Minds and pens have replaced the old shield and sword while the battle field is the corporate conference room and not the grassy knoll but warriors still swing striking blows. To be battle ready is your charge and responsibility as a professional.
?Formally when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.? Christian N. Bovee 1820-1904
Any way people make money is a competition between one group (or individual) and another group (or individual). Just like people used to come together to create an army individuals come together to create corporations and economic partnerships. The higher you are in the command structure of the organization the more influence you have in achieving your personal goals.
?In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self-interest.? Harold Geneen 1984
In order for people to maximize their obtainment of resources within the organizations in which they work and against their competitors each day should be an opportunity to get battle ready. This means the person will have to work on their business skills which can include education, physical fitness, their people skills, their efficiency, their motivation, etc?
There may be a few skeptics out their about relating the professional to the warrior and the business to the army but these are likely the same individuals who continue to fail in business and their professions. Successful people know that success must be made through smart and hard work and few things are given in life as a ?gift?. Are you battle ready?
Article marketers, in their hordes, write and submit articles day after day, without fail. A small proportion actually succeed, and fewer still are recognized by Search Engines which rank them at a high level. Therefore, barely a very small percentage of the articles submitted are ultra-successful; a few accomplish average results, while most others are doomed to failure owing to several factors .
What accounts for the success of the winning articles? Allow me to present my 'ready to use' reminder list, ordered according to priority. You could be aware of a few, if you're already into Article Marketing. Having said that, there are surely some I have listed that you may not be aware of.
Whenever you write and submit an article to directories, compare your article before you submit using my 21-point checklist, and improve substantially the plausibility of a positive outcome from your article. This is it:
1. How Powerful Is Your Article Title? Will Readers Find It Controversial/Beneficial/Shocking/Topical/Informative/Calling To Action/Intriguing?
2. Can We Assume High PR's For The Online Directories For Submission ?
3. Will Your Author Bio Be Perceived To Be Sufficiently Promising?
4. Do You Offer Any Incentives To Click Your Site URL?
5. Do Your Sites/ Blogs and Products Deliver On Your Article's Promise?
6. Do You Have Various Accompanying Anchor Texts For Your Author Bio?
7.How Creatively Different Is The Central Idea Of Your Article?
8. How Many Online Directories Have You Selected For Submission?
9. Will You Send Many Editions Of Your Write-Up To Different Directories, Or Post Just One Version To All Of Them?
10. Do You Re-Create Your Article Into Multiple Versions, Or Spin Them?
11. Is Your Niche Popular? What Kind Of Competition Does It Attract?
12. How Well Are Your Articles Written?
13. Is Your Article Going To The Right Category In Every Directory?
14. Do You Post The Original Article At Your Own Website?
15. Do You Own An Article Directory In Your Niche, With Postings Happening Regularly? Are Your Articles Getting Posted In It, Too?
16. Is Your Article Summary Magnetic?
17. Are You A Popular Author?
18. How Popular Are Your Articles' Keywords? And How High Is The Competition For These Keywords?
19. Are You Managing Your Time Well?
20. Do You Consider Yourself A Lucky Person?
21. After Article Marketing, Are You Marketing Your Article?
For good or bad, the most precious commodity you have is the rarest of commodities: time. Most of the successful online entrepreneurs hire out most of their work needs; for them, time is meant only for strategic thinking. Most get their articles written by others.
It's imperative that whatever you write be submitted with frequency to directories. Target many daily, with a minimum of one, weekly. If you don't have enough time, attempt to at least write your articles, while outsourcing their submission. However, if time is too short to have your articles written inhouse, or you lack writing skills, you are better off outsourcing both writing and submission.
Selling online depends on articles- - you cannot prosper in their absence. Skip writing and submitting articles at the risk of your business.
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