Becoming A Cartoonist….instead Of A Realtor
“Congratulations, Ms. London,” I used to joke that the OB/GYN told my mother, “It’s a Realtor”. My parents owned a very old real estate stable family real estate company and were from a generation where, if and when an offspring arrived, especially a male, they were born to be bred.that’s, bred into the family business, or made to be the prodigal son.
Of course at birth, I wasn’t aware of these southern traditional family values, and, as I became more aware of my environment around me, I was certain I wanted to have something to do with humor as I grew older. How did I know this? The answer was quite easy.
I was constantly in trouble for something, about to get in trouble, or locked in my room with no going out with friends for some wrong-doing (never violent or terrible); even for the tiniest practical joke, which I thought was a contribution to society, maybe even making the world a superior place.
My parents mainly happy and out of my site when amusing friends on weekends and were playing record albums by such comedy greats as Don Rickles, Tom Lehrer, Jack Benny, and the like. I introduced them to The Smothers Brothers as a teen, thinking I would earn brownie points but again given the pink slip for leaving “a bit too far radiically left in my taste of comedy”.
My first shot at comedy was doing stand-up in New York City. Keep in mind this was straight off the farm from Mississippi to the Massive Apple. I won’t “even go there” as to how awful I was. It was sort of like Dan Quayle in his memorable v.p. debate, but more like me debating, say, Steve Martin and my comparing myself to Lenny Bruce. Steve to me: “Mr. London, Lenny Bruce was a friend of mine, and you, sir, are no Lenny Bruce.” I think you get the picture.
Years later I got hooked on humor writing, and was planning a book but decided on forming a group of artists and creating a cartoon instead. All of us were surprised when Londons Times Cartoons shot to the top of the World wide web rating charts.
Then, at age 47, after a lengthy illness, I decided to start opening stores, selling products with my cartoon images which now showcases over eight thousand of our original comic images and lures 4000 visitors per hour; nearly ten million surfers in the past two years.
Starting a cartoon isn’t an easy task, but an interesting and educational one. No matter what branch of humor in which one may find their niche, it is a growth experience and a process. I found out rapidly it isn’t so much knowing what you’re doing when you start, though that doesn’t hurt of course, but being persitent and not giving up in spite of the obstacles, and there will be many, I have the ability to assure you. But the obstacles are important in developing one’s creative skills. So take a new attitude toward obstacles and even look forward to them. Believe it or not, I do, and I’m much superior at turning them into opportunities.
If it is in your blood, you’ll know it, and no matter what you were “born to be”, will not matter. It will have to come out in some way, shape, or form. Educate yourself, hang out with others who have blazed the trail, learn all you can.and just do it.
Got 20 Minutes? How You Call Sell Books Online Fast
Too frequently book promotion is seen as the grueling steps we must take in order to please our publisher, agent, or even just our spouse, who has helped us invest money into a self-published book. Book marketing services aren’t always necessary, however. There are dozens of things you can do in twenty minutes or less. Added up together, these small tasks will soon round out your book marketing efforts and create a sizeable change in sales.
[1] Did you know your autograph is desired? Go to the Autographed by Author web site at www.autographedbyauthor.com! You just sign up for $29.95 ($19.95 for each additional book) and then this web site will send their visitors to your own web site to buy an autographed book directly from you. Autographed by Author has a great page rank in search engines so it will likely bring you additional customers. Many people don’t comprehend how to sell books on the internet in one-of-a-kind ways. This is a great way to start.
[2] Update your Amazon.com information, especially the tags for your book so you aren’t Amazon’s thousands of authors asking, “How and where can I sell my books?” Go to your book’s Amazon page and scroll down to “Tags customers associate with this product.” Then add any tags you can think of that people would be putting into the search engines to find solutions to their problems. Remember, people usually search by their problems, not by the answers you provide. For example, instead of searching for “marriage” “relationship expert” they might be searching for “how to avoid divorce” or “spouse cheats.” Soon you’ll be an expert at how to sell books on Amazon.
[3] Do a reverse “pen stealing.” Always carry a stash of pens in your purse, briefcase and vehicle with your books information and web site. When you go into stores, pull one your own pen to sign the credit card slip and then casually leave it behind. Join a book marketing network to help you think of more out-of-the-box book marketing ideas.
