Articles by Kathryn

Writing Exposed

The best writing reveals a piece of the writer so that the reader can connect and make the content personal. Professionals might tell you to keep the private life private. Internet police remind you to hold tight to a veil of secrecy. But successful internet entrepreneurs and website owners will tell you that successful content needs some degree of personal exposure.

Getting Comfortable in Your Writing Skin
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Building Better Content

Ask any builder and you will learn that a solid foundation sets the tone for the structure that follows. We learned the difficulty that comes from a foundation that never sets properly.

The same theory holds true for the content that you produce for you website. Start your content from the ground up, with a foundation set square and even, and you will have an article that can stand the test of time.

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Becoming a Better Content Writer

My family has a natural ability to sell. My older brother could sell ice to Eskimos in the Artic and they would be excited about it. My dad has been involved in sales of film, X-ray equipment, vitamins and even doughnuts. I got into the trade when I was seven and started my first business selling lemonade (and ultimately selling my story since I was featured in the local paper and on Paul Harvey’s national radio program).

What do sales have to do with content? Even if you never sell a single item on your website, understanding the concept behind good sales will help you develop better content for your site.

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Featured Content Website: Article Alley

Article Alley provides website owners with a place to promote their sites through content sharing. It also has free content available for use on websites. The author bio included with each article links the content with the writer’s website. Using Article Alley can expose content to readers around the globe – expanding a websites customer base and a writer’s opportunities.

The foundation of Article Alley centers on the promotion and syndication of content. The website was first built in 2004 and has grown over the last several years into a site with over 90,000 active authors and around a half million pages of content.

The ease of submitting articles helps with the popularity of Article Alley. The large number of articles gives users a wide selection which also aids in its success.

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Build Confidence for Better Content

Confidence can be the single ingredient that marks the difference between remarkable content and unmemorable words. Developing that confidence as a writer does not come easily to most people. It all starts with the right attitude.

Developing an Attitude of Confidence for Content

1. Profess your position. I had the chance to attend a writer’s conference where the keynote speaker had the audience speak aloud the phrase “I am a writer.”

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Content Writing Tips for Beginners

Creating great content often starts with a passion for the material – either by the writer or by the reader, but often with both. Writing about your passion will show in the words. Readers feel that passion and get excited about the writing. The more buzz created around your content then the more readers that buzz will drive your way.

No matter how great the passion for the subject matter there must be a foundation of quality to the writing. Not every person who starts an online business or develops a website has a natural ability to write. Understanding the basics of good writing can help even the most prose challenged individual create great content. Following simple essay writing guidelines can make a new internet writer into a content creating mastermind, or at least get the writer moving in the right direction.

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