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Most article marketers are in agreement that article writing campaigns offer only positive benfits to your website or online business, and it’s true to say, the success of your article writing campaigns will normally depend on the quality of article writing in your texts. Good article writing holds the reader’s attention right through to the end of the article.

Article writing does not have to be a dreaded task. But there are a few things you should keep in mind, as you develop your own article writing skills. You’ll find that creative article writing can be a lot of fun, as well as being highly profitable for you and your website, and the overall success level of your marketing campaigns will naturally increase. Of course, article writing is always made easier when you are well versed in the content subject matter, but keep in mind that your readers may also know a little about the subject..

To make sure that you get the most out of your article writing efforts, here are six extremely useful article writing tips which, if implemented fully, will keep your article writing content more interesting and very readable.

1) Write short paragraphs. If your article writing technique produces long paragraphs, the reader may become confused orlose concentration and quickly disregard your work, moving on to much easier-to-read articles. When article writing for marketing campaigns, you should keep paragraphs to around 100 words or less to make them more effective.

2) Article writing experts will often introduce the use of numbers or bullets to identify points they wish to accentuate in their article writing campaigns. Numbers or bullets can also make a valid point easier for the reader to remember and digest. Try to use indentations to format your bullets and numbers so that your article doesn’t appear as a block of square paragraphs. This ploy will also add a little flair and pizzazz to your article writing and will improve the overall shape of the article.

3) Develop the use of sub-headers in your article writing skills, to sub-divide the paragraphs. This way you can break each point into sections yet they still remain part of the whole article. It also allows the reader to move on from one point to the next and the transition is smooth and easy. This article writing technique will make it harder for your reader to lose the jist of your article subject matter.

4) Always use strong attention-grabbing titles in all of your article writing campaigns. If you make your title or header arouse the reader’s curiosity then you?re more than halfway to tempting them into reading your article. Use statements and questions in article writing that utilize your chosen keywords whenever possible. Make the titles or that describe your articles short and to the point but never lose the description of your article writing content.

It makes for good article writing practice to use titles like, ?Tips To Make Her Want You More?, or ?How To Make Her Swoon And Blush? or you can also use titles that command people, for example, ?Make Her Yours in 6 Easy Steps?. This type of title reaches out to a persons emotions and intrigues enough to keep them interested.

5) Make an effort in your article writing campaigns to hold the readers interest from start to finish. From the first paragraph, use real life experiences that can be adopted by your readers. Try to use strong descriptions and metaphors in your article writing to drive home the strong points, but without over-doing it of course. Driving your examples home by using graphic metaphors and similies makes article writing easier, as you write content that the reader can imagine. Also, it’s always more interesting to learn from another person’s experiences.

6) Utilize statistics whenever possible. Good article writing marketers often use numbers, percentages, facts and figures in the text of their articles, which makes their article writing more authoritative and believable. However, you should avoid being too formal. Make your article writing light and refreshing and easy to read. Almost as if you’re a friendly teacher having a quiet chat with an eager student.

So there you have it! six useful tips for you to introduce into your article writing skills that are sure to improve your level of readership. Remember, if your reader enjoys your article writing effort, he is likely to search for other articles written by you, or even, inform others about your article writing efforts.

Trevor Taylor

Does the stereotypical “soup kitchen” come to mind when you think a non-profit? Well, homeless shelters funded by a single church or wealthy individuals are out there but these have not been representative of the sector for many years. Bring on the promotional items! Regional or nationwide, non-profits need to promote themselves like any other big organization does.

A large charitable organization like the Red Cross looks a lot like a well-oiled business machine. Does this mean that they need to approach promotional products the same way any for-profit business would? Yes and no. Context is king in marketing; one idea doesn’t meet the needs for everyone equally, and this applies to a non-profit organization as much as it would for anyone else.

One difference would be the availability of funds to spend on marketing efforts at a non-profit. Thanks to things like profit, money to spend on the less solid things like marketing and branding is more available. Budgets at non-profits can end up very limited, especially because the reputation of a non-profit can be a huge factor in its success. Some non-profits see it as a priority to keep the amount of money they spend towards “administrative costs” as low as possible. Critical to their reputation, even. In the case of a charity, how likely are you to give if they seem to spend half of their donations on themselves?

