5 Smart Ways To Generate Highly Read Article Ideas

5 Smart Ways To Generate Highly Read Article Ideas

by: Samuel Indrajaya

There were times When I’m ready to write down an articleI just don’t have any idea about what to write, because basically I don’t know where to begin. I’m sure that many of you have encountered this kind of situation before. But Now I want to share with you several techniques that could help us to find ideas, so we can start writing good articles for our audience. 1. Participate in chat rooms. You can look for chat rooms that related to your targeted audience, see what kind of questions people are asking and you can also ask people what kind of information they’re interested in. People do talk about their problems, so this is a good place for you to start looking for ideas. You can use chat services such as Yahoo Messenger Chat Rooms, Mirc, ICQ, etc. 2. Watch your local broadcasting media. Wake up and take notice of what happening around the world from Tv, news, talkshows. You usually can find hot topics to discuss with your audience or write down an article about it. You could also relate your article with holiday, season, past events, future events. Etc 3. Ask your audience what they want to read. Ask them what kind of topics they want to see published on your web site. Perhaps this is the easiest way to find idea, because when you know what your audience want to read, surely they will be more enthusiastic to read you article because you give them what they want to read, what they want to know. 4. Check you guest book comments. If you have a guest book or shoutbox on your website, please don’t get bored in reading your visitors’ comments because sometimes they leave questions or comments that would help you generate high readership articles. 5. Check online bookstore’s best sellers list. Where else can you find a good resources for a winning hot topic? Just see that best sellers list, I’m sure that you will find a lot of ideas to write article. Or you can even write down ebook’s review for your audience.