[4] Sign up for Google Alerts at www.google.com/alerts on any topics you should be kept up to date on. Particularly, be sure to take note of sites that are blogging about your topic and then go and comment on their postings, while introducing yourself. If you write articles on the subject they post on, let them know where they can get your articles and that they’re welcome to reprint them. This is a great way to sell books on the web.
[5] Do you have a brilliant quote in your book that you hope people will be highlighting? Every book should have a few nuggets! Send your quotes to quotation databases. Just Google the words “submit quote” or “submit quotation” to find some web sites or you can also submit them at About.com’s web site at http://quotations.about.com/library/bl/blform-Quote-Suggest.htm .
[6] What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows? Visit http://www.npr.org/programs/ to listen to NPR shows. See this daily listing of books that have been featured on NPR at http://www.npr.org/books/index.html. See http://news.bookweb.org/mediaguide/673.html to see what authors have future events scheduled on NPR. Study what NPR states about pitching their show here: http://www.npr.org/about/pitch .
[7] Give your readers a call! It’s simple to send out a voice broadcast to people for just $.12 per call. VoiceShot Outbound http://www.voiceshot.com offers you to the first 200 calls delivered for free. This is a fabulous way to personalize your relationship with the people on your mailing list and it’s even less pricey than mailing a postcard. Has your favorite author ever given you a call? I haven’t, but it would definitely catch my interest!
When book marketing ideas come to you that you don’t have time to pursue, write down your idea or bookmark the web site, and consider organizing the ideas by the approximate amount of time it may take to accomplish the talk. Then, when you have just a few minutes of free time start working through your list and soon your promotional efforts will sell your books!
Finding A Freelance Copywriter: Here Are 4 Traits To Look For
Freelance copywriters are everywhere these days. If you are looking for a good one to help you create your next promotion or help grow your sales, then here are four things to consider. Four traits you want to look for in your next freelance copywriter.
Let’s jump in right away…
1. Communication – Working with a freelance copywriter who is able to communicate well is one of the most important traits you should look for. Without clear communication skills, your entire promotion could be doomed.
Can your copywriter communicate clearly with YOU? Can they understand what you want to accomplish? Can they communicate well with your employees and all of the other professionals involved in the project?
Of all of the problems I’ve had in my own freelance copywriting business, EACH one can be traced in part to poor communication.
2. Accountability – Is your copywriter responsible for the results of their actions? When a promotion fails, will they accept their fair share of the blame (and come up with some ideas to help improve future results) or will they point the finger at you, your product or your process?
During the interview process, you might consider asking the copywriter about successful projects they’ve worked on. And be sure to ask them about projects that didn’t work out so well. How they speak about the failures will tell you a lot.
3. Marketing Mindset and the Ability to SELL – Can your copywriter sell your stuff? That’s really the question you need to answer BEFORE you hire them.
So you want to get a pretty clear idea about their selling skills or selling experience. One of the quickest ways to do that is simply to pay attention to how they sell YOU on becoming a client.
4. Writing Skills – Of course your freelance copywriter should be good with words. But it’s not the most important thing to look for when you’re out searching for someone to hire.
You want to find a freelance copywriter who is easy to work with, who accepts responsibility for their results, and one that can sell your stuff. Without those traits, developing a longterm and profitable relationship with them could be quite a challenge.
Hiring a freelance copywriter can be one of the best investments you make in your business. Just get the information you need to make the best decision for your business and your needs.
Articles: Getting Them Read And Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
First off, articles have to be written to be read. It’s just a matter of making them good. Making a good article doesn’t have to be strenuous and straining. There are just some points needed to be reminded of, and some guides to follow. Once you get the hang of it, writing articles could be fun, as well as profitable for you and your site.
With articles, make use of numbers or bullets. As each point is stressed out, numbers and bullets can quickly make the point easy to remember and digest. As each point, tip, guide or method is started with a bullet or point, readers will know that this is where the tips start and getting stressed. Format you bullets and numbers with indentations so that your4 article won’t look like a single block of square paragraphs. Add a little bit of flair and pizzazz to your articles shape.
Keep them interested from the start to the finish. From your opening paragraph, use real life situations that can be adopted by the reader. Use good descriptions and metaphors to drive in your point, just don’t over do it. Driving your examples with graphic metaphors and similes would make it easy for them to imagine what you are talking about and making the experience pleasurable and enjoyable for them.
Get your creative juices flowing
Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.
