Archive for June, 2009

How To Write Better Slash Stories

I am about to tell you a major “secret” to writing better slash — or yaoi, m/m, whatever you like to call it. It’s not truly a secret because anyone can know it, but only serious writers will benefit from the knowledge. You have to do some work to apply it, and not everyone is willing to exert themselves. If you are willing, though, there’s a good chance that this “secret” will change the way you think about your sex stories.

Starting a Successful Business Online: Copywriting Basics

One of the most overlooked skills in online business is copywriting. Copywriting is a crucial skill that can make the difference between whether or not you make the sale.

Copywriting Services- Why Does It Matter?

In the bold, new world of Internet marketing, the advantage goes to those who know how to write. This may come as a shock to those trained to believe that you need a marketing degree and/or years of experience in sales in order to identify and capture a target market. Of course, these things don’t hurt, but all the experience in the world won’t help you if you can’t get the word out effectively, and this is why, as online marketing tools, copywriters have come into their own.

Copyright Theft And Commercial Litigation

I own an independent graphic design company and have been providing design work for local bands and businesses for a few years now; there are only a few of us in this company and we’re not millionaires by any stretch of the imagination but we make enough to get by and the genuine love of our job gets us through it all. However, we’ve spent the last couple of months embroiled in some rather nasty commercial litigation after a larger company stole a piece of our work from the internet and used it in one of their campaigns.

Is This the Year You Will Finally Write Your Book?

Several years ago, a New York Times study revealed that 80% of all adults want to write a book someday. Small business owners, consultants, coaches, and professional speakers have been bombarded by experts promoting writing a book as a marketing tool.

What Fanfiction Writers Can Teach The Pros

Every writer has a different attitude toward fanfiction. Some authors encourage it, some are indifferent, and some think that fanfiction desecrates the original works, especially when the fan stories contain mature content. Whatever your own moral take is, any writer can learn something great from this amateur community’s positive approach to the craft.

Copywriting Tips For Article Marketing That Attracts Clients

Independent professionals often promote their services online through article marketing. Many focus on keywords and article distribution, but in fact the content of your article will convert readers to prospects.

Article marketing represents a special application of copywriting. After all, when you write articles to increase traffic, you are promoting yourself, generating leads and showcasing your expertise. Here are a few tips to create more effective article content.

5 Copywriting Tips for Correct Semantic Web Markup

Given the popularity of blogs, and the importance of blogs in creating inbound links to your business website, you’d think that they’d already be equipped with perfect semantic web markup. But you’d be wrong. Of course, these errors aren’t going to make or break your business, but you’ll be ahead of the game if you’ll address some of the problems yourself. Here are 5 areas that you’ll want to address as you’re correcting the semantic web markup on your blog:

Becoming A Writer – 5 Tips To Get You Started

Any professional writer will tell you the foundation of success begins with putting your behind in the chair and writing. It’s that old adage: a writer writes.

And it’s true … once you see yourself as a writer.

Using Article Directories For SEO

A lot of Internet marketers, as well as webmasters utilize article directories as a means of generating links to their websites, which is commonly known as the site or off page optimization. This aids the search engine optimization efforts of these marketers and webmasters. Although technically the only place that links can be generated is via the authors bio box. The main issue that is important here is that if the article is of a high quality and well written, the article will be popular within the directory and therefore contain high ranking links to the site in question.