Writing Article Text

Writing Article Text

by: Gary Keehner

So what is writing article text really all about? The following article includes some basic information.Let’s assume that you have your topics and you’ve done your research, now it’s time to start actually writing the article text. You don’t need the title first; in fact, sometimes you can come up with a better title for your articles after you’ve written the article text. Your article needs a beginning (introduction), middle (body), and end (conclusion). Without an introduction, readers can get confused and may stop reading if they’re not sure what you’re talking about. Conclusions are important because they sum up the main points of your article. Writing article text for the Internet is different than writing for anything else. Online markets are highly competitive, and it’s easy for visitors to click away from your website if you don’t hold their attention. Here’s how to do it: ” Use short sentences and short paragraphs. Big blocks of text on a screen are difficult to read, and the typical Internet surfer’s eyes will glaze over when confronted with a page of solid text. Don’t indent, and skip a line between each paragraph. Include the occasional one-sentence paragraph to attract more attention. ” Keep the language conversational. Internet users aren’t impressed with ten-cent words; if they have to stop and look for a dictionary, they’ll probably just try another website. You are trying to make it easier for people to digest the information you’re offering them. ” Create a sense of interaction by using the word “you” in your articles, as though you’re talking directly to the reader. Use bulleted lists (like this one) to further break up the text on the page and provide fact-filled summaries that draw the attention. ” Images can spice up an article as well, but go easy on them. Slow-loading pages (graphics-heavy sites) are still one of the biggest reasons Internet users look for cleaner pastures. Finally, keep in mind that grammar and spelling does count when writing articles for the web. Running a spell check on your article text before you post it is a great idea, but spell checks don’t catch every mistake. Reading the article aloud can help you spot inconsistencies or flaws. You could also ask a friend or associate to read it over for you-a fresh pair of eyes can find mistakes yours can’t. How long should your articles be? The answer is: “As long as they need to be-and no longer.” Internet articles generally range from about 200 words (three or four short paragraphs) to about 1,500 words (about six pages). Much longer than that, and you’re entering e-book territory. The length of the article usually depends on the topic being discussed. 400 to 800 words is a good general target for most articles. For those you want to post in places other than your personal website, you’ll want to keep them on the shorter end of the scale. It is much easier for another webmaster to post a 400-word article that can be put on one page than one that must be broken up and given two or three pages of its own. Whatever length you choose, it will be sufficient as long as you include all the information you want to convey, and no more. When you’re writing article text, your primary concern is what readers will think. When it comes to titles and keywords your main objective is search engines. The majority of Internet users still find most of the websites they visit through search engines. Keywords help to boost your search engine rank, and the titles of your articles will be the first thing people see in the results. Which of these articles would you want to read? Using Vinegar in the Garden Or… The Cheap, Safe Way to Rid Your Garden of Weeds (Without Digging!) Both of these articles would discuss the same thing-how to use vinegar as a natural weed killer. However, the second one sounds more exciting and useful. Chances are you would choose to read the second article over the first if they both popped up in a search engine. The titles of your articles should attract the readers attention, if not outright demand it. Coming up with an interesting, compelling title takes time, but it is well worth the effort. Think of your title as a newspaper headline. If your title appeared on the front page, would you buy a copy? There are several ways to generate article titles that stand out from the crowd and get read. Here are a few examples: ” Use numbers, such as “Five Steps to Home Business Success” or “Three Good Reasons to Choose Fixed Insurance over Variable.” You don’t have to limit number titles to list-style articles. Nearly any article can be broken up into a number of steps or reasons. ” Create a play on words using a popular phrase. For example, an article about how to wash the outside of your second-floor windows might be titled “Don’t Let Window Washing be a Pane in Your Neck.” ” Make your title a question: “Can You Really Make Money Online?” ” Compare something to something else: “Why Apples are Just like Oranges.” ” Fill in the blank: “How To (Blank),” “From (Blank) to (Blank),” or “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About (Blank).” Another good way to get ideas for titles is to pay attention to newspapers, magazines, and popular websites. You can keep a “swipe” file of headlines that catch your attention and use them as a basis for your article titles. The more you practice coming up with attention-grabbing titles, the easier it will be. Now let’s move on to keywords in your article text…the bane of every Internet marketer’s existence. Use too few and the search engines will ignore you; use too many, and your website could be banned from search engines altogether. Then there is the matter of choosing the right keywords for your website. The use of keywords can be a confusing subject with no exact answers. It can be difficult to understand why some keywords generate massive results, while others yield next to nothing. Keywords are single or multi-word phrases relating to your topic that help Internet users find your website when they enter them in a search engine. The placement of keywords throughout your articles text can help to raise your page rankings and online visibility. Your first step should be to generate a list of relevant keywords for the article you’re working on. There are tools that can you help you to discover good relevant keywords. Such as www.nichebot.com. Choose several words or phrases relating to your topic that Internet users would be likely to use in a search for the information you’re offering. After you’ve written your article text, go through and count the number of times each of your keywords or phrases appears. Three to five times each is a good range to aim for, and you may want to repeat your main keyword (in this case, “small business”) even more-eight to ten times. The trick is to make the keywords sound natural within the text. You’ve probably seen websites stuffed with keywords to the point of generating downright irritating sentences: “When your small business is ready for a small business startup, your small business should get the best small business resources for small business startups.” This makes for clunky, uninteresting reading; something you want to avoid. It’s also a good idea to include your main keyword or key phrase into the title of your article. Search engines give more weight to page titles than text, and when you post your articles on your website, you will name the page with the title of the article. Once you have built up a good number of archived articles on your website, you can start including on-site links within the text of your articles to refer visitors to similar information. On-site links help keep visitors on your website longer and increase your chances of converting them to customers. At the end of every article, you should include a short biography, a disclaimer, and a signature file. These components establish you as an expert on your topic and direct readers who find your articles on other websites to yours. An author bio is a short one- or two-paragraph description of you and your experience concerning the subject of the article. Bios are written in the third person (Shelly Smith is a word processing expert who owns and operates WordWare, Incorporated…). Your bio establishes your credentials and convinces Internet users that your information can be trusted. What if you don’t have any professional experience? No problem. You can include anything in your bio that relates to your topic: life experiences, hobbies, high school or college credits, even personal interest. If you’re just starting out in your field, use the reasons you decided to enter this particular business to formulate your bio. Once you have some practice in generating bios, you can start tailoring your bio to match the contents of each of your articles. Customized bios can be humorous and fun, or helpful and to-the-point. You’ll also find it easier to refer to yourself in the third person with more practice. Your signature file can be part of your bio, or it can appear separately following the bio. It contains a link or links to your website and a brief one or two sentence description of what is available there. The active link contained in your signature file is what allows search engines to catalogue your website and track the inbound links. This is an important part of article marketing that some people overlook. You should make it a habit to include a signature file with every piece of information you post on the web. Every article you write should include a disclaimer giving readers permission to repost and redistribute the article on their own websites. However, you must state that your bio and signature file have to be included, or you won’t be able to take advantage of inbound links and additional traffic. So now you know a little bit about writing article text. Even if you don’t know everything, you’ve done something worthwhile: you’ve expanded your knowledge.

