The Newbie Affiliates Club » CA Perez http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com A Blog for New Affiliates Learning to Make Money Online Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:56:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Article Writing – How to Overcome Writer’s Block – 4 Tips http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/article-writing-how-to-overcome-writers-block-4-tips/ http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/article-writing-how-to-overcome-writers-block-4-tips/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:56:15 +0000 CA Perez http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/article-writing-how-to-overcome-writers-block-4-tips/ Are you a new affiliate marketer? Do you remember writing your first article? You had a customer in mind.  You wrote like a river flowing in spring.  You showed your reader how to avoid pain, how to gain pleasure or, how to solve a problem. You wrote some other useful information. You knew what you wanted to say. 

The muses and the juices were flowing. Then you wrote your second and third articles. Perhaps you wrote them easily as well. Somewhere along the way, it stopped.  You got writer’s block.  Has this happened to you?  You can overcome it. There are many ways to overcome writer’s block.

Here are four article-writing tips for writer’s block.  They will get you started again.

1)  One school of thought suggests that you start writing to break through writers’ block.  What kind of advice is this? That is exactly what I cannot do!  Are you joking? No. Start by free writing.  Write about anything that comes to mind.  Write crap. Write gibberish. Soon the muses will sing to you again and you can get on with your topic.  Just write.

2) Don’t begin at the beginning.  Start in the middle or at the conclusion of your topic. Very often, the hardest part of writing an article is the beginning. So do not start there. Start in the middle of the article or even start writing the conclusion. Just write.

3) Take a walk. Do something physical. Mow the lawn.  Get away from the computer. Take a pen and paper, if an idea comes to mind write it down. When you are done, do step two. Just write.

4) Pick a subject you might be passionate about or at least interested in and read as much information about it as you can.  Wait a day or two and then start writing off the top of your head as if you were talking to a friend about your interest.  Ernest Hemingway’s editor, Maxwell Perkins said, “Just get it down on paper, and then we’ll see what to do with it.” Just write.

There are many more hints and tips that can help writers improve writing skills and earn more money.  This short article touches only the surface of the art and craft of article writing in internet marketing. Besides learning the art of writing, you must learn how to sell your product with your words and you must learn how to market your own article.

Do you want to learn more about article writing? How to improve your writing? How to make money writing articles?  Of course you do.  You owe it to yourself to learn more about article writing and marketing.

Learn how to write; how to make money; and how to publish your work. 

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The most important part of web development but the least emphasized is marketing!  Words!  Let’s not forget content.  You may have the best-looking website on the block, but if your content is ineffective, there are no customers.  Not getting customers you soon get discouraged and its over.  You are finished.  You give up.

Building your first website is easy with today’s free easy website building tools.  Blogger.com, WordPress.com, and WordPress.org are just three of the more popular website building tools available to create your website.  Within a few hours, a newbie can have a respectable looking website up and running.

For the novice, web design and web development are synonymous.  Web design leans more toward the presentation of the website.  While web development leans more to the functionality of the website.  Some may argue with those definitions.

Too often, the novice pays too much attention to the presentation of his website and not enough to its functionality.  You certainly want your website to be pleasant to the eye of the visitor.

Content is just as important as the presentation.   As a beginner, you often overlook this part of the equation.  I have seen some very basic looking webpages/websites with very compelling words.  Words that make me want to go pull out my credit card right now.

Never mind that they look like a child’s coloring book full of colors and different sizes of print.  They work or they wouldn’t be out there.  This is not to say that you do not want to have a nice looking website.  Yes, you do.

Beware of the “this is my baby” mentality and forget the main purpose of your webpage/website – SALES.  Pay as much attention to the word content of your website or webpage as you do to the visual presentation.

A good coaching program can guide you and teach you not only how to install the software, but also what to do with it once you have it installed.

More importantly, it can teach you how to make money with your new site using the right content.

If you are serious about building your own website and making money, you owe it to yourself to see this site: http://maxpressinfo.info

]]> http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/easy-website-building-newbies-beware-the-most-overlooked-component/feed/ 1 Money Making Training Software – For Newbie Affiliates http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/money-making-training-software-for-newbie-affiliates/ http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/money-making-training-software-for-newbie-affiliates/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:19:14 +0000 CA Perez http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/uncategorized/ As new affiliates, you are bombarded with methods, techniques, and secrets that promise to give you the money and financial freedom you want. The Internet is full of money making training software that promises overnight success. Each claims a unique approach to making money online.

They are unique. They are like authors of the same subject. They are different people, but they all teach the same stuff. As you know, there are tutorials for identifying niches, for search engine optimization, for article writing, and for list building, to name a few. You have to wonder if you will ever get your arms around the subject. There are too many subjects demanding your immediate attention. You have many directions to choose from.

Most of the information you need as “newbie affiliates” is sitting on the Internet free for the taking. You pick a subject and begin exploring it and learning about it. You quickly realize that you are off on a tangent learning something else. Soon, you are on brain overload.

There are three solutions: you can quit; you can continue rowing your own boat; or you can choose to follow a mentor.

  • You can quit.
    There is nothing wrong with quitting. That will just make room for the person that really wants to make money as an affiliate marketer.
  • You can continue to fend for yourself.
    There is nothing wrong with that either. In fact, many would applaud your efforts. Those that started ten or more years ago and that are truly successful today most likely made it on their own without a mentor. It’s called the school of hard knocks. I ask you, why reinvent the wheel.
  • You can seek out a mentor.
    The fact that there are many teachers and coaches available for hire makes it better for the newbie affiliate. They call it competition. No doubt, you will see and read many squeeze pages, landing pages, and sales pages. And, you will see a lot of hype.If you take your time, maybe a week or two, you will find a mentor. Most often, you can sense sincerity and integrity and cut through the sales pitch. Even the most sincere of mentors have to do some selling! Once you choose, stick with them. Give it a chance. Most businesses take a year or more to turn a profit.

    • Learning Internet marketing is hard work but very rewarding work.  Take advantage of the quality money making training software that is available.  You will cut your learning curve in half.

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