Home Based Business Success - Article Writing

You know that all internet marketers talk about using articles for getting more exposure and achieving home based business success. I'm going to talk to you in this article about writing an article. It's not the easiest thing in the world to do (some may say it is), but it's a necessary task in order to move ahead of the competition.You can write your own articles or you can have them outsourced. If you're low on funds then I recommend writing your own articles. This will be easy for you if you’re comfortable at writing (or you enjoy writing like I do), but it may be more difficult if you’re not that strong of a writer. I'm going to tell you how to make it a little easier on you (the easiest thing to do of course is outsource, I know I know).First thing you need to do is sit down, get comfortable, and turn off any distractions (log out of Twitter!). What keyword would you like to focus on today? How about "Home Based Business Success"? The job now is to find out, using that keyword, what you want to write about. Seeing how that keyword is pretty broad. You can read blogs, Twitter, ask questions to friends, visit guru's websites, type in your keyword in a search engine and see what pops up. Use all the various avenues you typically use to find an answer to a question. From there, gather all the data you come up with and put it in a notepad file and call it home based business success. This way you know this data is for this keyword. Take one of those ideas and try to expand on it. Make an outline if you have to or make a list of interesting tips that go along with it. From there... fill in the information with a lot of words and make it sound good. You only have to write 400 words. That's not a lot. What you've read so far is a little over 300. If you find good information somewhere or a great article, you can take that text and re-word. Don't ever plagiarize and copy things word for word. You can take ideas and tips to re-work them, but blatantly copying them will get you in trouble. Also, make sure you put your keyword in the article a few times. This is called keyword density.If you feel article writing is too hard, then it will be hard. Your mindset is also a factor in how you take on this task. But article marketing plays a huge role in your home based business success.

How To Use Twitter Tip 4 Using Twitter Tools

The Twitter web interface is being updated all the time, but once you get over 2,000 followers, the web interface will be a little overwhelming. So now is the time to take advantage of many Twitter tools that will make the job of "managing" your twitter account much easier. Tweetdeck.com is fairly popular. It allows you to line up your Twitter feed through columns. You can have a "search" function column for your name, business, or keyword you choose. You can set up a column for Tweeters you enjoy reading (called Groups) and there’s a column for Mentions. A Mention is when someone has used the @ reply with your username. This column is the handiest because it tells you who sends you a message or if others are having a conversation about you. This tool also incorporates a Shorten URL and integrates with Facebook (a great addition to your marketing) There are many Twitter Managers out there, and you can of course outsource the managing of your account, but I recommend and use TweetDeck. Tweepular.com is probably the friendliest webpage to see who is following you, who you're not following, and who you're following but they're not following you. One of the best ideas is for you to "unfollow" those who are not following you back (use this wisely and even then don’t do it everyday!). Tweepular is a great tool for being able follow (or unfollow) large groups of people with just one click (as opposed to doing it manually) Twitpic.com is a service to upload your images and Tweet them. They hold your images under your username so it turns into a photobook basically. Adding pictures to your tweets is a great way to help build a good relationship with your followers. And Tweetpic is definitely the service to use if you want to make that happen! TwitterHolic.com - You can check on your Twitter statistics through here. Statistics such as - how many tweets you've done per day - how fast your list of followers is growing- how you rank in your local area- how you rank with regard to number of followers- and several moreTwittercounter.com is also another tool you can use to check on your Twitter statistics. There are a lot of tools out there for your Twitter account. I highly suggest using them to track your success on Twitter, see trends, and also develop new connections in Twitter. The Twitter tools will help organize you so it won’t seem as overwhelming!