So just what do you have to do when nothing comes to mind? There is no surefire ways to get the perfect ideas but there are easy ways to get your creative juices flowing. No one can guarantee you of having the perfect mindset, but many methods may aid you in achieving that state of mind.
Create a working place that can inspire your creativeness. Your working place can be quite a hindrance if it doesn’t make you feel happy or relaxed. Creativity comes from being in a good state of mind and a messed up workplace that causes distraction won’t be conducive in firing up your creative flow. Surround your working place with objects that makes you happy and relaxed. You may put up pictures, or scents, objects that inspire, or anything that can get your creativeness cranking. A clean and well organized workplace also rids of distractions and unwanted hindrances. With a good working place, you can work in peace and never notice the time pass by.
Writing A Top Article And Good Resource Box
With good website content you get the benefit of clearly depicting what it is you want to share with people. Also, good content and articles can lead people to your site. With more traffic, you get to earn more from your site making it profitable. A sites success, be it for profit or not, is the number of the flow of traffic in your site.
There are many of those who cannot afford the time to write their own website contents and articles. While writing content and articles specifically designed for the internet may take some getting used to and some researching and learning, there are many writers that can be found all over the world who could do it for you.
Many writers around the world charge a minimal fee depending on the type of writing job needed and the number of words needed in the content. Usually, a two hundred fifty worded article would cost from 4 to 8 dollars depending on the writers experience and ability. This is a small price to pay for having a content rich site or for a well researched and written paper.
There are also many sites that can offer you these services with their team of well trained and experienced writers. They offer many writing services to cover any writing needs. A writer can be based anywhere in the world and are guaranteed to offer good contents and articles. Each one are doubly checked, edited and proofread so that you would get your money’s worth.
The resource box
The internet is the information highway, this phrase has been used so may time it should be nominated for the Internet Clich Award. People that go to the internet are subdivided into groups, but generally, they are out to search information. Whether for gaming, business, fun or anything else the internet has provided us with information that has proved to be very beneficial.
Now we know what resource boxes are, what are the benefits of having a good resource box? Mainly its driving traffic to your site. Many sites would allow articles to be placed in their sites because they can make use of the articles to fill their pages. They also get affiliation with other sites that can be beneficial for them as well. For the sponsoring site, when you get people to click on your resource box, you generate traffic that can be counted upon as potential customers.
Never underestimate the power of the resource box. It may be small in size but they will provide a significant aid in driving traffic to your site. A boring resource box will never get a job done. Be fun and creative but at the same time show that you have a great deal to offer, too much to ask for something that couldn’t fit a paragraph? Yes and no, there are many tips and guides that can help you in doing this, the first step is realizing how important a resource box could be in making people click your link and be directed to your site.
Writing A Good Headline For Your Advertisement
There is no denying the fact that the success of an advertisement lies mostly in the headline. The headline should attract the reader and make him read the rest of the advertisement. The headline should be simply catchy and various key points should be embedded when deciding on the headline for the ad.
At the first glance, the headline should immediately catch the attention. Tags for the advertisement should be embedded in the wording if headline. The difficult is that it need to say about the content that follow. If a furniture company selling reasonable price items, the headline of advertisement should be ‘Durable furniture at affordable price’. This headline will attracted the targeted customer who is looking for ‘durable furniture’ as well as ‘affordable furniture’. If the targeted customer is looking for decorating their house with high quality and good looking furniture and aren’t concern about the price, then the headline should be ‘Change your house to unique looking by our high quality furniture’.
The headline should be instant product seller. According to a research, five times more readers read just the headline when compared to those who read the complete advertisement. So the investment is of no use, if the headline isn’t good enough to sell the product. There can be a possibility that the content of the ad isn’t strong enough. All the harm can be undone by having a powerful headline.
A newbie mistake is centered the headline to the company selling the product instead of the product. The ads should be direct addressed to his or her interests. Start with ‘you’ and not ‘we’. Don’t start to sentence with company name in case the client specified on mentioning of the company name. For example, write ‘Got sever cold – Try Tylenol’ instead of ‘Tylenol – solution for the sever cold’. The product name is top priority to put in the headline, don’t forget that trick.
