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Article marketing is the act writing and submitting quality content that will educate your target market. When writing your article there are a few tips that you will want to incorporate into your article writing to insure you have success with your article marketing campaign.

You have mere seconds to capture a prospect’s attention. One of the single most powerful tools you have to accomplish this task is your headline. There are several keys to a compelling, and selling, headline and a few tips to help you get the job done.

#1 Tap into Your Prospects’ Emotions

According to psychologists our buying decisions are based first and foremost on our emotions. Use headlines which offer your readers a strong emotional benefit or reaction. Some possible emotions are:

For example, The 20-Minute Step that Will Make You a Business Genius taps into readers’ desires to feel smart and powerful.

Other emotions you can tap into are a desire to feel:

1. Attractive
2. Sexy
3. Assertive
4. Confident
5. Energetic
6. Pampered
7. A sense of belonging
8. In control of their own destiny
9. Wealthy
10. Proud
11. Respected
12. Safe

#2 Make it Active

To compel it’s important to use active language – language that shows movement and commands attention.

For example, “Stop Your Sugar Cravings Today With This Simple Step,” is a fine headline however it doesn’t command action nor does it really tap into any emotions. However, “Conquer Your Sugar Cravings With This Simple Step.” Conquer is an active and emotionally powerful word. Readers receive the benefit of feeling powerful and in control and it commands action.

#3 Let Your Reader Know They’re Important

The word YOU is a very powerful word. It let’s your reader’s feel as if you’re talking to them specifically and interested in solving their problems, issues and helping them achieve their desires. Instead of using I, Me or We in your headlines, use You. Using the headline example above compare the two options
“Conquer Your Sugar Cravings With This Simple Step.
“Conquer Sugar Cravings with Our System”

People want to know what’s in it for them and when they can assess that information in the headline, they’re going to be compelled to continue reading your copy and making a purchase.

Here are three more ideas for powerful headlines:

* Make a promise – Earn $1000 a day
* Make it newsworthy – New program guarantees you’ll earn $1000 a day.
* Ask a question – Do you want to ensure your financial future?

Three Simple Steps to Write Headlines That Sell

So now you have some ideas about what types of headlines sell, how do you begin to write those powerful headlines?

Step One – Get to know your audience intimately. What are their hopes, dreams, desires, and problems? Understanding your audience will help you create an emotional and powerful headline directed specifically at your audience.

Step Two – Determine how your products or services are going to make your prospects’ lives better or solve their problems. For example if you sell fitness equipment and your audience struggles with feeling attractive then you can create a headline that highlights a specific benefit your fitness equipment offers to solve that problem.

Step Three – Write ten to twenty, yes twenty, possible headlines. Not only will this give you practice writing compelling headlines, it’ll help you hone in on that perfect headline. And if you think you have a few winners you can always test them for conversion rates to find out which headline is more effective.

Marketing and copywriting experts consider your headline to be the most import element of any effective marketing piece. Take the time to craft a compelling, and selling, headline and you’ll reap the benefits for years to come.

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We see all kinds of products for stretch mark removal, in the physical realm, but what about the business realm? Did you know your business has stretch marks? Maybe this isnt’ a real pretty picture to paint, but it gets the point across.

Stretch marks show growth and if your business is growing there should be proof. What steps are you taking to insure that your business is growing?Think back to the first year in your business, you didn’t really have any task to outsource. You probably didn’t have a need for a bookkeeper or an accountant.Now think to your second year in business; you feel the “time crunch” on certain tasks, you can’t keep up with your own record keeping, you don’t have time to write your own articles anymore let alone submit those articles to all of the submission directories.

Now you’re into your third year of business, you find that you really need help and NOW! But where do go to find help? What do you begin to outsource?

Besides doing your basic internet research for “virtual assistant” or “virtual assistance”, why not ask fellow entrepreneurs and online business owners for their recommendations. You can visit virtual assistant forums and see what virtual assistants are frequenting the board.

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Stephanie Fish owner of Buckeye VA www.buckeyeva.com offers a one time 30 minute consultation to new prospective clients. To request your consultation to see if my services can help your business grow, please contact me by email at buckeyeva@gmail.com

Congratulations! You made it to: Day # 10 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 10:  Recap Your Article Marketing “Why”

In the previous 9 days you’ve learned some very powerful “why’s” of article marketing and how it plays an important role in your business. So let’s recap what you’ve read:

1. You build relationships with potential clients you may not have otherwise met.
2. You use your article marketing to build trust wit h your readers.
3. You become known as the “expert” in your chosen field.
4. You generate publicity.
5. You gain pre-qualified website traffic.
6. You feed your “content hungry” target market.
7. You have the potential to be seen by thousands of people in your target market.
8. Article marketing allows you to pre-sell your products or services.
9. You market your business without having to meet face-to-face.
10. You reap the benefits of continual web traffic for years to come.

