The Real Honest-to-God
Way to Become a Millionaire
with Article Marketing.
Every week, there is one simple trick I do that helps me push
past writer's block, procrastination, fatigue and anything else
that would normally stop me from writing and making money.
In fact, what I am about to reveal to you is a secret so powerful,
it could change your life. Not only will it increase your
productivity almost automatically, but it will be the closest you
can get to “fail proof” when it comes to getting rich.
Most people who want to get rich make two stupid mistakes.
First, they aren't patient about it. They create short term plans,
and when they don't immediately get a huge return, they move
on to something else
.
Secondly, they work for their money, instead of making their
money work for them. Nothing is better than getting rich
without having to actually physically work to earn the money.
Here's how you do it
.
First, make a commitment to work 2-3 more hours every week.
These 2-3 hours will be the easiest hours you'll ever work, once
you understand how powerful they are. You can do them all at
once, or you can break them down into four 30 minute sessions
or whatever. Just make the commitment.
If you work the article writing formula correctly, this will mean
you should be able to make at least an extra $40 a week. Even if
you make an extra $10 a week, it should be enough to make you
rich.
I first got turned onto this idea while listening to an audio
program called “The Richest Man in Babylon.” Here is the
philosophy behind it – A part of what you earn is yours to keep.
See, in reality you are paying everyone else. You pay for what
you eat, you pay for shelter and clothing, bills and everything
else. You get to keep little of what you earn. In order to become
rich, you have to conscientiously keep a bit of your wealth each
week.
Don't just pay everyone else – pay yourself, too
.
If you paid yourself $40 a week for ten years, how much would
that be? $20,800 right? Not quite. Each dollar you save can be
made to work for you. And each dollar your savings produce
will then also work for you. Let's discuss the magic of
compound interest.
Let's say you took your $40 a week and invested it into
something that gave you a 15% return. This is not too
incredible. The stock market has averaged a 12% return in the
last 60 years. Anyway, if you invested $40 a week for the next
20 years at a 15% return, guess how much that is?
You could pay for a college education to practically anywhere
for that! All because you only worked 2 more hours each week.
Wait another 10 years, and you have $1,212,871.96. For most
people, that's enough to retire with, and live on the interest. All
because two to three hours a week you committed yourself to
writing a few more articles, and took the money earned from
those articles and got a slightly better than average return on it.
Yes, this is get rich slow instead of quick. But, in my opinion,
this is the most important chapter in this book.
I have a picture I put above my office desk. It's a painting of
bamboo trees. Most species of bamboo barely grow in the first
four years. In fact, to the naked eye, some of them do not appear
to grow at all. Then in the fifth year, the bamboo shoots up like
crazy, and can grow 90 feet in one year. This is a visual
reminder to me of the power of working an extra 2-3 hours a
week, and investing my earnings so my money will grow like
the bamboo tree.
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Friday, 29 January 2010
The Amazingly Simple Way to Turn 1 Article into 8
The Amazingly Simple Way
to Turn 1 Article into 8
There are two things most article writers hate. The first is research.
The second is figuring out what to say. In fact, the actual writing
process itself is cakewalk after you've done the right research, and
have figured out a smart way to put all that research into a finished
article form.
Think about it. Let's say you type at 60 words per minute. You're not
exactly setting the world on fire, but you're not hunting and pecking
either. I want you to imagine how quick you could write an article if
you didn't have to do any research or think about what to say next.
300 word article = 5 minutes
400 word article = 6 minutes
500 word article = 7 minutes
Nice.
Most of you reading this right now are not just article writers, you're
also marketers – or you write for them. If that's true, then it's all
about the keyword. But any seasoned writer knows that writing a
keyword dense article is no guarantee that article will get high
indexing in the search engines for that particular phrase. There are
still many other factors, and most of them are out of the article
writer's control.
I hate not having control about as much as I hate research and
stopping to think when writing. My contempt for these problems led
me to a solution which I will present to you in this report. It's a
2. The FAQ – an article written in a question/answer format.
3. Mistakes Style – the opposite of the straight forward style.
Instead of what to do, this article tells you what not to do.
4. The Quiz – Similar to the FAQ, only a question is posed with
multiple choice answers.
5. Step by Step – Numbered instructions are given here. First do
this, then do that, etc.
6. The Story – A true or fictitious story is written to illustrate the
main points of the article.
7. The Checklist – Did you do this? Check. And that? Check.
Simple bullet point style article.
8. The Profession – Niching the topic to a certain person or
professions. “The ______'s Guide to...”
simple and easy way to turn 1 article into 8 articles, all focusing
around one keyword, so you increase your chances of ranking high
for that keyword by 8 times!