The usual guidelines you’d pay heed to when using promotional items in a business setting still apply to non-profits. A trade show means keeping promotional items easy to carry but still attention-getting. No will want to carry something around all day if the promotional products they’ve been given are heavy junk, no matter how neat it is. Avoid the temptation to just toss money into purchasing any little trinket you can find, either. Giving out an easy to carry but completely useless promotional item is just going to be a waste of money. Money that may more difficult to come by in a non-profit environment!

Without the big financial safety net, you might be tempted to play it safe in a non-profit setting. Really though, less room to maneuver might mean letting those creative juices flow and utilizing promotional items that others might not consider. Charities can attract a younger and creative group of employees or volunteers, so it is important to tap into that creative resource. Take advantage of the fact that many people don’t look at non-profits as a business, which can mean more freedom. Picking a promotional item that might not be entirely professional could be a bigger benefit to a brand than a hindrance!

The non-profit sector doesn’t have as much interaction with the promotional industry as it should. It is important to not write off the non-profit sector as a source of potential clients, if you’re a promotional items seller. They’re out there and they need your help! If you are a non-profit, the promotional items out there could be a critical contribution to getting some awareness out there and some contributions rolling in. Our sectors can mutually benefit one another, and society as a whole.

Does the stereotypical “soup kitchen” come to mind when you think a non-profit? Well, homeless shelters funded by a single church or wealthy individuals are out there but these have not been representative of the sector for many years. Bring on the promotional items! Regional or nationwide, non-profits need to promote themselves like any other big organization does.

A large charitable organization like the Red Cross looks a lot like a well-oiled business machine. Does this mean that they need to approach promotional products the same way any for-profit business would? Yes and no. Context is king in marketing; one idea doesn’t meet the needs for everyone equally, and this applies to a non-profit organization as much as it would for anyone else.

One difference would be the availability of funds to spend on marketing efforts at a non-profit. Thanks to things like profit, money to spend on the less solid things like marketing and branding is more available. Budgets at non-profits can end up very limited, especially because the reputation of a non-profit can be a huge factor in its success. Some non-profits see it as a priority to keep the amount of money they spend towards “administrative costs” as low as possible. Critical to their reputation, even. In the case of a charity, how likely are you to give if they seem to spend half of their donations on themselves?

The usual guidelines you’d pay heed to when using promotional items in a business setting still apply to non-profits. A trade show means keeping promotional items easy to carry but still attention-getting. No will want to carry something around all day if the promotional products they’ve been given are heavy junk, no matter how neat it is. Avoid the temptation to just toss money into purchasing any little trinket you can find, either. Giving out an easy to carry but completely useless promotional item is just going to be a waste of money. Money that may more difficult to come by in a non-profit environment!

Without the big financial safety net, you might be tempted to play it safe in a non-profit setting. Really though, less room to maneuver might mean letting those creative juices flow and utilizing promotional items that others might not consider. Charities can attract a younger and creative group of employees or volunteers, so it is important to tap into that creative resource. Take advantage of the fact that many people don’t look at non-profits as a business, which can mean more freedom. Picking a promotional item that might not be entirely professional could be a bigger benefit to a brand than a hindrance!

The non-profit sector doesn’t have as much interaction with the promotional industry as it should. It is important to not write off the non-profit sector as a source of potential clients, if you’re a promotional items seller. They’re out there and they need your help! If you are a non-profit, the promotional items out there could be a critical contribution to getting some awareness out there and some contributions rolling in. Our sectors can mutually benefit one another, and society as a whole.

Much of good to great fiction is characterized by character transformation. Usually this occurs in the protagonist, although it may involve more than one person. One might add that much of creative living is similarly played out as the individual is transformed from one type of person to another.

In either narrative, fiction or real life, the protagonist is effected by personal epiphanies, the influence of another, an openness to new experiences, the consequences of having committed an evil act, a religious conversion, acts of volition, participation in military combat, a terrible illness, altruistic behavior, and sometimes even by mere chance.

I would like to illustrate this through two of the three novels by Ayn Rand. She is an author who has never been accepted into the ranks of the literary elite, although her novels have been best sellers for decades, often on college campuses and off, as well. She has authored stage plays, written screenplays, along with three novels and dozens of ideologically oriented essays. Rand is best known for her two last novels: “The Fountainhead,” which was subsequently made into a film, and “Atlas Shrugged.” The second of these would have been made into a screenplay, but for the fact that Rand felt the envisioned screenplay compromised the integrity of her novel. Both of these works have garnered an enormous readership over the years and new editions continue to become published periodically long after her death.