Finding Nemo (DVD) Review

Finding Nemo (DVD) Review

by: Britt Gillette

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Finding Nemo continues the Disney tradition of producing high-quality, blockbuster films that entertain audiences of all ages. Featuring the wonders of the Pixar animation technology, the film is a breathtaking window into the future of animated pictures, with borderline 3-D visual effects and the introduction of original animated film techniques certain to influence future masterpieces. Boasting a slew of talented voiceovers such as Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, and John Ratzenberger, Finding Nemo is certain to maintain a place in the hearts of children of all ages for generations to come.The epic story begins somewhere in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia. A clown fish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) lives a wonderful life in a peaceful underwater colony of fish and other fascinating sea life with his wife. However, that serene setting is demolished when a vicious predator attacks their home, killing his wife. Distraught, Marlin takes comfort in the egg left behind which grows into his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Because of this early trauma, Marlin is extremely overprotective when it comes to Nemo. He follows a step behind everywhere his son goes, makes Nemo stay in the house whenever possible, and remains quite apprehensive about his son going to school. Marlin’s fears are realized when Nemo is captured on his first day of school and taken away to live in a fish tank on land. Intent on freeing his son, Marlin sets out on a bold and daring quest to retrace the path of the abductor’s boat. Wandering through the ocean depths, he meets up with Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) – an absent-minded, yet friendly – fish who remains determined to help her new friend recover his lost son. Together, they encounter a pack of sharks and a countless array of diverse and fascinating underwater creatures. Meanwhile, Nemo is plunged into a dentist office fish tank overlooking Sidney Harbor where he meets a number of new and exciting friends. The other aquatic life, long confined to the tank themselves, initiate Nemo into their fraternity, revealing the history of their attempts to escape. Enlisting Nemo as their point man (or fish), they concoct a number of schemes such as clogging the tank’s filter so they can make a break for it when they’re taken out for the tank cleaning. With the threat of the dentist presenting Nemo as a present to his nerdy niece, the stakes are raised for our young hero and time is of the essence. Sporting one of the best written animated screenplays of all-time and a breathtaking original score by Thomas Newman, Finding Nemo is a pleasurable affair for both parents and children. The writers pull off an admirable job of combining adult and kid humor throughout the script in such a way that it doesn’t detract from the experience for either age group. With a number of likeable characters, the audience will find itself rooting for Marlin, Nemo, and all their friends to accomplish the task before them. Overall, this is a must-see film for all age groups, not only because of the great story and artful performances, but if anything, simply because the animation is a wonder in-and-of itself.

How to Watch Movies on Your PSP

How to Watch Movies on Your PSP

by: Neil Wallace

If you’re like most people who own one of Sony’s beautiful PlayStation Portables, you’re probably in love with it. But you also want to be sure you get the most out of your investment and enjoy every one of its incredible features. And that includes the ability to watch all your favorite movies.Sony’s PlayStation Portable or PSP, built primarily for gaming, comes fully equipped with superb multimedia features. So if you thought it was just for playing games, think again. Not only can you play multiplayer games over the Internet, you can also watch movies, listen to music, browse the Internet, and more. It uses a small, yet powerful, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and the performance is superb due to advanced technology using Mp4 encoding. Mp4, also known as MPEG-4, is the global multimedia standard defined by the Moving Picture Experts Group that delivers professional-quality audio and video streams over a wide range of bandwidths. Mp4 enables DVD-quality video to be delivered at lower data rates and smaller file sizes, and that’s very important on smaller devices with limited storage capacity. Your PSP comes ready to play music and movies in Mp4 format. Transferring music and movie files to your PSP is easy. First, download the files you want from the Internet to your PC. Second, ensure any movies are in mp4 format. Third, transfer the files to your Memory Stick PRO Duo. Your PSP instruction manual offers several ways to do that.  Finally, insert the Memory Stick PRO Duo in your PSP and select either video or music from the home menu. This is a beautiful device and it would be a shame to use it only for one purpose and to miss out on all its other uses. So I guess now you’ll be watching movies, listening to music and playing games, all day long. Who’s going to get any work done?