A well phrased headline should include a short description of the benefits of the products, this is an important quality factor. When a customer think about buying a product, the first point is benefits. Important keywords directly related to the benefits should be included in the headline. If combine all of these factors made the headline long, the product advantage should be marked as bold. A good complement of an advertisement is place a visual element in it. A pictures speaks for thousand words. Taking care is this combination, the headline says some part of the story and the visual should say for the rest. Don’t repeat the headline for picture.
Don’t put so much cleverness in to the headline. There are so many advertisement in a local newspaper or web pages. A regular reader reads the headings of all of them. He or she will be able to classify between a false heading and a winning heading. Don’t include false promises or false information in the headline. For award competition, over smart headlines can be good, but with the savvy customers it don’t really work effectively.
The headline should give out a positive feeling to the reader. Negativity should be totally excluded as it not only creates a negative impression but the mind will also be not receptive friendly. It sometimes confuses the mind and it interprets a negative meaning of the message being delivered. Confidence should be reflected in the headline. Don’t include any doubtful words like if and but. Conditional phrases are a strict no. The sentence should be in present tense, instead of past or future.
One Cartoonist Emerges From Near-death To Help After 9/11
Creator Rick London is a master of humor. The first time I met this comic wit, who launched Londons Times Cartoons out of thin air with no backing other than his brains, he was not yet a cartoonist, but a successful entrepreneur who had founded an interesting bus tour business in 1988. I was a freelance writer at the time, and he was getting major media coverage worldwide so I stood in line for an interview. I enjoyed this humble soul.
As it turned out, in addition to being in business, he was a writer as well and we stayed friends. Around 1994 or so, we lost touch, but found him on the Internet in 2005. I discovered him by accident, looking at various offbeat cartoon websites, and found he had one of the largest, most visited, and funniest.
I emailed him in late August 2001, and he was living in Hot Springs, Ar. I asked him if I could do an interview and he agreed but was not feeling well and also was busy with his website, and wondered if we could delay it a week or two. I waited and continued writing the article.
A week later I called him and there was no answer. I tried several more times and still no answer and finally gave up, figuring he was way too busy to take time with a freelance journalist when he was continuing to get so much media and Internet attention. As it turned out, that was not why he did not respond. On September 10th, he emailed me and asked me to contact him by phone which I did. His voice sounded weak and words a bit slurred. As it turned out, he had just been released from the hospital after suffering a major heart attack. I told him the interview could wait, rest was more important. We spoke a little more, he was lucid and coherent, and explained we could do the interview by phone and email but to only do a few minutes, ten at most, per day, and we could wrap it up in a few weeks. That worked for me.
He called me the next day at the end of the morning. He said he was watching the cable tv and felt he might be having a negative side effect from the drugs given to him because he was hallucinating and feeling that planes were crashing into buildings in Washington and New York. Of course, living in Northern Va., right outside of D.C. I knew were right in the middle of 9/11. At first I hesitated to explain to him what I felt was happening, but knowing him, I also figured he would figure it out sooner or later, so I told him America was under attack, but not to worry, it was not happening where he lived. He said that was not the point, that his only family and friends were still in the D.C area and he needed to contact them. I told him I would do that for him, to rest. By the end of the conversation it was clear he was very upset, and I was worried that his heart may fail again. I told him to please not worry, but was crying slightly on the phone and I could tell he was too. We hung up. I called him back several days later and he was more lucid and had been watching the news. Rick, who usually has a strong, firm voice, was shaking, and he was sobbing and said he had to do something, he didn’t know what, but as a person working in the arts, he had to make some kind of contribution. He was not sure at the time the chances of his own survival from his health condition, however.
“A fighter” would probably be the best way to describe this creative man. I explained to him there really wasn’t much he could do at this point. We went on with a series of intermittent conversations, of which he would occasionally pause, change the subject, and tell me something about “a cat” or it sounded like that. I didn’t know what he meant, but I jotted it down on a pad.
It would not be too long before I received an email from Rick. It simply had the following link; http://www.londonstimes.us/cat/cat.html .While the Interview was in progress, and he was recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, Rick founded Cartoonists Against Terrorism.
I was astounded. He had brought together cartoonists from around the world, to contribute cartoons they had published on the topic of September 11, 2001. It was project so large and imaginative in scope, I could hardly believe a man with perfect health and all his cognitive functions could have put it together, much less a 45 year old man who was struggling for his life.