Yet despite this, Rand’s characters are all one-dimensional. They are crafted as good or evil. The good characters have no flaws and represent ideal human beings who never change over time. The evil characters are thoroughly so and have no redeeming factors in the author’s eyes.

In “The Fountainhead,” Howard Roark, the protagonist rapes the heroine to whom he is attracted and they go on to have a passionate affair. For this he is regarded as heroic because of his display of masculinity. Roark is an architect, who regards himself as superior and is depicted as very much an individualist whose values transcend those of the community.

He designs a uniquely creative building that is constructed by those officials responsible for implementing his design, but they approve major changes without his knowledge or approval. When he learns of this he destroys the building by blowing it up. During the trial, the reader is subject to what amounts to a strong “sermon” about individualism and capitalism through the process of his defense. As an ideally crafted character there is never any change in his personality, behavior, or views. Howard Roark is a single dimensional character, yet he has won many admirers since his initial creation by Rand. I might add that many who adulated this fictional character when they were young, became less enchanted with him as they matured.

As for John Galt, the protagonist of “Atlas Shrugged,” he is portrayed by Rand as flawlessly heroic and superior to any human being that anyone is ever likely to encounter in real life. To illustrate, in the latter part of the novel, he is bound by his pursuers who plan to torture him by wiring him so that they can electrify him repeatedly. They seem to be unable to succeed in making the electricity work. Galt, with his outstanding intellect and moral courage cannot resist explaining to his captors why the device is not working and proceeds to explain to them how to fix it so that they can get on with torturing him.

Rand, a committed atheist who looked upon faith with disdain and who places reason as supreme over all other human capacities, creates an almost supernatural character. Galt comes across as omniscient and omnipotent. A large portion of this lengthy novel ends with a non-stop treatise on Rand’s ideology.

Ironically, Ayn Rand, although a one-dimensional thinker, not taken seriously by professional philosophers, was anything but a one- dimensional character in her actual life. She gathered around her a group of people from whom she demanded obedience. Dissension was not tolerated and she ruled the group tyrannically. She was opinionated to the point of being rude, sharp-tongued, and vitriolic when in public debate. It was as though she saw herself as a flawless John Galt. Yet she was subject to depression, seduced a young member of her cultish group, who went on to become a famous psychologist.

He later wrote an autobiography covering this episode. She had a long-term affair with him, way beyond the point that the man wanted to continue, but he was too intimidated by her to sever the relationship with Rand, who was capable of going into rages. By having this affair, she also betrayed the friendship of the man’s young wife. In addition she violated her own marriage vows to a man who drank excessively.

Rand smoked endlessly and eventually died of lung cancer. She presented herself as though she was of heroic proportions, but she was far from flawless and was enigmatic when comparing her fictional heroes to her own life. Their existed a significant discrepancy between her self-image and the real narrative of her life’s story.

I feel obliged to acknowledge that while never a disciple of Rand, I enjoyed reading both “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged,” when in my youth. With the shaping of my own values over time, the development of my literary creed, and the disclosure of Rand’s personal life in separate autobiographies by Nathaniel Branden and Barbara Branden, who became divorced from one another, I have become disillusioned with her.

These are separate conclusions, as I do not believe that an author’s work should be judged by her personal life, even though one’s private story may provide insight into her fiction, as is the case with Ayn Rand. I view her as a towering, but very flawed figure in both life and literature. But where does one ever find perfection in this life?

As you write an obituary, there are many things to keep in mind; these obituary writing tips will help you complete the obituary accurately and with a focus more on the life than the death.

What is an Obituary?

An obituary is a notice that announces the death of someone with a description of the person’s life and list of family members. The obituary is often written by the funeral home or mortuary, but many people choose to write an obituary for their loved one that is published in the newspaper and included in the funeral program.

Ensure what you’ve written is accurate

Many mistakes can be made by omitting names or information or by misspelling words or names. And less obvious errors might be omitting important facts about the deceased. Check and double check your facts and keep a check list to ensure what you’ve written is accurate. The best way is to have someone else proofread the obituary and have a family member check over spellings of names and make sure everyone has been included. There also have been cases of dates of birth and death being wrong. All of that can be corrected by simply proofreading.