Classic Christmas Songs

Classic Christmas Songs

by: Morgan Hamilton

Christmas songs are as assorted and diverse as anything I can think of.  But what exactly do I mean by that statement?  Well just think about the incredible variety of Christmas songs that have been produced throughout the years and I think you’ll agree.  If you grew up in snowy regions you may recall going for sleigh rides or caroling around a snow-covered tree.Of course, roasting chestnuts on an open fire is something you may have not only done, but also listened to Bing Crosby saying about. And of course hearing sleigh bells in the snow and dreaming of a white Christmas are ageless lyrics that will endure forever. If you had any number of Christmases from 1969 through the early seventies, the early eighties, the early nineties, or the early oughts—that is, through the Vietnam, Granada, Gulf War, and current wars you may think of how much meaning the song I’ll be home for Christmas has.  And who can forget all of those wonderful Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas specials that were filled with beautiful Christmas songs. And, of course, many of us will fondly recall at least an earful of kids’ songs, chattered by The Chipmunks, lead vocalist Alvin notwithstanding; “All I Want for Christmas (is My Two Front Teeth);” and the racy “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” But Christmas songs like so many other things continue to evolve.  From the beautiful and stirring classics like “O Holy Night” (which is my personal favorite) and “Little Drummer Boy,” sung by cute little kids in Christmas pageants or pious choirs once a year without fail and simple ditties about food and presents and figgy pudding and nog, Christmas songs have gone into penetrating, challenging, bonding, and spiritually elevating realms.  Just hearing the sounds can bring back a flood of wonderful memories. John Lennon, I think, started the trend of a Christmas song with a higher consciousness—with “And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?” and “And so this is Christmas (war is over), for weak and for strong (if you want it), the rich and the poor ones, the road is so long….”  Imagine (or remember) how those frolicky, campy, or solemn and religious Christmas songs now had the words “war” and “fight” directly stated rather than implied?  This just goes to show you that even Christmas songs can contain political statements just as they contain statements of peace and love. And then came the unusual duo or unlikely star remake trends for Christmas songs, which were, really, equally moving:  Bing Crosby joined David Bowie to remake “The Little Drummer Boy.” Which is one of my all-time favorite songs, by the way.  And how about the king, Elvis Presley belting out “Blue Christmas”, how could you not love that? And for a few years we have strayed from lyrics, per se, and have indulged in the saintly sounds of chanting Monks.  I love these original options, as much as I still get chills when I hear original or other versions of those songs that had such limited meaning when I was kid doing solos for the elementary school parents.  Everyone is different of course, and our tastes in Christmas songs is no exception.  But for my money I’ll take the old classics because as I see it these are not only beautiful Christmas songs but some of the sweetest sounds you’ll ever hear.

