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