An Article about Articles

An Article about Articlesby Jim SchulteTwain.
(c) 2003We all know that there are 1000's of articles out
Everyone that publishes a newsletter or ezinethereright now that deal with a variety of
knowsthat the "list" is the most important thing, ifsubjects 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 toBudda cult.
other ezines,join as many ezines as is humanlyWhen you are choosing a topic to attract
possible to read in amoresubscribers to your ezine or newsletter, pick
24 hour day without food or sleep. And of courseone 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 statementKeep it short so you can hold the readers
may besomewhat false. Ok, we know we canattention,and tell them something they didn't know
write because all ofthe kids in your daughters 3rdabout , beforethey read your Pulitzer Prize winning
class think you writepiece.
"neat" poems.People want to be informed when reading
Now all we have to do is pick a topic thatanything! Theyalso want to be entertained. So you
isintersesting, informative, is less than 1see what you writeabout isn't as important as
ba-zillionwords, and will make people want tohow 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 yourread. 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 beend.
able tosubmit them to other ezines and make theSo now this is the end. Please go subscribe to
public thinkyou are the second coming of Markmynewsletter.