8 Tips to Get Publishers to Notice You
BY BRANDIE KING
If your articles aren't getting published very often,
or you just want to increase the chances of them being published, then
you will benefit from the tips in this article.
1. Article Length
You should always keep your article 500 to 800 words
long. If you can't fit what you want to say into that amount of space,
then break your article up into more than one part.
2. Resource Box Length
When writing your resource box, keep it 5 to 6 lines
long. In a resource box you are simply trying to get people to request
more information, not sell them something. If you want a longer ad, buy
one!
3. Line Length
The lines in both your article and your resource box
should be formatted to 60 to 65 characters per line. One of the
consequences of not doing so is that, in some email programs, your
article may appear with every line at a different length.
You can get your article formatted, as well as
learning its character, line, and word count, at the
Online Text Formatter and Character Counter
for free.
4. Is Your Article Actually An Article?
Publishers want to provide their readers with actually
useful information and you should want the same. If you write an article
that is just a sales letter or press release it will be rejected 99
percent of the time.
5. Inactive Links
Before you even think about publishing or submitting
your article check that all links within it are active and working.
Nothing is more irritating than to click on a link for a site you're
interested in only to find out that it no longer exists.
6. Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar
If you submit your article and it's full of errors it
will be thrown into the trash folder so fast that your head will spin.
Submitting articles with these types of errors not only makes you look
extremely unprofessional, but it shows disrespect for both the publisher
and their readers.
7. SPAM Triggers
As a courtesy, you should run your article through a
program that will check it for triggers that could possibly get it
rejected by filters as spam. This isn't a necessary step but it will
definitely impress publishers and increase the chances of your article
being published.
8. Publisher Guidelines
This should be understood without having to say it,
but it is still important enough to mention. Always, always, always
follow the publisher's guidelines when submitting an article to them.
Not doing so will get your article rejected quicker than anything else.
Read this list, print it out, and keep it by you when
you are writing an article. Read each tip and make sure that you are
following it.
Making the above mistakes will insult the intelligence
of both the publishers and their readers, as well as wasting your time
and theirs.
Brandie King is a writer and author who
teaches other writers how to write, as well as promote, using articles.
She is currently looking for a wide variety of articles on a wide
variety of topics for her article directory. You can submit absolutely
free.
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