Free article writing resources

Photo credit: Barbara J H: Sunset paddling - Maroochy River


FREE ARTICLE MARKETING RESOURCES

Free Article Writing Software

Article Marketer, the auto-submission service, recently
released free article writing software.

The software does not write the article for you like some
computerized article writing programs. What it does do is
provide you with a fill-in-the-boxes, structured approach
that makes it easy to write for the beginner and the advanced
writer as well.

I have intuitively used the same structure in my article writing
but I found that by using the software I was able to knock off
two articles in quick succession:

Squidoo: Showcase Your Flickr Photos
Squidoo: Showcase a Photographer

The software comes as a zip file and the actual article
writing program is contained in the file, articlewriter.exe

Affiliates of Article Marketer can brand the software so
the zip file also includes images to assist marketing
and a branding tool.

CLICK the link below to download the free
article writing software:
Free Article Writer Software

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How to Write 8 Articles from a Top 7 Tips Article

Christopher Knight, Ezinearticles.com owner, has written a
great post that shows you how to leverage your writing.

He shows you a template for turning one article into
eight articles using the 7 tips approach:
Top 7 Tips Creates 8 Articles

The free article writing software mentioned above provides
an excellent tool for implementing this strategy.

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Affiliate Product of the Week: InstantPaySites

Well they don't come any easier than this program.
InstantPaySites enables you to set up your very own
Paypal Store featuring digital information products.
You can literally set it up in minutes - it's that quick
and easy. Your Paypal Store is hosted and updated for
you and you get 100% of your sales paid immediately
to your Paypal account. Check out my explanation
and review on this Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/PaypalShop

You could even send your article readers directly to
your own Paypal Shop.

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Article resource box
Leverage your writing and Google ranking
Affsphere: Article Directory that Pays

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Ron Passfield is a Top 100 Squidoo Lensmaster
and Giant Squid:
He provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate

marketing on his Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

Subscribe to Ron's free Squidoo Marketing e-course:
http://www.smsecourse.squidoomarketingstrategies.com/

Ron is the author of the ebook:
Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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Squidoo Marketing: Showcase a photographer

Photo Credit: Sunset Paddling, Maroochy River by Barbara J H on Flickr

Showcase a Photographer on Squidoo

Photos and videos are all the rage on the Internet - witness
the growth of Flickr, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook.

One way to enter the mainstream is to showcase a
photographer on Squidoo.

You can create a Squidoo lens focused on some aspect of the
photographer's work or their photographs of a particular
location or theme. Find whatever focus best presents the
the distinctive work of the photographer.

There are numerous, superb photographers on Flickr.

Recently, I noticed the stunning photography of Barbara J H
on Flickr when I created my Squidoo lens on Maroochydore.

I approached Barbara and sought her permission to showcase
her photography on a number of Squidoo lenses. I undertook
to make the lenses non-commercial, to donate my lens proceeds
100% to charity and to keep the lenses focused on her photography.

Barbara readily agreed although she had not previously heard of
Squidoo. My challenge then was to find a focus for the first lens -
Barbara has 4,500 photographs on Flickr.

I decided in the first instance to stay with Maroochydore as the
main focus and to create a lens that showed
Maroochydore through the eyes (and camera lens)
of Barbara J H.

This resulted in the creation of the following lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/BarbaraJH-Maroochydore

One of my challenges in developing this lens was to decide
how best to present Barbara's photography.

Eventually I came up with the idea of making the lens
a photographic art exhibition displayed in
an art gallery.

So I used a number of different modules to create this
impression:

1. for landscape photos, I used the text/write module
so that I could display full-sized photos to showcase the
perspective involved;

2. for photos focused on flora or fauna, I used the Flickr
module with "thumbnails" to create a montage around a
theme (e.g. flora or fauna).

3. to create introductory notes for each module (as you
would see in an art gallery), I used the "Sticky Note"
widget.

You can see the effect here:
http://www.squidoo.com/BarbaraJH-Maroochydore

To display the landscape photos, I first downloaded them
from Flickr to my computer and then uploaded them
to my website hosted on Hostgator. Then I entered
them in the text/write module using html code that
enabled display of hyperlinked images.

The net result is a walk-through photographic art gallery
with photos grouped around various themes -
Maroochy sunrise, winter in Maroochydore, flora
in Maroochydore, etc. (I started with sunrise photos
and ended with sunsets over Maroochy):
http://www.squidoo.com/BarbaraJH-Maroochydore

Barbara was delighted with this showcase of her work
because it opened up the opportunity for more people
to enjoy her photography and see the beauty of
Maroochydore, her home town.

A fringe benefit is that Barbara has now joined Squidoo
and is showing all her friends the Squidoo lens I created
to showcase her work.

This is just one of numerous applications of Squidoo.

If you want to learn about more applications, check out
the new, free ebook by Seth Godin and Megan Casey -
The Love of Squidoo: The Official Free Recipe Guide

[Note: you will also find heaps of other Squidoo resources
on this Squidoo Answer Deck page.]

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Ron Passfield is a Giant Squid and Top 100
Squidoo Lensmaster
... and provides free resources for Squidoo affiliate

marketing on his Squidoo lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoomarketingstrategies

Subscribe to Ron's free Squidoo Marketing e-course:
http://www.smsecourse.squidoomarketingstrategies.com/

Ron is the author of the ebook:
Squidoo Marketing Strategies

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