Include interesting facts about the deceased

All lives have meaning and are important and most of the time there is some detail or event that sets this life apart from the others. Find that detail and include it in your obituary. Perhaps the deceased lived to be over 100, or was awarded an honor of some sort. Seek out these interesting facts and include them at all costs.

Write more than one version of the obituary

For the sake of space in the newspaper, you may have to keep the announcement brief and only submit a death notice. But there are places online that post full-length obituaries and of course a complete obituary can be included in the funeral program. Find out the difference between a death notice, newspaper obituary and a funeral obituary at ObituariesHelp.org. Writing more than one version can serve several purposes and allow you the opportunity to write out all the interesting facts you find.

Make it joyful and focused on the life
All too often the death of a loved one leaves us feeling like we can only focus on the sadness and the death. But an obituary should not focus on our sadness or on the death. A good obituary includes the life and joy of living that the deceased had. Just because he or she is dead, is no reason to avoid writing about the joy in his or her life. Writing about the positive honors the dead as well as those who loved him or her that are alive to read the obituary.
Quick Obituary Writing Tips
Before you begin to write, get prepared by doing the following:

Research how to write an obituary
Contact your newspaper to find out how long it can be
List out the details of the deceased’s life you wish to include
Decide which family members to include
Focus on the life of the deceased not the death
Sit down to write, then leave it for at least 2 hours before revising and editing.
Ask for help proofreading the obituary

Writing an obituary need not be a difficult task, there are many places to find obituary templates and tips, you can even find downloadable forms at Obituaries Help.org. The best advice for writing obituaries is, use this as an opportunity to celebrate the life of the deceased. Recollect, talk to friends and family and reflect on his or her life.

A lot of people are on the look out for a good non prescription contact lens. Like everyone else, you might also want to have a pair of your own. These lenses are after all a great source of fun and enjoyment. Changing or enhancing your look can be a great way to express yourself.

What Non Prescription Means

The term non prescription lens is often misunderstood. This is because many people who do seek prescription are those with vision and eye problems. Eye doctors may prescribe contact lenses to correct your vision or provide therapy for your eyes. This does not mean though that those who do not have vision problems and want to get contacts can dispense with the prescription. FDA guidelines state that even non corrective decorative lenses should come with a prescription. Non prescription lenses simply mean that they aren’t meant to correct vision but to improve your appearance instead.

Non Prescription Issues

The requirement for prescription for decorative lenses is a sensible one. This is because every person’s eyes are different from others. Non corrective lenses therefore also come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You need to get the one that fits you exactly. Only an eye expert can get the right measurements. If you do not have your eye measured, you could suffer from serious eye irritation.

Some companies still do sell non prescription contact lens products. This is despite the consumer guidelines in place. You may be able to get your lenses without a prescription but be warned. You may harm your eyes if you do not see your doctor first before wearing them.

Non Corrective Uses

The reason why non prescription lenses are so popular is because they are fun to use. You can increase your confidence by improving your appearance with these lenses. If you have light colored eyes, you can enhance their color by wearing color enhancers. There are also opaque lenses that can change both light and dark colored eyes into another color.

Aside from appearance enhancers, non corrective lenses can also be quite decorative. These days, you can get lenses with flower prints, animal eyes and ghoulish tints. You would look impressive with these lenses in a themed party.

How to Shop for Non Prescription

Shopping for corrective lenses doesn’t have to be a chore. You can make the process of buying faster if you set your own preferences even before you go to see the doctor. Take a look at the variety of online options for lenses. List down the lens types and brands that you like and bring them along when you visit your eye doctor.

Wearing non prescription contact lens brands can really help improve your life. With great looking eyes, you’ll like you are a new you, capable of doing anything. Do remember though that the safety of your eyes always comes first. Always consult an eye expert before settling for decorative lenses.

I just wonder about this myth that umbrella can be used as a parachute or is it just a fiction.

If you are in the process of writing your resume, you should be aware of some caveats in creating your own resume. Remember that your resume is the first impression you will make on your prospective employer. This could be the one shot you have to land the job of your dreams. An unprofessional resume may dash those hopes despite the fact that you may be the most qualified candidate for the job.