My hope was to inform and educate you, the professional business owner, on how powerful article marketing can be for your business. If you market your business on a consistent basis, perhaps as little as 5 hours per month, you should reap the benefits for years to come.

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Today is Day #9 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 9: Free Advertising Space?

Once your article is published by an article directory, it should be seen as a living piece. In other words, once a target client reads what you have to say, that person may copy it into their ezine or on their website for their readers to read, that equals to free advertising!

So basically, once you submit that article, its “out there” for all the world to see..over and over and over again! Take this one step further and let your readers know that they can use your article but they have to leave it “as is” and not change it in anyway (this info can go in your resource box.)

Oh, and if you are contacted by someone that has used one of your articles to educate their market, make sure to thank them! Virtual hand shakes can go far.

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Today is Day # 8 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 8: Pre-Sell Your Services or Products

Article marketing allows you to pre-sell your products or services. You don’t even have to meet face-to-face in order to sell your business. By article marketing on a consistent basis, your message will be read by your potential clients. Those potential clients then follow the link in your resource box, come to your website and hopefully sign-up for your mailing list. Maybe they will also contact you for more information about your product or service and want to place an order. You never know who is going to pick-up your article!

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Please contact me, today, for a free 30 minute consultation to see which service your business needs!

Today is Day #4 of a 10 day series entitled :

“10 Reasons to Market Your Business with Articles”

Outsourcing (delegating) a minimum of 5 hours of article marketing per month can benefit your business.  Perhaps if you have a better understanding behind the “why” you should be marketing your business with articles, then this task will never see the end of your to-do list again.

Day 4: Get Me Exposed!

Once your article is published, it can easily be seen by thousands of people around the globe.  Make sure you include a “call to action” in your author bio area, at the end of each article. This “call to action” should specifically state that you want your potential client to visit your website.

Having your website visited by thousands? Now that’s exposure!

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Please contact me, today, for a free 30 minute consultation to see which service your business needs!

Being your own boss is freeing, but not when you have the mindset of thinking you have to control every business related task by yourself. Outsourcing or delegating, as little as 5 hours of business marketing per month, can free up your schedule and keep you on your path of success.

If you have found yourself stuck in a marketing rut, then its time to start delegating some of those business marketing tasks. Remember, being in business for yourself doesn’t mean you have to be in business BY yourself.

Please contact me today for your free 30 minute consultation.

Enjoy this video from Metromom.com,

Article marketing no longer needs to be seen as a tedious task! But first let me start with some basic reasons why entrepreneurs need to be marketing their business with articles.

Why Article Marketing?

• sets you up as the expert in your field
• brings potential clients and customers to your website (via your Bio)
• shares your expertise with your readers
• Brings in more search engine traffic

You also know that article marketing is a time consuming task for two reasons:

1. You have to type out our article
2. You have to submit your article to directories (preferably on a consistent basis)

Did you know there is an efficient , but still effective way to market your business with your own words WITHOUT having to type your article content yourself?

Here’s how:

1. You record your article content via mp3, podcast or video
2. You send me your recording
3. You specify if you want your recording to be formatted for a blog post, article or report
4. Once I view the audio, I will invoice you with total cost (no hidden fees)
5. Once your invoice is paid in full (via paypal.com) I will complete your project

That’s it! There’s nothing more to being a success internet marketer using your own article content. What are you waiting for, contact me at stephanie@ buckeyeva.com today so we can get started on your article marketing journey!

Working from home can be such a mystery, that is when you taking this journey on your own! With so many resources, paid and no-cost, available to you on the web no wonder you don’t know where to start. By taking this survey you’re on your way to get your work from home questions answered.

I hope to give you helpful resources, so make sure you answer each question on the work from home survey. Don’t forget to leave your name and email so I can contact you!

God Bless,

Stephanie Fish

Virtual Internet Marketing Assistant for New Online Business Owners~

In last week I’ve learned a great (hard) lesson about owning and running a service-based virtual assistant business, which is……
learning to say “NO”!

Saying “no” to things like:

• tasks you don’t like to complete
• tasks you are just learning about
• tasks that take too much time for very little return

It doesn’t matter what type of business you own, you MUST set boundaries for yourself and the clients who you work with, by completing this “little” list of boundaries you will save yourself and your clients a headache and confusion.

God Bless!

Steph