How to be a Successful Author at Ezine Articles

Everything you need to know about being a successful author at ezine articles.com

If you're a Twitter user who doesn't follow @EzineArticles, you're missing a lot of great EzineArticles information and training!

The following is a list of (30) assorted author tips, insider info, fun facts and reminders we tweeted in the month of October. Any one of these could have been just the tool you needed to turbocharge your article marketing efforts.

Just CLICK on any of the "ReTweet This" links to auto-populate your Twitter status field. Then just edit for length and retweet to your heart's content!

EzineArticles Tips and Training Snippets:

• A trap to avoid: Making the focus of your articles about what you are AGAINST. Instead, argue your points about what you are FOR & why. [ReTweet This]
  
• Resource Box Tip: Never pretend or say that a self-serving link is not your own when in fact it is. Build TRUST, not deception. [ReTweet This]
  
• Tip: Excessive HTML in your article body makes it hard for publishers to use, meaning you and your links get less circulation. [ReTweet This]
  
• Punctuation Tip: Reach the period sooner before later. Don't drone on and fail to close your thought. [ReTweet This]
  
• Article Writing Tip: Make connections with your readers by envisioning yourself speaking directly to them. [ReTweet This]
  
• Article Body is where you GIVE; Resource Box is where you TAKE. [This is one of our core tenants.] [ReTweet This]

EzineArticles Fun Facts:

• Fact: 6484 articles were Scheduled for future release in the month of Sept by our Premium members. [ReTweet This]
  
• Website Magazine's Top 50 Websites for 'Net Professionals named EzineArticles #18! http://is.gd/4zvYk Cool! :] [ReTweet This]
  
• No surprise here: 19% of all problem articles not accepted are in the 250-299 word count range. 41% are under 399 words. [ReTweet This]
  
• "Mavis Beacon" is an excellent example of an unreal person that is used as an exclusive image to represent the brand in the market. [ReTweet This]
  
• EzineArticles members submit an avg of 2+ articles in their article submission session. Smart, because it leverages their time. [ReTweet This]
  
• 46.8 percent of EzineArticles members use FIREFOX for their browser! Wow. Best reason to use FireFox? Built-in SPELL CHECK! :) [ReTweet This]

EzineArticles Inside Information:

• Clickbank Affiliates: We've never allowed clickbank URL's in the past and now we're auto-rejecting at the front door. [ReTweet This]
  
• We've significantly tightened up our anti-derivative content filters last week. Yesterday alone 741 articles rejected at the front door. [ReTweet This]
  
• How big should your Resource Box be? Between 7-15 percent of your article body in terms of word count and line length. [ReTweet This]
  
• Want a reason to keep your self-serving links in the Resource Box and not the Article Body? Links in article body are set to NOFOLLOW. [ReTweet This]
  
• We disagree with using iStockphoto for fake/pen author names. Reason: Because the photos aren't exclusive to your name. [ReTweet This]
  
• We're not automatically declining articles with locations in the title; but article body needs to deliver specific locale info. [ReTweet This]

Motivational Moments:

• "Being a published author is a big, fat billboard that says, I'm SMART!" - Arielle Ford [via @LisaDSparks] [ReTweet This]
  
• Figure out what your readers want, then think about what they need. Find the balance between the two, and watch your readership grow. [ReTweet This]
  
• Enthusiasm is contagious. Market a product/service you're passionate about, and chances are others will become excited about it too! [ReTweet This]
  
• Only EXTREMELY rare expert authors can write high value 250-400 word articles. The rest of us deliver value in the 400-800+ word count range. [ReTweet This]
  
• Always know your purpose for writing each article. This will keep your content focused, concise, and easier for readers to understand. [ReTweet This]
  
• Quality trumps Quantity. If your articles are failing to deliver, slow down, start over and allow yourself another perspective. [ReTweet This]

Misc. Words of Wisdom:

• Blogging and article marketing are natural partners. Both present info, articles just do it in a non-promotional, more formal way. [ReTweet This]
  
• 1 of the biggest advantages of article marketing is getting targeted traffic. You miss out on that if your links don't match your articles! [ReTweet This]
  
• Have your checked your ARTICLE DIAGNOSTIC CENTER lately for dead links that need fixing? Fix 'em and get your FREE traffic back! :) [ReTweet This]
  
• Looking for fresh content? Try mentoring a newbie! You'll be surprised at how much you learn and a new perspective is fertile soil for ideas. [ReTweet This]
  
• Derivative = Spun or re-hashed content that is NOT unique as it delivers the same information only re-worded. This adds NO value. [ReTweet This]
  
• Want to improve your readers trust in you, your articles, and your expertise? ADD AN AUTHOR PHOTO to your profile. :-) [ReTweet This]

Have you got a Twitter question? Post it here to get some answers: http://blog.EzineArticles.com/2009/11/article-writing-tweets-to-retweet.html

Hope you found that useful - EzineArticles.com is the Rolls Royce of article sites and it's worth taking some time writing and submitting and offering good quality content if you want to get it indexed high in Google!

Tip- Just like EzineArticles do in the main body of the article, I've made all the links to them rel="nofollow".

I might like them but I don't like my sites leaking my lovely link juice BACK to Web 2.0 properties

Beat The System

The Dawn of the Marketron - The New Media Model Army of Expert Authority

Authors and Authority - think about that connection for a moment!

Cyberteers, Marketrons call them what you want!

They are out there and this is no episode of Dr Who or The X-Files

My last post about aliases got me thinking.

Probably a third of the authors, experts, and web personalities are made up personas. Yep they don't exist!

My take on it is this.

The art of the Internet Marketer is to promote websites to positions of authority.
One quite accepted method of doing this is to create information silos.

Another quick method is to promote yourself into a position of authority for a particular subject (set of keywords!).

The problem is this. Information and knowledge is 'silo'd as well and an expert in his field is just that - in his field!

To get around this it is necessary to create multiple personas.
In other words experteeism is silo'd!

here's how you do it

Get a name that hasn't been taken at Twitter, Facebook, Myspace etc etc - Grab those web 2.0 properties.
Invent a personal profile and stick to it.
Invent a glossy career in your chosen profession
List all your keywords as interests
Get a picture of yourself or a mate or someone from the public who is not famous and looks like they might be an expert in that field!

Write articles and post away in the buzz belt to your hearts content. Post RSS feeds from all your content and twitter etc to a personal blog and web 2.0 properties. Bookmark and ping all your posts and tweets!

Soon your new marketron will be the worlds leading expert in his field. Yummy yummy keyword rich link juice will be at your disposal!!


Beat The System