Samy's Projects Series - Write And Submit Article

Write An Article

So article marketing is an important asset, or an important tool.

In this task, we are going to write our own article. Writing articles could not be so easy nowadays. As I said before, we are in an age where we can become experts on any topic within a matter of hours - thanks to the Internet in general, and specifically due to resources such as article directories and what is similar to them.

• In a previous project you should have created a blog on a topic of your choice, and you selected a number of articles that were available for free use. In this project, you will write your own article. Now don't worry - it's not that hard. In fact it is so easy to write articles.

  But what is the benefit of doing so?

  There are enormous benefits and this is an important aspect of marketing online. Just by writing one quality article of between 500-700 words (just a page or so), you can draw a great deal of interest and traffic to your website and monetize that traffic either by way of affiliate programs or using Google Adsense.

• Once again go to Ezine Articles and then browse to the subject area that you chose previously. In my case it was Foreclosure. Browse through the article titles with a view to creating your own 500-700 word article using the very same content you find in these articles. All you will do, once you have copied and pasted the relevant content into Notepad, is to rewrite the ideas in your own words. This is a technique that I use, and I know hundreds of others use, in order to write quality articles. You dont' have to be an expert to write on any topic. I know people who are writing articles across 20 to 30 different niches (about which they know nothing), and they are making lots of money from it too!
  
• In my example, I've found a subtopic within the Foreclosure niche. It is buying cheap foreclosured property. I've found at least six articles just on the first page of the results. So I'm looking through each article and identifying blocks of text that I can use to formulate my own article. It will a basic introduction to the subject, but will contain many tips and important pieces of advice for anyone interested in buying forclosured property. Now, I have a total of 10 paragraphs that I've lifted from different articles, which together contain the information I want to present.
  
• Next, I am going to reword and rewrite the same ideas, but in my own words. This way, there is no copyright issue, and it is my own work. All in all, this will take me no longer than 20 minutes.
  
• I now have my article! Here it is. I've basically added my own subheadings within it to make it more readable. Notice, also that I have included my "resource box" which is a short piece of text explaining a bit about myself, and a link back to my blog that I created earlier.
  
  

  The Basics of Buying Foreclosured Homes What Creates Foreclosures? A lot of people get a loan from the bank to be able to buy a home. Since the bank keeps the title, technically it does not belong to the client until this has been fully paid. If the individual is unable to continue the commitment, this is foreclosed. Large banks have a lot of these idle assets. Some of these are commercial while others are residential and since the bank does not get anything from keeping it, it is best to either sell it or have it auctioned of. Investing in Foreclosures Should people who want to buy property think of investing in foreclosed assets? Yes because most of these have clear titles and ownership rights, which saves time in doing the research. Some of the properties are so cheap because it could be run down already and will need a lot of work to make it look good as new. Others are a few years old so moving in won't be a problem should the person win. Benefits and Advantages of Buying Foreclosures Research shows that a lot of people are investing in foreclosed property rather than buying it from real estate developers. This is because most of the titles are clean and are much cheaper than those currently being offered in the market. Those who win will just pay up the bid price and not have to worry about liens or back taxes, which is something that the previous owner also failed to take care of. There are some banks that sell the property off instead of doing it in an auction. Those who take advantage of it may negotiate with the price being offered since all the lending institution wants is to recover the amount that was given without paying much attention to making a profit. Being able to get a foreclosed property is all about money. Some of those who are very interested may not have that amount in the wallet or even in the savings account and can negotiate on payment terms. Essential Tips When you're looking at listings, keep your eyes open for properties listed as REO Foreclosure. REO stands for "Real Estate Owned", and it basically means that the bank foreclosed on the property and they now own it. However banks are too busy making money to worry about handling a property portfolio, so they generally want to offload any foreclosure properties as fast as possible. All they're really interested in is getting their money back, not in getting the top price possible for the house. Obviously this can be of great benefit to you, if you're the buyer of the property. Most of the time the previous owners will have been making payments for at least a year or two, and it could easily be a lot longer. This reduces the equity the bank has in the house, and reduces the amount of money the bank needs to recoup from selling the house. They can't be bothered wasting time or effort getting top dollar, so they'll often accept a price that is around the same level as their equity in the property. This means you can essentially buy the property for the amount owed to the bank, rather than for what it's really worth. Michael Andrews writes on marketing and business related issues. You can learn more by visiting my blog, Basics of Foreclosures http://basics-of-foreclosures.blogspot.com.

• Please note that you do not necessarily have to use your own name if you feel uncomfortable doing so - you may have your own reasons. There is no harm in using an alias and I know lots of people who actually use an alias when writing and distributing articles.

Submit the Article

• The next stage is to now submit this article. You should have already created your Ezine Articles account, as I included it as an essential step before you started learning and implementing this system. Now, the great thing is that you can submit this article not just to one, but many article directories, giving your more exposure and more traffic.

  Login to your Ezine Articles account and go through the process of submitting the article.

• Here is a huge list of article directories. This is a gold mine. Writing short but informative and factual articles can bring you amazing amounts of free traffic. Further, this traffic that you generate is very targeted and already qualified, in the sense that they have a direct interest in the topic you are covering and are motivated for information or products / services. In the past, I've routinely submitted one article at goarticles.com and ezinearticles.com on a specific topic, and it always brings me regular traffic. Now imagine if you write two, three, five, or ten articles. The great thing is that other people then use your article on their websites, or blogs, or in their newsletters, and that gives more exposure to your blog or website.
  
• Congratulations, you have successfully completed this step! You have just learned and implemented an important step that will help you make money online. In later projects, I will show you how to use article marketing to generate revenue. For now, you have actually taken action, this is something that sets you apart from 99% of those who will inevitably fail in making money online. They do not take action. You have. That's the biggest hurdle in my experience - the rest is just knowing what to do. Fortunately, you have the Profit Income System that will direct you along the way.

Summary

• Article directories benefit us in two ways: a) we can find ready made content b) and we can write our own and submit it back into the article directories.
• Article marketing can be very effective when done in the right way. There is more information here on doing this the right way.

• Project-Select a niche topic area
• Project-Create a Blogger Blog
• Project-Apply for Google Adsense
• Project-Submit 500 word article
• Project-Write a press release
• Project-Social bookmark your blog
• Project-Create a classified ad
• Project-Using Traffic Generation Strategies
• Project-Automated Bookmarking With OnlyWire.Com
• Project-Creating a Squidoo.Com Lense
• Project-Using Search Engine Friendly Directories