And let's take it one step further. We all know having the top
position gets you the most amount of clicks. But it doesn't get you all
the clicks. Some people will click on the second and third listing.
But if you had both the first and second listing for the keyword,
you're going to get more traffic, bottom line.
I'm very analytical. As a kid, I collected baseball cards, not so much
because I liked the game, but to memorize the stats on the back of
those cards. To this day if you pulled out an old Donruss '93 card
and said the players name, I could probably tell you all the teams he
The Amazingly Simple Way
to Turn 1 Article into 8
There are two things most article writers hate. The first is research.
The second is figuring out what to say. In fact, the actual writing
process itself is cakewalk after you've done the right research, and
have figured out a smart way to put all that research into a finished
article form.
Think about it. Let's say you type at 60 words per minute. You're not
exactly setting the world on fire, but you're not hunting and pecking
either. I want you to imagine how quick you could write an article if
you didn't have to do any research or think about what to say next.
300 word article = 5 minutes
400 word article = 6 minutes
500 word article = 7 minutes
Nice.
Most of you reading this right now are not just article writers, you're
also marketers – or you write for them. If that's true, then it's all
about the keyword. But any seasoned writer knows that writing a
keyword dense article is no guarantee that article will get high
indexing in the search engines for that particular phrase. There are
still many other factors, and most of them are out of the article
writer's control.
I hate not having control about as much as I hate research and
stopping to think when writing. My contempt for these problems led
me to a solution which I will present to you in this report. It's a
played for, his position, and at least one interesting statistical fact
about that player.
I took this same analytical approach to article writing. When I
wanted to figure out how to master this aspect of marketing, I set out
to create the ultimate system. One aspect of that system was
identifying different article templates.
So far, I have found that there are eight templates which can be
pretty much adapted to any topic. To make matters easier, I have
included an article which has been rewritten in each of these styles
so you have some real world examples.
But before we get into all of that, let me first share with you the 8
styles.
1. The Straight Forward Style – the most common, like a guide, or
“how-to” article. My favorite.
Okay, let's look at how this works in practice. First, open up and
read the article titled, “Straight Forward Style”.
This is an article on goal setting. It was the first article I wrote on
this topic, and is the article that will be easily modified into 8
articles.
It works like this. First, I sit down and research the topic of how to
set personal development goals. I identify three keys to setting
effective personal development goals during my research phase.
They are:
1. A technique for brainstorming
A) What would you dare to dream if you knew you couldn't
fail?
B) Write answers for at least five minutes.
C) Don't censor yourself.
2. A technique for prioritizing your goals
A) Put a 1,3,5,10 or 20 next to each goal.
B) Identify all 1 year goals.
C) Pick the one that most excites you.
3. A technique for making the goal compelling.
A) Write down reasons why you are absolutely dedicated to
achieving the goal.
B) Take action immediately after you've written your list.
Once you read through the article, these notes will make sense to
you. It's how I research and organize all of the my articles. The notes
I gathered for this article took me about 2 minutes. From these notes
I was able to create an article that was 591 words long, and it took
me about 12 minutes to write and proof read. So in under 14
minutes, I had my first article.
I like to write the first article at around 600 words so I can have
plenty of material to work with when I create my 7 variations. I will
now walk you through the 7 variations, to show you how you can
write each article without doing any additional brainstorming or
having to stop to think about what to say next.
The Amazingly Simple Way
to Turn 1 Article into 8
There are two things most article writers hate. The first is research.
The second is figuring out what to say. In fact, the actual writing
process itself is cakewalk after you've done the right research, and
have figured out a smart way to put all that research into a finished
article form.
Think about it. Let's say you type at 60 words per minute. You're not
exactly setting the world on fire, but you're not hunting and pecking
either. I want you to imagine how quick you could write an article if
you didn't have to do any research or think about what to say next.
300 word article = 5 minutes
400 word article = 6 minutes
500 word article = 7 minutes
Nice.
Most of you reading this right now are not just article writers, you're
also marketers – or you write for them. If that's true, then it's all
about the keyword. But any seasoned writer knows that writing a
keyword dense article is no guarantee that article will get high
indexing in the search engines for that particular phrase. There are
still many other factors, and most of them are out of the article
writer's control.
I hate not having control about as much as I hate research and
stopping to think when writing. My contempt for these problems led
me to a solution which I will present to you in this report. It's a
2. The FAQ – an article written in a question/answer format.
3. Mistakes Style – the opposite of the straight forward style.
Instead of what to do, this article tells you what not to do.
4. The Quiz – Similar to the FAQ, only a question is posed with
multiple choice answers.
5. Step by Step – Numbered instructions are given here. First do
this, then do that, etc.
6. The Story – A true or fictitious story is written to illustrate the
main points of the article.