Tupac And Biggie: I Shake My Head

Tupac And Biggie: I Shake My Head

by: Redemption Mosala

I shake my head not because it ended bad.When I think of all the talent that they had. My sadness stems from all the troubles that they were close to ending. The badness in the ghetto’s was what they thought they were mending. Yet they became victims of their own predicament, when their destiny was bent. Black people are made weak by borders, those borders create new world orders. The one side feels strong in fighting the other side, and they’ll never be “down to ride!” Africa has so many tribes with a very close link. Yet they’ll never admit to being part of the same click. An African foreigner is met by negative hysteria, Which is delivered by way of xenophobia. They said it was all about the east side and the west side: which one was the best side? I say who’s east coast and who’s west coast, who are we to boast? Ultimately we are all just visitors to the earth. Which is symbolized by our birth. We spend so much time fighting about the smaller things like who’s better than who and Yet we forget that we all share the same fear, where did we come from and where are we going? Yet the important thing is what on earth are we doing. Pac and Biggy were icons not because they had the illest rhymes, but because they spoke of the times. Whoever you are if you let down the blinds of preprogrammed propaganda. You will see they had an intense agenda. It was personal yet social; it may have been their hands and voice used, But yet they spoke for all the people who had been abused. I shake my head because they were victims of what they had to maintain. They were black men in America and thus could not escape the mordern day lash of the gunshot. Their hatred for each other is what killed them is the story we bought. But I don’t, it just makes no sense how Tupac could be killed in the busiest street in Vegas one of the biggest nights, a Mike Tyson fight night! You can’t tell me because it was night time and blacks were involved no one saw anything, because I know the road was packed. Whatever the case may be their legend can never be shot down or lashed and for that I honour their memory. TWR www.beyond2010.co.za

Letters of Reference – Writing Power Phrases

Letters of Reference – Writing Power Phrases

by: Shaun Fawcett

As a result of writing literally hundreds of letters of reference over the years, I am aware that there are certain common elements and approaches that are applicable to almost all such letters.If you look closely at most reference and recommendation letters you will notice that there are certain “types” of phrases that recur over and over again, throughout the various letters. These statement types can be grouped into three major categories: opening statements, assessment statements, and closing statements. These statements are the three key components of any letter of reference. If you formulate these phrases well you are guaranteed to have an excellent letter. OPENING STATEMENTS The opening statement in a letter of reference should state the name of the person being recommended. It can also explain why you are the person writing the letter. The opening statement should normally be one short sentence and should never exceed two sentences. Following are three generic typical opening statements for inclusion in reference letters: • “I am writing this letter at the request of [name of requestor].” • “This is in response to your recent request for a letter of reference for [name].” • “I am pleased to be able to write this letter of reference for [name].” ASSESSMENT STATEMENTS Assessment statements in a letter of reference are those sentences and phrases that contain the recommender’s specific assessment of the performance, characteristics, and attributes of the person being recommended. Normally an assessment statement will be followed up by one or two specific performance-related examples backing up the statement just made. Following are three generic typical assessment statements for inclusion in letters of reference: • “In my opinion, [name] is a hard-working self-starter who invariably understands exactly what a project is all about.” • “[name] consistently produces high quality work in a timely fashion.” • “The only area of weakness that I ever noted in [name]’s performance was…” A typical letter of reference will normally include three to four assessment statements. CLOSING STATEMENTS The closing statement in a letter of reference should be one or two sentences at most, and it should make a clear statement of recommendation that flows logically from the points made in the assessment part of the letter. They will often begin with transition phrases such as: “In summary…”, “In Closing,…”, “Based on the foregoing,…”, “Accordingly,…”, etc. Closing statements in reference letters are generally positive, but in some circumstances they may be qualified, or sometimes, even completely negative. Following are three generic typical closing statements for inclusion in reference letters: • “I am therefore very pleased to be able to recommend [name] for…” • “Based on my time working with [name], I recommend her very highly for…” • “I respect [name] as a colleague, but I must say that in all honesty, I cannot recommend him for …” In summary, mastering these three types of “reference letter power phrases” is one of the keys to writing all types of letters of reference. As such, knowledge of how to write typical opening, assessment, and closing statements, as illustrated above, is essential to writing effective letters of reference. That’s why I have included more than 150 generic “Reference Letter Power Phrases” in the latest Revised Edition of Instant Recommendation Letter Kit – How To Write Winning Letters of Recommendation. Copyright © Shaun R. Fawcett

Where Is Modern Symphony Going?

