Penny, Managing Editor http://Blog.EzineArticles.com/ http://EzineArticles.com/ PS: Inspiration comes from the outside, but motivation comes from within. Get yourself motivated with the ease of our inspirational article templates! http://Shop.EzineArticles.com/ EzineArticles Member Endorsement "... the process of writing has been profoundly rewarding!" Writing articles is truly the best way to become a leader of thought in your industry or within your circle.... Thank you, EzineArticles - You literally changed my life, and the process of writing has been profoundly rewarding! Camille Rodriquez PolkaDotImpressions.com EzineArticles Newsletter Information Join EzineArticles | Manage Your Subscription | EzineArticles RSS Feed | List Support Create Free Membership Account | Login For Members Only To Leave The EzineArticles Newsletter: leave-9225071-4591749.2ee37a53b1b55f6b57794ace0b613d97@lists.permissionbasedemail.com ISSN: 1525-7126 - Library Of Congress, Washington D.C. Postal address: EzineArticles.com, PO Box 12740 Green Bay WI 54307 USA © Copyright 1999-2013 EzineArticles.com. All Rights Reserved.

[EzineArticles] Your Article Writing Journey Starts Here

Your Article Writing Journey Starts Here Does this frustration sound familiar? I don't even know where to start. I already see there is a lot of content or information out there on my topic. Why would mine matter? That's the big question! If there are hundreds of articles, videos, posts, and more on a topic, where would I even start? How do I gather my own unique articles? Why would mine matter? Because you matter. Your first step in your article writing journey is this: Acknowledge your value: you have something to offer. Once you've genuinely owned that statement, the rest falls into place because each and every person - including you - brings something new to the writing table. No one can replicate your life-long experience and there are thousands of ways to approach any given topic. The key is finding what your audience needs (not just what they want or think they want) and providing them with content that's innovative and valuable. Where would I start? Small. Start small. Brainstorm a list of core topics in your niche and stay within the framework of what you know (for now). Let's say you sell baby products on your website - this may seem really specific, but it isn't. We need to narrow that niche to a much smaller scope. Begin by finding areas of your niche that have low competition, but are still in demand. Using the long-tail method, you can give your broader topic on baby products focus based on user demand (such as "Newborn Baby Products Checklist," "Toy Safety and Health Concerns," "Best Baby Shower Ideas," and "Baby Products for Twins"). Now that you have a firm grasp on your core topics, own your value by providing your unique insight on the subject! How do I gather my own unique articles? While there may be many articles covering similar topics that you may feel hesitant to contend with, the key is discovering what you have to offer that's different from everyone else. Determine your Unique Value Proposition (a promise of value that's exclusively delivered by you). What information can you offer readers that no one else has? What information can you offer readers in addition to what everyone else is saying? What void in their needs can you fill with your strengths? Invent and reinvent yourself by searching trends and patterns in your niche that will help you build a unique position. How do I know I'm on the right path? So what if you're not? As Ray Bradbury once said, "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed." Write and be patient. Monitor your articles' traffic and activity as well as traffic search terms used to find your articles to test topics and your approach. Ask us questions, continue narrowing your focus, find your writing style and voice, and remember that you do have incredible value to offer. Starting out in any new endeavor can be incredibly rough, especially when writing is involved. Remove your fear that you don't have the necessary skills (these can always be acquired) and think of the value you bring to the table. It will open you up to thinking less about what's stopping you and help you focus more about your audience, the types of topics that affect them, and how you can deliver quality goods. 10 Recommended Resources For newbies who want to stay on and Expert Authors who want to get back on the right track: Build Your Own Article Template Packages [Learn more] An Introduction to Article Writing and Marketing (Training Series) [Learn more] How to Prevent Article Writing Information Overload [Learn more] How to Create Quality Content in 7 Steps [Learn more] The Anatomy of the Perfect Article [Learn more] 5 Steps to Gutting Your First Draft [Learn more] Empower Your Writing With the Top Punctuation Howlers Grammar Style Guide [Learn more] Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar Revision Checklist [Learn more] How to Promote Your Content [Learn more] 5 Methods to Put More Time on the Writing Clock [Learn more] To Your Article Writing Success & Passion! Penny, Managing Editor http://Blog.EzineArticles.com/ http://EzineArticles.com/ PS: Just beginning your article writing journey? Combine the useful benefits of a Premium membership with the ease and guidance of article templates to get off to a great start! http://Shop.EzineArticles.com/ EzineArticles Member Endorsement "I'll keep writing as long as you keep publishing!" I'm very pleased with my experience with you and the help you've provided since you first published me in 2008. I'll keep writing as long as you keep publishing! Leon Noone LeonNoone.com EzineArticles Newsletter Information Join EzineArticles | Manage Your Subscription | EzineArticles RSS Feed | List Support Create Free Membership Account | Login For Members Only To Leave The EzineArticles Newsletter: leave-9220220-4591749.2ee37a53b1b55f6b57794ace0b613d97@lists.permissionbasedemail.com ISSN: 1525-7126 - Library Of Congress, Washington D.C. 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[EzineArticles] 10 Tips to Be Kind to Writers