7. The Checklist – Did you do this? Check. And that? Check.
Simple bullet point style article.
8. The Profession – Niching the topic to a certain person or
professions. “The ______'s Guide to...”
simple and easy way to turn 1 article into 8 articles, all focusing
around one keyword, so you increase your chances of ranking high
for that keyword by 8 times!
And let's take it one step further. We all know having the top
position gets you the most amount of clicks. But it doesn't get you all
the clicks. Some people will click on the second and third listing.
But if you had both the first and second listing for the keyword,
you're going to get more traffic, bottom line.
I'm very analytical. As a kid, I collected baseball cards, not so much
because I liked the game, but to memorize the stats on the back of
those cards. To this day if you pulled out an old Donruss '93 card
and said the players name, I could probably tell you all the teams he
The Amazingly Simple Way
to Turn 1 Article into 8
There are two things most article writers hate. The first is research.
The second is figuring out what to say. In fact, the actual writing
process itself is cakewalk after you've done the right research, and
have figured out a smart way to put all that research into a finished
article form.
Think about it. Let's say you type at 60 words per minute. You're not
exactly setting the world on fire, but you're not hunting and pecking
either. I want you to imagine how quick you could write an article if
you didn't have to do any research or think about what to say next.
300 word article = 5 minutes
400 word article = 6 minutes
500 word article = 7 minutes
Nice.
Most of you reading this right now are not just article writers, you're
also marketers – or you write for them. If that's true, then it's all
about the keyword. But any seasoned writer knows that writing a
keyword dense article is no guarantee that article will get high
indexing in the search engines for that particular phrase. There are
still many other factors, and most of them are out of the article
writer's control.
I hate not having control about as much as I hate research and
stopping to think when writing. My contempt for these problems led
me to a solution which I will present to you in this report. It's a
played for, his position, and at least one interesting statistical fact
about that player.
I took this same analytical approach to article writing. When I
wanted to figure out how to master this aspect of marketing, I set out
to create the ultimate system. One aspect of that system was
identifying different article templates.
So far, I have found that there are eight templates which can be
pretty much adapted to any topic. To make matters easier, I have
included an article which has been rewritten in each of these styles
so you have some real world examples.
But before we get into all of that, let me first share with you the 8
styles.
1. The Straight Forward Style – the most common, like a guide, or
“how-to” article. My favorite.
Okay, let's look at how this works in practice. First, open up and
read the article titled, “Straight Forward Style”.
This is an article on goal setting. It was the first article I wrote on
this topic, and is the article that will be easily modified into 8
articles.
It works like this. First, I sit down and research the topic of how to
set personal development goals. I identify three keys to setting
effective personal development goals during my research phase.
They are:
1. A technique for brainstorming
A) What would you dare to dream if you knew you couldn't
fail?
B) Write answers for at least five minutes.
C) Don't censor yourself.
2. A technique for prioritizing your goals
A) Put a 1,3,5,10 or 20 next to each goal.
B) Identify all 1 year goals.
C) Pick the one that most excites you.
3. A technique for making the goal compelling.
A) Write down reasons why you are absolutely dedicated to
achieving the goal.
B) Take action immediately after you've written your list.
Once you read through the article, these notes will make sense to
you. It's how I research and organize all of the my articles. The notes
I gathered for this article took me about 2 minutes. From these notes
I was able to create an article that was 591 words long, and it took
me about 12 minutes to write and proof read. So in under 14
minutes, I had my first article.
I like to write the first article at around 600 words so I can have
plenty of material to work with when I create my 7 variations. I will
now walk you through the 7 variations, to show you how you can
write each article without doing any additional brainstorming or
having to stop to think about what to say next.
Variation 1 – FAQ
Variation 1 – FAQ
When I have finished my first article, I keep it open in my word
processor. I then open up a new word file, and start writing my
second article. I have the notes of the outline next to me on my desk.
So I go back through and turn each point into a question. If you open
up the “FAQ” file, you'll see how this is done. Here are the questions
I have came up with:
How do I find my perfect goal?
What is the best way to brainstorm?
What do I do if I get stuck?
Okay, I got my list -- what now?
Do you see how simple this is? I am basically writing the same
article. But instead of doing your classic “let's see how many
synonyms we can use to say the same thing”, I have instead used a
different presentation style. This is preferable for a number of
different reasons.
First, simply saying the same thing in a different way is boring.
Second, and more importantly, you're now giving the reader a choice
on how they would like to read your article. When they search, they
are presented with two opportunities – a “how-to” approach, and an
FAQ approach.
Read through this article to see how I adapted my research
information to fit the FAQ format, and you'll realize how I was able
to write a completely fresh article without doing any research. This
second article took me 6 minutes to write.