Where Is Modern Symphony Going?

by: Oksana Birch

Recently I read an interesting article on the topic of the modern symphony.  However, it left me wondering.  The author spoke of titans of symphony in the twentieth century, yet Prokofiev, Honegger, and Shostakovich completely escaped his attention. Was this an accident? It seems like the mighty stream of modern symphonic music of these composers has not been appreciated enough in the  critical literature of European music.  More appreciation of the atonal avant-garde and dodecaphony (Schoenberg’s music and the Second Viennese School, and late works of Stravinsky), but less of the tonal and traditionally melodic approach.Another question: Should we write symphonies for the public, or only for an elite audience? Is it possible that New Age composers have a historic mission to foster the public’s experience of  the highest music genre – to share it with people “not trained,” or “unprepared” for a professional music experience? Where else in music today does the public have a such a chance to submerge itself in the ocean of orchestral sound without fear of being lost, and to actually emotionally enjoy it? The answer is New Age! And of course, in the music of cinematography. But soundtracks shouldn’t count because they are not free from visual images, and so they can’t be experienced in the same purely musical way. The electronic era has created possibilities beyond imagination. We can experience sounds remotely recognized as orchestral, or something absolutely new with no connection to anything we have heard before. Symphonies written with this new kind of sound – is it something yet to come? Next question: Is there anything common among all the symphonies ever written, starting with the era of classicism? Considering the differences of the centuries – artistic styles, ethnic or class-based bonds, religious or cultural priorities, and personalities of composers – is there anything that unites all the symphonies, not only on the level of the definition of the symphony as a music genre or form, but fundamentally deeper? Another way to ask the question is this: What gives a listener the impression of a symphony? Let’s say that you turn on a radio in the middle of a piece you never heard before. If it’s a symphony, there’s a very good chance that you will recognize it as such.  But how do you know? Is it by the sound of a large orchestra? Then what about symphonies with smaller orchestras? Is it by its monumental way of expression? Then what about lyrical and intimate kinds of symphony? It seems that these features of the symphonic genre still do not define it. It seems that the scope of what symphony can possibly encompass is incredibly wide. Of course, there are basic similarities of musical form. For a very long time the most distinctive characteristic of symphony as a music genre was the sonata form in the first movement. But like everything else, genres evolve and our perceptions do too. Shouldn’t we start searching deeper? Really, an average person wouldn’t appreciate how thesis, antithesis, development and synthesis can create a music form ( and even these are not necessarily all a part of symphony anymore ). Still all human beings seem to appreciate symphonic music on its different levels. So, is there something else, something global, rooted in our human sensibilities by which we recognize a symphony, as if by a certain language or code? Was it invented, or just discovered, at a certain level of civilization?   Could it be like recollecting something you knew before, but have forgotten from not using it, so it feels more like an essential part of our reflection? Does it have to do with how we feel  TIME? Because basically, symphony as a form very much depends on how it comes into existence, changes, develops, and transforms in TIME.  That’s probably why we can relate to symphonic music – as a reflection of our own traveling through life. If this is an answer, then classification of a symphony as a complex musical composition for an orchestra usually composed in four movements, at least one of which is in sonata form,  is outdated, isn’t it? Lots of questions!

Would You Trust Your Life to a Talented Amateur?

Would You Trust Your Life to a Talented Amateur?

by: Oksana Birch

A few days ago a friend of mine, who is a professional singer with a gorgeous tenor voice, told me a story about how after one of his performances, a man from the audience approached him and asked for an audition. The man sang a few songs. Although my friend complimented the man on his pleasant voice, he also mentioned that it would be a good idea for the man to get some formal training to improve his singing. The man then proceeded to pull my friend into a debate on the vanity of musical training for singers. And my highly educated friend couldn’t prove him wrong.It’s a funny story, isn’t it? Unfortunately, this man’s opinion is based on a very common point of view, the lack of value placed on education in the fine arts. Many people do not recognize a necessity of education in music performance, writing, especially in poetry and music, etc. They say “Talent is all you need.” In reality, all fields (the arts included) require training.  Would you trust your life to a very talented surgeon with no proper training? Why is it that we understand that a plumber needs training in order to know how to install and fix pipes, while we fail to see the need for training in the arts? Singers, poets, dancers, composers spend all their lives learning, perfecting. When they choose their profession, they know that they are about to embark upon a challenge that will last a lifetime. My hope is that our society will finally endeavor to see how important and rewarding for our culture it could be to respect and appreciate the value of artistic education.