10 Tips to Be Kind to Writers "Easy reading is damn hard writing." - Nathaniel Hawthorne To celebrate Be Kind to Writers and Editors month, we've gathered 10 great recommendations to help you show your appreciation for the writers in your life. Writers, feel free to share these suggestions with your friends and family. If you know a writer, please be kind to the writer in your life with these 10 tips! 10 Tips to Be Kind to Writers While writing isn't brain surgery, it does require the writer's full attention. Unless there's a fire or another catastrophic event, keep distractions to a minimum and respect the time the writer dedicates to their craft.   Be open to listening to our ideas. Writers are often considered hermits, but it's not true! Occasionally, we writers will need to bounce an idea off another human. If we get that "Eureka!" look in our eyes, it's best to just let us to our own devices, ask later, and know we appreciate your inspiration and help.   Rejection and criticism sting, but we'll take it in and ask for more when it's delivered in a positive and constructive manner. Give it to us in the spirit of goodwill and provide specific reasons why you didn't like or disagreed with the piece.   You liked it? You really liked it?! Fantastic - we love hearing that readers (including those closest to us) love our work. So what did you like most about it and how did it move or help you? Please, be specific in your praise so we know you're not pandering to our egos and we can keep up the good work.   Comment on our articles, share our writing with your friends and family, interact with us on social media, and essentially be a part of our "fan club" to help promote our work. It's not terribly easy to break into the open online, but it all starts with a support network of those closest to the writer.   Write a positive review that highlights what you liked about the work and how other readers might benefit from reading it. Of course, if you didn't like the piece, privately provide the writer with constructive feedback.   Respect their progress and please be supportive. Most writers aren't successful overnight and many of us moonlight in other professions (or would that be "daylight" or "sunlight" for those who haven't quit their day jobs to focus on writing?).   Writers are sponges - we soak up everything. Send us inspiration like candid questions, complicated queries, anecdotes, articles, book recommendations, article templates, etc. Often what doesn't make its way directly into our work will indirectly influence our direction and outlook for future pieces.   Get us out into the world from time to time. Encourage your writer to leave their work routinely and connect with other human beings. It's important to their success and health!   Bring them a cup of coffee or favorite snack. Writers are notorious for becoming so engrossed in their work or they simply don't want to stop their progress once they're in a good groove that they neglect even their most basic needs like food and water. Next time you've enjoyed something you read, don't take it for granted. Remember the writer behind it because as Nathaniel Hawthorne once said, "easy reading is damn hard writing." Are you a writer? Take a moment this month to be kind to yourself by taking the stress out of your article writing efforts with EzineArticles' wide variety of Article Templates! Visit the EzineArticles Shop to discover the all-new Build Your Own Article Templates Packages and the original 52 Article Templates series to get hundreds of new article ideas to build your article portfolio and your authority as an expert! Would you like to add another tip to this list? Click here to let us know - we'd love to hear from you! To Your Article Writing Success & Passion! Penny, Managing Editor http://Blog.EzineArticles.com/ http://EzineArticles.com/ PS: In article writing and content marketing, speed matters. Increase yours with an EzineArticles Premium Membership! Discover how at http://EzineArticles.com/Premium/ EzineArticles Member Endorsement "You guys are simply the BEST!" EzineArticles.com is truly a reputable directory article site that gives so many writers an opportunity to publish their work and have it exposed to a huge global audience. You guys are simply the BEST! Kym Gordon Moore FromBehindThePen.WordPress.com EzineArticles Newsletter Information Join EzineArticles | Manage Your Subscription | EzineArticles RSS Feed | List Support Create Free Membership Account | Login For Members Only To Leave The EzineArticles Newsletter: leave-9215121-4591749.2ee37a53b1b55f6b57794ace0b613d97@lists.permissionbasedemail.com ISSN: 1525-7126 - Library Of Congress, Washington D.C. Postal address: EzineArticles.com, PO Box 12740 Green Bay WI 54307 USA © Copyright 1999-2013 EzineArticles.com. All Rights Reserved.