And that is not the end of a most interesting story. His strategy was to gather enough contributions to publish a book that would benefit the widows and families of the firefighters who perished on 9/11. He would do so through the Salvation Army. The problem was the cartoons were 90% in four color, and color is expensive to reproduce, plus, most of the major publishers who could pull it off, were in downtown New York. Many were not even up to full-speed with their presses yet; some were not back to work yet. The obstacles remained too monumental, so Rick simply left it as a website.
His work did not go unnoticed by the firefighting community. They awarded Rick’s site with the prestigious “Hot Site” Award, which is still showcased on the CAT site. In addition, one of the cartoons rendered by Johann Wessels hung in the Museum Of Illustrative Art in New York for three months, and then was donated to a station on Long Island that lost more firefighters that day than any other, percentage wise. It still is showcased on their wall as a memorial. It is simply called “Hoses” and it portrays a red, white, and blue, American flag made of fire hoses. Cartoonists from as far away as China to France and as close as Little Rock, Ar. contributed. It was quite a feat, an incredible project that remains a major icon on the Internet in memory of those we lost on that tragic day, developed by a humble man, Rick London who was fighting for his own life at the time. And all he wanted to do was leave the world a better place, he told me “for his brother and cousin’s children, and all the young people of the world, who, he said, would “inherit this mess one day”.
As if the story were not amazing enough, Rick was contacted by Arab Times Cartoonist Mahmood Kahlil, who has since passed away, who asked Rick if he could donate cartoons to the site. Rick is Jewish. Mahmood was Muslim. Rick gave it the okay, but many on his cartoon team were not in agreement. Rick’s explanation was that even though we may philosophically disagree with the cartoons, it is important to show the world what freedom of speech is all about. The message being sent out was far more important than whether we agreed or disagreed with this cartoonists point of view. In my opinion, that takes a very open and humble mind to transcend what had happened, and Rick did not censor the man because of his religion or creed, during a time when many others were doing so. In fact, the two became friendly, and chatted often, even though their major disagreement, of course, concerned Israel, they both agreed to disagree and ended each conversation with laughter and a joke or two. Rick was visibly upset upon hearing of Mahmood’s untimely death while in his mid-40′s. Mahmood’s cartoons remain on the CAT site.
I surf to both websites regularly now. Though the CAT site is no longer updated, Rick’s main cartoon site is. I am often asked my favorite cartoon ever. I love the Far Side, but it is now retired, so it has to be Londons Times. The site has about 8000 or more of his original concepts (his creative illustrative team render them) and many of them are classics. I put them in the same league with The Far Side. I have never seen such a large and witty body of work.
Creating Your Article Outline And Using A Public Domain
We’ve done it through junior high, it expanded longer through high school, then on college it became chapters. No matter how many times a person has done it, writing articles has proven to be a task and it continuously avoided. Now at a time when writing articles could help your job or work, facing the job at hand can be still faced with unfriendly behavior.
A carefully planned and fully prepared project would guarantee and ensure a problem and worry free procedure that can virtually go without any hassles. Creating an outline for all your articles will get you ready and breeze through writing an article in no time at all. Here I will provide you with some tips and guidelines in how to create an outline for all of your articles.
One important step is to discover your sub topic and sub titles. As you would provide a first sentence for your article, one that would immediately grab the attention of your reader, you would need some as well for your sub topics. To be concise, you would need to get all the facts that will support and go against your point. These are the frames or skeleton of your article, now its time to add the flesh and the meat of your article. You will need to connect all your paragraphs and sub topics. This will form the body of your Article. While the introduction will usher in the ideas of your paragraph, you will need a conclusion. The conclusion will wrap up your points and drive in what you are saying in your article.
Creating articles using a public domain
You need to have your creative juices flowing and simply downloading an article would be plagiarism or tantamount to stealing, not exactly. Have you ever heard about public domain? These are articles written down by many authors that have declared their works to be public domain, which means anybody can use it for whatever purpose they want.
You can use public domain articles in helping you write your articles. With the public domain articles you can simply edit them to your own style and rewrite them as you please to make it suitable for your needs. All the ideas are there already and it’s just a matter of finding the write article with the topic or subject you need.
For those who need articles to generate newsletters or an e-zine, public domain articles will be very beneficial. You do not need to count on your contributors or pay writers to write down articles for your newsletter or e-zine. You can fill all the pages without any cost or the worry of being sued and sought after by the writers. You can simply copy the articles and place them on your newsletter and e-zine.
