| An Article about Articlesby Jim Schulte | | | | |
| | | | We all know that there are 1000's of articles |
| (c) 2003 | | | | out thereright now that deal with a variety |
| | | | of subjects rangingfrom trimming your dogs |
| Everyone that publishes a newsletter or ezine | | | | nails to starting your own Zen |
| knowsthat the "list" is the most important | | | | |
| thing, if youwant to be successful with any | | | | Budda cult. |
| online venture. To buildthat list we are told | | | | |
| to submit ads to other ezines,join as many | | | | When you are choosing a topic to attract |
| ezines as is humanly possible to read in a | | | | moresubscribers to your ezine or newsletter, |
| | | | pick one thatwill keep them awake and alert. |
| 24 hour day without food or sleep. And of | | | | You don't want themgetting half way through |
| course writearticles. | | | | the article and then hittingthe old "delete" |
| | | | key. |
| They also tell us that any dim bulb can | | | | |
| write. I'veread a few articles and I think | | | | Keep it short so you can hold the readers |
| that statement may besomewhat false. Ok, we | | | | attention,and tell them something they didn't |
| know we can write because all ofthe kids in | | | | know about , beforethey read your Pulitzer |
| your daughters 3rd class think you write | | | | Prize winning piece. |
| | | | |
| "neat" poems. | | | | People want to be informed when reading |
| | | | anything! Theyalso want to be entertained. So |
| Now all we have to do is pick a topic that | | | | you see what you writeabout isn't as |
| isintersesting, informative, is less than 1 | | | | important as how you write it, andpresent it |
| ba-zillionwords, and will make people want to | | | | to your readers. |
| come back and readmore of your articles. | | | | |
| Hopefully they will becomesubscribers to your | | | | The proof in that statement is in what you |
| publication. | | | | just read. Iwrote an article about absolutely |
| | | | nothing just now,and I got you to stay with |
| Oh yeah, they have to be good enough to be | | | | me until the end. |
| able tosubmit them to other ezines and make | | | | |
| the public thinkyou are the second coming of | | | | So now this is the end. Please go subscribe |
| Mark Twain. | | | | to mynewsletter. |