[EzineArticles] Think Before You Link to Your Squeeze Page With These Tips!

Think Before You Link to Your Squeeze Page With These Tips! Discover How to Optimize Your Squeeze Page in Your Articles I want to capture highly qualified leads to build my brand recognition and stay on my reader's minds, so I decide to create a squeeze page that shows what I have to offer and it prompts visitors to subscribe. It only seems like an ideal fit to add the link to my squeeze page in the Resource Box of my articles because I've built my reader's trust in my credibility and surely, they're ready to subscribe. What could go wrong? It's easy to assume that new readers are clamoring to subscribe once they've read your article, but the high bounce rates of most squeeze pages suggest otherwise. Squeeze pages are landing pages that are specifically created to capture leads or ask visitors to subscribe to whatever you're offering, such as newsletters, ebooks, webinars, etc. Unlike offering a simple opt-in box integrated into your content-rich website, squeeze pages typically don't offer the reader any other choice - it's either opt-in or get out. As online information becomes less secure, readers are increasingly reluctant to opt-in. Discover how you can build a list of highly qualified leads and use your articles to give your efforts a boost using this flow chart with an extended transcription as your guide! Simply click on the graphic below for a close up of this post online. Should I link to my squeeze page? Extended Transcription There are a number of factors that you should consider before you add a link to your squeeze page in your article submissions. First, determine whether you will also include a link to your blog or website in addition to your squeeze page. Yes, I'm including a link to my blog or website There are a number of factors you must first consider to ensure a quality user experience. Let's take a closer look. Is your website: Relevant? If after reading an article about Heart Health, then the user expects to visit a website that is an extension of Heart Health. If the user is led to a website on relationship break ups or box car racing, then the user is going to click away feeling scammed. Your blog or website must be an extension of the topic of the article to ensure a good user experience.   Easy to navigate? Intuitive navigation and ease of use is paramount to your website's success. Avoid using pop ups, circular linking, and other methods that either distract or delay the user from achieving the benefit they will gain from your website.   Transparent? Clearly displaying who you are, your intentions, and the benefit you provide visitors is paramount to your success. Illustrate the who, what, where, when, and why of your business or service to build trust.   Compelling? Whether in the form of a blog, downloadable PDFs, informative videos, and more, provide fresh and compelling content on a regular basis. Encourage visitors to return by becoming their number one, quality resource that meets their needs.   Balanced? Pages cluttered in ads and outbound links are confusing to readers. Ensure your ad-to-content ratio as well as any outbound links are balanced with your content to highlight your message as the main benefit to the reader. Does your blog or website meet the above criteria? If yes, go ahead and link to your blog or website and your squeeze page in the Resource Box of your article submission! Your page is designed with the user in mind and contains all of the key elements to build trust! If you're missing any of the above criteria, we suggest creating an action plan to meet each element until you're confident that your website provides a positive user experience. No, I'm not planning on including a link to my blog or website If you're not linking to your quality blog or website, then let's take a closer look at your squeeze page. Does your squeeze page include a video? "Yes, my squeeze page includes a video and I am the person speaking in the video." Go ahead: link your squeeze page to your article. Featuring yourself in a video creates a connection trust for your readers. A video is small investment in time and production that can work wonders. Not only does it build your transparency, it also shows your readers you're invested in your credibility and building their trust. "Yes, my squeeze page includes a video, but I'm not the person speaking in the video." Visitors are hesitant to buy in to a message that's not originally the author's vision with whom they originally built a connection. They see an author invested in another person's vision, product, or service, which begs all sorts of questions ("Does this author really know what they're talking about?" and "Is this a scheme?"). Rather than using a stock promotional video, show your investment and build trust by including a video on your squeeze page featuring you to assert your credibility and authority. "No, my squeeze page does not include a video." No problem! Continue on to the following questions to take a look at the overall quality of your squeeze page: Does your squeeze page include highly detailed and informative content? Does this content provide your reader with a WIIFM benefit? Is the content more than just testimonials? Is the content more than blatant sales-oriented language? If you've answered "yes" to the above questions, then go ahead: link to your squeeze page in the Resource Box of your article submission! Your squeeze page is designed with the user in mind and contains all of the key elements to build trust! If you've answered "no" to any of the above questions, then wait: don't link yet! All pages - websites, squeeze pages, etc. - must provide a substantial amount of value in order to build trust with readers. To improve your page, consider: Nationally integrating