When I have finished my first article, I keep it open in my word
processor. I then open up a new word file, and start writing my
second article. I have the notes of the outline next to me on my desk.
So I go back through and turn each point into a question. If you open
up the “FAQ” file, you'll see how this is done. Here are the questions
I have came up with:
How do I find my perfect goal?
What is the best way to brainstorm?
What do I do if I get stuck?
Okay, I got my list -- what now?
Do you see how simple this is? I am basically writing the same
article. But instead of doing your classic “let's see how many
synonyms we can use to say the same thing”, I have instead used a
different presentation style. This is preferable for a number of
different reasons.
First, simply saying the same thing in a different way is boring.
Second, and more importantly, you're now giving the reader a choice
on how they would like to read your article. When they search, they
are presented with two opportunities – a “how-to” approach, and an
FAQ approach.
Read through this article to see how I adapted my research
information to fit the FAQ format, and you'll realize how I was able
to write a completely fresh article without doing any research. This
second article took me 6 minutes to write.
Variation 2 – Mistakes Style
Variation 2 – Mistakes Style
There are a couple of different ways I write these. But the concept is
the same – focus on the negative instead of the positive. If the first
article is a guide on what you need to do to get your result, the
mistakes style variation is a guide on what to avoid that prevents you
from getting your results.
In this particular example, I have went back to my main points in my
research, and used them to help me come up with some common
mistakes people make when setting personal development goals.
Here is the list I came up with:
1. They don't brainstorm long enough.
2. They limit themselves when setting goals.
3. They don't create goals that excite and motivate them.
4. They worry about how they will achieve their goals.
Then it's just a matter of explaining why each of these were
mistakes. This isn't hard to do, because you already know the correct
way to do it. Again, no research is needed. The time it took to write
this article? 5 ½ minutes.
There are a couple of different ways I write these. But the concept is
the same – focus on the negative instead of the positive. If the first
article is a guide on what you need to do to get your result, the
mistakes style variation is a guide on what to avoid that prevents you
from getting your results.
In this particular example, I have went back to my main points in my
research, and used them to help me come up with some common
mistakes people make when setting personal development goals.
Here is the list I came up with:
1. They don't brainstorm long enough.
2. They limit themselves when setting goals.
3. They don't create goals that excite and motivate them.
4. They worry about how they will achieve their goals.
Then it's just a matter of explaining why each of these were
mistakes. This isn't hard to do, because you already know the correct
way to do it. Again, no research is needed. The time it took to write
this article? 5 ½ minutes.
Variation 3 – The Quiz
Variation 3 – The Quiz
It's a fact that people love to take quizzes to learn more about
themselves. If you need proof, look at the bullet points on the Cosmo
covers. At least every other month there will be some great bullet
that says something like “Do you commit these sexual blunders in
bed? Take our Quiz, pg. 98”.
This one takes a bit of thinking, but after you do a few of these, it
shouldn't be hard at all. I follow the same format each time – come
up with three questions, with 3 answers. You can do true/false as
well, and get equally good results.
Ask your question, give the choices, and then tell them the right
answer and explain why it is right. Your questions and explanation
will come from your set of notes and what you can pull from your
orginal article.
This one took me a little under 9 minutes to write.
It's a fact that people love to take quizzes to learn more about
themselves. If you need proof, look at the bullet points on the Cosmo
covers. At least every other month there will be some great bullet
that says something like “Do you commit these sexual blunders in
bed? Take our Quiz, pg. 98”.
This one takes a bit of thinking, but after you do a few of these, it
shouldn't be hard at all. I follow the same format each time – come
up with three questions, with 3 answers. You can do true/false as
well, and get equally good results.
Ask your question, give the choices, and then tell them the right
answer and explain why it is right. Your questions and explanation
will come from your set of notes and what you can pull from your
orginal article.
This one took me a little under 9 minutes to write.
Variation 4 – Step By Step
Variation 4 – Step By Step
This one will be most similar to the first article, especially in this
case since the main article itself is sort of a “step by step” guide.
Here, though, you turn the article into actual formal steps, to create
an action plan for the reader. Here are the steps I came up with:
1. Brainstorm
2. Write down your answers.
3. Set a time line for each goal.
4. Single out your one-year goals.
After each step I give a brief explanation. These are the easiest
articles to write, and this one took me just five minutes to complete!
This one will be most similar to the first article, especially in this
case since the main article itself is sort of a “step by step” guide.
Here, though, you turn the article into actual formal steps, to create
an action plan for the reader. Here are the steps I came up with:
1. Brainstorm
2. Write down your answers.
3. Set a time line for each goal.
4. Single out your one-year goals.
After each step I give a brief explanation. These are the easiest
articles to write, and this one took me just five minutes to complete!
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