Your Article Classroom

On Managing a Crisis

In case you have not heard, on Saturday my main domain name, thearticleguy.com was snaked out from under me, and I'm been managing the crisis since then.

There are lots of lessons here. I'll sharing those as we go.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has offered their support and name suggestions. You folks are really wonderful.

So now it is time to pick a new domain name, and I want to get your input. So below are the three top choices, please pick one!

Thanks so much!

Jeff

Article Marketing Tip

I have 2 purposes in this post. The first is to ask you to take this poll so you can have some input in to how I design and offer the teleseminar CDs from The Article Guy Articleversary Celebration. So if you would, go ahead and take the poll.

The second purpose is to let you know about this great new resource I dicovered today. You can conduct polls and other interactive things on your web site or blog by going to MajikWidget.com - I recommend checking it out.

Article Writing Tip

Article Writing Tip of the Day - Do you ever believe that you cannot write?

All that kind of belief is is a feeling of certainty about something.

But what if you are certainly wrong?

So let's challenge that belief with the following question: "Have you ever written a grocery list?" Of somewhere between five and ten items?

Then guess what? If you can write a five to ten item grocery list, then you can write a seven tips article in your area of expertise.

And guess what else? If you can write a seven tips article, you can also write seven more articles.

One of my article writing templates is the 7=8 template. In this template you write a seven tips article and then take each tip and write a separate article about each tip.

So now you have gone from not being able to write to being able to write eight articles

Jeff Herring - The Internet Article Guy
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so you can "Write away, right away".

Article Marketing Tip

Article Marketing Tip of the Day - It's a Numbers Game

In a recent interview with Chris Knight of EzineArticles.com, Chris made a simple and powerful point about article marketing:

It is a numbers game.

In other words, do not be satisfied with just a few articles out there. Get as many out there as you possibly can.

One way to do this is to use my 26 Article Writing Templates with Examples. You can get your set by clicking on the link below.

Jeff Herring - The Internet Article Guy
www.TheInternetArticleGuy.com
Jeff@TheInternetArticleGuy.com
Visit www.20MinuteArticles.htm so you can "Write away, right away"

Article Marketing Tip

Article Marketing Tip of the Day - Create a Niche Community

A niche community is simply a group of people with a similar interest. The benefit of this is that you have a group of people with a similar interest that will come back to you again and again.

You are part of my niche community of article writers and article marketers.

Another example would be one person I know whose niche is helping people save money on their grocery bill.

Who would be in your niche community?

Jeff

Article Writing Tip

Article Writing Tip of the Day - In your niche, come up with 5 - 6 interview questions and give them to other people in your niche. For example, if your area is relationships, interview other relationship coaches and therapists.

You get several benefits from this, such as

every interview is another article.
you can create an e-book of "Interviews with Successful Whatever."
it positions you as the expert.

So now go "write away, right away."™

Jeff

The Article Guy Anniversary

Article - aversary - how's that for a new word?

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of The Article Guy. One of the many ways we are celebrating is by launching this blog.

October will be full of teleseminars on article writing and article marketing, and you can read the line-up of guests at www.TheInternetArticleGuy.com/octschedule.htm

Catch you tomorrow!

Jeff