compelling, original content that benefits users. Including a link to your high-quality blog or website in addition to the squeeze page in the Resource Box of your article submission. Share this flow chart! Copy/paste the code from below into your blog or website to share this flow chart: <a href="http://img.ezinearticles.com/blog/think-before-you-link.jpg"><img src="http://img.ezinearticles.com/blog/think-before-you-link.jpg" title="Linking to a Squeeze Page in Your Articles Flow Chart"></a> Questions? Comments? Click here to share your feedback - we'd love to hear from you! To Your Article Writing Success & Passion! Vanessa, Editorial Manager http://Blog.EzineArticles.com/ http://EzineArticles.com/ PS: Squeeze the most out of your article writing efforts by using EzineArticles Article Templates! These easy-to-use, fill-in-the-blank PDF documents will give you the ideas, format, and structure you need to write fabulous articles. Find out more at http://Shop.EzineArticles.com/ EzineArticles Member Endorsement "... establish your voice and brand ..." The marketing principle of giving away of something of value for free in order to sell something else, resonated with me. It is also a way to establish your voice and brand in a more structured professional manner than typical social media i.e. Facebook, Twitter, et al. They have their place and are useful to an author/writer. However, the growth of the internet creates a huge demand for quality content. I still think the key is to write "quality content". If it is well written, accessible, and of timely interest to people it will get plenty of attention. EzineArticles is a wonderful reservoir of good content on many topics. Bruce Kaler M.D. Seattledoc.com EzineArticles Newsletter Information Join EzineArticles | Manage Your Subscription | EzineArticles RSS Feed | List Support Create Free Membership Account | Login For Members Only To Leave The EzineArticles Newsletter: leave-9209875-4591749.2ee37a53b1b55f6b57794ace0b613d97@lists.permissionbasedemail.com ISSN: 1525-7126 - Library Of Congress, Washington D.C. 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[EzineArticles] Networking Tips: Stay Connected to the Right Crowd Part II

Networking Tips: Stay Connected to the Right Crowd Part II Networking is an art. Networking takes time, patience, and practice to master. It's become very difficult to work on your goals and establish a strong presence in a competitive atmosphere. There are a variety of characters out there to contact and establish a working relationship with, but who should you have involved in your network? Don't turn to the wrong people who may tarnish your credibility, completely level your authority, and suck the networking life out of you. Protect your credibility and authority by avoiding the following 5 networking misfits. 5 People You DON'T Want in Your Network The Bad Influence - Getting out of your comfort zone to take a calculated risk on a new innovation is a healthy part of any industry and builds your credibility. Have a plan and continue to build upon that plan without making a career-ending move due to poor advice. The Bad Influencer, who always seems to have a "shortcut" or a "get rich quick" strategy, may be appealing to your long-term plan, but there's always more than meets the eye. The Bad Influencer may try to turn you onto spammy Black Hat tactics like affiliate-link cloaking, doorway pages, article spinning, purchasing likes, and more. Stick to your guns and don't give these people a chance to infect your attitude, strategy, or sense of pride.   The Epic Complainer - No one likes a complainer; wait, I take that back, other complainers do! Traveling in packs, Epic Complainers are thrilled to share their pessimism and anything to kill a positive mood. They appear on social media sites arguing and sharing their negative beliefs like it's their role in life to play the dubious devil's advocate or seeking out rare exceptions to prove you wrong. The toxicity of Epic Complainers will turn any bright dream into a nightmare. Don't try to argue with Epic Complainers - you cannot win as they wield their favorite words "but" and "actually." Stay positive in everything you do. Your network should be sharing information that will help you improve, not just giving you reasons to not pursue your passions. Search out those who are optimistic and listen to your ideas.   The Spammer - You work hard planning, creating, and maintaining articles, products, and websites. You deserve respect and a good reputation, which the Spammer will promptly sabotage. If you allow the Spammer into your network, you may find your efforts diminish in light of constant promotion that will annoy your audience. No one likes to continuously opt out of emails or products they didn't sign up for. If you let these types of people inside your network, they will try and influence your direction to reach as many people as possible, but not in an effective way. The language they use can seem repetitive and robotic to advertise something that they most likely did nothing to help create. Keep the Spammer at bay and out of sight so you can catch the bigger fish using your own marketing and personal connections with your customers.   The Greedy Miser - You've seen businesses and websites that always seem to want your money first, then they'll actually show you something. The Greedy Miser encourages this behavior, salivates at pyramid schemes, and will overprice average products while failing to deliver quality content. This type of networker has a burning desire to use your money to make more money and doesn't believe in offering anything for free. If you have any ebooks or helpful tips for your audience you want to give away, keep the Greedy Miser's hands off your decision making. 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