When ideas fail, words come in very handy (Goethe)

We have decided to post an article written by Jim Edwars, as it has a very strong connection to article writing and to words - which are our blog’s main subjects. We publish the article as-is. Hope you enjoy it and benefit from it, like we have been doing. We strongly recommend Jim Edwards ebook; in fact we believe it is a must.

“The Web’s Best-Kept Traffic Secret”

     - by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
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Did you realize that thousands of website operators use a simple technique to generate targeted visitors to their websites without paying a dime in advertising? It’s true.

In fact, the technique works so well that many of them don’t want you to discover how they get those thousands of website visitors and make so many sales on virtual “auto-
pilot.”

Their method?

Creating tightly focused articles other people publish in their ezines (online magazines and email newsletters) and post on their websites. This method rates so powerful that some even call it “the web’s best kept traffic secret.”

Now, you may ask, “Why would an ezine publisher or website owner publish my articles for their subscribers?”

The answer: Content!

Over a 100,000 ezines and newsletters operate on the web (along with millions of ebsites) covering everything from pets and cooking to investments and real estate. Many of them need tightly focused content and they simply can’t produce all of it themselves. Look at it this way… it’s the same reason newspapers use the Associated Press. Individual newspapers often can’t afford staff writers to cover every story, so they accept articles from outside their organization.

You can do the exact same thing for various ezines and websites catering to your niche audience!

You can get valuable publicity — exposure you often couldn’t even pay for if you wanted to — by providing valuable, content-rich articles in exchange for a byline and a link to your website (called a “resource box”)!

The following represent only a few of the enormous benefits of writing and distributing simple articles online:

** Attain “Expert” Status **

Let’s face it! In the eyes of virtually everyone who reads your articles you rank as the “expert” on the subject.

Just look at people who write newspaper columns. You may disagree with their viewpoints, but they still have an elevated status in your mind compared to the “average Joe” off the street.

** Pre-sell Website Visitors **

If your article appeals to a niche audience hungry for more information on a very focused subject, you actually pre-sell them better than any sales pitch. In their minds, you’ve already delivered content they really want so when they click over to your site you already have a “reputation” in their minds.

** Traffic Lasts Longer **

Even though the Internet changes very quickly, webmasters are usually very slow to  remove content from their sites. Once you get an article posted on another person’s website, you have an excellent chance of that article staying there for weeks, months, even years.

** Increase Links To Your Site **

In a recent search I found just a dozen of my articles posted on over 813 different websites! Not only do those postings bring me traffic, but they also help my search
engine positioning because of my increased “Link Popularity.”

** Builds Your Affiliate Base **

Fact: Affiliates always take the path of least resistance. If you provide excellent articles they can easily post on their sites or copy and paste into their ezines, your affiliates will promote you more often and more effectively compared to those who don’t give them tools. Plus, as you make more sales and publish articles, other people will see you providing excellent tools and will want to sign up as your affiliate so they can use them too!

** Build a Huge “Opt-In” Email List **

You can use articles to build up a huge list of subscribers by simply compiling several articles into a series and delivering them at preset intervals. Often called a “mini-course,” this technique allows you not only to prove to your subscribers that you deliver great
information, but enables you to capture their name and email adress so you can send them articles and special offers in the future (with their permission).

** Requires No Special Skills **

People often think they need to be a “writer” in order to publish articles, but that’s not true!

FACT: If you have a passion for a subject and can talk and explain things like you would to a friend over a cup of coffee, you can write articles people will love to read.

So if you operate a website selling virtually any type of product or service (whether your own or as an affiliate), publishing and promoting with articles should rank high on your
 list of traffic generation strategies. No other method of generating targeted traffic to your
website provides the quality, quantity and steadiness of traffic in such a simple, straightforward, and cost-effective manner.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook, “Turn Words Into Traffic,” that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate link!
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“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people” (Thomas Mann).

Language is composed of words. Many words. Both David Crystal, in the
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language and Tom McArthur, in the Oxford Companion to the English Language suggest that there must be at least a million words in the English language. That’s quite a number.

Bearing that in mind, each person has a different size of vocabulary. No, let’s not try to asses it.  You probably posses quite a volume of words if you are reading this article. So, are you set to start writing? All you actually have to do is arrange these wonderful words in the right order, right? Not really, we all know that. Some of us are natural writers, most of us are not. What a shame! One is overwhelmed nowadays by the variety of different types of writings everywhere: manuals, business reports, love letters to name only a few. Each of these types certainly needs a different focus. At school most of us were taught the basics of language but were not led to discover the art of writing. It is an art, be it a love letter or a CV, a poem or a news article. Like any other art you can master it if you learn its skills. The good news is, that it is never too late…

“Some editors are failed writes, but so are most writers“ (T.S. Elliot)

If  you prefer to do it on your own, at this stage, we recommend a great book by Anne Lamott: ‘Bird by Bird’, some instructions on writing and life”. It is both human and funny. This book actually teaches you how to get about it, by the author who specializes in teaching creative writing. It has been an inspiration for us and we believe you’ll enjoy it too. 

Here’s Our 7  Writing Tips to Get You Started:


Write spontaneously without criticizm - let your mind rest and let your soul take over.

When blocked, go read a book you really love. It will get you in the mood and inspire you. 

Don’t reread what you have written the minute you put your pen down, let it rest and let youself rest. The longer the better.

Notice sentences that inspire you when you’re reading, even well known ones. Copy them and use them as starters for your own writing, you can always erase them once your own words come out.

Carry a small notebook with you at all times and write down, on a daily basis, sentences you  overhear and value.

Don’t worry about mistakes, spelling or punctuation, you’ll have plenty of time to get it right later. Click here for Professional Editing & Proofreading Service, you’ll always need one, no matter how good your writing is. We are always blind to our own mistakes, and it’s a must to let a professional see your work.

The true secret is what not to write……… choose the sentences that you can do without.  As Mark Twain said: “If I had more time, I’d write a shorter letter”.