One important resume writing tip is to never put down anything negative about past employment experiences. This not only goes during the resume writing process, but also during your interview. Everyone has negative experiences during employment and, we may as well face it, if our current position was a paradise, chances are we would not be looking for a new job. Leave the negativity out of both your resume and your interview. This is perhaps the most important resume writing tip you can learn.

Another important resume writing tip is to leave out any insignificant details about your life that do not matter to the present job. It is not important that you are the president of the Knitting Club if you are applying for a position at a bank. The only way this would be relevant is if you were applying for a job at a knitting shop. Hobbies and personal information such as how many children you have, your marital status and age have no place on your resume.

Do not put anything about salary or wages in your resume. This is highly unprofessional and an important resume writing tip. Salary is often discussed during the interview process and is never acceptable to be presented on a resume. Past salary is also included. If you fill out a job application, you will often be asked your salary that you earned on previous jobs, but a resume is different than a job application. It is a professional introduction to a prospective employer. It is a faux pas to put a salary requirement on a resume and you should not be the first person to bring up salary during the interview process. Allow the employer to bring the matter up.

Another important resume writing tip is to not make your resume to flamboyant. There are many different templates out there for creating resumes and many different types of colored paper. While printing your resume on pink paper may certainly make it stand out among the others, it will also make your prospective employer think that you are unprofessional. Use traditional fonts and classic designs when printing your resume. If you are applying for a job in a creative field, you can get a bit creative with your resume, but not too much so. Remember, there is plenty of time to express your creativity after you have attained the job.

Do not list references on your resume. This is yet another important resume writing tip. You can either list references on a separate sheet of paper or you can put down that they are available upon request. And references should be people who can vouch for both your professionalism, abilities and character.

While you want to be certain that you list all of your skills and abilities on your resume, be careful not to embellish. Saying that you know certain computer programs when you have no idea about how to use Excel is not a good way to get a job. One very important resume writing tip is not to embellish your skills or accomplishments on your resume. This includes your grade point average or college degrees. It is relatively easy for an employer to check these things and it can prove embarrassing to be found out to be a liar. Also, if you get the job and do not know how to do the work, you may end up getting fired for being incompetent. This will not only be humiliating, but may destroy some chances of getting a job in the future as you will be hesitant to use the employer who fired you as a reference.

The last important resume writing tip is to be certain to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address on your resume as well as your employment objective. Employers get hundreds of responses to ads all of the time and many people feel that if they put certain information in their cover letter, they do not have to reiterate on their resume. Oftentimes, the resume and cover letter are separated. Be sure to include all of your personal contact information as well as the job for which you are applying on your resume.

Back in the days, the games came with only very basic writing to get the user by until the game play had started but today’s gamer requires so much more from their games that they choose. This is where the interactive fiction genre has come into play. For many, this has been the best there is in excitement and thrills for their time in the games.

The ride that this kind of writing is able to produce makes certain that the player has a much better time in respect to the other games that are operating on the same premise. The players enjoy a large amount of control over the outcome of the game and also how the story will play out. This means that so much is in the hands of the player that will give them the power over the whole game and maybe make the whole experience a bit more exciting.

Interactive fiction is just like the name sounds. It is fiction that has more than one ending and can change throughout the course of the story. This is a highly popular genre these days and is a small throwback to the early days when the paperback companies were making books that had several endings to please the reader dependent upon which way the reader chose to go. This was a popular model for writing back then but the genre faded for a while until the fantasy role playing games came into existence. With the introduction of these games the genre was resurrected so to speak.

The need for fiction that could bend and move with the player became high and the demand started to far outweigh the supply. Writers the world over scrambled to make it to the market before the bottom fell out, but the end has yet to come. Publishers of books and games alike are actively seeking writers who can create stories and full books in the interactive format. The topics are vast and the writer is more than free to create as long as it will fit into the format that is set.

Interactive fiction has grown into a huge market and is making a splash with a lot of the game companies. Many of the video games are now being bulked with this form of writing to give the player more control. This has become highly popular with the younger generation of players who like to know that the game will change each time they sit down to play. The real trick is to keep the player interested and if you can manage that then you have an instant hit on your hands.

These days, the games almost have to have the interactive fiction installed to go anywhere in the market. This is even true of the many sports games that are now being released. The games work follows the life of the player and the character with the story making it more interesting to keep playing even though the player has won the game overall.