The number of article and content writers, have grown significantly due to the rise in the demand for articles. As newer and newer topics and subjects have arisen, there are many demands for new articles to be written. An industry has been formed and this is a worldwide demand.
How To Create An Outline For All Of Your Article
Many people who need to write articles also procrastinate as much as they can to delay the amount of writing they need to do. Many people dread writing articles because they find researching for the topic and writing down original materials will be too taxing on them. There are many webmasters that find writing articles for their site to be a very tedious task.
These are articles written down by many authors that have declared their works to be public domain, which means anybody can use it for whatever purpose they want. Have you ever heard about public domain? You need to have your creative juices flowing and simply downloading an article would be plagiarism or tantamount to stealing, not exactly.
While most authors would prefer to copyright their work for their rights, there are also a number who doesn’t mind sharing their work. Public domain articles are not owned by anybody and can be used and abused by anyone. The writers have waived their rights to their works and it is out there for the public to make use of.
All the ideas are there already and its just a matter of finding the write article with the topic or subject you need. You can use public domain articles in helping you write your articles. With the public domain articles you can simply edit them to your own style and rewrite them as you please to make it suitable for your needs.
This is probably the easiest way to write articles. You don’t need to scour around the library or the internet for hours for information and start an article from scratch. For webmasters who are looking for articles to fill their site and to generate a high ranking for their website in search engine results, they can just modify the article by infusing keywords and keyword phrases related to their site.
Writing articles by using public domain wont require as much work as writing one from scratch would. You save a lot of time also. A webmaster or website operator do not risk any chance of getting sued for copyright infringement because they are public domain, once again meaning that anybody can use it.
One good factor in using public domain articles for your site or for any project is that you save a lot of money. You dismiss the need to hire experienced and seasoned writers that some website operators use to write their articles. While a single five hundred worded article would only set you down 10 to 15 dollars, this cost will drastically increase when you need hundreds of articles to fill the needs of your site.
For those who needs articles to generate newsletters or an e-zine, public domain articles will be very beneficial. You do not need to count on your contributors or pay writers to write down articles for your newsletter or e-zine. You can fill all the pages without any cost or the worry of being sued and sought after by the writers. You can simply copy the articles and place them on your newsletter and e-zine.
Public domain articles are a virtual untapped resource that many people fail to realize the true value. The power of articles, keywords and keyword phrases have been deemed invaluable these past few years for many internet based businesses and sites that want to rank high in search engine results.
An industry has been formed and this is a worldwide demand. The number of article and content writers have grown significantly due to the rise in the demand for articles. An industry has been formed and this is a worldwide demand.
Is Article Marketing Effective?
Every webmaster knows that to gain ranking positions in search engines you need to build links. This usually means hours at a computer submitting your site to directories and emailing other webmasters requesting reciprocal links. There is another way of getting links which often overlooked and complements your current link building strategy, writing articles.
Every website owner needs fresh content. This keeps the search engine spiders coming back and indexing the site on a regular basis. Writing articles and distributing them is an excellent way of providing fresh content for webmasters while ensuring yourself a back link. In this article we’ll provide some answers for commonly asked questions.
What should I be writing about?
It is important that when you start out you write about what you know. You should also ensure that the content is relevant to the site you’ll be promoting in the resource box.
How do webmasters find my articles?
Once you have finished writing your article you add a resource box to it which contains links to your site. You then submit the article to article listing directories where they are placed in categories. Site owners can then copy them from the directories and use them. They must however keep your links intact
Won’t people just remove the links?
This does sometimes happen but it is often a genuine mistake. If you find one of your articles without live links a quick email to the site owner is usually all it takes to get the links restored. By using a unique pen name or a unique phrase in all your articles you’ll be able to trace them through Google much easier.
How long should the articles be?
There is not set length of article but anywhere from 200 words to a maximum of 3500 words is normal. Personally I usually aim for 350 -500 words as this usually sits nicely on a page
What is the ideal number of submissions?
Views are divided on this some people say submit them to as many sites as possible while others think you should only submit unique articles to each site. If you don’t have a tool that will help you to create unique articles then I would suggest making each submission to an article site with a PageRank of 4 or above unique.
How many articles should I be writing?
The more you write the better If 1 article a week gets you an extra 50 links then imagine the links you’ll get if you write one article a day. I usually try to write 1 article before breakfast everyday.